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Hidden Lies of the Pill
BY Elizabeth Yank
June 28-July 11, 2009 Issue 
Fatherless
By Brian J. Gail
One More Soul,
2008
417 pages, $9.95
fatherlessbook.com
(888)
307-7685
In the novel Fatherless,
Brian J. Gail explores the controversial and often blatantly denied truths of
the birth control pill’s destructive effects on women, families and society.
Through the lives... READ MORE
Daily Companion
BY Robyn Lee
June 21-27, 2009 Issue
Jesus, Present Before Me:
Meditations for Eucharistic
Adoration
By Father Peter John Cameron, O.P.
Servant Books, 2008
152 pages, $15.95
To order: (800) 488-0488
servantbooks.org
Daily Companion
Many dioceses
testify to the powerful connection between Eucharistic devotion and the
increase of... READ MORE
A Casual Encounter With Grace
BY Father Walter Schu, LC
June 14-20, 2009 Issue
Grace
Café is an aptly titled book. How does one discover grace — that
sublime reality so distant from most people’s vocabulary today and, sadly, so
often absent from their lives?
Within these pages, seasoned author
Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle makes that elusive encounter with grace seem... READ MORE
Popes and Presidents
BY Brian Welter
June 7-13, 2009 Issue
America and
the Vatican are like two cousins who have gone in very different directions,
but, having common roots and overlapping agendas, keep running into each other.
The relationship at its various
political, cultural and social levels swings between estrangement and
familiarity.
In looking at... READ MORE
A Catholic Way of Writing
BY TIM DRAKE From Alive to Death of a Pope: Piers Paul Read Discusses Life as a Catholic Novelist
June 7-13, 2009 Issue
Last week’s “In
Person” introduced readers to Piers Paul Read, best known for his 1974
non-fiction work Alive: The Story of the Andes
Survivors.
Now he’s got a new drama hitting
bookstores, only it’s fiction: The Death of a Pope.
In Part II of the interview, Read discusses
his writing... READ MORE
Why the Church Is Right, Then and Now
Register Book Picks for Summer Reading
May 31-June 6, 2009 Issue
There's
plenty to choose from when it comes to summer reading. But to help Register
readers be more discerning, we offer three recently published books that are
both entertaining and thoughtful.
One is a reprint of a classic: G.K.
Chesterton's Orthodoxy, originally published in 1908.
Register... READ MORE
Paul on the Sacraments
BY John Grondelski
May 24-30, 2009 Issue
BIBLE MAN. Father Mitch Pacwa delivers a talk during the televised Eternal Word Television Network's
2008 family celebration Oct. 2 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. 2008 James Baca, Denver Catholic Register
St. Paul: A Bible Study Guide for Catholics
By Father Mitch Pacwa, S.J.
Our... READ MORE
Grab Your Bibles
BY Elizabeth Yank
May 17-23, 2009 Issue
Mother Angelica’s Private and
Pithy Lessons From the Scriptures
edited by Raymond Arroyo
Doubleday, 2008
237 pages, $17.95
To order: (212) 782-9000
randomhouse.com
With her signature down-to-earth humor and
practical advice, the founder of Eternal Word Television Network elaborates on
Bible... READ MORE
A Call to Arms
BY BRIAN WELTER
May 10-16, 2009 Issue
Peter Kreeft
brings Christianity alive. He turns his rejection of “churchiness” into a
direct, passionate invitation to a personal relationship with Christ. He doesn’t
sound like an evangelical, though he clearly sees the power of their preaching
— and believes that people need this kind of... READ MORE
Dolan's Lessons From Peter
BY JOHN BURGER A review of Archbishop Timothy Dolan’s book To Whom Shall We Go? by John Burger, the Register’s news editor.
May 3-9, 2009 Issue
To Whom Shall We Go?
