From Trappist Monk to Street Doctor

Dr. John (Jack) O’Handley looks back at growing up as a Navy brat who spent six years in a Trappist monastery before deciding to embark on a career as a doctor.. As the oldest son of a career naval officer and his wife Marie the author grew up in many parts of the world. His father was one of five children born to a former Catholic priest and his wife in Brooklyn.. While he grew up in a loving family the author’s father never did understand his decision to drop out of college to enter monastic life.. In this memoir he looks back at his life as a Trappist monk as well as what eventually led him to pursue a career in medicine—as well as how he fell in love with a nursing student named Hannah. The two eventually married and started a family.. Join the author as he offers fascinating glimpses into a life along the road less traveled including his time as a monk family physician and tending to the homeless of Columbus Ohio for more than twenty-five years as a street doctor.