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Author
Publisher
Ave Maria Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In this edgy, honest, and often audacious book of Catholic spirituality Maria Morera Johnson explores the qualities of 24 holy women who lived lives of virtue in unexpected and often difficult circumstances. Johnson shares her experience as an educator of at-risk college students, and caregiver for a husband with Lou Gehrig's disease. Through humorous, empowering, and touching portraits of 24 spiritual mentors who inspired her, Johnson shows how their...
Author
Publisher
Prospect Park Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"While visiting Siena, Italy, Mary Lea Carroll grew fascinated with the remarkable story of St. Catherine of Siena and made a resolution: Whenever she was lucky enough to travel, if a shrine dedicated to a female saint was nearby, she'd visit it and learn about her. What started as a hobby grew into a journey she never expected, one rich with challenges and cappuccinos, doubts and inspiration, glasses of wine with strangers and moments of transcendence....
Author
Publisher
Prospect Park Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The author of Saint Everywhere is answering the call from fans for more reports from her quest to learn from some quietly extraordinary women-and a man or two-who have changed the world. Mary Lea Carroll travels to shrines and hometowns to learn about such amazing people as Saint Marie of Quebec, who founded the first girls' school in the New World; philanthropist-turned-saint Katherine Drexel of Philadelphia; Saint Brigid, a patron saint of Ireland;...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"A brilliant, lush, sweeping historical novel about the rise of the most powerful woman of the Middle Ages: Hild Hild is born into a world in transition. In seventh-century Britain, small kingdoms are merging, usually violently. A new religion is coming ashore; the old gods' priests are worrying. Edwin of Northumbria plots to become overking of the Angles, ruthlessly using every tool at his disposal: blood, bribery, belief. Hild is the king's youngest...
7) Menewood
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In the much-anticipated sequel to Hild, Nicola Griffith's Menewood transports readers back to seventh-century Britain, a land of rival kings and religions poised for epochal change"--
Author
Publisher
Liguori Publications
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"As a child, Elizabeth Ann Seton liked school. When she was a young lady, a priest asked her, 'We need a school in America for Catholic children. Will you start one?' Elizabeth did and also began a religious order of sisters to help her teach. Read Elizabeth's story. Maybe someday you'll be a teacher, too." --
10) Mother Teresa
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Kids
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Biography of Mother Teresa, presented for children who are learning to read"--
Author
Publisher
Liguori
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"French soldiers were fighting English soldiers 600 years ago in France. Joan, a faithful teenage girl and the daughter of farmers, wanted only peace. She heard God's voice telling her to help France and the future king. After convincing Prince Charles to let her lead the French armies, she and the soldiers won battle after battle. Her faith supported her even after she was captured by the English, put on trial, and sentenced to die. St. Joan is the...
Author
Publisher
Magnificat
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Each year, millions of people from all over the world bathe in the water of a spring in Lourdes, France. They come to pray for physical and spiritual healing and to remember a young girl who was chosen by the Mother of Jesus to draw us closer to her Son. Illustrated with delicate mixed media watercolor, inks, gold overlays, and collage this lovely book tells the story of Saint Bernadette and the beautiful lady, the miraculous spring, and the wonders...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
"A lyrical, dark, and moving look at the life of Joan of Arc, who as a teen girl in the fifteenth century commanded an army and helped crown a king of France. This verse novel from award-winning author Stephanie Hemphill dares to imagine how an ordinary girl became a great leader, and ultimately saved a nation."--Jacket flap.
A free-verse novel about Joan of Arc, , who as a teen girl in the fifteenth century commanded an army and helped crown a king...
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