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FOR GIVE
Stories of Reconciliation Lou Ruoff Paper, $8.95 120 pages, 5½” x 8½” ISBN 0-89390-198-9 |
Lou Ruoff, author of For Give, combines stories from the Bible with his own experiences of rejection, hurt, discrimination and anger. In the power and simplicity of his stories, Ruoff draws the reader to trust in God’s love to forgive and be forgiven.
Reviews
“Fr. Ruoff is a gifted storyteller who makes the Gospels come alive in
today’s language
and symbols. He has a style of his own — startingly imaginative,
ceaselessly compassionate,
constantly challenging.”
— The Rev. Walter J. Burghardt, SJ, Georgetown
University
“Ruoff is a gentle man who knows the world of the average pew
sitter but sees it differently ...
he feels the world of God’s grace.”
— Dr. Jeff L. Blackman, OSL, prior general
About the Author
Lou Ruoff spent the first 12 years of his life in a Catholic orphanage. He attended high school in Philadelphia, then worked as a factory laborer for seven years before entering college. He graduated with a B.A. from Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania and then entered St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore, where he earned his master of divinity degree. He has worked as a prison minister, a counselor at Covenant House in New York City, and a chaplain at the Virginia State Penitentiary. Currently he is pastor at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Norfolk, Va.