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Fuel for the Journey Back
BY LYNN WEHNER Lynn Wehner recommends Men and Women Are From Eden: A Study Guide to John Paul II’s Theology of the Body by Mary Healy.
February 4-10, 2007 Issue 
MEN AND WOMEN ARE FROM EDEN
A Study Guide to John Paul II’s
Theology of the Body
by Mary Healy
Servant, 2005
128 pages, $8.99
To order
(800) 488-0488
catalog.americancatholic.org
Theology
of the body. Given the array of texts, workshops and conferences available on
the subject, it would be tough... READ MORE
Shades Thrown Open
BY STEVE WEATHERBE Steve Weatherbe recommends Hoodwinked: How Intellectual Hucksters Have Hijacked American Culture by Jack Cashill.
January 28- February 3, 2007 Issue
HOODWINKED
How
Intellectual Hucksters Have Hijacked American Culture
by Jack Cashill
Nelson Current, 2006
307 pages, $24.99
To order
(800)441-0511
nelsonministryservices.com
Though its title suggests a
conspiracy, this book offers instead a series of unrelated myths. It explains
the... READ MORE
Reader Recap
The Register recommends ...
January 21-27, 2007 Issue
SAINTS BEHAVING BADLY
The
Cutthroats, Crooks, Trollops, Con Men and Devil-Worshippers Who Became Saints
by Thomas
J. Craughwell
Doubleday, 2006
CHRIST, THE LIFE OF THE SOUL
by Blessed
Columba Marmion
Zaccheus Press, 2005
JOYOUS EXPECTATIONS
Journeying
Through Advent With Mary
by M.
Jean Frisk... READ MORE
The Doctors Will See You Now
BY STEVEN MCEVOY Steven McEvoy recommends The Fulfillment of All Desire: A Guidebook for the Journey to God Based on the Wisdom of the Saints by Ralph Martin.
January 14-20, 2007 Issue
The Fulfillment of all Desire: A Guidebook for the Journey to God
Based on the Wisdom of the Saints
by Ralph Martin
Emmaus
Road, 2006
496 pages, $27.95
(800) 693-2484
emmausroad.org
Ralph Martin — author, speaker, TV host, theology
professor and a leader in the charismatic-renewal... READ MORE
Stepping Into Virtue
BY ANN APPLEGARTH WALK HUMBLY WITH YOUR GOD: Simple Steps to a Virtuous Life
January 7-13, 2007 Issue
WALK HUMBLY WITH
YOUR GOD: Simple Steps to a Virtuous Life
by Fr. Andrew Apostoli,
CFR
Servant, 2006
184 pages, $12.99
(800) 488-0488
catalog.americancatholic.org
At a retreat led by Franciscan Father Andrew Apostoli some time ago, a woman in my lunch group said,
“The Christian... READ MORE
The 12 Books of Christmas
BY PATRICIA & KERRY CRAWFORD The 12 Books of Christmas. By Patricia A. Crawford and Kerry Crawford.
December 24- January 6, 2006 Issue
On the first day of Christmas, my parents
gave to me a great book of Jesus’ story.
Or was it Santa who got us started
on a lifetime reading program?
No matter. Here are a dozen titles
to help children fall in love with books as they prepare their hearts for the
celebration of Christ’s birth.
READ MORE
Wise Flood
BY JUDY ROBERTS Judy Roberts recommends The Genius of John Paul II: The Great Pope’s Moral Wisdom by Richard A. Spinello.
December 17-23, 2006 Issue
THE GENIUS OF JOHN PAUL II: the great pope’s moral wisdom
by
Richard A. Spinello
Sheed
& Ward, 2007
224 pages,
$22.95
To order: (800) 462-6420
rowmanlittlefield.com/Sheed
Most informed Catholics are
familiar with Pope John Paul II’s positions on moral
issues, especially those concerning human... READ MORE
Lights, Camera, (Faith in) Action!
BY JOSEPH PRONECHEN Christendom College goes Hollywood — sort of
December 10-16, 2006 Issue
When the red carpet
rolled out in front of the Royal Cinemas in Front Royal, Va., last Aug. 27, the
students, alumni and faculty of nearby Christendom College got a little sense
of how it feels to warrant the star treatment.
The occasion was the world
premiere of Chorus — an independent
film... READ MORE
A Woman After Augustine’s Own Heart
BY ROBYN LEE Robyn Lee recommends The Thrill of the Chaste: Finding Fulfillment While Keeping Your Clothes On by Dawn Eden.
December 10-16, 2006 Issue
THE THRILL OF THE CHASTE
by Dawn Eden
Thomas
Nelson, 2006
224 pages,
$13.99
Available in bookstores
Today’s popular culture pushes
young single women to believe that, if they don’t make themselves sexually
available, they’ll never find husbands. It also seduces them into concluding
that a... READ MORE
Mary: Our Advent Guide Par Excellence
BY BILL ZALOT Bill Zalot recommends Joyous Expectations: Journeying Through Advent With Mary by M. Jean Frisk.
December 3-9, 2006 Issue
Joyous Expectations: journeying through advent with mary
by M.
Jean Frisk
Pauline,
2005
140 pages,
$14.95
To order: (800) 836-9723
pauline.org/store
Another Advent, another year of
promises to myself to totally avoid the secular frenzy of the “holiday season”
and, instead, spend more time in... READ MORE
The Thinking Man’s Book of Thoughts
BY CARL E. OLSON Carl Olson recommends The Life of the Mind: Of the Joys and Travails of Thinking by Jesuit Father James V. Schall.
