Forbes

Mother Frances Alice Monica Forbes, also known as F.A. Forbes, was born in 1869 into a Presbyterian family. She converted to Catholicism in 1900, and entered the Society of the Sacred Heart as a postulant when she was thirty-one. She was a strong-willed and intelligent woman, and used both these gifts to generously make the sacrifices that the Lord wished of her daily. F.A. Forbes authored a considerable amount of books based on the saints, including "St. John Bosco: Friend of Youth", "St. Monica", "St. Catherine of Sienna", "St. Benedict", and "The Gripfast Series of English Readers". She die...