Paulist Father Isaac Hecker: An American Saint

by Boniface Hanley and Boniface Hanley OFM

Isaac Hecker was New York born priest and Paulist founder whose cause for sainthood has been introduced to Rome. Fr. Hecker was unique among American priests of his time in that he believed passionately that American democratic ideals and respect for individual freedom provided a perfect soil for the growth of Roman Catholicism. A man of singular spiritual and intellectual gifts, he was a proponent of a vision of the Catholic Church that would later...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809152320
• ISBN13: 9780809152322
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.0" x 6.8"