Thea's Song

Charlene Smith & John Feister

Winner of the Christopher Award—now in paperback! 

The definitive, authorized biography of Thea Bowman, a modern-day heroine, with never 
before-seen writings, interviews, and photographs. 

Thea Bowman was a black girl born in civil-rights-era Mississippi who joined a convent 
of white Catholic sisters in Wisconsin and went on to inspire millions of all faiths and none. 
She fought prejudice and sadness and brought joy to others even during her struggle with cancer and long after her untimely death in 1990.

“One of the most significant figures in modern Catholicism. . . . Read this marvelous new biography and meet a woman who will show you what it means, even in the midst of death, to live.”
—James Martin, SJ, author, My Life with the Saints 

“Such a rich and loving life as Thea Bowman’s certainly needs to be talked about! Here you will get all the beautiful stages of her extraordinary life. Read, and be transformed yourself!”—Richard Rohr, O.F.M. 

“Sr. Thea was friend, teacher, and mentor for people of many races and faiths. . . . Her passionate intelligence and deep faith resonate throughout these pages.” 
—Bryan N. Massingale