Diane Allen the author of the popular Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry: True Stories of Padre Pio Book 1 and Book 2, spent four years in the research and writing of her latest book, They Walked with God.
Bernadette Soubirous was born in Lourdes, France in 1844.
Between February 11 and July 16, 1858, the Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette eighteen times at the grotto of Massabielle.
Bernadette was 14 years old at the time.
When Bernadette was twenty-two years old, she entered the Sisters of Charity Religious Order in Nevers, France.
She passed her remaining years in prayer and seclusion despite almost constant sickness and pain.
To this day, Lourdes remains one of the greatest healing centers in the world.
At the Capuchin monastery in Detroit, Michigan, where Father Solanus Casey (1870-1957) served for many years, he was given the job of doorkeeper.
It was as doorkeeper that his amazing spiritual gifts came to be known and recognized.
People of all ages, creeds, and economic backgrounds found themselves drawn to him and they sought him out.
He was known for his remarkable abilities as a spiritual counselor, as well as for his great attention to the sick, to whom he directed his attention and his prayers.
The great love and compassion which he manifested extended even to the animal kingdom.
Countless people were healed by his touch.
Brother Andr Bessetteserved as a lay brother in the Congregation of the Holy Cross.
He was known during his lifetime as a wonder worker and had gift of prophecy, reading of hearts and more.
Thousands of miraculous healings were attributed to his prayerful intercession and he became commonly known as the miracle man of Montreal.
Through his efforts, the largest shrine in the world dedicated to St.
Joseph was built.
When he passed away on January 6, 1937, over a million people attended his funeral.
Not long after Father John Marie Vianney had been ordained to the priesthood, the tiny parish of Ars became vacant and needed a pastor.
It was the poore.
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Padre Pio Press They walked with god: st. bernadette soubirous, st. john vianney, st. damien of molokai, st. andre bessette, bl. solanus casey, paperback/diane allen
