Why, at the age of seventy-one, and after having had a spectacularly successful career, does a man become an ordained priest? Why does someone forego sunny golf courses and choose instead to spend his retirement inside maximum-security prisons? Why does he seek out murderers, thieves, sex offenders, drug dealers, and racists rather than relax in the company of family and friends? The answers to these questions are revealed in this beautifully written narrative of the fascinating life journey of attorney David T. Link. Dave is a legal author, international lecturer, husband of 45 years to the late Barbara Link, father of five, and grandfather of fourteen. He is also the founding President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame, Australia. He inspired thousands during his twenty-four year tenure as Dean of Notre Dame Law School. Active in civil rights since the 1960s, he is co-founder of the renowned Center for the Homeless, South Bend. But the nexus of this story lies in his career as prison chaplain. In going behind the razor wire, Father Dave discovered that justice sometimes looks different from the other side. This is a book about the value of human life and the transformative power of compassion. Father Dave shows us how happiness and fulfillment are ours when we become a Camerado—someone who offers camaraderie and compassion without being complicit—to the least, the last, the lost, and the lonely.
