The Life and After-life of St. John of Beverley
The Life and After-life of St. John of Beverley

Author: Susan E. Wilson

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 9780754653264

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This represents the first study devoted to the life and after-life of St John of Beverley. The hagiographic works on John extend over nearly six hundred years from the 8th to the 15th centuries. Wilson uses these sources as a unique opportunity to examine the ways in which an Anglo-Saxon saint was promoted over a long period of time and was continually re-created in the image which the hagiographers or community required, depending on their current needs and perceptions. The volume also includes the first English translations of the Life and the miracle stories.

Brave Leader, Big Heart
Brave Leader, Big Heart

Author: Fr. Juan R. Vélez

Publisher: Scepter Publishers

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 69

ISBN-13: 1594173885

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Brave Leader, Big Heart invites young readers to meet this new saint, John Henry Newman. Far from being a distant academic, he was a happy child, a thoughtful young man, a warm friend, and an affectionate brother. With his pen, he helped start a movement that would change lives. As a Catholic priest, his courage and warmth led many to seek his guidance. His heart can still speak to hearts today. Grades 4-6

Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death (Annotated)
Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death (Annotated)

Author: Patrick Henry

Publisher:

Published: 2020-12-22

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13:

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"'Give me Liberty, or give me Death'!" is a famous quotation attributed to Patrick Henry from a speech he made to the Virginia Convention. It was given March 23, 1775, at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia, ..

Coffin Ship
Coffin Ship

Author: William Henry

Publisher: Mercier Press Ltd

Published: 2009-05-14

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 1856358461

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The tragic tale of the sinking of the famine ship, the St. John in Massachusetts Bay in 1849. The Great Irish Famine drove huge numbers of Irish men and women to leave the island and pursue their survival in foreign lands. In 1847, some 200,000 people sailed for Boston alone. Of this massive group, 2,000 never made it to their destination, killed by disease and hunger during the voyages, their remains consigned to a watery grave. The sinking of the brig St. John off the coast of Massachusetts in October 1849, was only one of many tragic events to occur during this mass exodus. The ship had sailed from Galway, loaded with passengers so desperate to escape the effects of famine that some had walked from as far afield as Clare to reach the ship. The passengers on the St. John made it to within sight of the New World before their ship went down and they were abandoned by their captain, who denied that there had been any survivors when he and some of his crew made it ashore. For those who died in the seas off Massachusetts, there was nothing to mark their last resting place; no name, no memory of them ever having existed, just another statistic in a terrible tragedy.