The Miracle of Hope
Subtitle: Political Prisoner, Prophet of Peace
Publisher: Pauline Books & Media
Published: June 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780819848222
Description: Written by a personal friend of Cardinal Thuan, this moving biography containing over 70 photographs and writing excerpts chronicles the life of the man Pope John Paul II said was marked by a heroic configuration with Christ on the cross. From a prisoner in a communist jail cell to a leader of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace in Rome, Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan remained a man of unshakable faith and undying hope.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: Prologue; title: Author's Note; label: Part One:
title: A Cruel and Enchanting World; label: Chapter One
title: The Seeds of Faith; label: Chapter Two
title: A Vocation of Patriotism; label: Chapter Three
title: Growing Up in Hue; label: Chapter Four
title: An Ninh Minor Seminary; label: Chapter Five
title: The World in Turmoil; label: Chapter Six
title: Japan's Victory and Defeat; label: Chapter Seven
title: An Era Ends; label: Chapter Eight
title: The First of Many Tragedies; label: Chapter Nine
title: Phu Xuan Major Seminary; label: Chapter Ten
title: The Young Priest; label: Chapter Eleven
title: Ngo Dinh Diem Comes to Power; label: Part Two:
title: The Spiritual Journey; label: Chapter Twelve
title: The Urbana Institute; label: Chapter Thirteen
title: Going Home; label: Chapter Fourteen
title: In the Shadow of Power; label: Chapter Fifteen
title: Broken Dreams; label: Chapter Sixteen
title: The Rebirth of Hope; label: Chapter Seventeen
title: Bishop of Nha Trang; label: Chapter Eighteen
title: The Mission of Love; label: Chapter Nineteen
title: The Fall of South Vietnam; label: Part Three:
title: The Stormy Years; label: Chapter Twenty
title: The Ordeal Begins; label: Chapter Twenty-One
title: The Road of Hope; label: Chapter Twenty-Two
title: Inside North Vietnam; label: Chapter Twenty-Three
title: Return to Solitary Confinement; label: Chapter Twenty-Four
title: Light after Darkness; label: Part Four:
title: The Triumph of Hope; label: Chapter Twenty-Five
title: Freedom and Exile; label: Chapter Twenty-Six:
title: The Man with a Gentile Smile; label: Chapter Twenty-Seven
title: President of the Council for Justice and Peace; label: Chapter Twenty-Eight
title: The Dream Goes On; label: Chapter Twenty-Nine
title: The New Cardinal; title: Epilogue; title: Glossary of Characters; title: About the Author