04/18/2023
Local author Colleen Pressprich can relate to the “little way” of St. Thérèse of Lisieux — the challenge to love in the small moments of everyday life.
She also appreciates the wit, blunt honesty, and “sassy nature” of St. Teresa of Ávila.
Pressprich’s new children's book, "The Women Doctors of the Church" (Our Sunday Visitor, 2022), seeks to capture the unique personalities of the two saints along with those of St. Hildegard of Bingen and St. Catherine of Siena.
“My daughters can be feisty and loud, and they like to climb trees. They play with dolls and do all the little girl things, but they’re also very strong-willed and bold. I wanted to be able to show them that those things are feminine, too,” said Pressprich, mother of three girls and two boys, ages 5 months to 8 years, and a parishioner at St. Paul on the Lake in Grosse Pointe Farms.
'The Women Doctors of the Church' teaches about St. Therese of Lisieux, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Hildegard