John Kippley has lived in interesting, even revolutionary, times within the Church, and he has been involved in the birth control debate since well before Humanae Vitae. John and his wife formed an organization to provide the practical help to live the teaching. To say the least, the reactions to these efforts have been mixed—sometimes joyful, sometimes painful but certainly interesting. Thus, John has been getting excellent comments from readers on his memoirs, Battle-Scarred: Justice Can Be Elusive.
What have others said about the book?
I have enjoyed reading your book. It is fascinating from several perspectives and also a most valuable history of a significant part of the NFP movement.
—Mary Shivanandan, STD, Professor specializing in the Theology of the Body
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I was living in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, at the time the events described in the [earlier chapters of this] book took place. I was one of a very few who believed that John was being unjustly dealt with by Fr. Mooney. The events in this book are described exactly as I remember them.
—Wilf Oberthier, retired Human Resources director, Canada
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John’s book came today. It is so good. I’m on page 66 and it is so hard to put down, but I must put it down and do some work!
—NFP Teacher, Texas
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I have ten more pages to read. I’m on page 248. It is an excellent book. When Tom Ruwe’s name appeared in the book, it brought back memories of information regarding him.
—Cincinnati
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I truly enjoyed John’s book; it filled in a lot of blanks for me.
—former NFP teacher, Iowa
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I restarted reading and I just finished chapter 3 [dealing with the Canadian experience]. Wow!
— Illinois parish priest
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Once I started the book I could hardly put it down and grieved as I read it.
—longtime promoter of generous family life, Michigan
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The cost of the book is worth it just to read about the history of the dissent from Humanae Vitae from someone who was in the thick of it.
—Priest, retired professor of English, Minnesota
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