{"title":"Maria Morera Johnson","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"my-badass-book-of-saints-book-maria-morera-johnson-9781594716324","title":"My Badass Book of Saints","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWinner of a 2016 Association of Catholic Publishers Excellence in Publishing Award (first place, inspirational books). Winner of a 2020 Catholic Press Association book award (honorable mention, backlist beauty).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this edgy, honest, and often audacious book of Catholic spirituality, blogger and popular podcaster Maria Morera Johnson explores the qualities of twenty-four holy women who lived lives of virtue in unexpected and often difficult circumstances.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eMy Badass Book of Saints\u003c\/i\u003e, Johnson shares her experience as a first-generation Cuban-American, educator of at-risk college students, and caregiver for a husband with Lou Gehrig's disease. Through humorous, empowering, and touching portraits of twenty-four spiritual mentors who inspired her, Johnson shows how their bravery, integrity, selflessness, perseverance, and hope helped her and can help others have courage to reach for a closer connection to God.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e She presents remarkable holy women and saints--including the gun-toting Servant of God Sr. Blandina Segale who tried to turn the heart of Billy the Kid, and Nazi resister Irena Sendler who helped smuggle children out of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II--in a way that brings their vivid personalities to life and helps readers live out the challenges of their lives with virtue and conviction. The book includes a group discussion guide.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49546948378897,"sku":"GOR009102676","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49604842586385,"sku":"GOR013366454","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49724816621841,"sku":"CIN1594716323G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50570641408273,"sku":"CIN1594716323VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51408152854801,"sku":"NIN9781594716324","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1594716323.jpg?v=1775124139"},{"product_id":"super-girls-and-halos-book-maria-morera-johnson-9781594717550","title":"Super Girls and Halos","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of a 2018 Catholic Press Association Award: Gender Issues. (Second Place).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Award-winning author Maria Morera Johnson follows up her bestselling book, \u003ci\u003eMy Badass Book of Saints\u003c\/i\u003e, with a unique and daring exploration of the cardinal virtues through the saints and heroines of science fiction, fantasy, and comic books. Johnson will reignite your passion for your faith as she demonstrates the heroic in the sometimes mundane quest for good and reminds us that Catholicism is filled with adventure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What do Wonder Woman and St. Katharine Drexel have in common? How about St. Clare of Assisi and Rey, the ing nue from \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eThe Force Awakens\u003c\/i\u003e? All four women sought justice for the abused. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With the same zest for her faith and cheeky wit that readers found so compelling in \u003ci\u003eMy Badass Book of Saints\u003c\/i\u003e and a love for the heroic journey that highlights her career, Johnson now focuses on heroines--improbable pairings of saints and characters from sci-fi, comics, and fantasy--who have influenced her life and deepened her understanding of the Church's cardinal virtues: prudence, temperance, fortitude, and justice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Johnson tells her own story alongside the unlikely pairs to show how the cardinal virtues are at play in our lives as well: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrudence (judgment of right and wrong), which influences Marvel's Black Widow and St. Mary Magdalene, as well as \u003ci\u003eX-Files\u003c\/i\u003e agent Dana Scully and St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFortitude (courage), experienced by Marvel's Storm and St. Cunigunde, as well as Harry Potter's Hermione Granger and St. Marguerite D'Youville.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTemperance (restraint of desires), which changes how we understand Katniss Everdeen of the Hunger Games series and St. Mary MacKillop, as well as Nyota Uhura of \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e fame and St. Kateri Tekakwitha.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With Johnson's enthusiasm as a guide, you'll be inspired to embrace the virtues anew and find your faith in your favorite stories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Discussion questions focusing on the cardinal virtues, making it a great resource for personal or group study.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50393468076305,"sku":"CIN1594717559G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51322612220177,"sku":"CIN1594717559VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53560456085777,"sku":"GOR014960923","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1594717559.jpg?v=1751309715"},{"product_id":"our-lady-of-charity-book-maria-morera-johnson-9781594719011","title":"Our Lady of Charity","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaria Morera Johnson grew up knowing the \u003ci\u003evirgencita\u003c\/i\u003e--the Virgin Mary--and had a special love for Our Lady of Charity, the patroness of Cuba.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEven after Johnson moved to the United States, Our Lady of Charity continued to influence her life. In her new book, the bestselling and award-winning author shares her childhood recollections of the devotion to the patroness of her native country and stories of how Mary helped her deepen her faith and led her to Jesus. Johnson also invites you to know Mary in a new way and to allow devotion to the Blessed Mother to help you open your heart to others and to grow in faith and love.