Victor Lee Austin is Theologian-in-residence at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue in New York City. A priest-scholar, his background is in both the parish ministry and the academic world.
At Mount Aloysius College in Cresson, Pennsylvania, Father Austin was assistant professor of religious studies, philosophy, and theology. He has also taught on the adjunct faculty of Marist College, Mount St. Mary College, the General Theological Seminary, and Fordham University.
A priest in the Episcopal Church, Father Austin was rector of the Church of the Resurrection, Hopewell Junction, N.Y. It was in that suburban parish that he wrote his first book, "A Priest's Journal." He has also been curate of Zion Church in Wappingers Falls, N.Y., and priest-in-residence of Holy Trinity in Hollidaysburg, Pa. He is a graduate of St. John’s College (the great books school), the General Theological Seminary, and Fordham University (Ph.D. 2002).
"Some of the meditations collected in this book are on explicitly religious topics: the timeless glory of the Easter Vigil; how we talk to God in prayer; what our bodies will be like in Heaven.... More > Others are vignettes of everyday life in New York City: encountering a rude beggar and a kind one; wondering how a little boy seen in Central Park will go through his life; surviving a cacophony of cell phones. Father Austin's observations are always razor sharp, his insights often surprising (I had never thought of a Xerox machine in just that way). 'Priest in New York' is a rich book, funny, moving, instructive, illuminating." (Linda Bridges, author and editor) --------------------------------------- With a foreword by Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, who writes: "This is a quiet book about a loud city, a faithful diary of a world too often given to faithlessness."< Less
"Some of the meditations collected in this book are on explicitly religious topics: the timeless glory of the Easter Vigil; how we talk to God in prayer; what our bodies will be like in Heaven.... More > Others are vignettes of everyday life in New York City: encountering a rude beggar and a kind one; wondering how a little boy seen in Central Park will go through his life; surviving a cacophony of cell phones. Father Austin’s observations are always razor sharp, his insights often surprising (I had never thought of a Xerox machine in just that way). 'Priest in New York' is a rich book, funny, moving, instructive, illuminating." (Linda Bridges, author and editor) --------------------------------------- With a foreword by Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, who writes: "This is a quiet book about a loud city, a faithful diary of a world too often given to faithlessness."< Less
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