num_pages: 220
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 inspiration of the Holy Spirit studied and prayed their way into the Church.Fr. Charles Connor writes insightful and wonderfully readable stories of a rich variety of converts who struggled greatly with many challenges as they embraced Catholicism including rejection by loved ones persecution from strangers and misunderstanding by peers. But once they responded to God's call they experienced great inner peace contentment and joy. Among the famous converts whose stories are told here include John Henry Newman Edith Stein Jacques Maritain Dorothy Day G.K. Chesterton Elizabeth Seton Karl Stern Ronald Knox and many more.
language: English
title: Classic Catholic Converts
publisher: Ignatius Press