VANCOUVER, British Columbia (July 20, 2023) — Patrick Novecosky will lead a book project honoring Pope St. John Paul the Great and St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta for the Archdiocese of Vancouver.
The effort to memorialize two of the world’s best-known modern saints and capture the legacy of their visits to Vancouver is generating discussion among Catholics eager to share their experiences in meeting them and how it changed their lives.
The Vancouver-based project is a larger-than-life-size statue of Pope John Paul II and Mother Teresa and the release of a book about their lives, legacies, and the real-life stories of local people who met them in Vancouver or Abbotsford.
A book about Mother Teresa and Pope John Paul II’s visits to Vancouver with personal first-hand encounters of people who met them at the time has never been done before. Co-written by Novecosky (author of 100 Ways John Paul II Changed the World) and former B.C. Catholic assistant editor Agnieszka Ruck, the volume will dive into the life and legacy of the well-known figures and share testimonies from Vancouverites who met them.
Read the BC Catholic article here.
Learn more about the Two Saints project here.
