Comments on: In-Sight by Gerard Webster

By: Catholic novel wins Readers Favorite award : Catholic Fiction

Catholic novel wins Readers Favorite award : Catholic Fiction — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:14:59 +0000

[...] Webster’s novel IN-SIGHT, which was reviewed here recently on Catholic Fiction, has won an award in the “Fiction – Suspense” category for the 2009 Readers [...]

By: Gerard D. Webster

Gerard D. Webster — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:21:27 +0000

Thank you for the comments. Actually, Fr. Edward Dowling approached Bill Wilson because he found the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous to have many similarities to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola. The spiritualality between the two is amazingly similar. Fr. Dowling and AA C0-founder, Bill Wilson, became close friends after that initial encounter. Although Bill never became Catholic, he often relied on Fr. Dowling for his spiritual insights. I hope you enjoy the novel. And Thank you, Tannia, for your review.

By: jblair

jblair — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:13:17 +0000

RE the previous response: Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, learned of the Ignation Exercises from Fr. Edward Dowling after the 12-steps had been written.

By: Gunter

Gunter — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:56:11 +0000

I’ve heard that the 12-steps were heavily influenced by the Ignatian Exercises. I enjoyed your review and look forward to reading this novel.