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Bishop Fulton Sheen: A Teacher of Virtue

Bishop Fulton J. Sheen in cassock, ferraiolo and pectoral cross, standing among bookshelves beside a carved statue of the Madonna and Child, on the set of his television programme.
Fulton J. Sheen on the set of his television programme. Fred Palumbo, 1952. Library of Congress, New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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Sister Jude Andrew Link describes Archbishop Fulton Sheen as a man of heroic virtue, noting his lifelong commitment to the daily Holy Hour. Sheen promised to observe this hour of prayer every day upon his ordination, a practice he maintained despite spiritual dryness or physical difficulties, such as once climbing out of a church window after being accidentally locked inside.

According to Link, this daily prayer informed Sheen's teaching, preaching, and writing. Sheen believed that personal prayer provided a deeper understanding of Christ than study alone, a conviction reflected in his published work, Treasure in Clay. The Church recognizes Sheen's heroic virtue through his beatification.

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