{"id":690,"date":"2008-06-10T21:14:05","date_gmt":"2008-06-10T21:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2008\/06\/remember-ann-ball.html"},"modified":"2008-06-10T21:14:05","modified_gmt":"2008-06-10T21:14:05","slug":"remember-ann-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2008\/06\/remember-ann-ball.html","title":{"rendered":"Remember Ann Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ann Ball<\/a>, popular Catholic author, passed away Sunday night.<\/a><\/p>\n

Ann Ball, a prolific author who wrote lives of the saints alongside Catholic cookbooks, died of a heart attack shortly before midnight on Sunday, her family announced in an email.
\nThough a schoolteacher for many years, she later\u00a0took over the operation of\u00a0a security company. Following\u00a0a regular workday, she would dedicate time to writing,\u00a0penning several books on the saints and Catholic heritage and traditions.
\nCommenting on her industriousness, the president of\u00a0Our Sunday Visitor, Greg Erlandson, told CNA that,\u00a0“I was always surprised how she was able to run a private investigation office and still find time to write so many books that spiritually edified so many people.”
\nIn a short autobiography at Catholic Authors, the grandmother of eight wrote that curiosity about the saints led her into the Church and her career as a Catholic writer. She was especially interested in the life of Blessed Miguel Pro, the Jesuit priest and Mexican martyr.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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