{"product_id":"saintly-women-of-modern-times-9780895558619","title":"Saintly Women of Modern Times","description":"In Saintly Women of Modern Times, best-selling author Joan Carroll Cruz presents portraits of seventy-five Catholic women from the past century whose extraordinary holiness set them on the path to sainthood. Their circumstances varied widely: Some were poor farm girls, rag-pickers, or factory workers. Others grew up in luxury. Still others were middle-class stay-at-home housewives and mothers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCruz, Joan Carroll:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Joan Carroll Cruz is a native of New Orleans and is the educational product of the School Sisters of Notre Dame. She attended grade school, high school and college under their tutelage. Mrs. Cruz has been a tertiary in the Discalced Carmelite Secular Order (Third Order) since 1968; for eight years she served as Mistress of Formation (Novice Mistress). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For her non-fiction books, Joan Carroll Cruz depended heavily on information received from foreign shrines, churches, convents and monasteries. Her books include \u003ci\u003eThe Incorruptibles\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1977; \u003ci\u003eDesires of Thy Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, a strongly Catholic-themed novel, also in 1977; \u003ci\u003eRelics\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1983; \u003ci\u003eEucharistic Miracles\u003c\/i\u003e in 1987; \u003ci\u003eSecular Saints\u003c\/i\u003e in 1989; \u003ci\u003ePrayers and Heavenly Promises\u003c\/i\u003e in 1990; \u003ci\u003eMiraculous Images of Our Lady\u003c\/i\u003e in 1993; \u003ci\u003eMiraculous Images of Our Lord\u003c\/i\u003e in 1995; \u003ci\u003eMysteries, Marvels, Miracles: In the Lives of the Saints\u003c\/i\u003e in 1997; \u003ci\u003eAngels \u0026amp; Devils\u003c\/i\u003e in 1999; and \u003ci\u003eSaints for the Sick\u003c\/i\u003e in 2010.","brand":"Tan Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50489814417682,"sku":"9780895558619","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a9a32280-ed5a-4e71-9640-34bff2c8369a.jpg?v=1730509037","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/saintly-women-of-modern-times-9780895558619","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}