Draw Your Strength From The Lord. Counsel For The Menders

by Bede Reynolds

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Draw Your Strength From The Lord. Counsel For The Menders By Bede Reynolds O.S.B Riehle Foundation 1982 Imprimatur 1976 Mint condition Unread condition Scarce Father Bede Reynolds, a pioneering Southern California oilman who gave up his wealth to join the Priesthood and teach, died at Westminster Abbey, British Columbia, after a long illness, in December 1989, aged 97. Father Reynolds, formerly Kenyon L. Reynolds of Pasadena, built one of the first gasoline cracking plants in California in the early 1900's as general manager of Los Angeles based Pacific Gasoline Co., which later was bought by Standard Oil Co. Originally, he started working as mining assayer's helper at $2 pen ten-hour day, in 1909. By 1926, he was a millionaire. A Protestant, heavily prejudiced against the Catholic Church, he fell in love with a Catholic girl and married her. Later he was received into the Catholic Church, with his wife, playing a major role in his conversion.

• Publisher: Riehle Foundation
• Year: 1982
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Fine

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