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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

Sanctuary is a novel written by Mary Angela Dickens and published in 1916. The story is set in the early 20th century and revolves around the life of a young woman named Margaret, who is forced to flee from her home in England after being accused of a crime she did not commit... Read Full Overview

St. Alphonsus writes: "a single bad book will be sufficient to cause the destruction of a monastery." Pope Pius XII wrote in 1947 at the beatification of Blessed Maria Goretti: "There rises to Our lips the cry of the Saviour: 'Woe to the world because of scandals ' (Matthew 18:7)... Read Full Overview

Sanctuary is a novel written by Mary Angela Dickens and published in 1916. The story is set in the early 20th century and revolves around the life of a young woman named Hilary Shenstone. Hilary is a talented artist who is struggling to find her place in the world. She is also... Read Full Overview

The Sanctuary is the home of the Beatitudes, and what human sorrow, what source of human restlessness, has not Jesus transfigured into blessedness in that doctrine so divinely paradoxical? I do not know that the author has been ever touched by the bitterness of the true jetziger... Read Full Overview