Michael Donovan was a young man of 19 when he experienced a sudden and dramatic calling to become a priest. Because he had left school early to work on his father's farm, it proved a difficult path to follow because of his lack of education, but he persevered and was eventually ordained as a member of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD). In 1981 he travelled to Papua New Guinea, where he began work as a priest in remote rural parishes and later as a teacher and spiritual director. Called From The Fields, based on letters he wrote over forty years, gives a fascinating insight into the life of a missionary and its many challenges and rewards.