The View From My Window (ISBN 1598004069)

Excellent read for all....inspirational and moving!!!!:
I just bought this book this past week and could not put it down. The author, Fr. Joseph Lorenzo, shares his experiences and insights on being a pastor in a large Catholic parish, a Franciscan Friar and Priest. I loved his great ability to tell his church's story, often in a funny way with anecdotes about his Italian family, his parishoners, and his own faith. I found the messages in his reproduced weekly messages to his parishoners very refreshing and often moving without being preachy and not the least condescending. He knows how to keep your interest and is very down to earth in the running of the business aspects as well as the spirtual aspects of his parish in New Hampshire. You follow the progression of his church, his parsihoners, and community over a period years under his leadership and it makes you wish you were part of a congregation such as what he describes, no matter what church/faith you belong to. I highly recommend this book!!

Uplifting and refreshing View:
The View From My Window is a delightful collection of articles selected from his weekly column in the church bulletin. These articles not only educate and inspire you in matters of the Catholic faith, the priesthood, and the Franciscan Order, but often entertain you with lively anecdotes about Fr. Joe's Italian family, his parishioners, and his own beliefs. Written over the course of 9 years, this compilation of articles knows how to keep your interest without sounding preachy, and you come away uplifted and feeling you know Fr. Joe personally and are part of his parish family.