The United “Saints” of America has arrived at the perfect time — it’s a travel book for Catholics to celebrate the 250th anniversary of our country, chronicling from the time when Catholics had to live in the shadows to becoming the largest single Christian body in the United States. Offering an “armchair tour,” the book hints at how the Church has grown not just in population but also in the numbers of shrines and religious sites.
This book is beautifully done and loaded with gorgeous pictures throughout to help readers “visit” these blessed stops in all 50 states. Some may be familiar, but many are not.
Author Peggy Stanton is well-versed to guide this Americana pilgrimage. She is the author of From the White House to the White Cross: Confessions of a TV News Correspondent, among other works. She was ABC TV’s first female news correspondent in Washington and has traveled the world with her husband, U.S. Rep. Bill Stanton, R-Ohio, and converted from “a cultural Catholic to a committed Catholic” after a trip to Medjugorje.
The book is not just a tour from shrine to shrine and church to church. There’s no rigorous travel-agency schedule inside. This is a
