{"product_id":"9781780730745","title":"Rest and Be Thankful: Autobiography of a Belfast Missionary","description":"In 1922 Belfast-born Dan Cummings left home three days after his 15th birthday to begin a Juniorate at a Redemptorist College in Limerick. He was not to live at home again. Years later he was persuaded by his then ten year old niece to ‘write his life story’.\u003cp\u003eThis is his personal account of a fascinating life, from a young lad in troubled Belfast, to missionary in the Philippines. Later, in wartime Europe, he served as an army chaplain, was involved in the D-Day landings and was there to see Belsen concentration camp liberated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn his return to Ireland his work included Professor of Scripture in Galway, Superior in Limerick and Prefect of the Church in Dundalk. As Director of the Belfast Clonard Confraternity and Missions for non-Catholics, his innovative ecumenical work sparked intense interest from his adversary – a young Ian Paisley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRest and Be Thankful is meticulously observed and recorded with forthright honesty. He finished writing in 1970 and died seven years later. At his request, the manuscript remained unpublished until now, having been entrusted to the same niece who had persuaded him to put pen to paper decades earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Colourpoint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039042322672,"sku":"9781780730745","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780730745_p0.jpg?v=1763714972","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780730745","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}