The Journey to Peace: Reflections on Faith, Embracing Suffering, and Finding New Life

Joseph Louis Bernardin served as Archbishop of Cincinnati and President of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, D.C. He became a cardinal in 1983 and was Archbishop of Chicago from 1982 until his death in 1996. Widely recognized as both a church and civic leader, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom shortly before he died. Alphonse P. Spilly, C.PP.S., served as special assistant to Cardinal Bernardin from 1984 to 1996. He assistedwithThe Gift of Peaceand edited the two-volumeSelected Works of Joseph Cardinal Bernardin. He is director of the Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Center for Theology and Ministry at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. Jeremy Langford editedThe Gift of Peaceand two biographical photobooks of the Cardinal by John H. White,This Man BernardinandThe Final Journey of Joseph Cardinal Bernardin. He is editor-in-chief of Sheed & Ward Book Publishing and is earning a master's degree as a Bernardin Scholar at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.Joseph Cardinal Bernardin is the author of 'The Journey to Peace: Reflections on Faith, Embracing Suffering, and Finding New Life', published 2001 under ISBN 9780385501019 and ISBN 0385501013.