Tau PublishingThe Appalachian Trail
A Franciscan’s Spiritual Journeys
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- ISBN, perfect bound
- 978-1-61956-586-9
- ISBN, EPUB ebook
- 978-1-61956-674-3
- ISBN, PDF ebook
- 978-1-61956-675-0
- Pages
- 128
- Size
- 6 × 9 in
- Edition
- Perfect bound first edition, September 2018
- Language
- English
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About this book
Franciscans are known for a love of nature and for their care for those “on the margins.” In this memoir of his travels along the Appalachian Trail, Fr. Joe Nelson, OFM, “El Padre” on the trail, shows that it is still a place where you can get a new perspective on your life in the midst of the beauty of nature.
He first heard of the 2,150-mile trail from Springer Mountain, Georgia, to Katahdin, Maine, in 1975 while pastor of three churches on the Mississippi delta, and dreamed for years of walking it. He finally set out in 1996, after eight and a half years as a missionary in Cuauhtemoc, Mexico, and returned to the trail again and again.
His adventures were not simply physical but also spiritual: nature and creation, poverty and humility, aborted solo hikes, companions met along the way, Franciscan spirituality and the cross and resurrection, all shared generously and courageously.
Inside
- Prologue: The Appalachian Trail as a “Spiritual Journey”, and Author’s Note
- Twelve chapters, from “Nature and Creation in My Journey in Life” and “My Journey on the Trail” to “Franciscan Spirituality, Key to the AT” and “Crucifixion and Resurrection”
- Epilogue, After Thought 7 Years Later, and Bibliography