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John Joseph Powell

Born

in Chicago, Illinois, The United States

September 22, 1925

Died

September 24, 2009

Genre

Religion

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John Joseph Powell (aka John Powell) was a Jesuit priest and author, and brother of Rita Donlan and William Powell.

He received elementary-school education at the John B. Murphy public school in Chicago. In June 1943, Powell graduated from the Loyola Academy in Chicago. In August 1943, he entered the Society of Jesus at Milford, Ohio. In the fall of 1947, he began a three-year course in philosophy at West Baden College, and enrolled in Loyola University, where he took a Bachelor of Arts degree the following June. He began graduate work at Loyola in 1948 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1956.

Powell worked at West Baden University (1961-1965), the Bellarmine School of Theology of Loyola University (1965-1968) and Loyola University (1968-2 ...more

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	Why Am I Afraid to Tell You Who I Am? Insights into Personal Growth 3.94 avg rating — 1,815 ratings — published 1999 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Am I Afraid to Love?: Overcoming Rejection and Indifference 3.79 avg rating — 417 ratings — published 1972 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret of Staying in Love 4.09 avg rating — 328 ratings — published 1974 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unconditional Love: Love Without Limits 4.20 avg rating — 311 ratings — published 1978 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Happiness Is an Inside Job 4.18 avg rating — 285 ratings — published 1989 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	فن التواصل: أنت وأنا والذات الحقيقية by John Joseph Powell, الأب جان باول اليسوعي, المطران بولس الصياح (ترجمة) 4.30 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 1985 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fully Human Fully Alive: A New Life Through a New Vision 4.11 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 1976 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	إنه استوقفني: مسيرتي في الصلاة by John Joseph Powell, الأب جان باول اليسوعي, المطران بولس الصياح (ترجمة) 4.14 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 1974 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	رحلة فى فصول الحياة by John Joseph Powell, الأب جان باول اليسوعي, المطران بولس الصياح (ترجمة) 4.36 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 1986 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Reason to Live! A Reason to Die!: A New Look at Faith in God by John Joseph Powell, Patricia E. Ricci (Illustrator) 4.38 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1972 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being.”
― John Joseph Powell, The Secret of Staying in Love

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“Why am I afraid to tell you who I am? I am afraid to tell you who I am, because, if I tell you who I am, you may not like who I am, and it's all that I have...”
― John Joseph Powell, Why Am I Afraid to Tell You Who I Am? Insights into Personal Growth

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“Honest, open communication is the only street that leads us into the real world... We then begin to grow as never before. And once we are on this road, happiness cannot be far away.”
― John Joseph Powell, فن التواصل: أنت وأنا والذات الحقيقية

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