Who is Mother Mary Loyola?
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Mother Mary Loyola was a household name among Catholics of her time. Her writing earned her the love and praise of generations, as evidenced by the comments found in contemporary Catholic journals:
"Catholic literature, doctrinal and devotional, owes a great deal to Mother Mary Loyola. There is a certain wholesomeness, naturalness, geniality about her spirituality that at once wins a place in the Catholic heart for whatever she writes."
--The Ecclesiastical Review, January 1918
"The writings of Mother Mary Loyola have carried the Bar Convent beyond all barriers. She has been beyond doubt the greatest benefactress of the pen known to the present growing generation of Catholics in these islands, and her readers are counted by tens of thousands overseas."
--The Tablet, November 1912
Today Mother Loyola's work is beginning to see a resurgence, especially through her wonderful allegorical work, The King of the Golden City. Though a century or more has passed since she wrote her dozens of books, they speak to us powerfully today of the deep faith necessary to withstand the deadening influence of our modern world.
With a body of work as large and as unique as hers, one cannot help wanting to know more about her and how she came to be the teacher and writer she was.
Unfortunately, Mother Loyola was a nun, which means that her few possessions and letters were discarded after her death. No one alive today can point out her face in the photographs held by the Bar Convent.
We have spent countless hours researching on the internet, establishing contacts overseas, and piecing together the bits of information we have found. There is much more to be found collected in archives in Rome, London and York, but continued research requires feet on the ground in those cities.
We need your help to realize this dream of filling in the blanks and bringing Mother Loyola's life story to the world. Who knows, this groundwork could even form the basis for a cause for sainthood...
...but none of that can happen without your generous donations. Please consider giving whatever you can, even if it is only a few dollars. You can help bring Mother Loyola's story to life!
"Catholic literature, doctrinal and devotional, owes a great deal to Mother Mary Loyola. There is a certain wholesomeness, naturalness, geniality about her spirituality that at once wins a place in the Catholic heart for whatever she writes."
--The Ecclesiastical Review, January 1918
"The writings of Mother Mary Loyola have carried the Bar Convent beyond all barriers. She has been beyond doubt the greatest benefactress of the pen known to the present growing generation of Catholics in these islands, and her readers are counted by tens of thousands overseas."
--The Tablet, November 1912
Today Mother Loyola's work is beginning to see a resurgence, especially through her wonderful allegorical work, The King of the Golden City. Though a century or more has passed since she wrote her dozens of books, they speak to us powerfully today of the deep faith necessary to withstand the deadening influence of our modern world.
With a body of work as large and as unique as hers, one cannot help wanting to know more about her and how she came to be the teacher and writer she was.
Unfortunately, Mother Loyola was a nun, which means that her few possessions and letters were discarded after her death. No one alive today can point out her face in the photographs held by the Bar Convent.
We have spent countless hours researching on the internet, establishing contacts overseas, and piecing together the bits of information we have found. There is much more to be found collected in archives in Rome, London and York, but continued research requires feet on the ground in those cities.
We need your help to realize this dream of filling in the blanks and bringing Mother Loyola's life story to the world. Who knows, this groundwork could even form the basis for a cause for sainthood...
...but none of that can happen without your generous donations. Please consider giving whatever you can, even if it is only a few dollars. You can help bring Mother Loyola's story to life!
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Larry Bergman
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Homer Glen, IL
