Title: The gift of peace
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.
Subjects: Catholic Church, Biography, Death, Cardinals, Spiritual life, Church history, Religious aspects of Death, Doctrines, Catholics, Moral and religious aspects, Large type books, Bernardin, joseph louis, 1928-1996, Chicago (ill.), history, Death, religious aspects, Spiritual life, catholic church, Catholic church, biography, Religious aspects
Places: Chicago Region, Illinois, Chicago Region (Ill.)
People: Joseph Louis Bernardin (1928-), Joseph Bernardin (1928-1996)
Time periods: 20th century