Saints of the Americas Conversations With 30 Saints from 15 Countries Tapa blanda - 2007

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"Listen in" as saints tell their stories
of faith and perseverance.

The strength and vigor of the Catholic Church are nowhere more visible than in North and South America, where hundreds of millions of people claim the Catholic faith. Saints of the Americas features thirty heroes of this New World faith, with representatives from fifteen countries in South America, Central America, North America, and the Caribbean.
Through "conversations" between the authors and the saints, readers will be inspired by the stories of Catherine Drexel and Elizabeth Ann Seton, who built schools and hospitals in the United States; martyr Oscar Romero from El Salvador; Venezuelan physician and healer Jose Gregorio Hernandez; Peruvian Rose of Lima, the first saint of the Americas; and others.
The faith and perseverance of these martyrs and monks, laypeople and clergy, mystics and activists will encourage people today to make a lasting difference in the world.

Fr. Arturo Perez-Rodriguez is a Chicago priest and a well-known author and speaker on matters of Hispanic spirituality and popular religion in the Catholic context. He is the author of Primero Dios and Praying with the Saints.
Miguel Arias is the senior editor of Spanish media at Loyola Press. He holds a master's degree in liturgy and is part of the faculty of the Cultural Institute for Leadership in the Midwest, Tepeyac Institute in El Paso, and the Hispanic Liturgy Institute in Chicago. He is the author of Palabra, Vida y Fe.

"Listen in" as saints tell their stories
of faith and perseverance.

The strength and vigor of the Catholic Church are nowhere more visible than in North and South America, where hundreds of millions of people claim the Catholic faith. Saints of the Americas features thirty heroes of this New World faith, with representatives from fifteen countries in South America, Central America, North America, and the Caribbean.
Through "conversations" between the authors and the saints, readers will be inspired by the stories of Catherine Drexel and Elizabeth Ann Seton, who built schools and hospitals in the United States; martyr Oscar Romero from El Salvador; Venezuelan physician and healer Jose Gregorio Hernandez; Peruvian Rose of Lima, the first saint of the Americas; and others.
The faith and perseverance of these martyrs and monks, laypeople and clergy, mystics and activists will encourage people today to make a lasting difference in the world.

Fr. Arturo Perez-Rodriguez is a Chicago priest and a well-known author and speaker on matters of Hispanic spirituality and popular religion in the Catholic context. He is the author of Primero Dios and Praying with the Saints.
Miguel Arias is the senior editor of Spanish media at Loyola Press. He holds a master's degree in liturgy and is part of the faculty of the Cultural Institute for Leadership in the Midwest, Tepeyac Institute in El Paso, and the Hispanic Liturgy Institute in Chicago. He is the author of Palabra, Vida y Fe.