The Amazing Father Lindesmith: Chaplain in Indian Country

"Msgr Kolp has done a wonderful portrait of a priest from the past whose energy and courage speak to us across the years." Archbishop Charles J. Chaput "The Amazing Father Lindesmith describes a truly remarkable priest who brought his own unique blend of personal characteristics, often heroic, to his historic pastoral work in Eastern Ohio. The first Ohio-born person to be ordained to the Catholic priesthood, Father Lindesmith worked primarily in the parishes and missions of what is now the Diocese of Youngstown. Fr Lindesmith's career was characterized by a sincere love and affection for the people he served, and by a deep personal respect for his church and country. In that spirit, he served in the U.S. Army for eleven years as a commissioned chaplain, and made a significant impression upon the troops, Catholic and non-Catholic alike. In this very readable book Monsignor Kolp describes Fr. Lindesmith as being methodical,... energetic, traveling throughout ... dangerous circumstances; charitable, handing over his government pension entirely to the work of charity and education; thoroughly American, ...obedient, responding without hesitation to the assignments of his religious superiors; and pious, spending his life tirelessly to proclaim the perennial message of the Christian Gospel to the people of his own time and place. " From the forward by Thomas J. Tobin, Bishop of Youngstown "The life of Father Lindesmith is a marvelous piece of Americana...very worthwhile reading." Fr. Benedict Groeschel