Unwanted Priest

Fr Bryan Houghton's life was marked by significant transitions. Born into a Protestant family and educated in a Catholic school, he gradually came to understand the truth of the Faith and eventually converted. This led him to respond to the call to priesthood, which he saw as an office of offering sacrifice, reconciling sinners, feeding the spiritually hungry, and preaching divinely revealed truths. However, with the Second Vatican Council and subsequent liturgical reforms in the 1960s, Fr Houghton faced a crisis of conscience. He struggled to reconcile his faith with the changes to the Church's rites of worship, which he saw as incompatible with traditional practices. Eventually, he was forced to resign his curacy and relocate to southern France, where he continued to practice the Tridentine Mass and compile his memoirs. This autobiography offers a unique blend of personal stories and critiques of the liturgical reforms that shaped Fr Houghton's life. Now available in English for the first time, this book provides insight into the experiences of a priest who stood firm in his faith despite significant changes to the Church.