Where the Hell is God? Book launch

The UK launch of the book Where the Hell is God? written by Richard Leonard SJ, will be held in St Pauls by Westminster Cathedral bookshop on Tuesday 22 March at 6.00pm.  All are welcome.

In the book, Leonard explores our reaction to suffering from a human and spiritual point of view, drawing upon his and his family's own suffering following the terrible accident that left his beloved sister a quadriplegic before she turned 30.  In the context of this, and also drawing upon the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius, he tackles some of the hardest questions such suffering raises.

Following Leonard's appearance in Dublin, the book immediately sold out, and continues to be a best-seller in Ireland and the US, as well as the author's native Australia.

An excellent communicator, Fr Leonard is Director of the Australian Catholic Film and Broadcasting Office.

'This brilliant work by a gifted priest is one of the best books you will ever read on the question of suffering -- in other words, one of the best books you will ever read on the spiritual life.  Richard Leonard, a Jesuit priest and author whose family has known intense suffering, gently invites readers to confront the important questions that every believer will face one day.  Wise, insightful, pastoral, original, experienced and never settling for easy answers, Father Leonard is the compassionate guide that all of us wish we had in times of pain.  This profound book is for anyone who will face suffering in life--that is, everyone.' James Martin, SJ, author of 'The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything.'