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Book Journals and Letters of Mother Theodore Guerin

Download or read book Journals and Letters of Mother Theodore Guerin written by Theodore Guerin and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Belief in Providence

Download or read book A Belief in Providence written by Julie Young and published by Indiana Historical Society. This book was released on 2007 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life story of Saint Theodora Guérin, founder of Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College.

Book Seven Principles of Sainthood

Download or read book Seven Principles of Sainthood written by Mary K. Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Seven Principles of Sainthood, author Mary K. Doyle explores the life of Saint Mother Theodore Gu??rin to illustrate the basic principles we all should follow in our journey of faith. Doyle shows how holiness is available to all of us as long as we have the desire. We are already on the road to heaven if we are willing to: Pray with the saints; Lead by serving; Trust in Providence; Be just and kind; Spread the word of the Lord; Forgive like Jesus; Strive for humility. Seven Principles of Sainthood concludes each chapter with questions designed for self-examination and evaluation. Readers can also take advantage of the Appendix offering several of Saint Mother Theodore's favorite prayers.

Book The Third Miracle

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bill Briggs
  • Publisher : Crown
  • Release : 2012-11-13
  • ISBN : 0767932714
  • Pages : 354 pages

Download or read book The Third Miracle written by Bill Briggs and published by Crown. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part detective story and part courtroom drama—with a touch of the supernatural—The Third Miracle exposes, for the first time ever, the secret rituals and investigations the Catholic Church today undertakes in order to determine sainthood. On a raw January 2001 morning at a Catholic convent deep in the Indiana woods, a Baptist handyman named Phil McCord made an urgent plea to God. He was by no means a religious man but he was a desperate man. McCord’s right eye was a furious shade of red and had pulsed for months in the wake of cataract surgery. He had one shot at recovery: a risky procedure that would replace part of his diseased eye with healthy tissue from a corpse. Dreading the grisly operation, McCord stopped into the convent’s chapel and offered a prayer—a spontaneous and fumbling request of God: Can you help me get through this? He merely hoped for inner peace, but when McCord awoke the next day, his eye was better—suddenly and shockingly better. Without surgery. Without medicine. And no doctor could explain it. Many would argue that Mother Théodore Guérin, the long-deceased matriarchal founder of the convent, had “interceded” on McCord’s behalf. Was the healing of Phil McCord’s eye a miracle? That was a question that the Catholic Church and the pope himself would ultimately decide. As part of an ancient and little-known process, top Catholic officials would convene a confidential tribunal to examine the handyman’s healing, to verify whether his recovery defied the laws of nature. They would formally summon McCord, his doctors, coworkers, and family to a windowless basement room at the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. They would appoint two local priests to serve the roles of judge and prosecutor. And they would put this alleged miracle on trial, all in an effort to determine if Mother Théodore, whose cause for beatification and canonization dated back to 1909, should be named the eighth American saint. In The Third Miracle, journalist Bill Briggs meticulously chronicles the Church investigation into this mysterious healing and offers a unique window into the ritualistic world of the secretive Catholic saint-making process—one of the very foundations on which the Church is built. With exclusive access to the case and its players, Briggs gives readers a front-row seat inside the closed-door drama as doctors are grilled about the supernatural, priests doggedly hunt for soft spots in the claim, and McCord comes to terms with the metaphorical “third miracle”: his own reconciliation with the metaphysical. As the inquiry shifts from the American heartland to an awaiting jury at Vatican City in Rome, Briggs astutely probes our hunger for everyday miracles in an age of technology, the Catholic Church’s surprisingly active saint-making operation, and the eternal clash of faith and science.

Book Sister St Francis Xavier

    Book Details:
  • Author : Irma Le Fer De La Motte
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
  • Release : 2013-02-23
  • ISBN : 9781482622751
  • Pages : 78 pages

Download or read book Sister St Francis Xavier written by Irma Le Fer De La Motte and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-02-23 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of her vocation we read: “Only those who have yearned to bring souls to Christ can understand the sentiments which filled Irma's heart during her four years of patient waiting. But the summons came at last. In 1839 Bishop de la Hailandiere of Vincennes, Indiana, an intimate friend of the family, who was in France, seeking aid for his mission, visited Irma's home. Here was the heaven-sent messenger. Never did a Desdemona listen to an Othello with half the eagerness with which Irma listened to the details which Bishop de la Hailandiere gave of those distant lands in America where so many souls were in darkness and in the shadow of death. Immediately after the visit, Irma wrote to a friend: 'We had a visit yesterday from Bishop de la Hailandiere, who spoke of his diocese and his great labors. Cecile wished to set out with him immediately. I did not say any thing, but I thought, "It is there perhaps that God calls me." Eugenie laughs and will not believe me; her gayety and her assurance make me heartsick. Poor dear sister how she will weep when I leave her.'”

Book Racial Justice and the Catholic Church

Download or read book Racial Justice and the Catholic Church written by Bryan N. Massingale and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the history of racism in the United States from the Civil War to the twenty-first century and discusses the teaching efforts of the Catholic Church to put a stop to racism and promote reconciliation and justice.

Book A Living Gospel

Download or read book A Living Gospel written by Ellsberg, Robert and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2019-06-06 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Nobility and Analogous Traditional Elites in the Allocutions of Pius XII

Download or read book Nobility and Analogous Traditional Elites in the Allocutions of Pius XII written by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 1993 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the role of the nobility and analogous traditional elites in contemporary society.

