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Inspired by Pope Francis’s Apostolic Exhortation, “On the Call to Holiness in Today’s World,” a priest and pastor shows how personal witness makes the claims of the gospel real and attractive.
Following the structure of Francis’s document, Saints Celebrated and Unsung includes two stories in each chapter—one, a celebrated saint, like Saints Augustine and Thérèse of Lisieux; the other, an “unsung saint” who models a particular kind of holiness for us today.
James J. Bacik, a priest of the Diocese of Toledo, OH, is the former pastor of Corpus Christi University Parish in Toledo. He holds a doctorate in theology from the University of Oxford and has lectured widely in the United States and internationally. His books include Pope Francis and Campus Ministry: A Dialogue and the forthcoming Pope Francis and His Critics.
“Will lend you a fresh sense of your baptismal calling to holiness of life after the way of Jesus. As needed as ever, it poses models to inspire your own unique path and will prompt you to remember your own unsung saints.” –From the Foreword by Thomas Groome, author, Faith for the Heart
