410- “The Constant Procession”- Part 2

This second installment digs deep into my discovery of the curious reason churches following World War II were named “Our Lady of Lourdes.”

The Constant Procession is a book about my journey into learning the history of seven of the major approved apparitions of the Virgin Mary and how they have influenced history.

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Also, Pray for the People of Ukraine. There are links below on ways to support them.

This summer I will be working on my 3rd book.

While I work the new book, I will podcast for free this release of my 1st book “The Constant Procession” in 15 minute installments for your listening pleasure.

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Beginning podcast of my 1st book: 409-The Constant Procession- Part 1

The inspiration for the famous author, Franz Werfel’s writing of the book The Song of Bernadette came to life for the author when he was trying to escape from capture by the Nazis in 1941 while he hid in Lourdes, France.

Early and 70's book covers of The Song of Bernadette
1970’s version (L) and 1940’s version of The Song of Bernadette by Franz Werfel. Notice how the ‘dust jackets’ reflect the popular culture emphasis of each time period when books were printed.
1943 and Readers Digest book covers of The Song of Bernadette.
Early 1941 printing of the book (L) and the early 1942 Readers Digest copy (R)
Early photo of Lourdes Sanctuary (may be as it looked during WW II to Franz Werfel)
Early photo of the Lourdes Basilica, at the Our Lady of Lourdes Apparition site (This may be how it looked during WW II to Franz Werfel)

Here is a very good review of The Song of Bernadette by author Christine Vincent- CatholicMom.com

Pyrenees Mountains, Franz Werfel had to travel over to get to neutral Spain from Nazi captured France.
Franz Werfel had to climb over these Pyrenees Mountains to get to neutral Spain and escape the Nazis in occupied France.

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My 2nd Book “The Very Fine Light” is available in Print, ebook and audiobook versions!

An infographic that says: The Very Fine Light eBook is now on sale at Amazon.com. There is also an excerpt from the book it reads, They sat on the rusting tower and watched the sunset like they use to. This day the tower became a time maching of sorts.
This is a contemporary novel about a village on the verge of bankruptcy, the mayor with a secret and a free wheeling co-worker who is always in trouble for speaking his mind.

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Cover of my new book "The Very Fine Light" and the words "The Nikos Steves Channel" over a background photo of a bridge over the river in the fictional village of "Canalville"
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WAYS TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE:

Ukranian Orthodox Church of the USA website uocofusa.org
UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH of the USA
Donation details for giving to the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America
Ukranian Congress Committee of America (UCCA)- from Roman Catholic Prayer Service in Atlanta on March 28, 2022
Poster for donations for Ukraine 770-480-8775
Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic Church, Conyers GA

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Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.

The origin of these podcasts began with my book The Constant Procession.

(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)

Constant Procession (the podcast) is published here every Tuesday morning.

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