“Who says you can’t fight fascism in a cassock?”

Priests de la Resistance by the Reverend Fergus Butler-Gallie recounts the story of a handful of religious people who stood tall and met the challenge in World War II in order to fight the good fight.

They could be considered unconventional for Clergymen: there was the underground agent of the French Resistance Fr Felix Kir who entered Dijon in his cassock and sat on a tank; Abbe Pierre the mountaineering monk ; and the forger priest of Rome, Don Pietro Pappagallo. There are more.

And on Friday July 12 at 7 pm in the library at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Father Fergus will be giving presentation on this published historical work.

A not-to-missed event, Father Fergus has been described as, “Highly entertaining, witty, a skilled raconteur and a serious historian – a young man who embodies the notion of a traditional priest in the Church of England.”

The €10 entry fee at the door will be donated to charity and refreshments will follow in St Paul’s House. To confirm attendance, contact St Paul’s Chaplain Hugh Bearn: hughbearn@gmail.com

The Reverend adds, “Father Fergus will be preaching at St Paul’s at 10:30 am on July 14 – the seventh Sunday after Trinity which is also Bastille day – how apposite.”