The Hermit Is the Powerful Story of “a Priest Who Showed No Fear” by Paul Senz  

By Paul Senz, Catholic World Report, October 30, 2024

Paul Senz has an undergraduate degree from the University of Portland in music and theology and earned a Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry from the same university. He has contributed to Catholic World Report, Our Sunday Visitor Newsweekly, The Priest Magazine, National Catholic Register, Catholic Herald, and other outlets. Paul lives in Elk City, OK, with his wife and their four children.

“I had no idea,” says Kevin Wells, “the story I/we had intended to write of a self-emptying priest during the pandemic would actually become a memoir about marriage—and the manner in which matrimonial graces work to dissolve the dark night.”

Priests are indispensable in the life of the Church. It is through our priests that we are reconciled with God, fed through the Holy Eucharist, brought into the Body of Christ through baptism, and much more. We may not always recognize the profound role priests play in our lives, but in some cases, the role is so dramatic that it cannot be ignored.

One such case is told in Kevin Wells’ latest book from Ignatius Press, The Hermit: The Priest Who Saved a Soul, a Marriage, and a Family (2024). It is a memoir, chronicling the story of Wells, his wife Krista’s struggle with personal wounds and addiction, and the role Father Martin Flum played in bringing healing to them, by God’s grace. …

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