Mary Frances Coady is a freelance writer and teacher. She is the author of With Bound Hands: A Jesuit in Nazi Germany and other books, including The Hidden Way: The Life and Influence of Almire Pichon and three books for children and young adults. Her short fiction has appeared in various literary journals. She lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
On the morning of December 8, 1944, the 37-year-old German Jesuit Alfred Delp, who had been imprisoned for anti-Nazi activities, received a lightly coded message on an official order...
Seventy-five years ago on August 15, the feast of the Assumption, the Jesuit Alfred Delp was due to make his final vows in the Society of Jesus. Instead, he...