St. Bernadette Soubirous by Trochu
St. Bernadette Soubirous by Trochu. Paperback, 400 pp.
In this comprehensive and engaging biography, Abbe Francis Trochu describes the life and spirituality of St. Bernadette Soubrious, a nineteenth-century French nun who received eighteen apparitions of Our Lady at Lourdes in 1858. Combining thorough scholarly research with his engaging and enjoyable style, Trochu offers a compelling portrait of St. Bernadette from her early life as a poor peasant girl through her experience of Our Lady's appearances and her years as a nun in the convent at Nevers until her death in 1879. As in his biography of the Cure d'Ars, Trochu delves deeply into the spiritual life of his subject, describing her natural character, her many virtues, her prayer and interior life, and her intense spiritual and physical sufferings during her final years.
