Unleashing Hope: The Biography of Venerable Maria Luisa Josefa of the Most Blessed Sacrament - Paperback

by Timothy Kennedy O. C. D. (Author)

Unleashing Hope draws you into the powerful life of Luisa de Ia Pena Navarro (1886-1937), "Mother Luisita," a petite woman from a small town in Jalisco, Mexico, who devoted her entire life to serving the poor, the sick, and especially the children. She established schools, hospitals, and orphanages at a time when it was against the law to even be a Catholic. Gripping historical events including revolution, religious persecution, and the Cristiada reveal her as a spiritual mother who brought healing and hope. After her husband's death, Mother Luisita answered God's call to establish a new Carmelite community that would "stand in the presence of the Living God, and with Mary make known the love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus" to a world suffering the wounds of sin and division.

Unleashing Hope comes at a time in history when the world must reset its moral compass and rediscover the beauty and dignity of each person and the joy and healing that comes through living in

Author Biography

Sister Timothy Marie Kennedy, O.C.D., comes from a family of Irish writers and storytellers and is a member of the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles. She edited the two-volume set of the letters of Mother Luisita, In Love's Safekeeping: The Letters of Mother Luisita, and authored In the Face of Darkness: The Heroic Life and Holy Death of Mother Luisita. Sister Timothy was born and raised in Long Beach, California, the third of five children. She attended Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles and received a B.A. in English and an M.S.in educational administration. She has served in the retreat and education ministries of the Carmelite Sisters as retreat directress, vocation directress, teacher, and principal in various schools. She currently resides at the Loretto Convent in Douglas, Arizona.