God Has Been God for Us: The History of the Missionary Servants of St. Anthony A Congregation of Diocesan Right in San Antonio, Texas - Softcover

Langford, CDP Mary Diane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1467098086 ISBN 13: 9781467098083

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2012

Synopsis

GOD HAS BEEN GOD FOR US In 1929, just at the onset of the Great Depression, San Antonio diocesan priest, Peter Baque, pastor of St. Peter Prince of the Apostles Catholic Church on North Broadway, found himself unable to meet the needs of a segment of his parish then known as "Cementville". This small village was a company town under the auspices of the Alamo Portland Cement Company whose residents all worked in the cement quarry on the northern edge of Baque's parish. Baque, believing that the people of Cementville would be receptive to the ministry of women religious, decided that this was the time to begin a community of women who would be especially ready to "reach out with a loaf of bread in one hand and the love of Christ in the other". With the help of Eugenie Olivier Edwards, the widowed mother of nine living children who professed her vows as Mother Theresa, Baque began the Missionary Servants of St. Anthony. God Has Been God for Us chronicles the eightyyear history of this religious community. From the depression years until the present day, the Sisters have supported Father Baque's dream to foster devotion to St. Anthony de Padua through the Shrine to St. Anthony which is now an adoration chapel on their property in front of St. Anthony de Padua Parish. Other ministries of the Missionary Servants established during these 80 years include a home for Catholic working girls in downtown San Antonio; a day nursery now celebrating 75 years of service; Padua Place, a home for infirm or aging priests in its 50th year of operation; and a retreat center located at the motherhouse property at 100 Peter Baque Road. Relying solely on the providential care of God, the Missionary Servants of St. Anthony evidence the character of missionaries instilled in them by Father Baque and the humility and simplicity of servitude modeled for them by Mother Theresa. Their story will inspire the reader to say with them

About this title

About the Author:

Mary Diane Langford, a Sister of Divine Providence of San Antonio, Texas, has written two other books including The Tattered Heart, a historical fiction biography of Mother St. Andrew Feltin, foundress of the Sisters of Divine Providence in Texas. She lives in Neosho, MO, and is the Director of Adult Faith Formation for St. Peter's Parish in Joplin, MO, in addition to offering retreats and writing. In the writing of this book, Sister Diane was assisted by Sisters Mary Ann Domagalski, Rose Mary Martinez, and Lucelia Sanchez, all Missionary Servants of St. Anthony.

About this edition

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1467098086
• ISBN 13: 9781467098083
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152