At the Feet of the Church Fathers

The Church Fathers, those brilliant and holy teachers anointed by the Holy Spirit to guard and explain the mysteries Our Lord entrusted to His Church (Matt. 16:18), left us a treasury of wisdom that has informed Catholic life and thought for two thousand years. Like so many others, St. John Henry Newman, honored as a Doctor of the Church, credited them with his Catholic conversion.Their writings can wonderfully strengthen and transform your faith as well.

In this richly illuminating book, Sr. Mary Ann Fatula brings you to the feet of the same Church Fathers who captivated Newman, helping you enter into the profound mysteries of the Catholic Faith they so eloquently taught, defended, and celebrated.

Whether you are a lifelong Catholic seeking deeper roots or someone newly drawn to the Church, these pages will feed your mind and heart, nourish your prayer life, and greatly enrich your understanding and living of the Catholic Faith. As you learn about key events in the Church's history, you will rejoice as you encounter:

• The magnificent mystery of the Trinity and the joy of growing close to each divine Person - theFather, Son, and Holy Spirit
• The Lord's perfect divinity and humanity, and the saving mysteries of His life, death, Resurrection, and Ascension and Pentecost
• The profound meaning of and transforming graces imparted by each of the seven sacraments
• Why the Mass and the Eucharist are the very center of the Catholic Faith

The Church Fathers will open your mind and heart also to the enthralling mysteries of our Blessed Mother, the meaning of grace and free will, the hope of Heaven, and the Trinity's infinite treasures available to you in the Lord's one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.

Read it slowly. Pray with it. Return to it again and again. The riches illumined in its pages are inexhaustible.