Saints and Other Powerful Men in the Church Book Paperback 528 pages Down through the ages, men and women have given their lives to carry out the command of Jesus. Bob and Penny Lord have tracked the lives of 12 men who have said, Yes! to Jesus, and dedicated their lives to that Yes!, some at the cost of their lives. Their biographies parallel the times of crisis in our Church. Bob and Penny have set their sights on the man and the time in which he lived. They have started at the beginning of our infant Church, with one of the greatest adventurers our Faith has ever known, Paul the Apostle, and continued to our present day, ending with a Paul of the Electronic Age, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. They have focus on the problems in the world and the Church at these crucial times in our history, the men the Lord sent to save the world and the Church from destruction, the struggles they encountered along the way, and the ultimate triumph of Jesus through His Powerful Men in the Church. St. Paul Jesus spoke to him; he converted, and archenemy of the Christians became Apostle to Gentile World St. Augustine Doctor of the Church - Sinner turned Saint - Read how his mother prayed him to holiness. St. Francis of Assisi Most like Jesus -lived the Gospel life - Brother Sun - Stigmatist - Founder of Franciscans St. Anthony Finder of Lost Souls - Great homilist, Mystic, Hammer of Heretics, Miracle of the Eucharist St. Peregrine The Cancer Saint, Incorrupt body St. John of the Cross Reformer of Carmelites - Doctor of the Church - Mystic - Poet - Soldier of Christ St. John Vianney Patron Saint of Parish Priests, had visions of Mother Mary - did battle with the devil. St. John Bosco Mystic - Visionary - Prophesied these last days - Pied-piper of lost children of the streets. St. Maxmilian Kolbe - founded Knights of the Immaculata, died as a Martyr in Auschwitz. Saint Miguel Pro Martyr of Mexico of the 20th century Blessed Padre Pio Visionary, Stigmatist for 50 yrs, bi-located, perfect confessor, transverberation of the heart. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen - First Televangelist - A Prophet of these latter days-maligned and misunderstood. 528 Pages Saint John Vianney - Cure of Ars DVD Come with us to the little hamlet of Ars in France, where we trace the life of the this Super Saint, known as a Saint of the Eucharist, and perfect confessor. Discover his church in Ars and venerate his incorrupt body; discover his confessional, the rectory he lived in, his bed the devil set afire, the Shrine to his incorrupt heart, and the altar where Our Lady appeared to him, and where he was healed through the intercession of St. Philomena. See the school and orphanage he founded. Relive with us the difficulty he had becoming a priest, and the struggle to turn the little town of Ars into a religious town, by closing down four taverns and focusing the people on the one Church. Learn about the many people who came from all over France, including royalty and princes of the Church, to have him hear their confessions and give them absolution.