Ahead of beatification, the women behind Archbishop Sheen’s missionary work remember hidden labor

Ahead of beatification, the women behind Archbishop Sheen’s missionary work remember hidden labor

(OSV News) — When Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is beatified Sept. 24 in St. Louis, attention will rightly fall on the celebrated television preacher whose broadcasts brought Catholic teaching into millions of American homes. But for almost two decades, behind Archbishop Sheen’s extraordinary reach stood a largely unknown group of women who opened thousands of letters, recorded donations, thanked contributors, and helped transform his words into ma…

Ahead of beatification, the women behind Archbishop Sheen's missionary work remember hidden labor

(OSV News) — When Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is beatified Sept. 24 in St. Louis, attention will rightly fall on the celebrated television preacher whose broadcasts brought Catholic teaching into millions of American homes. But for almost two decades, behind Archbishop Sheen’s extraordinary reach stood a largely unknown group of women who opened thousands of letters, recorded donations, thanked contributors, and helped transform his words into ma…