{"id":2898,"date":"2009-05-12T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/1969\/12\/31\/ann-ball-r-i-p\/"},"modified":"2009-05-12T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-13T00:00:00","slug":"ann-ball-r-i-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2009\/05\/ann-ball-r-i-p\/","title":{"rendered":"Ann Ball R.I.P."},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston, Jun 9, 2008 \/ 05:45 pm (CNA).- Ann Ball, a prolific author who wrote lives of the saints alongside Catholic cookbooks, died of a heart attack shortly before midnight on Sunday, her family announced in an email.<\/p>\n

Though a schoolteacher for many years, she later took over the operation of a security company. Following a regular workday, she would dedicate time to writing, penning several books on the saints and Catholic heritage and traditions.<\/p>\n

Commenting on her industriousness, the president of Our Sunday Visitor, Greg Erlandson, told CNA that, “I was always surprised how she was able to run a private investigation office and still find time to write so many books that spiritually edified so many people.”<\/p>\n

In a short autobiography at Catholic Authors, the grandmother of eight wrote that curiosity about the saints led her into the Church and her career as a Catholic writer. She was especially interested in the life of Blessed Miguel Pro, the Jesuit priest and Mexican martyr.<\/p>\n

“I find it horrifying that so few Americans realize the persecutions of the church that were right next door less than a lifetime ago. I find it equally sad that so few of our American Hispanic Catholics don’t know about their own heroes,” she wrote.<\/p>\n

She reported that her son, Sam, tells people “My mom is the only person I know who can write a cookbook one year and follow it up the next year with The Catholic Book of the Dead!”<\/p>\n

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Ann Ball once wrote me about how she liked that I had chose Blessed Miquel Pro as my blog patron. Her book on him is quite excellent. May she rest in peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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