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Classic Catholic Converts

Classic Catholic Converts( )
Author: Connor, Charles
Day, Dorothy
Chesterton, G. K.
Seton, Elizabeth A.
ISBN:978-0-89870-787-8
Publication Date:Feb 2001
Publisher:Ignatius Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $14.95
Book Description:

Classic Catholic Converts presents the compelling stories of over 25 well-known converts to Catholicism from the 19th and 20th centuries. It tells of powerful testimonials to God's grace, men and women from all walks of life in Europe and America whose search for the fullness of truth led them to the Catholic Church. It is the witness of brilliant intellectuals, social workers, scientists, authors, film producers, clergy, businessmen, artists and others who, under the...
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Book Details
Pages:220
Detailed Subjects: Religion / Christianity / Catholic
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.25 x 8 x 0.688 Inches
Book Weight:0.626 Pounds
Author Biography
Connor, Charles (Author)
After leading a bohemian life as a young woman, Day turned to the Catholic church knowing it meant the end for her common-law marriage to a devout atheist. As a woman with socialistic, anarchistic leanings, Day met Peter Maurin, a man rooted in Catholic traditions, and together they founded the Catholic Worker Catholic Worker. As a journalist, Day wrote about topics ranging from labor disputes to pacifism to motherhood. A social activist, she was last arrested at the age of 75 as a participant in a strike by the United Farm Workers. As part of the Catholic Worker movement, she helped to establish over a hundred Houses of Hospitality. Living in poverty among the poor, Day detested being called a saint.

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