A Priest In The Castle
My Two Lives
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My previous destination had been Spain, where I was ordained a priest after four grueling years of semi-monastic seminary life and study. Spain was then an austere society under Franco's dictatorship. Appropriately we had been cloistered in an old medieval Franciscan monastery in the small town of Santo Domingo de la Calzada in old Castile.
Medieval best describes the town, the building, some customs and certainly some disciplinary and religious attitudes. Then for one year, as a sort of internship, I had been sent to a small town near Barcelona in the capacity of teacher, although I had no credentials or training for it. But now I was here, living in an English Castle.
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In this his first book, Bill Mena takes us on the personal journey of his life, or, as he says, of his two lives. Experience his transition from a semi-monastic life to coping with the pressures and pleasures of secular life. His early youth in the
Bill lets us into his personal struggle to resolve the conflict in which he found himself, a conflict between his loyalty and wish to serve in the Catholic Church, and his wish to find personal fulfillment. In his own words “The story that follows, then, is the story of my personal journey and rebellion...........my personal rebellion from a good student to a dedicated priest, to a frustrated cleric and eventually to a contented husband.”
The reader will get a glimpse into the life of one who has experienced equally the rewards of a compelling religious experience and the richness of secular life.
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Bill Mena lives with his wife Sara in picturesque