Posted recently in Catholic News Service:

"Gina Loehr, in her book, Real Women, Real Saints: Friends for Your Spiritual Journey, offers brief spiritual portraits of 102 Catholic women who have been declared venerable, blessed or saints.

Loehr's ability to tell the story of each woman of faith in a concise manner and presenting the diversity of temperaments, occupations, challenges, education and background of these Catholic women is admirable.

From the illiterate doctor of the church, St. Catherine of Siena, to the scholarly St. Edith Stein, what brings them together and unites all these women is their belief and fidelity to God. Real Women, Real Saints reveals the quality of faith and love of these women who often lived their Catholic faith in the midst of opposition and ridicule.

Loehr states in her introduction, 'Every story in this book tells of a relationship between the Savior of the universe and a woman who loved him enough to live in harmony with his will.'

The short vignettes offer insight into the life of faith and expose some lesser known saints although it fails to provide the reader with any reflection or meditation for their own life of faith..."

Read the complete review on the Catholic News Service website, here.