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This is a book designed for personal prayer, reflection and possible retreat time, but basically it is a text for all to commune with the saints. It includes fo
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Pages: 220
Authors: Vincent J. O'Malley, C.M.
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Over 117 million Catholics live in Africa - almost twice as many as in the United States. Is it any surprise that the saints of Africa number in the thousands?
Black Saints in Early Modern Global Catholicism
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Pages: 317
Authors: Erin Kathleen Rowe
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This is the untold story of how black saints - and the slaves who venerated them - transformed the early modern church. It speaks to race, the Atlantic slave tr
Black Catholics on the Road to Sainthood
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The Church in the United States is greatly blessed by the contributions of Black Catholics and the legacy of holiness of so many men and women of color. These m
Black Bottom Saints
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Pages: 397
Authors: Alice Randall
Categories: Fiction
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An enthralling literary tour-de-force that pays tribute to Detroit's legendary neighborhood, a mecca for jazz, sports, and politics, Black Bottom Saints is a po