Patron Saints for Postmoderns

Patron Saints for Postmoderns
Author: Chris R. Armstrong
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2009-08-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830837191

A professor of church history, Armstrong provides rich portraits of ten people from the past who: translated the gospel for their own times; broke down barriers; ministered out of the brokenness we all share; knew what it feels like to live on the margins; believed in the power of stories to bring transformation through Christ. --from publisher description

A Man of the Beatitudes

A Man of the Beatitudes
Author: Luciana Frassati
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2000
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780898708615

This moving biography of Pier Georgio Frassati, who turned from a life of privilege to one devoted to working with the poor, and who died at the age of 24 from the polio virus, presents a portrait of a man whose love of God transformed his life and the lives of those around him. Inspired as a young man by Pier Georgio, Pope John Paul II recently approved beatification for Pier Georgio.

Manresa

Manresa
Author: Saint Ignatius (of Loyola)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 400
Release: 1881
Genre: Meditations
ISBN:

Saints Preserve Us!

Saints Preserve Us!
Author: Sean Kelly
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2011-01-12
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 0307780260

Hilarious and comprehensive, the ultimate guide to the universe of saints—and what each one means. Cross-referenced by birthdays, professions, and ailments, this is a must-have for any true believer with a proper sense of fun. Your name . . . your birthday . . . your nationality . . . your job . . . your hobby, each entitles you to the Papally Prescribed, Perpetual Personal Protection of a Plethora of Powerful Patrons in Paradise. Whatever your problem—social, sexual, or spiritual—or illness—mental or physical, chronic or acute—a Holy Host of Heavenly Helpers is at Hand. And you don’t even have to be Catholic! All you do need to discover the identities of Your Very Own Patron Saints, and to avail yourself of their Guaranteed Supernatural Assistance, is this Blessed Book. • Religiously researched! • Fanatically comprehensive! • Compulsively cross-indexed! • Incredibly credulous!

Dictionary of Patron Saints' Names

Dictionary of Patron Saints' Names
Author: Thomas W. Sheehan
Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Christian patron saints
ISBN: 9780879735395

From the most modern and unusual to old-fashion, historical favorites, you'll find over 15,000 names with the corresponding patron saint.

Saint and Nation

Saint and Nation
Author: Erin Kathleen Rowe
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0271037741

In early seventeenth-century Spain, the Castilian parliament voted to elevate the newly beatified Teresa of Avila to co-patron saint of Spain alongside the traditional patron, Santiago. Saint and Nation examines Spanish devotion to the cult of saints and the controversy over national patron sainthood to provide an original account of the diverse ways in which the early modern nation was expressed and experienced by monarch and town, center and periphery. By analyzing the dynamic interplay of local and extra-local, royal authority and nation, tradition and modernity, church and state, and masculine and feminine within the co-patronage debate, Erin Rowe reconstructs the sophisticated balance of plural identities that emerged in Castile during a central period of crisis and change in the Spanish world.