Book of saints and heroes
By: Joanna Bogle
Publisher: Gracewing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 131
ISBN-13: 9780852448090
Subjects: Biography; Clergy; Christian saints; Catholic Church
Description: A book containing short biographies of the men who put a priority on God and on truth, on serving others and on doing the right thing. [back cover].
Table of contents: title: Contents; title: St Peter, the first Pope; title: St Andrew, patron of Scotland; title: St. George, patron of England; title: St. David of Wales; title: St Patrick, patron of Ireland; title: St, Augustine, missionary to Kent; title: St Thomas Becket, Martyr of Canterbury; title: St Thomas More, Chancellor of England; title: St Edmund Campion, tortured but unbroken; title: St Damien of Molokai, hero of the forgotten; title: Blessed John Henry Newman, leading people to the Light; title: St Charles Lwana and his companions, heroes of Africa; title: Father Willie Doyle, hero of the trenches; title: Blessed Rupert Mayer, soldier and saint; title: Emperor Karl, soldier and peacemaker; title: Father John Hawes, the builder in the bush; title: The Mexican Martyrs: "Viva Cristo Rey!"; title: St Maximilian Kolbe, Martyr for charity; title: Bishop Count von Galen, patron of youth; title: Cardinal Soef Slipyf, witness to the Gulag; title: Father Jerzy, hero of Poland; title: Father Christian de Cherge and the Atlas monks; title: Father Pino, Martyred by the Mafia; title: The great John Paul.