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Posted by Miffy (# 1438) on :
 
I've just heard via FB that Fr Gerard Hughes has died. An inspiration to so many. Rest in Peace.
 

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Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on :
 
Light eternal shine upon him and rest eternal grant unto him, unless he wants to go for a walk somewhere.
 

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Posted by Chocoholic (# 4655) on :
 

 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
That is a loss. I heard him speak, many years ago - very quiet yet powerful.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
His writing has kept me borderline hanging in there. Real loss
 

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Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
A very inspiring writer who had a major influence on my faith.
 

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Posted by Sarasa (# 12271) on :
 
Same here, a writer that could speak to people across many a theological divide. Rest in peace
 

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Posted by leo (# 1458) on :
 
I learned a new way of praying from his books and he was one of the inspirations than led me to my present ministry.
 

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Posted by moonlitdoor (# 11707) on :
 
A good many years back a friend of mine invited me to go to a talk by Gerard Hughes. It wasn't at all what we had expected, and we said to each other afterwards that you wouldn't guess from his book what he was like. Then it turned out that there are two prominent Jesuit priests called Gerard Hughes.

So maybe he gave us one of God's surprises even though he was not there.
 

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Posted by Jack o' the Green (# 11091) on :
 
I found his work very useful, stimulating, challenging and comforting.
May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
 

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Posted by Mad Cat (# 9104) on :
 
I attended a retreat he led, and just drank in every word he said. A lovely and holy man.

May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
 

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Posted by leo (# 1458) on :
 

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Originally posted by moonlitdoor:
A good many years back a friend of mine invited me to go to a talk by Gerard Hughes. It wasn't at all what we had expected, and we said to each other afterwards that you wouldn't guess from his book what he was like. Then it turned out that there are two prominent Jesuit priests called Gerard Hughes.

So maybe he gave us one of God's surprises even though he was not there.

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The speaker would have been Gerard T(hinker) Hughes as opposed to Gerald W(alker) Hughes.
 

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Posted by JoannaP (# 4493) on :
 
Can somebody please clarify which Fr Gerard Hughes SJ this thread is about? Is it the one who was at Loyola Hall on the Wirral until recently?
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Father Gerard W Hughes - the one who wrote God of Surprises and the other book I loved - his account of his walk to Jerusalem.
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 

 

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Posted by Miffy (# 1438) on :
 

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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
Father Gerard W Hughes - the one who wrote God of Surprises and the other book I loved - his account of his walk to Jerusalem.

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