Reflections on Freedom's Gate
"A man's unswerving adherence by faith to his God and with deep love to his wife, motivating her reciprocal devotion and steadfast trust in her husband in the midst of uncommon and dangerous situations during WWII in Eastern Europe, account for the foundation of a family that the Creator and Redeemer of mankind would inspire to undertake the unlikely task of establishing the proof for a genuine miracle that enabled an unassuming nun ... to be raised by the Catholic Church to the honors of a Saint...
-FR. S. SERAPHIM MICHALENKO, MIC — VICE POSTULATOR FOR NORTH AMERICA IN THE CANONIZATION PROCESS OF SAINT M. FAUSTINA KOWALSKA;
RECTOR-EMERITUS OF THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE DIVINE MERCY;
CO-FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR-EMERITUS OF THE JOHN PAUL II INSTITUTE OF DIVINE MERCY, IN STOCKBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A.
"...Freedom's Gate is a fantastic adventure story, love story, and history lesson.
I agree that this should be a movie.
How can life have so many twists and turns?...
This book was the best one that I have ever read at conveying life under Communism, and the reality of life in Eastern Europe during the Cold War...
Simply put, it was amazing."
-DAVID A. WEINSTEIN, M.D.
KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF THE SMILE* DIRECTOR OF THE GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE PROGRAM; PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
*A prestigious international humanitarian award bestowed upon Pope John Paul II, Mother Theresa, Nelson Mandela, Dalai Lama, Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver, among others.