Francis Spellman (1889–1967)

Author of The Foundling

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Image credit: Francis Cardinal Spellman (left), Tunisia, 1943. Photo by Nick Parrino. (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division LC-USW3- 033164-E)

Works by Francis Spellman

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The Foundling (1951) 78 copies

The Road to Victory (1942) 17 copies

Fourteen Hours: A Picture Story of the Pope's Historic First Visit to America (1965) — Introduction — 13 copies

Cardinal Spellman's Prayer Book (1951) 9 copies

Action This Day: Letters from the Fighting Front (1943) 8 copies

No Greater Love: The Story of Our Soldiers (1945) 7 copies

What America Means to Me (1953) 7 copies

The Risen Soldier (1944) 4 copies

Mary, God's Masterpiece 1 copy

The Foundling 1 copy

Saint Patrick's Cathedral, New York (1942) 1 copy

The Story of Creation: A First Book for Little Catholics 1 copy

Prayers and poems (1946) 1 copy

Cardinal Spellman's prayer book 1 copy

NOVENA TO SAINT GERARD 1 copy

Mother Seton's Sisters of Charity 1 copy

Saint Joseph Edition of the Holy Bible 1 copy

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A Cavalcade of Collier's (1959) — Contributor — 10 copies

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Canonical name: Spellman, Francis
Birthdate: 1889-05-04
Date of death: 1967-12-02
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: New York, New York, USA
Education: Fordham University
Pontifical North American College
Occupations: priest
archbishop
Organizations: Roman Catholic Church

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The Road to Victory by Francis J. Spellman

184. The Road to Victory, by Francis J. Spellman (read 24 Mar 1945) I read this in connection with a retreat I made in high school. I made no comment on the book in my diary.

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Schmerguls | Oct 3, 2013 |

The Foundling by Cardinal Francis Spellman

First published in 1951, this is the simple, heart-warming story of a baby left by its mother in a great cathedral in New York, and of the man who found it. Opening immediately after World War I, the story centers on Paul Taggart, a returned soldier, who had lost an arm in the war and who also carried on his face a disfiguring scar. It was at Christmas time that Paul entered the cathedral and there, in the crib, discovered Peter, the small helpless foundling who was to mean so much to him in the future...… (more)

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StFrancisofAssisi | Mar 20, 2020 |

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