The gift of peace
Subtitle: personal reflections
By: by Joseph Cardinal Bernardin.
Publisher: Loyola Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
Subjects: Bernardin, Joseph Louis, 1928-; Catholic Church -- Illinois -- Chicago Region -- Biography; Cardinals -- Illinois -- Chicago Region -- Biography; Death -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church; Spiritual life -- Catholic Church; Chicago Region (Ill.) -- Church history -- 20th century
Description: In the final two months of his life, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin made it his mission to share his personal reflections and insights in this book, The Gift of Peace. Using as a framework the previous three years, which included false accusation of sexual misconduct, diagnosis of cancer, and return of the cancer after fifteen months of being in remission, Cardinal Bernardin tells his story openly and honestly. At the end of his life, the Cardinal was at peace.

He accepted his peace as a gift from God, and through this book, he shares that gift with the world. The Gift of Peace is part of the Cardinal's pastoral legacy; through this book his ministry lives on.