There are souls in this world who have the gift of finding joy everywhere, and leaving it behind them when they go.

Out of this devotion he translated St. Though he was a Roman Catholic writing for fellow Catholics at that point many of his hymns today are sung by Protestant congregations. Within weeks they had begun construction on a new Church of St.

(28 June 1814 — 26 September 1863) was a noted English hymn writer and theologian who converted from Anglicanism to the Catholic priesthood. His best known work is Faith of Our Fathers. Frederick William Faber C.