title: Last Priest Standing and other stories
author: Richard Infante
description: Richard Infante is a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, He holds four master's degrees, including a Master of Fine Arts in fiction writing from the University of Pittsburgh. His work has appeared in journals such as Dappled Things, The Catholic Faith, and Pennsylvania Illustrated. He has been active in the promotion of the arts in the Pittsburgh region.
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  # The Young Priest's Keepsake
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Michael Phelan
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  PREFACE.
  
  
  PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
  
  
  CHAPTER FIRST. CULTURE: ITS NECESSITY TO A YOUNG
  
  
  PRIEST
  
  
  CHAPTER SECOND. ENGLISH: ITS NECESSITY TO A YOUNG
  
  
  PRIEST
  
  
  CHAPTER THIRD. SHOULD A YOUNG PRIEST WRITE HIS
  
  
  SERMONS?
  
  
  CHAPTER FOURTH. HOW SHOULD THE YOUNG PRIEST PREPARE
  
  
  HIS SERMONS?
  
  
  CHAPTER FIFTH. A SOPHISTRY EXPOSED. ADVICE GIVEN
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER SIXTH. THE ART OF ELOCUTION
  
  
  CHAPTER SEVENTH. THE DANGER OF THE HOUR. HOW TO
  
  
  MEET IT
  
  
  CHAPTER EIGHTH. THE YOUNG PRIEST'S ACTIVITIES
  
  
  
  
  
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  Produced by Angela
  
  
  
  
  
  THE YOUNG PRIEST'S KEEPSAKE
  
  
  By MICHAEL J. PHELAN, S.J.
  
  
  Second Edition.
  
  
  DUBLIN M. H. GILL AND SON, LTD. AND WATERFORD 1909
  
  
  
  
  
  1st. Edition MAY, 1909. 2nd. — Enlarged, NOV., 1909.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  This little book is written in the hope that it may as