Book Grieving with Mary

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  • Author : Mary K. Doyle
  • Publisher : ACTA Publications
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN : 087946397X
  • Pages : 161 pages

Download or read book Grieving with Mary written by Mary K. Doyle and published by ACTA Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More art, music and literature have been devoted to Mary than to any other woman in history, and millions of believers make hard pilgrimages to visit her shrines every day. But why do Catholics pray to Mary in times of sorrow or need? And how does she help them develop a closer relationship to Christ? In Grieving with Mary, author Mary K. Doyle finds comfort and healing in devotion to the Blessed Virgin. Doyle walks readers through the illustrious history of the many ways Catholics have of approaching Mary, and encourages readers to use one or more of the following to nurture their own personal relationship with the Mother of God: [[Hymns and prayers [[Devotional art [[Shrines [[Rosary beads [[Labyrinths [[Feasts and processions When Catholics pray to Mary (or any other saint), they ask for her intercession. In prose that is clear and precise, Doyle makes clear that adoration of Mary does not replace worshipping God, but rather draws believers closer to God. Ultimately, devo

Book The Roman Martyrology

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  • Author : Catholic Church Martyrology
  • Publisher : Franklin Classics
  • Release : 2018-10-13
  • ISBN : 9780342827978
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Roman Martyrology written by Catholic Church Martyrology and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Making Saints

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kenneth L. Woodward
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2016-04-26
  • ISBN : 1439143951
  • Pages : 488 pages

Download or read book Making Saints written by Kenneth L. Woodward and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From inside the Vatican, the book that became a modern classic on sainthood in the Catholic Church. Working from church documents, Kenneth Woodward shows how saint-makers decide who is worthy of the church's highest honor. He describes the investigations into lives of candidates, explains how claims for miracles are approved or rejected, and reveals the role politics -- papal and secular -- plays in the ultimate decision. From his examination of such controversial candidates as Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador and Edith Stein, a Jewish philosopher who became a nun and was gassed at Auschwitz, to his insights into the changes Pope John Paul II has instituted, Woodward opens the door on a 2,000-year-old tradition.

Book A Saint of Our Own

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  • Author : Kathleen Sprows Cummings
  • Publisher : UNC Press Books
  • Release : 2019-02-27
  • ISBN : 1469649489
  • Pages : 333 pages

Download or read book A Saint of Our Own written by Kathleen Sprows Cummings and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2019-02-27 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What drove U.S. Catholics in their arduous quest, full of twists and turns over more than a century, to win an American saint? The absence of American names in the canon of the saints had left many of the faithful feeling spiritually unmoored. But while canonization may be fundamentally about holiness, it is never only about holiness, reveals Kathleen Sprows Cummings in this panoramic, passionate chronicle of American sanctity. Catholics had another reason for petitioning the Vatican to acknowledge an American holy hero. A home-grown saint would serve as a mediator between heaven and earth, yes, but also between Catholicism and American culture. Throughout much of U.S. history, the making of a saint was also about the ways in which the members of a minority religious group defined, defended, and celebrated their identities as Americans. Their fascinatingly diverse causes for canonization—from Kateri Tekakwitha and Elizabeth Ann Seton to many others that are failed, forgotten, or still under way—represented evolving national values as Catholics made themselves at home. Cummings's vision of American sanctity shows just how much Catholics had at stake in cultivating devotion to men and women perched at the nexus of holiness and American history—until they finally felt little need to prove that they belonged.

Book Saint Mother Theodore Gu  rin

Download or read book Saint Mother Theodore Gu rin written by Sister Diane Ris and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-09-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no available information at this time.

Book Mother Theodore Guerin

Download or read book Mother Theodore Guerin written by Penny Blaker Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana.

Book A Biblical Way of Praying the Mass

Download or read book A Biblical Way of Praying the Mass written by Fr. Timothy Gallagher and published by Sophia Institute Press. This book was released on 2021-01-15 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How many times have you attended Mass and desired that it more fully touched your heart? You find that everyday worries and to-do lists distract from its prayers, the readings vanish from memory, and even the consecration and Communion pass by in a moment. Too often, the Mass feels like a missed opportunity for grace. To help you fully tap into the abundance of grace offered at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Fr. Timothy Gallagher resurrects here the teachings of Venerable Bruno Lanteri. A holy priest seeking to root himself in prayer during the turbulence of war and persecution in northern Italy, Venerable Bruno developed a biblical way of praying the Mass that transforms it into a true prayer of the heart. Fr. Gallagher discovered this method of praying the Mass forty-five years ago, and it has been a blessing for him ever since. He now shares this method with you. Through a selection of biblical figures, he invites you live each part of

Book Saints Behaving Badly

    Book Details:
  • Author : Thomas J. Craughwell
  • Publisher : Image
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 0385517203
  • Pages : 210 pages

Download or read book Saints Behaving Badly written by Thomas J. Craughwell and published by Image. This book was released on 2006 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes a close-up look at thirty-two holy men and women who took a less than saintly path on their road to sainthood, profiling St. Olga, St. Mary of Egypt, Thomas … Becket, and other sinners-turned-saint. 20,000 first printing.

Book The History of Black Catholics in the United States

Download or read book The History of Black Catholics in the United States written by Cyprian Davis and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: