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Francis Joseph "Frank" Sheed (March 20, 1897, Sydney, Australia – November 20, 1981, USA),^[1] an Australian-born lawyer, was a Catholic writer, publisher, and speaker. He and his wife Maisie Ward were famous in their day as the names behind the imprint Sheed & Ward and as forceful public lecturers in the Catholic Evidence Guild, though their fame dimmed somewhat in subsequent decades.

Francis Joseph "Frank" Sheed was born in Sydney, Australia on March 20, 1897 to John Sheed, a descendent of Scottish Presbyterians, and Mary Maloney, an Irish Catholic. At the insistence of their father, Frank Sheed and his brother Jack were raised Protestant. At age 16, Sheed surprised his family by declaring his decision to become a Catholic.^[1]

With an understanding of Protestant attitudes toward Catholicism, Sheed took up writing and speaking on the subject of Catholic apologetics, the rational defense of Christian faith. Sheed was a lay theologian in Catholicism in the mid-20th century when there was practically no such thing. He wrote a constant stream of books touching on almost every aspect of basic theology, several of which remain in print. His translation of St. Augustine's Confessions remains acclaimed. As publisher of an all-star roster including Karl Adam, Christopher Dawson, Ronald Knox, and Hugh Pope, he maintained a robust basic Christian faith while keeping pulse on progressive trends.

Sheed's wife, Maisie Ward, who met him at a Catholic Evidence Guild lecture in London, was also a writer and speaker and collaborator in their publishing firm, Sheed & Ward.

Their son Wilfred Sheed was an essayist and novelist.

• Theology and Sanity
• A Map of Life
• Theology for Beginners
• To Know Christ Jesus
• Nullity of Marriage
• What Difference Does Jesus Make
• Marriage and the Family
• The Catholic Evidence Guild, 1925
• The Church and I [autobiography], Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974.

• Frank Sheed (1974), The Church & I, Doubleday.
• Maisie Ward (1963), Unfinished Business, New York: Sheed & Ward.
• Maisie Ward (1973), To and Fro on the Earth: A Sequel to an Autobiography, New York: Sheed & Ward.
• Wilfrid Sheed (1985), Frank and Maisie: A Memoir with Parents, New York: Simon & Schuster.
• David Meconi (2011), Introductory Essay in Frank Sheed and Maisie Ward: Spiritual writings, Maryknoll: Orbis Books.

• Catholic Evidence Guild

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