A Father's Heart: The Story of Blessed Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus

Young Adult Graphic Novel Text: Corinna and Maria Laughlin Illustrated by: Carlos Valdeira Softcover Width: 8.25" Height: 11.75"  Pages: 40 Young readers and families devoted to the faith will love this beautifully illustrated graphic novel on the life and legacy of Father Michael J. McGivney, an American Blessed and founder of the Knights of Columbus. The book tells a page-turning story, from his parents’ flight from Ireland’s 19th century Great Hunger, to their settlement in a factory city in Connecticut, to the hardships and early death faced by newcomers to the nation, to how their oldest of 13 children grew into a holy young man and a priest who became one of the most accomplished and consequential figures in U.S. Catholicism. As a young priest serving a large immigrant population, he responded to the needs of his people by founding what today is the world’s largest Catholic fraternal service organization, all the while exercising his ministry with heroic virtue and steadfast l