Join us for a very special event with local author John Tuohey. He is coauthor, with Michael Connolly and Richard Olive, of ... but few are chosen, a memoir of the years three spent in a Franciscan seminary. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel from the US Army Reserve. He was a registered nurse for forty-seven years, thirty-four as a nurse practitioner, working mostly in emergency departments and urology.
Since retirement he has traveled throughout the United States, camping in national parks and riding his bicycle in all the contiguous states and Hawaii. He is married with five grown children.
... but few are chosen is the story of three young boys from tough urban neighborhoods and families scarred by alcoholism and violence. The troubling trajectories of their lives are forever changed when they enter a Franciscan seminary to study for the priesthood. Over the years in the seminary, the kindness, order and direction of the priests they encountered instills a passion for learning and values that save their lives and souls.
