God is Not a Rulebook

The story of an aging Catholic priest and the characters that inhabit his family and his parish. Catholic dogma and discipline no longer are firmly rooted in Father Fintan Foley, whose emphasis is on helping people navigate the trials of this life. The Foley family is buffeted by most of the social and economic currents of modern times. Fintan's sister, Mary Anne, a psychologist, describes her experience of three marriages as 'serial monogamy' with no cheating; Fintan's father, Jeremiah, a history professor at Temple University, is highly critical of the church; Isabel Hightower, a former nun and director of education at the parish, is a lesbian who marries her partner.