Article: A Francis for our times.(Reluctant Saint: The Life of Francis of Assisi)(Book Review)

Article: Group to explore 'The Reluctant Saint'.(Neighbor)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  March 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Correspondent St. Francis of Assisi lived ... Parallels from St. Francis's life exist ... them can join The Reluctant Saint study group meeting ... s book, The Reluctant Saint. This is the best book about Francis that I've read ...

Article: Reluctant Saint? A Theological Biography of ...
Anglican and Episcopal History;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...PATRICK STREIFF. Reluctant Saint? A Theological Biography of Fletcher of Madeley. Peterborough, England: Epworth Press, 2001. Pp. ix + 406, notes, sources ...

Article: Reluctant saint Jim answered wronged constituent's ...
New Truth & TV Extra;  January 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ...CHANCES are that you or your parents used to buy copies of Truth each week from Jim Anderton. In 1970, our deputy prime minister, whose parents often struggled against poverty, was running his own superette in the Auckland suburb of Parnell. Since then his concern for constituents with problems has

Article: SINNER AND RELUCTANT SAINT; A Century After Dorothy ...
The Washington Post;  November 12, 1997 ;     700+ words ...She was a radical American Catholic born 100 years ago Saturday on Pineapple Street in Brooklyn. Her name was Dorothy Day. She wasn't born into her faith -- she converted, at 30, after questing for God in all the wrong places. Which is to say hedonistic and sexual places. She's been gone 17 years

Article: Italy: Here lies the reluctant saint of love The ...
The Independent - London;  February 12, 2000 ;     700+ words ...If this were America, there would probably be a theme park, a giant neon heart among the pine-clad hills or at the very least a sugar- pink billboard. But as it is Italy, and, what's more, the self- effacing region of Umbria, you could easily enter the town of Terni without knowing it was St

Transcript: Interview: Donald Spoto discusses his new book about St. ...
NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday;  December 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... book about St. Francis of Assisi Host ... a saint, St. Francis of Assisi. Since ... It's called the Reluctant Saint, and Donald Spoto ... It says, `In Reluctant Saint, Spoto takes St. Francis out of the birdbath ...

Article: Hallmark fails to do right by St. Francis.(Arts and ...
The Boston Herald;  April 13, 2003 ;     588 words ...Byline: Tenley Woodman "Reluctant Saint: Francis of Assisi" Tonight, 7, Hallmark Channel ... will need the patience of Job to sit through "Reluctant Saint: Francis of Assisi," airing tonight at 7 on the Hallmark ...