{"product_id":"the-united-saints-of-america-on-pilgrimage-with-our-mother-mary-from-sea-to-shining-sea","title":"The United \"Saints\" of America: On Pilgrimage with Our Mother Mary from Sea to Shining Sea","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eUnited\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSaints\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof America, you ask? Well, yes. The “big S” saints — those raised to the altar by the Catholic Church — have traversed our land, sea to shining sea, from St. Isaac Jogues in the East to St. Junípero Serra in the West. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eThere are, however, hundreds of “little s” saints of equal grace, if not equal title, who have left holy footprints all across this land. They helped lay a foundation that has made America “one nation under God” and, in the process, grown an initially persecuted religion — the Catholic faith — to one with 72 million members, making it the single largest religious denomination in the United States.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eWhat unites all of them, big S or small, is a great sense of mission and a fierce desire to bring the Good News to a foreign land, most frequently under the guidance of the first bearer of that Good News, missionary extraordinaire, Mother Mary of Nazareth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eTo mark our nation's 250th birthday, join veteran journalist and passionate storyteller Peggy Stanton on a tour of all 50 states and the District of Columbia, in search of the Mother’s land and her famous and not-so-famous shrines, those least recognized but with wonderful, intriguing back stories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marian Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47774619861097,"sku":"BMOA","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0408\/9389\/files\/bmoa-united-saints-of-america_1.jpg?v=1783539748","url":"https:\/\/www.stcloudbookshop.com\/products\/the-united-saints-of-america-on-pilgrimage-with-our-mother-mary-from-sea-to-shining-sea","provider":"St. Cloud Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}