Thrift Store Saints
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$43.15
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2010
Summary
First place winner for “Popular Presentation of the Catholic Faith” from the Catholic Press Association!
Thrift Store Saints is a collection of true stories based on Jane Knuth’s experiences serving the poor at a St. Vincent de Paul thrift store in the inner city of Kalamazoo, Michigan. At the outset of the book, Knuth is a reluctant new volunteer at the store, sharing that her middle-class, suburban, church-going background has not prepared her well for this kind of work. By the end of th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780829433012 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0829433015 |
| Author: | Jane Knuth |
| Publisher: | Loyola University Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Loyola University Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2010 |
| Weight: | 236g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 141mm x 217mm |
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Critics Review
The stories are fascinating, the reflections probing. – Review for Religious
”[Jane Knuth’s] stories of the people that visit the store are very inspiring and she uses these stories to teach us the Vincentian principles of divine providence, spirituality and seeing the face of Christ in the poor.”–Ozanam News“I love Jane Knuth’s books Thrift Store Saints and Thrift Store Graces.”–Ray Dupont, National Saint Vincent de Paul Stores Committee ChairpersonThe stories are fascinating, the reflections probing.–Review for Religious
About The Author
Jane Knuth
Jane Knuth has been volunteering at the St. Vincent de Paul thrift store in Kalamazoo, Michigan, for the last 15 years. She is also an eighth-grade math teacher. Jane and her husband, Dean, live in Portage, Michigan. This is Jane’s first book
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