Biographies in the SMM Parish Library
January 9, 2010


920 GHE         Bert Ghezzi.  Miracles of the saints: true stories of lives touched by the supernatural.  . 1996.  185 p.  Book No.: 416. Location:  Church
                                Includes biographies of St. Martin de Porres, St. Theresa Margaret, St. Perpetua, Solanus Casey, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Lutgarde of Aywieres,
                        St. Anthony of Egypt,  St. Elizabeth of Hungary, St. Clare of Assisi, St. Dominic, St. Sagbas and others.
            
920 PIA           Stephane-Joseph Piat.  Story of a family, The:  the home life of St. Therese of Lisieux (the Little Flower).  .  459 p.  Book No.: 101.  Location: 
                                Church
                                Reconstructs the lives of Louis and Zelie Martin, St. Therese's parents, as well as those of her four sisters and near relatives, plus her own early life.
            
920 SEL          Edward Cletus Sellner.  Stories of the Celtic soul friends: their meaning for today.   . 2004.  264 p.  Book No.: 432.  Location:  Church
                                Contents:  1 - Celtic stories and storytellers; 2 - Patrick of Armagh: shaman and spiritual guide; 3 - Brigit of Kildare: pastor and pioneer; 4 –
                        Columcille of Iona: teacher and tutor; 5 - Colman of Land Ela: mentor and midwife.
            
921 ALA        Leon Christiani.  Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque and the promises of the Sacred Heart.  .  1974.  199 p.  Book No.: 99.  Location:  Church
                                A biography of the apostle and missionary of the Sacred Heart.
            
921 ANG        Raymond Arroyo.  Mother Angelica: the remarkable story of a nun, her nerve, and a network of miracles.  .  2004.  384 p.  Book No.: 382. 
                                Location:  Church
                                Biography of the nun who founded Eternal Word Television Network, the world's first Catholic cable network.
            
921 AUG         Saint, Bishop of Hippo Augustine.  Confessions, The: Saint Augustine; branslated by Henry Chadwick.  .  1992.  311 p.  Book No.: 426.  Location: 
                                Church
                                Augustine tells of his wrestlings to master his sexual drive, his ascent from an Algerian farm to the edge of high power at the imperial court of Milan,
                         and his renunciation of secular ambition and marriage as he recovered his early faith.
            
921 BEN         Walter H. Peters.  Life of Benedict XV, The.  .   .  321 p.  Book No.: 313.  Location:  Church
                                A biography of the Pope who tried to prefent World War I through mediation and issued the first Canon Law.
            
921 BER         Bernadin, Joseph Louis, 1928-96.  Gift of peace, The: personal reflections.  .  1997.  153 p.  Book No.: 295.  Location:  Church
                                Joseph Cardinal Bernardin reflects on the last three years of his life, beginning with false allegations of sexual abuse and chronicling his struggle with
                        pancreatic cancer, which ultimately ended his life.
            
921 CAT         Anne B. Baldwin.  Catherine of Siena: a biography.  .  1987.  192 p.  Book No.: 262.  Location:  Church
                                The life of a saint who served as a maid, visionary, nurse, teacher, revolutionary, counselor, and ambassador for the Catholic Church.
            
921 DOM       Augusta Theodosia Drane.  Life of Saint Dominic, The.  .  1968.  240 p.  Book No.: 141.  Location:  Church
                                This telling of the life of St. Dominic is drawn principally from the writings of his contemporaries.
            
921 FEE          James A. Feehan.  Hourglass on the run, An: the story of a preacher.  .  2000.  192 p.  Book No.: 243.  Location:  Church
                               An Irish priest recounts stories of people he knew, houses he lived in, priests he worked with, and ships he sailed in.
            
921 FOU         Sergius C. Lorit.  Charles de Foucauld: the silent witness.  . 1983.  174 p.  Book No.: 379. Location:  Church
                                The story of the former Viscount Charles de Foucauld, French dilettante playboy, courageous calvary officer, and adventurous Moroccan explorer,
                        who went on to become the beloved "holy man" of the nomads of the Sahara desert.
            
921 FOU         Little Brothers of Jesus.  Cry the Gospel with your life: religious life in the footsteps of Brother Charles of Jesus.  .  .  242 p.  Book No.: 378.  Location: 
                                Church
                                Contents:  A short biography; Brother Charles' spirituality for religious life; the traternities throughout the world.
            
921 FRA         Maria Sticco.  Peace of St. Francis, The.   . 1962.  285 p.  Book No.: 421.  Location:  Church
                                Biography of St. Francis of Assisi.  Includes illustrations: famous paintings of St. Francis.
            
921 HAN        Philip M. Hannan.  Rome: living under the Axis: a look back at a turbulent time in history through the letters of a young seminarian and future
                                archbishop:  1936-1940.
 2003.  420 p.  Book No.: 247.  Location:  Church
                                Details the thoughts, observations, and experiences of a young seminarian in Rome on the eve of World War II, recorded in letters to his family.  

921 HES        Theodore M. Hesburgh.  God, country, Notre Dame.  .  1991.  331 p.  Book No.: 95.  Location:  Church
                                The memoirs of a former president of Notre Dame University.
            
921 IGN         Peggy A. Sklar.  St. Ignatius of Loyola: in God's service.  .  2001.  90 p.  Book No.: 196.  Location:  Church
                                Looks at the founder of the Jesuits through the lens of his service to God.
            
921 JOS         Angelo Pastrovicchi.  St. Joseph of Copertino.  .   1980.  135 p.  Book No.: 306.  Location:  Church
                                A biography of the patron saint of students and those who fly.
            
