Denise Carmody

Encounters with the World’s Religions

World Religions

“As I began to read, I was fascinated by the rhythm of the words and the ideas they evoked. Slowly, words and ideas gave way to feelings; then, feelings to simply being present to my own surroundings. I suspect that this is part of what Karelius intends. This is a book that insists on savoring, and persists in rewarding us when we do.”

Katharine Drexel

History & Biography

“A delightful and insightful account of the life of Mother Katharine Drexel, America's 'riches-to-rags' saint. The prose is clear and accessible; the scholarship reveals the warmth and care that Hughes brings to this work. Not only a tale about the religious maturation of a Catholic heiress who founded an order, this book is also a lively probing of the mystery underlying Drexel's motivations. Often through Drexel's own words, Hughes lets us see the strength and fragility, the confidence and insecurity, the scrupulosity and utter reliance on God that mark Drexel's spirituality.”