{"product_id":"9781612781075","title":"Great Teachers","description":"\u003ci\u003e\"To renew the Church in every age, God raises up saints who themselves have been renewed by God and are in constant contact with God.\"\u003c\/i\u003e -- Pope Benedict XVI\u003cp\u003eDiscover the greatest teachers of the Faith as Pope Benedict XVI highlights their essential role during a time of scandal and strife in the Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing specifically on the thirteenth-century founding of the Franciscans by St. Francis of Assisi and the Dominicans by St. Dominic Guzman, the pope said personal holiness led the two saints to preach -- and to help actualize -- a return to Gospel poverty, a deeper unity with the Church, and a new movement of evangelization, including within the European universities that were blossoming at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir example continues to be relevant today as we struggle with a culture that \"focuses more on having than on being,\" and look to emulate those holy people who chose to live very simply.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Our Sunday Visitor, Publishing Division","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139015688432,"sku":"9781612781075","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612781075_p0.jpg?v=1763846747","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612781075","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}