Mary Frances Coady is the author of Georges and Pauline Vanier: Mercy within Mercy, a spiritual biography about the parents of Jean Vanier and his Trappist brother Benedict. It will be published by Liturgical Press later this year.
When Georges Vanier said he was going to become a Trappist, his father asked what his friends’ reactions would be. "They'll think I'm a crackpot," Vanier answered.
