Living in Ordinary Time: The Letters of Agatha Rossetti Hessley

Most spiritual memoirs are written by religious professionals. The American Catholic Experience series is an innovative new collection of books exploring the stories of individual Catholics in the United States as they reflect on what it has meant as Catholic laity to live out their faith amidst the joys and challenges of their daily lives'on their jobs, with their families and friends, and in their communities and churches. In Living in Ordinary Time, a historically significant reflection on the letters of Agatha Rosetti Hessley, an ordinary Catholic laywoman who wrote about her experiences with the post-Vatican II church faithfully each week, MaryEllen O?Brien uncovers the lived experience of laypeople in the U.S. from 1972 to1993 and its relevance to our lives today.O'Brein, Maryellen is the author of 'Living in Ordinary Time: The Letters of Agatha Rossetti Hessley' with ISBN 9780879462864 and ISBN 0879462868.