Prayers and Heavenly Promises

Joan Carroll Cruz was a native of New Orleans and was the educational product of the School Sisters of Notre Dame. She attended grade school, high school and college under their tutelage. Mrs. Cruz was a tertiary in the Discalced Carmelite Secular Order (Third Order) since 1968; for eight years she served as Mistress of Formation (Novice Mistress). For her non-fiction books, Joan Carroll Cruz depended heavily on information received from foreign shrines, churches, convents and monasteries. Her books include” The Incorruptibles,” published in 1977; “Desires of Thy Heart,” a strongly Catholic-themed novel, also in 1977; “Relics,” published in 1983; “Eucharistic Miracles” in 1987; “Secular Saints” in 1989; Prayers and Heavenly Promises in 1990; “Miraculous Images of Our Lady” in 1993; M”iraculous Images of Our Lord” in 1995; “Mysteries, Marvels, Miracles: In the Lives of the Saints” in 1997;” Angels & Devils” in 1999; and “Saints for the Sick” in 2010.”