Marie Cecilia Buehrle
Auteur de Saint Maria Goretti
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The Cardinal Stritch Story par Marie Cecilia Buehrle
1207. The Cardinal Stritch Story, by Marie Cecilia Buehrle (27 Jan 1973) This was a 1959 book, very uncritical, eulogistic, which I felt could have better honored its subject by greater objectivity. He had died May 26, 1958, so this was more of a eulogy than a biography. Reading it violated a guide I more or less follow, of not reading biographies written during a subject's life or immediately after the death of the subject. But of course there are exceptions. Though I don't know that I would have read A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash, by Sylvia Naser (read 19 July 2002) if I had known he was still alive; and not reading that would have been a mistake.… (plus d'informations)
Bl. Mary of Providence (Eugenie Smet) shares the life of a French girl grown to womanhood, destined to be a victim soul and mystic whose call was also to found a religious order dedicated to prayer and penance for the help of the holy souls in Purgatory.
Fascinating topic and life story, 19th century France. Relates much of the history, challenges and obstacles in founding the Helpers of the Holy Souls convents, first in France, and then spread.
Fascinating topic and life story, 19th century France. Relates much of the history, challenges and obstacles in founding the Helpers of the Holy Souls convents, first in France, and then spread.
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- Œuvres
- 8
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 158
- Popularité
- #133,026
- Évaluation
- 4.2
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 10