Maisie Ward, Author at The Imaginative Conservative

About Maisie Ward

Maisie Ward (1889–1975) was an English Catholic writer, publisher, and speaker, widely recognized as one of the most important Christian intellectuals of the twentieth century. With her husband, Frank Sheed, she founded the publishing house of Sheed & Ward, and was instrumental in reviving the Catholic literary movement.

“To Mrs. Boardman (August 7, 1949)”

By Maisie Ward|2024-05-11T14:36:19-05:00May 11th, 2024|Categories: Books, Catholicism, Christianity, Death|

There is no want of faith in fear of death—in fact, it is right to fear it and shrink from it, since death has come into the world through sin. But the fear can gradually be tempered by hope, and reduced as we grow in Christhood and in love for God, because Christ, by surrendering [...]

Return to Chesterton

By Maisie Ward|2024-05-04T15:16:34-05:00January 6th, 2024|Categories: Catholicism, Christianity, Cluny, G.K. Chesterton, Literature, Sainthood|

The question I should like at least to open is whether G.K. Chesterton had not both the deeper and greater mysticism, a mysticism closer to that of the saints, and a message far more valuable for the millions whose place is on the plains of daily effort and not on the mountains of asceticism and [...]