This is the true story of the power of faith. The setting is a Catholic parish deep in the bayous of southern Louisiana, but this tale transcends religious and geographic backgrounds. The Miracle of St. Genevieve is the inspiring, heartbreaking and uplifting story of how a faith community has struggled and strengthened through a half century of dwindling national church attendance, parochial school closings, clerical scandals and overall questioning of the value of organized religion. It speaks to all readers searching for signs that meaningful human connections still exist in the world and that a community of faith is still one place to find them. Through the personal stories of clergy and ordinary congregants alike, The Miracle of St. Genevieve reveals why faith matters and how the sharing of faith can heal and elevate a community.

“The Miracle of St. Genevieve is an informative narrative of grass-roots Catholicism in action in all of its trials and tribulations, written by an intelligent participant.  It is also a chronicle of the birth of a parish and of the undaunted faith of the parishioners in good times and bad.”--Reverend John W. O'Malley, S.J., author of What Happened at Vatican II

For more information on The Miracle of St. Genevieve: Vatican II and the Victory of Faith please contact Stockard James Sales Manager Roxanne Legendre at roxanne@stockardjames.com or the author at woody@woodyfalgoux.com. 
 

Closeup on the Author-

Woody Falgoux has deep personal knowledge of the St. Genevieve Parish in Thibodaux, Louisiana --  his family moved there when he was four years old. He was blessed with an idyllic early childhood while living on Thibodaux's West Side, enjoying the simple pleasures of safe streets and vacant lots for ball games and a massive, moss-draped live-oak tree for a hidden clubhouse. Woody and his family, like most other families on the West Side, were members of St. Genevieve Parish, and he attended the parish’s elementary school. This church and school were what unified the community.

Woody left Thibodaux as a young adult, but has now moved back with his wife and two daughters. They are parishioners at St. Genevieve and his girls go to the school. “As a boy, I loved our neighborhood…” Woody recalls, “but I couldn’t have put any of it in real perspective because the West Side was most of my world. Back then and for years thereafter, I didn’t see the miracle that was unfolding before my eyes.” He is aware of that miracle now. The Miracle of St. Genevieve is his moving testament to the powerful positive influence of this faith community on his life and on the lives of so many others.