{"product_id":"my-badass-book-of-saints","title":"My Badass Book of Saints","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0639\/8056\/8629\/files\/Award-Winners-2021_RIBBON_2.png?v=1732894172\" style=\"float:left; height:100px; width:100px\"\u003eWinner of a 2016 Association of Catholic Publishers Excellence in Publishing Award: Inspirational Books (First Place).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this edgy, honest, and often audacious book of Catholic spirituality, blogger and popular podcaster Maria Morera Johnson explores the qualities of twenty-four holy women who lived lives of virtue in unexpected and often difficult circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMy Badass Book of Saints: Courageous Women Who Showed Me How to Live\u003c\/em\u003e, Johnson shares her experience as a first-generation Cuban-American, educator of at-risk college students, and caregiver for a husband with Lou Gehrig’s disease. Through humorous, empowering, and touching portraits of twenty-four spiritual mentors who inspired her, Johnson shows how their bravery, integrity, selflessness, perseverance, and hope helped her and can help others have courage to reach for a closer connection to God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe presents remarkable holy women and saints—including the gun-toting Servant of God Sr. Blandina Segale, who tried to turn the heart of Billy the Kid; and Nazi resister Irena Sendler, who helped smuggle children out of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II—in a way that brings their vivid personalities to life and helps readers live out the challenges of their lives with virtue and conviction. The book includes a group discussion guide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ave Maria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43920755916934,"sku":"1-59471-632-3","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0117\/8311\/0722\/files\/9781594736324.jpg?v=1776605691","url":"https:\/\/thelittlecatholicbox.com\/products\/my-badass-book-of-saints","provider":"The Little Catholic Box","version":"1.0","type":"link"}