Mary Pat Donoghue

Catholic Heroes of Civil and Human Rights

History & Biography

“Catholic Heroes of Human & Civil Rights presents students with a chapter that is missing or incomplete in many history books. The compelling accounts of Catholics whose witness to the Jesus Christ was manifested in their witness to justice demonstrates that the principles of the civil and human rights movement are deeply embedded in the Church’s understanding of the nature and dignity of the human person. This work challenges young people to deepen their own witness to Jesus Christ, and in turn, to those who suffer injustice.”