Signs of the Times

During the six years I served as bishop of Green Bay, I came to know Fr. Richard Gilsdorf as a holy priest, a Scripture scholar, teacher, and pastor, as well as a friend and confidant whose opinion and insights I valued. He was faithful and loyal to the teachings of the Church and had a zeal for communicating the faith to others. This collection of his writings will both inspire and challenge any reader. He stretched my thinking and enlarged my heart; I trust he will do the same for you. -- Adam Cardinal Maida, Archbishop of Detroit 


Fr. Gilsdorf was a priest's priest, and was one of the first to grasp the crisis that gripped the Church after the Council. In one instance, he wrote an article for my magazine called The Plight of the Papist Priest (included in this book). Its impact was so great, it was translated into five languages, and people requested it for over 20 years. Readers of this volume will find this sort of unique perspective. --Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J.