St. Louis de Montfort - (Saints Lives) by Windeatt (Paperback)

About the Book

Known as the "Apostle of Mary," Louis De Montfort became a famous preacher and author of True Devotion to Mary and The Secret of the Rosary. And his adventures as a slave of Mary, written well for all readers, is truly inspiring.

Book Synopsis

Known as the "Apostle of Mary," Louis De Montfort became a famous preacher and author of True Devotion to Mary and The Secret of the Rosary. And his adventures as a slave of Mary, written well for all readers, is truly inspiring.

Mary Fabyan Windeatt was known as "the storyteller of the saints." In the 1950's and 60's she wrote over twenty historical fiction novels on the saints, bringing to life these holy men and women for young readers across the world. By artistically rendering familiar stories, the Windeatt books help readers see that the saints are real people whom we can emulate.

Ideal for all children, especially those enrolled in TAN Academy in the fourth through sixth grades for easy reading literature.

About the Author

Mary Fabyan Windeatt lived from 1910-1979 and grew up in Saskatchewan, Canada. The Mount Saint Vincent College awarded her a Licentiate of Music degree when she was just seventeen, and she began writing Catholic works when she was about twenty-four. Later she sent one of her stories to a Catholic magazine, and after it was accepted, she continued to write. In total she composed at least twenty-one children s books, as well as periodical children s pages written for The Torch, a monthly Dominican magazine.
Mary Windeatt is most renowned for her many novels of the saints, which she wrote specifically for children, including lives on the Children of Fatima, Cure of Ars, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Rose of Lima and many others. After living with her mother in St. Meinrad, Indiana, she died on the twentieth of November, 1979.