Our challenge, Percy believed, was to recover our true humanity, to break loose from abstractions and ideologies, and “re-enter the lovely, ordinary world.”

Her husband became increasingly impressed by her courage and equanimity, realizing that she drew this strength from her faith.

Doctor of the Church (1347–1380)

Inspired by a series of visions, she interceded in court to allow representatives of the Teresian reformed Carmelites to enter France.

From his early life Lucien had wished to be a good Christian. But he felt called to strive for holiness.

In his early theology Bonhoeffer had written about the “cost of discipleship” and the need to reject “cheap grace”— “the grace we confer on ourselves.”

She was a spellbinding speaker who preached the Gospel to audiences across the land, including the U.S. bishops.

She set off from Detroit in her Oldsmobile sedan and called her family from the road, begging them to understand that this was something she had to do.

Aside from his virtues as a father and man of faith, Joseph is also a poor working man—a detail not without significance in the Gospels.

Frances’s practical skill in managing household affairs and her attention to the needs of others was combined with a deep life of prayer.