The Rest of The Week Author:Fr. Kenneth J. Roberts Playboy to Priest...an apt description of Kenneth Roberts' life and the title of his first book. — Refused entry to the seminary at the age of 19, Roberts set his sights on the life of the "jet set". For 10 years he mingled and worked among the world's elite - as an interpreter aboard the luxury liner Queen Elizabeth, a steward for BOAC, an offi... more »cer in the British Army Intelligence Corps. There was a time when his adventures even led to entanglement with a gold-smuggling operation.
But Roberts' gnawing desire for the priesthood could not be denied. He was finally accepted by the seminary at the age of 30, and was ordained 6 years later.
The Rest of The Week is Roberts' compelling novel of a young priest faced with the crises and traumas of his vocation. It is a powerful drama in an area that has up to now been left largely unexplored and unexplained.« less