Praxedes: Wife, Mother, Widow, and Lay Dominican

Some saints are unknown to the world, but nothing is unknown to God; often He prepares holy people whom few on earth are deemed worthy to recognize. Práxedes: Wife, Mother, and Lay Dominican tells the life of one such holy woman. A Spanish housewife of the 20th century, Práxedes Fernandez was mother to four children from a six-year marriage with her husband. When he died in a railroad accident, the widowed Práxedes became so poor that she went to live with her mother and sister, acting as a...