20 Distinguished Authors Portray Their Favorite Saints The purpose of this book is to call to your attention twenty men and women whose lives can provide inspiration and example for those trying to follow Christ today as best they can. They are real, flesh-and-blood people, human beings with the same weaknesses we all possess as human beings but with an inner strength and purposefulness that can serve as examples to us today in the daily struggle that is life today. These saints for all seasons (with the names of the contributors) are: Mary - Mary CarsonJude - Donald J. ThormanPeter - Barrett McGurnPaul - E. E. Y. HalesAugustine - Anne FremantlePatrick - Gary MacEoinThomas Becket - Joel WellsFrancis of Assisi - John S. KennedyDominic - Tere Rios VersaceJoan of Arc - Candida LundThomas More - Dan HerrTeresa of Avila - Mary PurcellJohn of the Cross - Thomas P. McDonnellIgnatius Loyola - John B. BreslinFrancis de Sales - John DeedyVincent de Paul - Julie KernanAnne-Marie Javouhey - Glenn KittlerAnthony Claret - Robert E. BurnsThérèse of Lisieux - Naomi Burton StoneThe Unknown Saint - Fulton Oursler, Jr.