The gift of peace

Joseph Louis Bernardin First published 1997

About this book

In the final two months of his life, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin made it his mission to share his personal reflections and insights in this book, The Gift of Peace. Using as a framework the previous three years, which included false accusation of sexual misconduct, diagnosis of cancer, and return of the cancer after fifteen months of being in remission, Cardinal Bernardin tells his story openly and honestly. At the end of his life, the Cardinal was at peace.

He accepted his peace as a gift from God, and through this book, he shares that gift with the world. The Gift of Peace is part of the Cardinal's pastoral legacy; through this book his ministry lives on.

Subjects

  • bernardin, joseph louis, 1928-1996
  • biography
  • cardinals
  • catholic church
  • catholic church, biography
  • catholics
  • chicago (ill.), history
  • church history
  • death
  • death, religious aspects
  • doctrines
  • large type books
  • moral and religious aspects
  • religious aspects
  • religious aspects of death
  • spiritual life
  • spiritual life, catholic church