Young Faces of Holiness: Modern Saints in Photos and Words
Anne Ball When youthful enthusiasm combines with pure unbridled love, it's not magic. It's young holiness. Introduce your children and grandchildren to these funny, playful, athletic, loving, courageous youths. Share with your students the lives - and photos - of youngsters their own age. Or, in...
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Anne Ball When youthful enthusiasm combines with pure unbridled love, it's not magic. It's young holiness. Introduce your children and grandchildren to these funny, playful, athletic, loving, courageous youths. Share with your students the lives - and photos - of youngsters their own age. Or, in some cases, even younger! These are the Church's young holy ones. Its saints and its blesseds and servants of God on the road to canonization. Young Faces Of Holiness Includes: America's Mary Ann Long, the Little Apostle of Consolation Portugal's Blessed Francisco and Jacinta Marto, to whom Mary appeared in Fatima Italy's Chiara Luce Badana, known for her love of tennis, swimming, mountain climbing, and dancing The young martyrs of China, Korea, Mexico, Spain, Thailand, Uganda, and Vietnam And many more! Now you - and the young people in your life - can discover how God's amazing grace was at the heart of each of these amazing lives. These ordinary kids came to lead extraordinary lives because of their deep trust in God the Father, their solid friendship with Jesus Christ, their unwavering reliance on the Holy Spirit, and their tender devotion to Our Blessed Lady. A perfect Confirmation gift. A great choice for a child or teen deciding on a Confirmation name.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781931709552 (1931709556)
Publish date: March 1st 2004
Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor
Pages no: 236
Edition language: English