Gerard Manley Hopkins
In the 2014 calendar produced by the Jesuits in Britain, July’s focus is on a man who has a claim, ‘at least among those outside the Catholic Church, to be the most influential and successful Jesuit ever’. Philip Endean SJ surveys the life of Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ and asks if there was conflict between Hopkins the poet and Hopkins the priest.
Hopkins remains one of the most thoughtful poets in English Literature and his work has influenced a number of our greatest composers .
