Author : Gina Loehr
Publisher : Franciscan Media
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,23 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Catholic women
ISBN : 9780867168587
In this book, God's image is reflected in a hundred different forms, in women of all types and callings. Contents include: - Women of faith - Women of hope - Women of charity - Women of prudence - Women of justice - Women of fortitude - Women of temperance - Queen of all saints: Mary.
Author : Maria Morera Johnson
Publisher : Ave Maria Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 13,1 MB
Release : 2015-10-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1594716331
Winner of a 2016 Association of Catholic Publishers Excellence in Publishing Award (first place, inspirational books). Winner of a 2020 Catholic Press Association book award (honorable mention, backlist beauty). In this edgy, honest, and often audacious book of Catholic spirituality, blogger and popular podcaster Maria Morera Johnson explores the qualities of twenty-four holy women who lived lives of virtue in unexpected and often difficult circumstances. In My Badass Book of Saints, Johnson shares her experience as a first-generation Cuban-American, educator of at-risk college students, and caregiver for a husband with Lou Gehrig's disease. Through humorous, empowering, and touching portraits of twenty-four spiritual mentors who inspired her, Johnson shows how their bravery, integrity, selflessness, perseverance, and hope helped her and can help others have courage to reach for a closer connection to God. She presents remarkable holy women and saints--including the gun-toting Servant of God Sr. Blandina Segale who tried to turn the heart of Billy the Kid, and Nazi resister Irena Sendler who helped smuggle children out of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II--in a way that brings their vivid personalities to life and helps readers live out the challenges of their lives with virtue and conviction. The book includes a group discussion guide.
Author : Sandra Dallas
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,98 MB
Release : 2012-04-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250005027
Four women seeking the promise of salvation and prosperity in a new land.
Author : Sarah Gallick
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 34,17 MB
Release : 2009-11-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0061956562
“A fascinating collection that profiles more than 400 inspiring Catholic women.” —Library Journal Most books about the saints are thin on women, especially contemporary women. Even Fr. Alban Butler’s popular Lives of the Saints lists far more men than women. No book about the saints could ignore such beloved early martyrs as Agnes of Rome and Lucy of Syracuse, but this new book will introduce you to many new women who have been canonized or beatified in recent decades. Among them are martyrs and mystics, rebellious daughters, loving wives and mothers, reformed prostitutes, restless visionaries, and humble recluses. Of the hundreds of women mentioned, 159 have been canonized or beatified since 1979. Approximately 100 of them lived in the twentieth century. This book is also unique in that it uses the saint's own words wherever possible, taking advantage of newly discovered archives, memoirs, and other primary sources. It includes resources such as internet shrines and other websites, as well as little-known information on the canonization process. “A beautiful and concise guide to the luminous women who inspire us to deeper faith.” —Edward L. Beck, author of God Underneath: Spiritual Memoirs of a Catholic Priest
Author : Colleen Carroll Campbell
Publisher : Image
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 29,44 MB
Release : 2012-10-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0770436501
A poignant and powerful spiritual memoir about how the lives of the saints changed the life of a modern woman. In My Sisters the Saints, author Colleen Carroll Campbell blends her personal narrative of spiritual seeking, trials, stumbles, and breakthroughs with the stories of six women saints who profoundly changed her life: Teresa of Avila, Therese of Lisieux, Faustina of Poland, Edith Stein of Germany, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and Mary of Nazareth. Drawing upon the rich writings and examples of these extraordinary women, the author reveals Christianity's liberating power for women and the relevance of the saints to the lives of contemporary Christians.
Author : Thomas G. Morrow
Publisher : Emmaus Road Publishing
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 15,57 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781937155810
Includes questions for discussion at the end of each chapter.