November 26-December 2, 2006 Issue
THE LIFE OF THE MIND: on the joys and travails of thinking
by Fr. James V. Schall, S.J.
ISI Books,
2006
250 pages,
$25
To order: (800) 526-7022
isi.org/books
“Tell me what you read and I will
tell you what you are.” So states Jesuit Father James Schall,
longtime professor of political... READ MORE
Christ in Living Camouflage
BY JOHN BURGER John Burger recommends Hunting for God, Fishing for the Lord: Encountering the Sacred in the Great Outdoors by Father Joseph Classen.
November 19-25, 2006 Issue
HUNTING FOR GOD, FISHING FOR THE LORD:
encountering the sacred in the great outdoors
by Fr.
Joseph Classen
OSV, 2006
224 pages,
$12.95
To order: (800) 348-2440
catalog.osv.com
Often, when my wife and I reach a
mountain summit after a good three- or four-hour climb, I’m so elated over... READ MORE
The Word of God in the Hands of Men
BY DAVID PEARSON David Pearson recommends Pentateuch, the third in a series of hand-copied and illuminated Bible volumes commissioned by the Benedictine monks of St. John’s Abbey and University in Collegeville, Minn.
November 12-18, 2006 Issue
The Saint John’s
Bible: Pentateuch
Donald
Jackson, artistic director and illuminator
Liturgical
Press, 2006
158 pages,
$69.95
To order: (800) 858-5450
litpress.org or sjbible.org
Want to rile an evangelical
Protestant into issuing an impromptu preachment? Point out a stately old... READ MORE
If They Could Do It, We Can Too
BY ANN APPLEGARTH Ann Applegarth recommends Saints Behaving Badly.
November 5-11, 2006 Issue
SAINTS BEHAVING BADLY
by Thomas J. Craughwell
Doubleday,
2006
191 pages,
$15.95
Available in bookstores
Whenever my Southern Baptist
mother received news that one of her elderly friends had died, she would sigh
and murmur sweetly, “Ah, another saint gone home.”
Those east Texas “saints”... READ MORE
Moments With a Master
BY CARL E. OLSON Carl Olson reviews anew edition of an old book: Christ, the Life of the Soul by Blessed Columba Marmion.
October 29-November 4, 2006 Issue
Christ, The Life of the Soul
by Blessed Columba Marmion
Zaccheus
Press, 2005
532 pages
To order: (800) 776-4569
zaccheuspress.com
Blessed Benedictine Columba Marmion (1858-1923) was
an Irish priest who became a monk at the Maredsous
Abbey in Belgium.
He was abbot there from 1909 until his death... READ MORE
A recap of recent Weekly Book Picks
October 22-28, 2006 Issue
LEFT TO TELL: DISCOVERING GOD AMIDST THE RWANDAN HOLOCAUST
by
Immaculee Ilibagiza
Hay House, 2006
MARTIN OF TOURS: SOLDIER, BISHOP, SAINT
by
Régine Pernoud
Ignatius,
2006
COMING SOON: UNLOCKING THE BOOK OF REVELATION AND APPLYING ITS LESSONS TODAY
by
Michael Barber
Emmaus
Road, 2005
NO... READ MORE
A Shepherd’s Heart, Shared
BY Clare Siobhan Clare Siobhan recommends Of You My Heart Has Spoken by Bishop Peter J. Sartain.
October 15-21, 2006 Issue
Of You My Heart Has Spoken
by Bishop J. Peter Sartain
Arkansas Catholic, 2005
385 pages,
$12
To order: (501) 664-0125
arkansas-catholic.org
Upon arriving in the Diocese of
Joliet, Ill., last spring, Bishop Peter Sartain
offered the members of his new flock a rare gift: a glimpse into his... READ MORE
Pentecost Primer
BY GINA GIAMBRONE
June 4-10, 2006 Issue
Paraclete: The Spirit of Truth in the Church
by Father Andrew Apostoli
Servant, 2006
182 pages, $13.99
To order:
(800) 488-0488
catalog.americancatholic.org
Before
he died, Jesus made us the beneficiaries of his supernatural life-insurance
plan. He paid the price of his Passion and death and —... READ MORE
The Blessings of Unplanned Parenthood
BY DANIELLE BEAN Danielle Bean recommends Surprise Child: Finding Hope in Unexpected Pregnancy by Leslie Leyland Fields.
October 8-14, 2006 Issue
Surprise Child: Finding Hope in Unexpected Pregnancy
by Leslie Leyland Fields
WaterBrook, 2006
176 pages, $11.99
Available in bookstores
When we hear about “unplanned pregnancies,” many of
us think of distressed teenaged girls. Reality check: Unexpected pregnancy
happens to women of all ages... READ MORE
The Rabbi Made Her a Rosary Writer
BY JOANNA BOGLE A conversation with author Ruth Rees
October 8-14, 2006 Issue
Ruth Rees has traveled many miles. The day
Register correspondent Joanna Bogle spoke with the
London-based travel writer, Rees had just returned from Spain, where
she had accepted two major travel-writing awards. A fine glass model of the
Rock of Gibraltar was by her desk, and Spanish and... READ MORE
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