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And of course her trust in God is just amazing it gives me a better idea of how we should trust. Her understanding of pain and suffering as a gift was interesting, though I don't yet understand that. Her struggle with the librarian sister and the revelation that she needed to love her, whom she thought unlovable. The life of Mother Angelica is also inspirational spiritually. Both completely rely on God's providence, feeling that they are doing God's work, and trusting that they will have enough money. Her The parts about EWTN remind me of another acronym, another media initiative - SQPN.

The parts about EWTN remind me of another acronym, another media initiative - SQPN.

Mother Angelica's lifelong struggle to love her abandoned mother building a worldwide multi-million dollar Catholic media network from scratch the inside scoop on the dispute with Cardinal Mahoney Mother's various physical sufferings/healings were just some of the many absorbing aspects of this book. If you listen to the audio version (which I did) the author does a better-than-fair imitation of the major characters' voices-most enjoyable!Īrroyo interviewed many people and apparently had Mother's complete cooperation in the writing of the book.

#Mother angelica find a grave full

It's a fascinating story from start to finish, full of humor and pathos, wisdom and inanity, scandals and miracles, twists and turns-full of Life! The book is also liberally sprinkled with pithy quotes from Mother. Raymond Arroyo begins the book with the tumultuous childhood of Rita Rizzo, the only child of John and Mae Rizzo born in Canton, Ohio on April 20th, 1923. However, whether or not you lived through the time, have been born since or like me had your radar tuned in elsewhere, it's possible to go back and learn some American Catholic history in, Mother Angelica: The Remarkable Story of a Nun, Her Nerve, and a Network of Miracles by Raymond Arroyo. I can't remember the first time I heard of Mother Angelica and EWTN, but I sure wish I'd been more aware of the events described in this book when they actually happened. But the truth was, my faith just wasn't a priority then.

In the 1990's, I could claim I was busy with little children and seven moves in ten years. In the 1980's, my excuse was I lived overseas. Sadly, I was an absentee or a half-hearted Catholic for more years than I like to remember or admit. I wish I could say that was the case for me. I can't remember the first time I heard of Mother Angelica and EWTN, but I sure wish I'd been more aware of For many Catholics, reading this would be old news. He traces Mother Angelica’s tortured rise to success and exposes for the first time the fierce opposition she faced, both outside and inside of her church.moreįor many Catholics, reading this would be old news.

Raymond Arroyo combines his journalist’s objectivity and eye for detail with more than five years of exclusive interviews with Mother Angelica. Under her guidance, the Eternal Word Television Network grew at a staggering pace, both in viewership and in influence, to where it now reaches over a hundred million viewers in hundreds of countries around the globe. Under her guidance, the Eternal Word Television Network grew at a staggering pace, both in viewership and in influence, to where it now reaches over a hundred million viewers in In 1981, a simple nun, using merely her entrepreneurial instincts and $200, launched what would become the world’s largest religious media empire in the garage of a Birmingham, Alabama, monastery. In 1981, a simple nun, using merely her entrepreneurial instincts and $200, launched what would become the world’s largest religious media empire in the garage of a Birmingham, Alabama, monastery.