The Story of a Cross: A Symbol of Mercy

The Story of a Cross: A Symbol of Mercy

by Father Victor Hoagland, CP In the Passionist public chapel at the Immaculate Conception Monastery in Jamaica, there’s an extraordinary crucifix — a gift of the German bishops of Bavaria to Father Fabian Flynn, CP, who helped restore a broken Europe, particularly Germany and Hungary, after World War II. A book describing his work, entitled The Priest Who Put Europe Back Together by Sean Brennan, a historian from the University of Scranton, was…