Research Catalog

Title

Begin again : the life and spiritual legacy of Bruno Lanteri / Timothy M. Gallagher.

Author

Gallagher, Timothy M.

Publication

New York : The Crossroad Publishing Company, [2013]

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Details

Description

xvi, 329 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

• "Bestselling author Timothy M. Gallagher, OMV, assembles a remarkable biography of Father Bruno Lanteri, who while living within a context of exciting historical significance--with the French Revolution, the rise and fall of Napoleon, and the Bourbon Restoration reshaping France all around him--overcame great odds to become the foremost spiritual leader of the age, ultimately founding the Oblates of the Virgin Mary. Drawn from Lanteri's own journals, letters, and correspondence, Gallagher offers a detailed spiritual portrait of a man once limited by his own impatience and lack of charity, who evolved into a man of fierce spiritual courage, religious reformer, defender of the Pope against Napoleon's command, and a symbol of perseverance who coined the term "begin again"--the official motto of the Oblates. Complemented by a timeline of historical events, photographs, and maps, Gallagher's richly researched volume brings to light the ministry and legacy of a remarkable leader as never before"--Provided by publisher.
• "Fr. Gallagher has written of the Founder of his religious order with a personal sense of the particular charism of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary and with a historian's sense of the context of its birth and development. Quite ordinary events in Lanteri's life are unified by his strong sense of spiritual purpose often obstructed by a body weakened with constant ill health; these same events are played out in the tension between Church and State in France and Piedmont in an age of revolution; they are reflected in the lives of his co-workers and companions in the various societies and communities he formed part of. A man who sought always to remain in the background is brought forward in this book so that all can begin again to discover his virtues and appreciate his influence today"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

• Lanteri, Pio Brunone, 1759-1830
• Catholic Church > Italy > Clergy > Biography
• Oblates of the Virgin Mary > History
• RELIGION / Christian Theology / History
• RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9780824525798 (pbk.)
• 0824525795 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2013020071

OCLC

• 849801135
• SCSB-12517442

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library