Mother Angelica: The Remarkable Story of a Nun, Her Nerve, and a Network of Miracles
The extraordinary saga of Mother Angelica, founder of the multimillion-dollar Eternal Word Television Network and ?the most influential Catholic woman in America? according to Time magazine
In 1981, the year after Ted Turner founded CNN, a simple nun, using merely her entrepreneurial instincts and $200, launched what would become the world?s largest religious media empire in the garage of a Birmingham, Alabama, monastery. Under her guidance, the Eternal Word Television Network grew at a staggering pace, both in viewership and in influence, to where it now reaches over a hundred million viewers in hundreds of countries around the globe.
Born Rita Rizzo in Canton, Ohio, in 1923, Mother Angelica was abandoned by her father and raised in poverty by a mother who suffered from suicidal depressions. As a young woman, Rita developed severe abdominal pain that doctors dismissed as a ?nervous condition,? but when she sought the prayers of a local mystic, her symptoms disappeared. Awakened to the power of prayer, she vowed to dedicate her life to God and became a cloistered nun, expecting to spend her life hidden from the world. But Rita?s faith soon compelled her to unlikely endeavors, from establishing a monastery in Alabama to starting the world?s first Catholic cable network. Relying solely on ?God?s providence,? Mother Angelica built an empire without concern for budgets or fund-raising campaigns, achieving what even the highest levels of the Catholic Church had been unable to do.
Raymond Arroyo combines his journalist?s objectivity and eye for detail with more than five years of exclusive interviews with Mother Angelica. He traces Mother Angelica?s tortured rise to success and exposes for the first time the fierce opposition she faced, both inside and outside of her church. It is an inspiring story of survival and proof that one woman?s faith can move more than mountains. more
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Recent Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-14-2009
- Catholic Powerhouse
This book was so interesting that I read it in 2 days. Mother Angelica has to be one of the greatest and/or most influential Roman Catholics of the 20th/21st century. She has done a tremendous job in bringing Catholic programming to...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-03-2009
- Mother Angelica: the remarkable story of a nun, her nerve, and a network of miracles
I thought that this was truly an awesome & inspirational story of Mother Angelica. It was very interesting & not boring at all... actually a page-turner! I loved it & would recommend to anyone. She will go down in history as one of the...
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- 5/5
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- Posted: Apr-24-2009
- Mother Angelica Biography Excellent
The story of the life of Rita Rizzo, from her difficult early family life to the current times, is one of exposition of God's love and mercy. Rita Rizzo's strong reliance on the Providence of God demonstrates how He can use the weak who...
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- 5/5
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- Posted: Feb-06-2009
- Audio Version
A wonderful book with many touching, as well as laugh-out-loud anecdotes.The audio box say "performed" by the author, which gave me some misgivings when I purchased it. No fear. Mr. Arroyo gives one of the most accomplished audio...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-14-2009
- Catholic Powerhouse
This book was so interesting that I read it in 2 days. Mother Angelica has to be one of the greatest and/or most influential Roman Catholics of the 20th/21st century. She has done a tremendous job in bringing Catholic programming to...
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- 3/5
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- Posted: Oct-26-2005
- One Crazy Nun, The Bishops, and A Satellite Dish
Mother Angelica : The Remarkable Story of a Nun, Her Nerve, and a Network of Miracles by Raymond Arroyo. There is a lot in the 300 plus pages of this biography I already knew, some things I didn't know, and some things were left out....
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- 1/5
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- Posted: Sep-28-2006
- Raymond Arroyo
I am not recommending this book. The author emphasizes so much on the problems inside the Catholic Church and misses to write about the beauty and unity of the Church. For all the non-Catholics who decide to read this book: Going through...
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