My Story: Ramblings on a Spiritual Journey (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781542859240)

Tom grew up in the Pittsburgh area attending strict public schools that had a mix of colors, religions and cultures. After high school, at the prodding of an older brother and a widowed mother, he entered the University of Pittsburgh to major in writing. Feeling lost and wondering what his own "purpose" was, he left after his junior year to enter the Catholic seminary. There he majored in philosophy, finding peace and order and wallowing in the writings of Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, and the mystics. He was ordained a priest and joined the Sulpician Society (S.S.) whose sole purpose is the training of young men for the priesthood. After three lesser degrees he was sent to the renown University of Louvain, Belgium, to get his doctorate in theology. Having successfully completed his degree work, he taught theology and counseled seminarians for thirteen years in Kenmore, WA, Baltimore, MD, Plymouth, MI, Burlington, VT, and Washington, D.C. at the Catholic University of America. Inspired by Pope John XXIII on a visit to Rome, and by the radical decrees on non-Christian religions the Pope fostered at Vatican II, Tom left the priesthood to mine the riches he felt lying in other pastures which he studied. He married, became a general manager in a business venture, and counseled in a private clinic. Happily married to Helen over forty years, he lives in Dearborn, MI with their cat, Charmer. As co-worker and true friend, his wife recently set up a website for Tom to continue his work: findingoneness.com His purpose: giving to others the riches he found in the world's mystical traditions in the pursuit of the Oneness of everything. His other books are: SUPERSEED, OCEAN IN A DROP, HONORING GOD WITHIN, FINDING ONENESS, The Power of Loving Awareness and THE HEART OF CHRISTIANITY.