My Sacred Story Missal

From AcknowledgmentsThis book was first published in French and illustrated by Leopold Marboeuf under the title: Frere Jacques Missal. It was published in English in 1962 by Templegate Publishers in Springfield, Illinois. The Frere Jacques Missal is considered a classic in the annuals of children’s Mass books both for the sophistication of its theology and the exceptional art of Leopold Marboeuf (1916-2006). Sacred Story Press would like to thank Templegate Publishers for authorizing a reissue of the Frere Jacques Missal with updated text and some original new art to correspond to the new Mass settings. Sacred Story Press is also grateful to Fr. Trung Pham, S.J., for creating new art to supplement the original Frere Jacques Missal images and the new Mass settings. Fr. Trung also created images for the thirteen new saints we added to this updated edition: Sts. Catherine of Sienna, John XXIII, Kateri Tekakwitha, Junipero Serra, Ignatius of Loyola, Edith Stein, Maximilian Kolbe, Mother Teresa, John Paul II, Dung-Lac and Companions, and Francis Xavier. Fr. Pham’s black and white images beautifully capture the saints they depict and preserve the integrity of the original color images by Marboeuf. Most especially, Sacred Story Press is grateful to Leopold Marboeuf for his exceptionally beautiful art. Leopold drew these images for his grandchildren. The love and faith of a father and grandfather is evident in every image. We would also like to express our sincere gratitude to Anne Franciose Marboeuf and the other children of Leopold Marboeuf for their permission to reproduce in this missal some additional images from Leopold’s book of BIBLE STORIES published in the late 1950’s.