The Lady of the Angels and Her City: A Marian Pilgrimage by Wendy Wright

The Lady of the Angels and Her City recounts Wendy Wright's visitations to her hometown's many marian churches and shrines. But it is much more than a personal pilgrimage narrative. It offers important glimpses into the history of Los Angeles Catholicism, American Catholic culture, and Mary's place in Catholic theology and tradition. It peeks into the heroic labors of the religious orders that went on mission there and the waves of immigrants who have arrived on American shores. Readers who know the geography of Los Angeles Catholicism will surely enjoy Wright's reflection on familiar places. bu there is much here that will fascinate anyone interested in the history of Christianity in America or devotion to mary by those who love her today.