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe origin of the devotion to Our Lady of Charity in Cuba comes from a seventeenth-century story of three men who were tossed about at sea during a violent storm. They prayed to Mary for her protection and the storm suddenly disappeared. They found a statue of the Blessed Mother holding Jesus and a gold cross floating in the water. The statue included the inscription: \"I am the Virgin of Charity.\" The statue was completely dry as it floated in the water.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOur Lady of Charity is not a Church-approved apparition; nevertheless, several popes--including St. John Paul II and Pope Francis, who celebrated Mass at her shrine during his visit to Cuba in 2015--have supported devotion to Mary under this title.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohnson, author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eMy Badass Book of Saints\u003c\/i\u003e, traces the history of Our Lady of Charity in Cuba and how the devotion was spread by emigrants as they left their country behind. Johnson weaves the story of the devotion with Cuba's history, memories of her homeland, and tales of her journey back to Cuba for the first time since her childhood during Pope Francis's 2015 Apostolic Visit.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThroughout \u003ci\u003eOur Lady of Charity\u003c\/i\u003e, Johnson shares her devotion to Mary and passion for her Catholic faith. This evocative spiritual memoir is part history and part memory, part modern-day travelogue and part meditation on the role faith, family, and devotion have on how we live and love.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50393519980817,"sku":"CIN1594719012G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51693299335441,"sku":"CIN1594719012VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1594719012.jpg?v=1751276778"},{"product_id":"beautiful-second-act-book-maria-morera-johnson-9781646803774","title":"A Beautiful Second ACT","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Beautiful Second Act\u003c\/i\u003e, bestselling author Maria Morera Johnson explores the adventure of life's second half, drawing inspiration from twenty saints and \"soul sisters\" who faced these challenges with courage.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs advancements in health and medicine extend our lifespan, women of the sandwich generation--those balancing the needs of both children and parents--are experiencing a multitude of challenges as they transition out of the workforce and into the promise of retirement. \u003ci\u003eA Beautiful Second Act: Saints and Soul Sisters Who Taught Me to Be a Badass Age with Grace\u003c\/i\u003e contains encouragement and wisdom from saints and contemporary soul sisters who experienced similar challenges during their transition to midlife and beyond and offers insight into the aging process.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter after chapter, these inspiring saints and contemporary changemakers from all over the world will help you, too, embrace your second half and the changes it brings to our health, our personal relationships, our responsibilities, our work, and our faith.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Benedictine mystic \u003ci\u003eHildegard of Bingen\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e whose knowledge of natural sciences led her to create \"nerve cookies\" to help you \"open your heart and impaired senses, and make your mind cheerful.\"\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eReligious sister and educator \u003ci\u003eMarianne Cope\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e who at fifty pivoted as an educator of children of German immigrants in New York to tend to the patients of a Hawaiian leper colony.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWomen of resilient faith like \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Leseur\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e whose faithfulness in marriage led to her husband's conversion after her death.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eExtraordinary artists like \u003ci\u003eAnna Mary Robertson \"Grandma\" Moses\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e whose advanced arthritis drove her to use her creativity to overcome her age-related limitations.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eChampions of social justice like \u003ci\u003eDorothy Day\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e whose conversion drove her to devote her life to a Christ-centered advocacy.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSecond-act soul sisters like \u003ci\u003eJosephine Bakhita\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e whose passion for freedom and spiritual insights raised a new generation of evangelists for her homeland.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e   \u003cp\u003eEach chapter offers experiences of female saints and soul sisters as they illuminate different aspects of this season of aging: physical changes in the body, shifts in work and purpose, dealing with aging parents and end-of-life issues, the need for strong spiritual friendships, and the importance of mercy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing from a diverse range of occupations, races, times, and outcomes, Johnson writes about her own struggle to redefine her second act and what it means to trust God as our lives begin to wind down and our ultimate purpose comes into crystal-clear focus.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51677784899857,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51677785096465,"sku":"NIN9781646803774","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51835927855377,"sku":"CIN1646803779G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1646803779.jpg?v=1751277699"},{"product_id":"dear-jesus-book-maria-morera-johnson-9781716743917","title":"Dear Jesus","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52753688199441,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52753689149713,"sku":"NIN9781716743917","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781716743917.jpg?v=1763566622"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-maria-morera-johnson.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}