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Most of the Saints in Heaven were married during their lives on earth; most of the canonized saints were not. While this book cannot change this fact, it does bring to the attention of the world the great charity and heroic virtue that characterized the lives of those married saints who have been canonized and are honored by the Church in its liturgical calendar. Joseph and Mary, Joachim and Ann, Zachary and Elizabeth, Isidore and Maria were all married couples; Sts. Peter, Monica, Frances of Rome, Margaret of Scotland, Perpetua and Felicity, Bridget of Sweden and the three Elizabeths: Elizabeth of Hungary, Elizabeth of Portugal and Elizabeth Ann Seton were also married persons who are included here as is the author's favorite, St. Thomas More and St. Stephen of Hungary, St. Henry and St. Edward the Confessor. The brief biographies in this unique work will encourage husbands and wives everywhere to strive for greater holiness in their marriages and to take pride in their peers who did so before them and are now listed in the roster of the saints.  About the Author: John F. Fink has spent more than fifty years in the Catholic Press, including thirty years at Our Sunday Visitor, where he was president and publisher for eleven years, and twelve years as editor-in-chief of The Criterion, the Indianapolis Archdiocesan newspaper. As editor emeritus of The Criterion since 1997, he continues to write a weekly column and editorials. He also writes a regular column and reviews books for the secular newspaper, The Indianapolis Star. The author of the Alba House books Married Saints (1999), The Doctors of the Church, 2 volumes (2000), American Saints (2001), and Letters to St. Francis de Sales (2003), he has served as president of the Catholic Press Association and of the International Federation of Catholic Press Associations. In 1981 he was given the Saint Francis de Sales Award by the Catholic Press Association for his outstanding contributions to Catholic journalism. He and his wife have seven children and ten grandchildren.
ISBN-10: 0-8189-0822-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-8189-0822-4
Book: 191 pages
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