In early twentieth-century France, a vast network of artists, writers, and religious seekers were drawn to Roman Catholicism's elaborate panoply of symbols centred on suffering. A preoccupation with affliction dominated the movement now known as the French Catholic revival - considered a watershed in the history of the modern Catholic Church and the 'golden age' of French Catholicism. Moore examines the life and writings of Raïssa Maritain (1883-1960), one of the few women to contribute to this intellectual movement.