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Fink, John Francis was born on December 17, 1931 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Son of Francis Anthony and Helen Elizabeth (Hartman) Fink.
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Since the founding of the United States, critics have maintained Catholic leaders' allegiance to Rome has tainted their allegiance to their country. Since the establishing of the basic right of free speech, those who oppose what the Church teaches and the public policies it promotes have held that America's bishops must remain mute. And, since the earliest days of the republic and throughout its history, brave, intelligent, articulate, thoughtful, and compassionate Catholic leaders have not stayed silent. Ignoring the argument that there must be either/or, they have proven it is both/and. Now veteran journalist and respected author Jack Fink presents the fascinating and inspiring lives of these staunchly-Catholic, deeply civic-minded leaders.
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There are at least 137 men and women who have lived in North or South America who have been beatified or canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. This little book is a fascinating, brief introduction into the lives and struggles of these saintly men and women. Recommended in Seton Home Study Grade 7 Author: John Fink Publisher: Alba House Format: 157 pages, paperback ISBN: 9780818909009
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Sixteen of the 33 men and women who have been declared Doctors of the Church lived in the second millennium. As in Volume One of this work, John Fink has provided here brief profiles of the life of each Doctor followed by one or more writings characteristic of his or her work. The excerpts chosen are representative of the particular Doctor s writings but they were also selected in such a way as to give a fairly thorough overview of Christian doctrine and practice through the centuries. The Doctors included in Volume Two are: Saints Peter Damian, Anselm, Bernard of Clairvaux, Anthony of Padua, Albert the Great, Thomas Aquinas, Bon¬aventure, Catherine of Siena, Teresa of Jesus (Avila), John of the Cross, Peter Canisius, Robert Bellarmine, Lawrence of Brindisi, Francis de Sales, Alphonsus Liguori and Therese of Lisieux.
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This book brings attention to the lives of those married saints who have been canonized and are honored by the Church in its liturgical calendar. Joseph and Mary, Joachim and Ann, Zachary and Elizabeth, Isidore and Maria were all married couples; Sts. Peter, Monica, Frances of Rome, Margaret of Scotland, Perpetua and Felicity, Bridget of Sweden and the three Elizabeths, Elizabeth of Hungary, Elizabeth of Portugal and Elizabeth Ann Seton, St Thomas More and St Stephen of Hungary were also married. The brief biographies in this unique work will encourage husbands and wives everywhere to strive for greater holiness in their marriages and to take pride in their peers who did so before them and are now listed in the roster of the saints.
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Surveys indicate that people realize the need for prayer today in a way that has surprised many. Most people, it seems, pray every day and the number appears to be growing. One of the signs of that tendency is the proliferation of perpetual adoration chapels throughout the world. A large number are seeking ways in which to deepen their life of prayer and are turning to the classics such as the Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales. The people for whom St. Francis wrote his popular treatise on prayer in the seventeenth century, however, could never have imagined how difficult prayer can be for those of us who are caught up in the hectic lifestyle of our twenty-first century world. Still, his insights into the life of prayer have much to offer the men and women of today. John Fink highlights those areas of his teachings which have been especially helpful to him as a lay person in his life of prayer. In twenty brief chapters, he covers everything from the Nature of Prayer to Finding Balance in Life. Topics include Conversation with God, Discursive Meditation, Contemplation, Liturgical Prayer, Prayers of Petition, Other Forms of Prayer, the Lord's Prayer, the Hail Mary, the Rosary and Other Marian Prayers, Prayers to the Saints, the Psalms, Scripture, Discerning God's Will, and Difficulties in Prayer. The conversational tone of the book invites the reader to put into immediate practice the remarkable insights into prayer to be found in its pages.
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Fink, John Francis was born on December 17, 1931 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Son of Francis Anthony and Helen Elizabeth (Hartman) Fink.
Bachelor of Arts, University Notre Dame, 1953.
Associate editor Our Sunday Visitor, Religious Public Company, Huntington, Indiana, 1956-1968. Editor Family Digest, 1956-1967. Marketing manager, 1967-1972.
Executive vice president, 1972-1976. President, 1976-1982. Public, 1982-1984; chairman Noll Printing Company, 1978-1984.
Editor in chief The Criterion, Indianapolis, 1984-1996, retired, 1996, columnist, editorial writer, since 1984. Columnist The Indianapolis Star, 1997—2002. Board directors Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, 1978-1985, International Catholic Organizations Center, 1979-1985.
Member Catholic Committee for White House Conference on Families, 1980. Member communications committee United States Catholic Conference, 1981-1984.
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Chairman United Fund Drive, 1963. President United Way of Huntington County, 1973-1974, board directors, 1971-1974. Board directors Young Men’s Christian Association, Huntington, 1966-1978, Catholic Journalism Scholarship Fund, Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities, 1977-1984.
Trustee Huntington College, 1978-1981. Board directors Huntington College Foundation, 1977-1984, president board, 1978-1981. Board directors Huntington Medical Memorial Foundation, 1978-1984.
Served as 1st lieutenant United States Air Force, 1954-1956. Member International Federation Catholic Press Association (vice president 1974-1980, president 1980-1986), International Catholic Union of the Press (council and bureau member 1974-1986, honorary since 1986), Catholic Press Association (president 1973-1975, director 1965-1975, honorary since 1997), Indianapolis Serra Club (president 1995-1996).
Married Marie Therese Waldron, May 31, 1955. Children: Regina Marie, Barbara Ann, Robert Paul, Stephen Lawrence, Therese Rose, David Francis, John Noll.