Join us for a signing with Eileen McCafferty DiFranco for her book The Cost of Sainthood on Saturday, February 22nd from 12:00-2:00 PM!
About the Book
Who is a saint?
This book is a counter-narrative to the church’s idea of holiness. The faithful deserves to know that there were saintly people in every age who lived virtuous and holy lives but fell outside of traditional church hagiography. In the words of author Kurt Vonnegut, the true saints are those who “behaved decently in a shockingly indecent world.”
About the Author
Eileen McCafferty DiFranco holds a Master of Divinity from United (formerly the Lutheran) Theological Seminary of Philadelphia. A lifelong student of history and theology, she has long experienced cognitive dissonance between the words of Jesus with the manner in which all Christian denominations, including the Catholic Church, have behaved in the world. The Cost of Sainthood grew out of her dissatisfaction with the various churches’ elevation of right belief over right behavior. DiFranco is a regular columnist for Southeastern Pennsylvania Women’s Ordination Conference newsletter “Equal wRites” and the author of a 2017 book entitled How to Keep Your Parish Alive, which provides a blueprint for founding intentional Eucharistic communities when bishops close down a local parish.