AbeautifullyillustratedcollectionofthestoriesoftheSaintsthewholefamilywilllove--byfatheranddaughterwritingteam,JohnandCatherineCavadini,withstunningportraitsbyAnastassiaCassady.Thiscollection,Saints:AFamilyStory,iscomposedofstoriestheauthorshavewrittenfortheirownchildrenandgrandchildrenandfriends.TheyareadaptedfromScripture,fromoriginalsourceswithintheTradition,andfromthewritingsofthesaintsthemselvesortheirfamilyandfriends.Thesaintsarepresentedasa“Family,“livinginmanydifferenttimesandplaces.Justthink:manyofthesesaintslearnedtoloveandtolivethefaiththroughthewitnessoftheirparentsandgrandparentsortheirbrothersandsisters.Othersaintsformspiritualfamilies,withconnectionsbetweenthemfoundacrossthecenturies.ThestoriesbeginwithPopeSt.JohnPaulIIbecausehecalledtheChurchtodaytosanctitybygivingusthegiftofmoreandmoresaints.Thestoriesthenmovechronologically,fromstoriesofsaintsintheGospels,tomartyrs,confessorsandasceticsoftheearlyChurch,tosaintsofthemedievalperiod,andtomoremodernsaints,likeVen.AugustusTolton,Bl.PierGiorgioFrassatiandSt.TeresaofCalcutta.Throughthestoriesofthesesaints,wereceivenewbrothersandsisters,mothersandfathers,grandmothersandgrandfathersinthefaith.Eachperson’slifetellsthe“story“ofGod’sloveinauniqueandunrepeatableway.Theillustrationsbringshapeandcolortothesestories,capturingthetruediversityamongthemagnificentandbeautiful“familyofsaints.“
