Reviews
"Every Catholic an Apostle is an important and helpful book, one that makes a unique contribution to our understanding of Fr. Judge's life as well as ecclesial development, canon law, religious life, the ordained, and law apostolatesIt is a long book, at 536 (excluding end matter). It is, however, engaging, as Dr. Portier hoped: A long but, I pray, not tedious, book (6). This book is recommended for theology and religious studies scholars, especially historians and those who specialize in practical theology; libraries; and, of course, the religious congregations involved."--Yount, Mary Beth, Horizons: The Journal of the College Theology Society "This is a very timely book. Father Judge's vision of the Church's mission in 1909 corresponds closely to what we now call the 'new evangelization.' He was consumed with zeal--'charity at white heat,' he called it--for the preservation of the Catholic faith among those who were at risk of losing it. He had a heart for baptized Catholics who did not know God's love and who lived far from Christ and from the Church. Decades before Vatican II, he saw the importance of preparing laymen and women as 'apostles' (today's 'missionary disciples') to embrace their baptismal vocation and take their own responsibility for the Church's mission. This story of Father Judge's labors, and of the intrepid faith and confidence in God that sustained him through many trials and setbacks, is important. It belongs to the legacy of the Catholic Church in the United States and Puerto Rico, and it deserves to be known. -"--Sister Sara Butler, MSBT, S.T.L., PhD, Professor Emerita of Dogmatic Theology, University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, Ill., Member, International Theological Commission (2004-2014) "Thomas A. Judge, CM/ST, a son of St. Vincent de Paul, enkindled in the twentieth century an apostolate of the laity. From the concept of the Confraternity of Charity/Ladies of Charity of St. Vincent flowed the Missionary Cenacle Apostolate (lay apostolate). Not unlike his spiritual father, from the mind of Fr. Judge also evolved the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity (priests and brothers) and the Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity (sisters). Every Catholic an Apostle encapsulates the power for good that Fr. Judge created in the Missionary Cenacle family. Sentire cum Ecclesiae(think with the Church) endowed his missionary family with the dynamism to do ordinary actions with love and faith."--John W. Carven, CM, Provincial Archivist of the Eastern Province of the Congregation of the Mission
