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26 Works 1,075 Members 10 Reviews

About the Author

Leonard Foley, O.F.M., was editor of St. Anthony Messenger magazine, author of Saint of the Day and coauthor of To Live as Francis Lived: A Guide for Secular Franciscans. His Catholic Updates have sold millions of copies.
Image credit: Fr. Leonard Foley, ofm 1979; Friarhurst Retreat House; Born 10-18-1913; Died 4-3-1994

Series

Works by Leonard Foley

Slowing Down the Our Father (1986) 16 copies
Live Like Francis (2016) 12 copies

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Birthdate
1913
Date of death
1994
Gender
male
Occupations
Franciscan priest
Organizations
Roman Catholic Church

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[Believing in Jesus] by [[Leonard Foley, OFM]] in St. Blog's Catholic Parish (April 2022)

Reviews

Our story in the Old Testament
 
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SrMaryLea | Aug 23, 2023 |
Leonard Foley wrote Believing in Jesus to help "born Catholics" come to a deeper understanding of the beliefs and practices they have held all their lives and to help those who approach the Catholic Church for the first time. He wrote, "I hope this book will help some scared and scarred people and challenge others."

Now in its sixth edition, the best-selling Believing in Jesus captures the Christian's continuing journey of faith, ever new, ever alive-yet always founded on God's steadfast love for us. In a lively style Foley covers the complete spectrum of the Catholic faith, leading the reader from early Old Testament times through a world starting over in Jesus, and looking ahead to the time when Jesus will come again and we will share fully in his life.… (more)
 
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StFrancisofAssisi | 1 other review | May 3, 2019 |
Published by a Catholic press, this work delivers a high-level summary of a particular saint for each day of the year. The summaries are invariably clean and pure, rarely giving much genuine detail of the person's life and background; instead we see only a sanitized, ready for mass consumption (no pun intended) version of the saint's life. Completely insipid.
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AlexTheHunn | Sep 7, 2007 |
Published by a Catholic press, this work delivers a high-level summary of a particular saint for each day of the year. The summaries are invariably clean and pure, rarely giving much genuine detail of the person's life and background; instead we see only a sanitized, ready for mass consumption (no pun intended) version of the saint's life. Completely insipid.
½
 
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AlexTheHunn | 1 other review | Mar 21, 2006 |

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