921 MAN        Dan O'Neill.  Mother Angelica: her life story.  .  1986.  155 p.  Book No.: 411.  Location:  Church
                                Details the life of the Franciscan nun who founded the Eternal Word Television Network.
            
921 MAR        Edith Filliette.  Saint Mary Magdalene: her life and times in the Gospels, history and tradition.  .  1983.  179 p.  Book No.: 425.  Location:  Church
                                Traces the life of Mary Magdalene as seen in the Gospel.  Follows through with the finding of her tomb and holy remains in France with historical notes
                        and tradition dating to the first centuries of Christianity.  Includes bibliography.
            
921 MAR       Edith Filliette.  Saint Mary Magdalene: her life and times in the Gospels, history, and tradition.  .  1983.  179 p.  Book No.: 195.  Location:  Church
                                Traces the life of Mary Magdalene as seen in the Gospel, and follows through with the finding of her tomb and holy remains in France with historical
                        notes and tradition dating to the first centuries of Christianity.
            
921 MAU        Dorothy Day.  Peter Maurin:  apostle to the world.  .  2004.  187 p.  Book No.: 6.  Location:  Church
                                An unfinished biography of Dorothy Day's teacher and co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, edited by Francis Sicius.
            
921 MER         Edward Rice.  Man in the sycamore tree: the good times and hard life of Thomas Merton.  . 1970.  189 p.  Book No.: 381. Location:  Church
                                Tells the story of Thomas Merton from his childhood through his monastic years up to his fateful Far Eastern trip.  Illustrated with photographs and
                        Merton's drawings from his pre-monastic days.
            
921 MER        William H. Shannon.  Something of a rebel: Thomas Merton, his life and works; an introduction.  .  1997.  186 p.  Book No.: 218.  Location:  Church
                                Contents: The Life Story; Is Merton for Today or Is He Passe?; The Merton Galleery: Themes to Look for in Merton's Writings; The Merton Library:
                        What to Read First.
            
921 OSS         Victoria Molins.  Henry de Osso: priest and teacher.   . 1993.  107 p.  Book No.: 294.  Location:  Church
                                 The story of a diocesan priest who lived in nineteenth-century Spain; founder of the Society of St. Teresa of Jesus.
            
921 PEY         Jeanne Gosselin Arnold.  Man of faith, A: Father Patrick Peyton, C.S.C., his life, mission, and message.  .  1983.  303 p.  Book No.: 271.  Location: 
                                Church
                                A biography of the originator of the slogan, The family that prays together stays together."
            
921 PIO          C. Bernard Ruffin.  Padre Pio:  The true story (revised and expanded).  .  1991.  444 p.  Book No.: 102.  Location:  Church
                                Focuses primarily on the post World War II era to the time of Padre Pio's death.  Contains material about events that have occurred after Padre Pio's
                        death and an update on his cause for canonization.  Also includes a 16-page photo section.
            
921 PIO          John A. Schug.  Padre Pio profile, A.  .  1987.  162 p.  Book No.: 26.  Location:  Church
                                Consists of interviews carried out with Padre Pio's own Capuchin superiors and confreres, his spiritual directors and doctors, the townspeople and
                        pilgrims who were his spiritual children--all speaking of their own personal experiences with the holy friar
            
921 RIC          Anne Rice.  Called out of darkness: a spiritual confession.  .   2008.  245 p.  Book No.: 400.  Location:  Church
                                Tells the story of the author's spiritual transformation.  Includes her early life and tells how, after an adult lifetime of questioing, she experienced an
                        intense conversion and consecration to Christ.
            
921 RIC          Barbara Lenox Gutierrez.  Charlene.  .  1988.  123 p.  Book No.: 402.  Location:  Church
                                A revised edition of the life of Charlene Richard, the young candidate for sainthood from Southwest Louisiana.  Book I includes all ot the 1979 edition;
                        Book II includes updatesl and personal accounts of some whose lives Charlene has touched.
            
921 SET          Joseph I. Dirvin.  Mrs. Seton: foundress of the American Sisters of Charity.  .  1962.  498 p.  Book No.: 406.  Location:  Church
                                Biography of the founder of the first native community of religious and the the person who established the prototype for the Catholic parochial schools in
                        the U. S.
            
921 TER         Teresa, of Avila, Saint, 1515-1582.  Life of Teresa of Jesus, The: the autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila/translated by E. Allison Peers.  .  1960.  399 p.
                                 Book No.: 315.  Location:  Church
                                The first part describes the author's parentage, early life and education, her interior conflicts, and the crisis which moved her to seek perfection and prayer. 
                       A parenthetical section describes the contemplative life.
            
921 TER         Joseph F. Schmidt.  Everything is grace: the life and way of Therese of Lisieux.  .  2007.  352 p.  Book No.: 341.  Location:  Church
                                Charts the interior life of one of the most influential saints in the history of the Catholic Church.

 921 TER        Eileen Eagan.  Such a vision of the street: Mother Teresa--the spirit and the work.  . 1985.  448 p.  Book No.: 375. Location:  Church
                               A definitive, in-depth account of Mother Teresa's life and work, from her lone struggle as an unknown Sister from Yugoslavia to her charismatic presence
                       as the inspiring founder of the worldwide network of Missionaries of Charity.
            
921 THE         Saint Therese, de Lisieux.  Story of a soul:  the autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux.  .  1996.  306 p.  Book No.: 18.  Location:  Church
                                In recounting her childhood memories, Saint Therese expresses the great themes of her spirituality:  confidence and love, the "little way," abondonment to
                        God's merciful love, and her "mission" in the church and world today.