The Woman God Loved: The Life of Blessed Anne-Marie Javouhey

by Glenn D. Kittler

Overview

First published in 1959, this is the fascinating biography of Blessed Anne-Marie Javouhey (1779-1851), a French nun who founded the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Cluny. Widely regarded as an outstanding religious figure of the 19th century, Blessed Anne-Marie Javouhey was the foundress of the order of Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny. Venerated in the Roman Catholic Church, she was also known as the Liberator of the Slaves in the New World, and as the mother of the town of Mana, French Guiana.

Her legacy lives on today, with close to 3,000 Sisters serving in over 60 countries, including the United States, Canada, India and Ireland on behalf of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny.

“Imagine a Mother Teresa in the France of Napoleon’s day and you will have a picture of Anne-Marie Javouhey. Nanette, as she was called, was a “velvet brick,” a thin layer of gentleness covering her determined core. A competent leader, Nanette dominated every scene in her adventurous life.”—Loyola Press

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789124484
Publisher:	Papamoa Press
Publication date:	12/01/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	213
Sales rank:	704,494
File size:	877 KB

About the Author

Glenn D. Kittler (1920-1986) was an American freelance writer and author of more than 35 books, many with a religious theme. He was a contributing editor to Guideposts magazine for three decades, and his work appeared in numerous national magazines, including The Saturday Evening Post, Better Homes & Gardens, The American Weekly, Catholic Digest, Sign, Pageant, as well as in anthologies.

A native of Chicago, Illinois, Kittler was educated there and in Wisconsin. He studied for the Roman Catholic priesthood before deciding on a career in journalism. He moved to New York in 1950 and, as an avid traveller, covered some 25,000 whilst researching his book The White Fathers (1957), which The New York Times called “a magnificently comprehensive historical introduction to the last hundred years of Christian Africa.” Kittler also co-authored My Friend Ike (1956) with Marty Snyder, an informal biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower, and The Lord is My Counsel (1966) with Marion E. Wade, which chronicles a businessman’s personal experiences with the Bible. His other religious titles include The Hidden Years of Jesus (1959), The Papal Princes: A History of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1961), Ezekiel and the Exile of the Jews (1962), and Saint in the Wilderness: The Story of Isaac Jogues, Missionary and Martyr in the New World (1964).

Kittler was an associate editor of Cornet before becoming a roving editor for Guidepost. He also wrote considerably for radio and was a reporter on newspapers in Chicago, Norfolk and North Carolina.

He died of a heart attack on May 31, 1986 at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was 66 years old and lived in Manhattan.