Perhaps I am prejudiced, but I am not generally interested in the biographies of multi-millionaires. However, Monaghan: A Life by Joseph Pearce (TAN Books) is different. It is not just that Tom Monaghan, the founder of the Domino’s Pizza empire is a Catholic; it is that he views his vast wealth merely as a means to an end - to further an authentic, vigorous Catholic culture in the US. How many very rich men, including Catholics, when asked about their goals in a 2011 interview would simply respond: “My goal is to constantly live within the presence of God”?
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The multi-millionaire pizza magnate who decided to give his life to the Church
An interview with Tom Monaghan's biographer
Francis Phillips

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