{"product_id":"such-a-vision-of-peace-the-life-of-eileen-egan-and-her-quest-for-a-nonviolent-world","title":"Such a Vision of Peace: The Life of Eileen Egan and Her Quest for a Nonviolent World","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" height=\"247\" width=\"432\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Available_for_Pre-Order._This_item_will_be_available_on_May_23_2023_1_6522187f-ed14-414e-83a3-24205f0a5407.png?v=1778179937\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; color: black;\"\u003eThis is the first biography of Eileen Egan (d. 1912-2000), one of the great unsung heroes of the Catholic peace movement. She worked for Catholic Relief Services after the war. Met Mother Teresa in 1955 and became her close friend, traveling partner (and biographer). Her association with Dorothy Day began in the 1940s. She was a founder of Pax Christi. Lobbied the bishops at Vatican II to condemn nuclear weapons. Advised the US bishops on their pastoral on peace. As an NGO delegate pressed UN to recognize conscientious objection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003eJudith Valente\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003e is an award-winning author, journalist and poet who was twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in journalism. She worked as a staff writer for \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and in broadcast journalism as an on-air correspondent for national PBS-TV and Chicago Public Radio and as the senior investigative reporter for the NPR affiliate GLT Radio in central Illinois. 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