60 Catholics Who Changed the World

by Gerard M. Verschuuren

The Catholic Church has a longstanding and outstanding tradition that makes for a powerful source of innovations for the world. The sixty Catholics mentioned in this book testify to it. Each one of them made a significant contribution that we can, and do, benefit from every day.

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1. ALBERT THE GREAT: SCIENCE & RELIGION
2. ALCUIN OF YORK: SCHOOLS
3. ANGELICA, MARY: MASS COMMUNICATION
4. ANSELM OF CANTERBURY: SLAVERY
5. ATHANASIUS OF ALEXANDRIA: ONE GOD
6. BARAT, MADELEINE-SOPHIE: EDUCATION OF WOMEN
7. BEDE THE VENERABLE: HISTORY
8. BELLARMINE, ROBERT: HUMAN RIGHTS
9. BENEDICT OF NURSIA: HOSPITALS
10. BOSCO, GIOVANNI: URBANIZATION
11. BRANDSMA, TITUS: FREEDOM OF PRESS
12. CAFASSO, JOSEPH: PRISONS
13. CAMILLUS DE LELLIS: RED CROSS
14. CANISIUS, PETER: THE CATECHISM
15. CARREL, ALEXIS: MIRACLES
16. CATHERINE OF SIENA: FEMINISM
17. CHESTERTON, G. K.: COMMON SENSE
18. CLAVER, PETER: SLAVE TRADE
19. CONSTANTINE THE GREAT: A BREAKTHROUGH
20. COPERNICUS, NICOLAUS: HELIOCENTRISM
21. CYRIL AND METHODIUS: THE VERNACULAR
22. DAMIEN DE VEUSTER: LEPROSY
23. DAY, DOROTHY: SOCIAL JUSTICE
24. DOWLING, EDWARD: ADDICTIONS
25. DREXEL, KATHARINE: HUMAN DIVERSITY
26. DUHEM, PIERRE: SCIENCE ROOTS
27. FRANCIS OF ASSISI: MOTHER EARTH
28. FRANCIS XAVIER: MISSIONARIES
29. GONZALEZ, ROQUE: JESUIT REDUCTIONS
30. GREENE, GRAHAM: NOVELS

31. GREGORY THE GREAT: PAPAL AUTHORITY
32. GREGORY VII: CHURCH AND STATE
33. GREGORY XIII: GREGORIAN CALENDAR
34. GUTENBERG, JOHANNES: PRINTING PRESS
35. HIERONYMUS, EUSEBIUS: THE BIBLE
36. HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: USING TALENTS
37. IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH: CATHOLIC OR CHRISTIAN?
38. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA: GOD’S SOLDIERS
39. ISIDORE OF SEVILLE: SCHOOLING
40. JOHN PAUL II: COMMUNISM 164
41. JUSTIN THE MARTYR: FAITH AND REASON
42. LANDSTEINER, KARL: BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS
43. LEMAÎTRE, GEORGES: BIG BANG
44. LEO XIII: SOCIAL TEACHING
45. LEWIS, C.S.: APOLOGETICS
46. MARITAIN, JACQUES: HUMAN RIGHTS
47. MCCORVEY, NORMA: ABORTION
48. MCLUHAN, MARSHALL: SOCIAL MEDIA
49. MENDEL, GREGOR: GENETICS
50. MORE, THOMAS: RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
51. PASTEUR, LOUIS: MICRO-ORGANISMS
52. PAUL OF TARSUS: APOSTLE WITHOUT BORDERS
53. PAUL VI: SEXUAL REVOLUTION
54. PIUS XII: NOT HITLER’S POPE
55. RYAN, JOHN AUGUSTAN: MINIMUM WAGE
56. SCHUMACHER, E.F.: SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
57. SEMMELWEIS, IGNAZ: WASHING HANDS
58. SERRA, JUNÍPERO: ONE HUMAN RACE
59. TERESA OF CALCUTTA: WHO ARE THE POOREST?
60. THOMAS AQUINAS: NO DOUBLE TRUTH

TESTIMONIALS

“Taken from various times and places, we have here specifically Catholics who, in their works and lives, have improved the world in one way or another. Many good things need to be invented, begun, organized, or planned. We have here a welcome reflection on who such people are and what they did because of their Catholic outlook on the world.” — Fr.  James V. Schall, S.J. (1928-2019), who was a Professor at Georgetown University.

“These 60 Catholics truly did change the world for the better, and any Catholic can at the least change his or her world for the better. May these 60 give you inspiration in your own life–I know they have in mine!” — Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, co-author with Bishop Richard Henning of Missionary Priests in the Homeland

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

Gerard M. Verschuuren is a human geneticist who also earned a doctorate in the philosophy of science. He studied and worked at universities in Europe and the United States. Currently semi-retired, he spends most of his time as a writer, speaker, and consultant on the interface of science and religion, faith and reason.

More information about his life and works may be found on his Wikipedia page at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Verschuuren

A review of Aquinas and Modern Science: A New Synthesis of Faith and Reason, by Gerard M. Verschuuren, has appeared in Volume 57, Issue 4 (December 2017) of the International Philosophical Quarterlyi>, and The Pluralist Game.

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