Saints for Our Times / Santos Para Hoy

Who are the true benefactors of the human race? Explorers? Scientists? Revolutionaries? Rebels against established authority? . . . or the saints?

Saints for Our Times/Santos Para Hoy explores in detail four of the leaders who led the Church’s rebirth from the ashes of Renaissance decadence and the turbulence and confusion caused by the Protestant Reformation. The saints of the Catholic Reformation show us just how powerful—and beautiful—is the human heart’s free response to God’s generous grace.

Dive deeper into the lives of four beloved saints: 

•  St. Ignatius of Loyola
•  St. Francis Xavier
•  St. Teresa of Avila
•  St. John of the Cross

Spanish and English

Abridged from True Reformers: Saints of the Catholic Reformation by Jerome K. Williams, Saints for Our Times/Santos Para Hoya is a special 2-in-1 “flip-book” including the full text in Eglish and Spanish. This unique 2-in-1 book is a great way to build unity in bi-lingual parishes.

Santos para Hoy - Book

¿Quiénes son los verdaderos transformadores de nuestra humanidad? ¿los exploradores? ¿los científicos? ¿los revolucionarios? ¿los rebeldes contra la autoridad establecida? O, mejor dicho, ¿los santos? Santos para hoy explora en detalle las vidas de los líderes que guiaron el resurgimiento de la Iglesia de las cenizas que había dejado la época del renacimiento, y la turbulencia y confusión causadas por la reforma protestante. Estos santos del tiempo de la reforma protestante nos muestran el poder y la belleza de la respuesta libre del corazón humano a la gracia generosa de Dios, convirtiéndose en Santos para hoy.

Jerome K. Williams nos ofrece lecciones importantes para nuestros días, sacadas de las vidas de estos cuatro grandes santos que transformaron la historia de la Iglesia:

o   San Ignacio de Loyola

o   San Francisco Javier

o   Santa Teresa de Ávila  

o   San Juan de la Cruz

True Reformers: Saints of the Catholic Reformation

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Who are the true benefactors of the human race? Explorers? Scientists? Revolutionaries? Rebels against established authority? . . . or the saints?

True Reformers explores in detail the leaders who led the Church’s rebirth from the ashes of Renaissance decadence and the turbulence and confusion caused by the Protestant Reformation. The saints of the Catholic Reformation show us just how powerful—and beautiful—is the human heart’s free response to God’s generous grace.

Featured Saints

St. Catherine of Genoa
St. Thomas More
St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. Francis Xavier
St. Philip Neri
St. Charles Borromeo
St. Pius V
St. Teresa of Avila
St. John of the Cross
St. Francis de Sales

Details

Cover: Paperback
Dimensions: 5.25 x 8
236 pages
Note: This is a full-length book and is different from the study guide for the video-based study program of the same title.

Praise for True Reformers

“In every age one encounters a cloud of witnesses whose lives articulate its deepest longings. This penetrating analysis—marked by spiritual, historical, and cultural insight—introduces the vibrant personalities who so clearly understood the larger implications hidden beneath the surface in the era of the European Reformations.”

– Don J. Briel, Bl. John Henry Newman Chair, University of Mary

“These stunning portraits of ten very great saints show the beauty of God’s grace shining through the lives of his closest friends. The path marked out by the True Reformers of the sixteenth century is the path we still need to walk in the twenty?first: the steep and narrow path of holiness.”

– Christopher O. Blum, Ph.D., Academic Dean and Professor of History and Philosophy, Augustine Institute

“To read these accounts is a kind of retreat. It provides an opportunity to reflect on our love of God, our prayer life, and the mission God has given each of us in light of our spiritual teachers.”

– Jonathan J. Reyes, Executive Director, of the Departement of Justice, Peace, and Human Development of the USCCB