{"product_id":"in-secret-service-of-the-sacred-heart-the-life-virtues-of-julia-greeley","title":"In Secret Service of the Sacred Heart: The Life \u0026 Virtues of Julia Greeley","description":"The most thorough compilation of the facts of Julia Greeley’s life have been published in a new book by Fr. Blaine Burkey, O.F.M.Cap. The book, In Service of the Sacred Heart: The Life and Virtues of Julia Greeley, recalls the memorable stories and events of this remarkable woman by those who knew her best.\n\nJulia Greeley, Denver's Angel of Charity, was born into slavery, at Hannibal, Missouri, sometime between 1833 and 1848. While she was still a young child, a cruel slavemaster, in the course of beating her mother, caught Julia's right eye with his whip and destroyed it.\n\nFreed by Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, Julia subsequently earned her keep by serving white families in Missouri, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico--though mostly in the Denver area. Whatever she did not need for herself, Julia spent assisting poor families in her neighborhood. When her own resources were inadequate, she begged for food, fuel and clothing for the needy. One writer later called her a \"one-person St. Vincent de Paul Society.\" To avoid embarrassing the people she helped, Julia did most of her charitable work under cover of night through dark alleys.\n\nJulia entered the Catholic Church at Sacred Heart Parish in Denver in 1880, and was an outstanding supporter of all that the parish had to offer. The Jesuits who ran the parish considered her the most enthusiastic promoter of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus they had ever seen. Every month she visited on foot every fire station in Denver and delivered literature of the Sacred Heart League to the firemen, Catholics and non-Catholics alike.\n\nA daily communicant, Julia had a rich devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and the Blessed Virgin and continued her prayers while working and moving about. She joined the Secular Franciscan Order in 1901 and was active in it till her death in 1918.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 061561292X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.061561292X.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Blaine Burkey\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41505960656954,"sku":"DBV.061561292X.G","price":103.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/061561292X-0.jpg?v=1783226342","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/in-secret-service-of-the-sacred-heart-the-life-virtues-of-julia-greeley","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}