Author : Robert Ellsberg
Publisher : Darton, Longman & Todd
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 16,6 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Christian women saints
ISBN : 9780232526752
From the best-selling author of The Saints’ Guide To Happiness comes this new collection of devotional meditations, which reaches beyond the official saints to recall the lives of women throughout history whose faithfulness, selflessness and struggles speak to the needs of our time. Here, martyrs, missionaries and reformers share their unforgettable stories and draw us deeper into the mystery of the Beatitudes – sanctity, the struggle for justice, poverty of spirit, and merciful love. Blessed Among All Women includes reflections on St Mary Magdalene, Bd Mother Teresa, Dorothy Day, Emily Dickenson, Anne Frank and many others who offer a unique glimpse of real women who struggled with their own flaws and foibles but nonetheless lived lives of action, conviction, and holiness.
Author : Meg Hunter-Kilmer
Publisher : Emmaus Road Publishing
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 10,26 MB
Release : 2021-08-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1645851168
The lives of the Saints are one of the most powerful ways God draws people to himself, showing us the love and the joy we can find in him. But so often, these Saints seem distant—impossibly holy or dull or unlike us in race and age and state in life. In Saints Around the World, you’ll meet over one-hundred Saints from more than sixty countries, including Saints with different disabilities, strengths, and struggles. The beautiful illustrations and captivating storytelling will introduce you and your children to new heavenly friends while also helping you fall more in love with Jesus. Each story in this book is written not only to capture the imagination but also to speak about God’s tremendous love and our call to be saints. There are stories in Saints Around the World for when you feel like life isn’t fair, when people are being unkind to you, when you’ve made a terrible mistake, when you’re struggling at school, when prayer is hard. And there are stories of shouting down Nazis, of fleeing a murderous villain, of making scientific discoveries, of smoking a cigar while enemy soldiers amputate your leg. There are scared Saints, brilliant Saints, weak Saints, adventurous Saints, abused Saints, overjoyed Saints, disabled Saints—and the point of every one of them is the love of God. Whether you’re checking the map to find Saints who look like you or perusing the extensive indices to find Saints with your skills or struggles, you’ll find countless stories in this book that remind you how very possible holiness is.
Author : Timothy P. O'Malley
Publisher : Ave Maria Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,24 MB
Release : 2021-03-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1646800567
Winner of a first-place award for popular presentation of the faith and second-place in pastoral ministry, catechetical resource from the Catholic Media Association. Many Catholics don’t believe that Jesus is really present in the Eucharist. Rather, they see the bread and wine of Holy Communion as mere symbols of Christ’s body and blood. Is that disbelief just a misunderstanding or is it a blatant rejection of one of the central beliefs of the faith? In Real Presence, University of Notre Dame theologian Timothy P. O’Malley clears up the confusion and shows you how to learn to love God and neighbor through a deeper understanding of the doctrine of real presence. A 2019 study by the Pew Research Center found that almost seventy percent of Catholics don’t believe that Jesus is really present in the Eucharist. O’Malley offers a concise introduction to Catholic teaching on real presence and transubstantiation through a biblical, theological, and spiritual account of these doctrines from the early Church to today. He also explores how real presence enables us to see the vulnerability of human life and the dignity of all flesh and blood. O’Malley leads you to a deeper understanding and renewed faith in Catholic teaching about transubstantiation and real presence by helping you learn how the doctrine of real presence is rooted in divine revelation and how the Church’s teaching regarding transubstantiation is spiritually fruitful for the believer today; how to make your own the doctrine of real presence by worshipping Christ in the Eucharist and therefore making a real assent to real presence; how the Eucharist, although not the exclusive presence of Christ in the Church’s liturgy and mission, is crucial in growing our capacity for recognizing those other presences; and the important relationship between Eucharistic communion and adoration.
Author : Melanie Rigney
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,29 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Catholic women
ISBN : 9781616366179
In this page-a-day book for women, Melanie Rigney gives us a wellspring of interesting and diverse female saints who aptly show the way to be better disciples of Christ. Through their lives and experiences, we find examples of how to meet the challenges of daily life, be strengthened in our faith, and, in the process, become the people God created us to be.
