An American Saint – Off the Shelf with Catherine O’Donnell

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Introducing Pete Socks

Pete Socks has established himself as one of the most reliable Catholic book reviewers out there today. In his seven years of reviewing books and interviewing authors, many have come to recognize him by his online nickname The Catholic Book Blogger. We are pleased to announce that Pete will be bringing his talents and fair reviews to Catholic Stand effective immediately as our new in-house book reviewer.

Each week Pete will provide a review on one of today’s current book releases on the Catholic market. He will also be sharing with us his weekly podcast “Off the Shelf” which he hosts on Breadbox Media where he serves a General Manager. We are excited to have Pete back n a regular role here at Catholic Stand and we look forward to seeing what books he has to share with us and you.

Catherine O’Donnell
This week it’s all about the first native-born American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton. Author Catherine O’Donnell has penned one of the most comprehensive biographies on this great saint in recent memory. Join us as we discuss the hardships and ultimate triumphs realized by Elizabeth Seton. Be sure to check our her book Elizabeth Seton: American Saint.

From the publisher Three Hills

In 1975, two centuries after her birth, Pope Paul VI canonized Elizabeth Ann Seton, making her the first saint to be a native-born citizen of the United States in the Roman Catholic Church. Seton came of age in Manhattan as the city and her family struggled to rebuild themselves after the Revolution, explored both contemporary philosophy and Christianity, converted to Catholicism from her native Episcopalian faith, and built the St. Joseph’s Academy and Free School in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Hers was an exemplary early American life of struggle, ambition, questioning, and faith, and in this flowing biography, Catherine O’Donnell has given Seton her due.

Bio 

Catherine O’Donnell is Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University and she writes about religion, culture, and politics in early America and the Atlantic World. She is the author of Men of Letters in the Early Republic: Cultivating Forums of Citizenship.


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