The Children of La Salette

Over 50 years before three shepherd children in Fatima saw a beautiful, mysterious Lady, two similarly innocent children beheld the same Lady heartbroken, crying with her face in her hands. Maximin and Melanie might not be as well-known as Lucia, Jacinta, or Francisco, but their message is no less powerful or relevant now.

This vividly detailed, engrossing account from Mary Fabyan Windeatt reveals the depth of Mary's pain over the sins of ungrateful men, as well as the perfect mother's love that drove her to appear in tears to these faith-filled children. Mary's message here, and the story of La Salette, will be familiar to anyone who knows the story of Fatima, reminding us that prayer, hope, and penance will always be the answer to the emptiness of sin and violence.

About the author

Mary Fabyan Windeatt lived from 1910-1979 and grew up in Saskatchewan, Canada. The Mount Saint Vincent College awarded her a Licentiate of Music degree when she was just seventeen, and she began writing Catholic works when she was about twenty-four. Later she sent one of her stories to a Catholic magazine, and after it was accepted, she continued to write. In total she composed at least twenty-one children's books, as well as periodical children's books pages written for The Torch, a monthly Dominican magazine.

Mary Windeatt is most renowned for her many novels of the saints, which she wrote specifically for children, including lives on the Children of Fatima, Cure of Ars, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Rose of Lima and many others. After living with her mother in St. Meinrad, Indiana, she died on the twentieth of November, 1979.

Product details

• Authors: Windeatt
• Publisher: Saint Benedict Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 13
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.10.2017
• EAN: 9781505111064
• ISBN: 978-1-5051-1106-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 213 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 295 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Religion, philosophy, psychology; Kinder/Jugendliche: Sachbuch: Biografien und Autobiografien, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Religious / Christian / Early Readers, Young Adult Biography, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Religious (see also Religious / Christian / Biography & Autobiography)