Bobby Brown and Richie Blue

Richard Penaskovic is a professor of religious studies at Auburn University, Alabama. He served as a Franciscan priest, but eventually left the active priesthood. Penaskovic studied in at the University of Würzburg (B.A., M.A. equivalent) and the University of Munich, where he earned a Ph.D. Robert Pensakovic has a private practice in psychotherapy in Mineola, New York. Like Richard, he was also a Franciscan priest but has since left the priesthood. Penaskovic earned degrees from St. Hyacinth College, St. Anthony-on-Hudson, and Adelphi University (M.S.W.).

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 AcknowledgementsChapter 3 Chapter One: City KidsChapter 4 Chapter Two: Thank You Lord for Caring RelativesChapter 5 Chapter Three: The Long Hand of ProvidenceChapter 6 Chapter Four: A Fork in the RoadChapter 7 Chapter Five: Meeting the PopeChapter 8 Chapter Six: The Way of Knowledge and the Way of EmpathyChapter 9 Epilogue