Description
From the Publisher:
Monuments, Marvels, and Miracles: A Traveler’s Guide to Catholic America takes you to more than 500 of the country’s most intriguing holy sites, each with a riveting story to tell. Stories about:
- architecture (the interior of Guardian Angels Cathedral in Las Vegas resembles angel wings)
- religious history (at Maryland’s Old Bohemia, Jesuit priests lived and worked incognito during anti-Catholic persecution)
- artifacts (the Miraculous Medal Shrine in Philadelphia holds an original cast by Saint Catherine Labouré)
- answered prayer (from the Grasshopper Chapel in Minnesota to the Coral Miracle Church in Hawaii)
- healing places, beautiful places, hidden places, places where saints walked, and much more.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Marion Amberg is an award-winning book author and freelance journalist. Her articles “¬¬” mainly religion travel pieces and human-interest features “¬¬” have appeared in more than 100 markets. She is known for her “nose for the unique and unusual” and for her engaging writing style.
