In Blessed Columba Marmion, Mark Tierney, O.S.B., focuses on Marmion's life lived in heroic virtue and on his beatification. Fr. Tierney shows the very human side to this saintly man. For those who relish a good mixture of history and spirituality, the human and the divine, Fr. Tierney gives us this extraordinary story of a contemporary saint in the making.
Chapters under part one are "The Early Years (1858-1873)," "The Long Road to the Cloister (1874- 1886)," "The Young Monk (1886-1899)," and "Louvain (1899-1909)." Chapters under part two are "Election as Abbot of Maredsous in 1909," "First Years as Abbot (1909-1912)," "The Caldey Affair (1913-1914)," and "The War Years (1914-1918)." Chapters under part three are "The Occupation of Dormition Abbey (1918- 1920)," "Formation of the Belgian Congregation (1911-1922)," "The Last Years (1920-1923)," "Marmion as Abbot," and "Marmion: Spiritual Writer Par Excellence."
