內容簡介
內容簡介 Unleashing Hope draws you into the powerful life of Luisa de Ia Pena Navarro (1886-1937), "Mother Luisita," a petite woman from a small town in Jalisco, Mexico, who devoted her entire life to serving the poor, the sick, and especially the children. She established schools, hospitals, and orphanages at a time when it was against the law to even be a Catholic. Gripping historical events including revolution, religious persecution, and the Cristiada reveal her as a spiritual mother who brought healing and hope. After her husband's death, Mother Luisita answered God's call to establish a new Carmelite community that would "stand in the presence of the Living God, and with Mary make known the love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus" to a world suffering the wounds of sin and division.Unleashing Hope comes at a time in history when the world must reset its moral compass and rediscover the beauty and dignity of each person and the joy and healing that comes through living in
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作者介紹 Sister Timothy Marie Kennedy, O.C.D., is a member of the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles. raised in Long Beach California, the third of five children. Sister Timothy attended Mount St. Mary's College in Los Ange and has a B.A. in English and an M.S. in Educational Administration. She has served in the retreat and education ministrie Carmelite Sisters as Retreat Directress, Vocation Directress, teacher and principal in various schools. She is currently residi Convent in Douglas, Arizona. Sister Timothy Marie edited the two-volume set of the letters of Mother Luisita, the foundress of the Carmelite Sisters, In Safekeeping: the Letters of Mother Luisita. Sister Timothy comes from a family of Irish writers and story-tellers.