Whose life has inspired you to love God — and your neighbor — more deeply?
Throughout Christian history, believers have wrestled with the perennial question: What does faithful discipleship look like when it leaves the sanctuary and enters the public square? In this Radix Live conversation, we welcome Daryl Grigsby, author of a powerful collection of profiles celebrating 36 near-contemporary Catholics who have made a significant impact in the public sphere. Spanning the globe and encompassing both laypeople and clergy, these individuals, from Fr. Daniel Berrigan to Paul Farmer to jazz legend Mary Lou Williams, offer a rich tapestry of Catholic witness in action.
Each vivid portrait reveals a life of service, sacrifice, and joy rooted in the Eucharist—the "source and summit" of Christian life. Come discover an invitation to see holiness not just in the canonized saints, but in the lives of ordinary people striving to live extraordinary faith.
"This book beautifully honors the legacy of ordinary radicals who prophetically lived out Catholic social teaching in remarkable ways, as we are all called to do." -- Joanna Arellano-Gonzalez, cofounder and director of training and formation, Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership, Chicago
"A second grader once described a saint as 'Someone the light shines through!' In Daryl Grigsby's engaging and inspiring portraits of contemporary men and women saints, the light does indeed shine through!" —Joann Heinritz, CSJ, spiritual director and presenter, the Renewal Program, Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University
Daryl Russell Grigsby is the author of Catholics for the Common Good: An Eternal Offering and other books. He writes for National Catholic Reporter and Black Catholic Messenger. Daryl is on the Board of Directors of FutureChurch and Leadership Foundations, and has led retreats and workshops on synodality and Black Catholic spirituality