Lessons From the Apostle Peter
By Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan
Our Sunday Visitor, 2008
152 pages, $13.95
To order: (800) 348-2440
osv.com
Lessons
From Peter
St. Peter is
often held up as an example of how God can do wonderful things with even the
weakest and most cowardly... READ MORE
Reader Recap
The Register Recommends …
April 26-May 2, 2009 Issue
American Babylon
Notes of a Christian Exile
By Richard John Neuhaus
Basic Books, 2009
The Right to Privacy
By Janet E. Smith
Ignatius Press/National Catholic Bioethics
Center, 2008
The Faithful Departed:
The
Collapse of Boston’s Catholic Culture
By Philip F. Lawler ... READ MORE
A Cautionary Tale
BY MALCOLM KLINE
April 19-25, 2009 Issue
The Faithful Departed: The
Collapse of Boston’s Catholic Culture
By Philip F. Lawler
Encounter Books, 2008
325 pages, $25.95
To order: encounterbooks.com
(800) 786-3839
Next to New
York and L.A., Boston may be the most high-profile American archdiocese.
Perhaps to a greater degree than the... READ MORE
Teen Read Makes Faith Cool
BY MARGE FENELON
April 12-18, 2009 Issue
Catholic Reluctantly
By Christian M. Frank
Sophia Institute Press, 2008
312 pages, $12.95
To order: sophiainstitute.com
(800) 888-9344
Teen Read Makes Faith Cool
It’s
difficult to figure out Christian Frank’s intentions in writing Catholic
Reluctantly: to assure Catholic school kids that... READ MORE
Listing Godward
BY David Paul Deavel
April 5-11, 2009 Issue
Five Pillars of the Spiritual
Life: A Practical Guide for
Active People
By Father Robert Spitzer, S.J.
Ignatius Press, 2008
168 pages, $14.95
To order: ignatius.com
(800) 651-1531
Listing Godward
For a certain
type of Catholic, the title of Father Spitzer’s newest book will be a... READ MORE
How We Ought to Order Our Lives Together
BY David Pearson Father Neuhaus’ Sublime Swan Song
April 5-11, 2009 Issue
AMERICAN BABYLON
Notes of
a Christian Exile
By Richard John Neuhaus
Basic
Books, 2009
288 pages, $26.99
Available
in bookstores
Father
Neuhaus’ Sublime Swan Song
Make yourself at home, God-fearing Americans, but
don’t get too comfortable. Your country is only a way station. It’s... READ MORE
Life and Faith in Media
BY ELIZABETH YANK Elizabeth Yank recommends Newsflash! by Teresa Tomeo.
March 29-April 4, 2009 Issue
Newsflash! My Surprising Journey
From Secular Anchor to Media Evangelist
By Teresa Tomeo
Bezalel Books, 2008
170 pages, $17.98
To order: bezalelbooks.com
(248) 917-3865
Life and Faith
in Media
You may have
read her book Noise, heard her on Catholic radio, or
seen her on EWTN. Teresa Tomeo is a... READ MORE
St. Paul for the Indians
BY Eddie O’Neill
March 22-28, 2009 Issue
Miracle on the Prairie: Building
the Church of St. Paul Apostle of the Nations at Marty, South Dakota, 1942
By Mary Eisenman Carson
Infinity Publishing, 2008
85 pages, $9.95
To order: bbotw.com
(877) BUY-BOOK
St. Paul for the
Indians
In 1940, the
small town of Marty, S.D., located on the Yankton... READ MORE
Dorothy: In Her Own Words
BY Geoffrey Gneuhs
March 15-21, 2009 Issue
The Duty of Delight: The
Diaries of Dorothy Day
Edited by Robert Ellsberg
Marquette University Press, 2008
669 pages, $42
To order: marquette.edu/
mupress
(414) 288-1564
Dorothy: In Her Own Words
On a warm October afternoon in 1979, I was standing
with Dorothy Day (1897–1980) in front of... READ MORE
Traditional Against Secular
BY BRIAN WELTER
March 8-14, 2009 Issue
The Pope’s Legion: The Multinational Force That
Defended the Vatican
By Charles A. Coulombe
Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
250 pages, $26.95
To order: us.macmillan.com
(888) 330-8477
Like an
Indiana Jones movie, The Pope’s Legion
starts moving from the get-go and doesn’t stop until the... READ MORE
Winter Reading: Mass, Marriage and Faith
March 1-7, 2009 Issue
As winter
winds down — or, in some parts, persists mercilessly — Catholics may be in the
mood for some reading that will boost their spirits.
The Register this week recommends
three books that might do the trick: a family-based defense of marriage, an
examination of the sacrificial aspects of... READ MORE
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