Father Ed is the first biography of Father Edward Dowling, SJ, whose guidance transformed Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson\'s life and deepened the spirituality of the twelve-step movement.
He was also a champion of civil rights and other social-justice issues, and his pastoral interests presaged the priorities of the Church under Pope Francis..
Although not an alcoholic himself, he came to devote his ministry to helping people in recovery-not only alcoholics but also people in troubled marriages (as a co-founder of the Cana Conference) and those suffering from nervous disorders (as an early champion of Recovery, Inc., now known as Recovery International).
Jesuit Father Ed Dowling (1898-1960) rescued Bill Wilson from debilitating depression and gave him the Spiritual guidance he needed to bring AA to international prominence.
But whenever Wilson himself had the opportunity to name the greatest human being he had ever met, he had but one answer: Father Edward Dowling. 20 on its list of the most important people of the 20th century.
Time magazine placed him at No.
Bill Wilson\'s legacy is one of the greatest of any person of modern times.
Father Ed is the first biography of Father Edward Dowling, SJ, whose guidance transformed Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson\'s life and deepened the spirituality of the twelve-step movement
