32 Days: A Story of Faith and Courage - Ellen Lucey Prozeller

by Ellen Prozeller

How are the lives of a famous American bishop, Fulton J. Sheen, and an unknown eleven year old Chinese peasant girl intertwined? Discover why the child's holiness and courage moved the famous TV and radio personality of the 1950's to promote her religious devotion to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament throughout the world. An historical novel, the author puts flesh and bones on a real child and her love for Jesus.  A very inspirational story that touches the heart and shows readers that even a child can be a hero.

Eleven-year-old Lucy's young life is turned upside down when Communist troops invade her small Chinese village during the 1948 revolution. The soldiers remove Lucy's teacher, Sister Elizabeth, from the school, and replace her with a strict, unyielding instructor who teaches the children to memorize the words of Mao Zedong and the tenets of the Communist party. Food is scarce, and soldiers patrol the streets and the town, forcing its residents to live in fear.

Lucy's family is forced to practice its Catholic faith in secret. After soldiers desecrate the church and imprison the priest, Lucy makes a heroic decision: she sneaks into the church at night to be with Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament. Many years later, her devotion and actions will be an inspiration to Bishop Fulton Sheen.

Reviews:
"My heartiest congratulations go to Ellen Lucey Prozeller for putting flesh and blood to a story told and retold about this little faith-filled Chinese girl Archbishop Fulton Sheen made so famous.  May children find in this young girl an inspiration to live holy lives."
-Mother Assumpta Long, OP, Prioress
Daughters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist