About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Cullman, Alabama, Hanceville, Alabama, Arab, Alabama, Fairview, Alabama, Good Hope, Alabama, Baileyton, Alabama, Holly Pond, Alabama, South Vinemont, Alabama, West Point, Alabama, Colony, Alabama, Dodge City, Alabama, Garden City, Alabama, Mother Angelica, Cullman High School, Alabama's 4th congressional district, Fatima Family Apostolate, Robert J. Fox, WQHC, St. Bernard Preparatory School, Crane Hill, Alabama, John G. Cullmann, WKUL, USS Cullman, WRSA-FM, Bremen, Alabama, Battleground, Alabama, Cullman City Schools, Folsom Field, Arkadelphia, Alabama, Cold Springs High School, Berlin, Alabama, Cullman micropolitan area, Lewis Smith Lake, Bug Tussle, Alabama, Crane Hill Masonic Lodge, Flint Creek, The Cullman Times, Jones Chapel, Alabama. Excerpt: Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, PCPA (born Rita Antoinette Rizzo on April 20, 1923) is an American Roman Catholic nun who founded the Eternal Word Television Network. In 1944 she entered the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration, a Franciscan religious order for women, as a postulant, and a year later she was admitted to the order as a novice. She went on to found a new house for the order in 1962 in Irondale, Alabama, where the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) is headquartered, and in 1996 she initiated the building of the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament and Our Lady of the Angels monastery in Hanceville, Alabama. Mother Angelica hosted shows on EWTN until she suffered a stroke in 2001. She continues to reside at the monastery in Hanceville. The future Mother Angelica was born Rita Antoinette Rizzo, on April 20, 1923, in Canton, Ohio. She was the only child of John and Mae Helen Rizzo (nee Gianfrancesco). Her father abandoned the family when Rita was very young, and her parents divorced in 1929. Her mother maintained full custody of Rita, but struggled ...