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The Collar is the new book people are talking about: A "must-read" and "amazing" ... "the kind of book you want to own in hardcover." 

The Collar takes the reader inside the off-limits world of a Roman Catholic Seminary today.  It is fly-on-the-wall story-telling at its best...gripping and human and true.  

The Collar tells the true-life drama and reality left untold by the media and popular thrillers like The DaVinci Code.

Here’s what people are saying about The Collar:

As compelling as a good novel.
–Raleigh News & Observer

Englert deftly illuminates a milieu foreign even to most Catholics.
– The Baltimore Sun

Wrenching and darkly humorous.
– The Seattle Times

A needed eye-opener.
– The Memphis Flyer

An engaging look inside a Catholic seminary dispels many mysteries…In addition to examining his subjects' emotional and psychological makeup, Englert investigates their vocational calling and relationship with God. Puts a human face on the word “priest.”
– Kirkus

Readers will find [Englert's] portrayal of priestly formation both compassionate and eye-opening, and it should be required reading for anyone thinking about becoming a priest. 
– Publisher’s Weekly

A great journalist and a great book always cut against the conventional wisdom. So it is with The Collar. At a time when coverage of the Catholic Church has centered on sexual scandal, conservative theology, and the steep decline in priests, Englert turns his reportorial attention and literary talent to those who still hear the call. This book is not naive or apologetic, but it is filled with empathy and wonder….
– Samuel G. Freedman, author of Upon This Rock: The Miracles of a Black Church

A fascinating account of how some ordinary men prepare for the holiness of the priesthood without forsaking their humanity.
– Br. Benet Tvedten, author of The View from a Monastery