Mary Frances Coady is the author of Georges and Pauline Vanier: Mercy within Mercy, a spiritual biography about the parents of Jean Vanier and his Trappist brother Benedict. It will be published by Liturgical Press later this year. Also by this author Last Word: ‘Un Petit Saint’ Get Commonweal’s latest, delivered twice weekly. Email address Published in the 2004-10-22 issue: View Contents Recommended for you Christian Radical By Arvin Alaigh October 1, 2026 Pulling the Brake By Eugene McCarraher September 28, 2026 Clerics Without Clericalism By Timothy Kirchoff October 1, 2026