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Pius and the Prisoners
BY STEVE WEATHERBE
April 30-May 6, 2006 Issue 
Crusade of Charity: Pius XII and POWs
(1939-1945)
by
Margherita Marchione
Paulist
Press, 2006
284 pages,
$19.95
To order: (800) 218-1903
paulistpress.com
Though much of this book reveals
Pope Pius XII’s efforts to help the families of
imprisoned combatants of the Second World War, a good chunk... READ MORE
Charismatic Contemplations
BY MARIA CAULFIELD
April 23-29, 2006 Issue
Sober Intoxication of the Spirit: Filled with the Fullness
of God
by Father Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap.
Servant,
2006
176 pages,
$12.99
To order: (800) 488-0488
catalog.americancatholic.org
Even if you have no interest in
the charismatic movement, and especially if you bear negative... READ MORE
Fight For Your Right to Family
BY BARRY MICHAELS
April 16-22, 2006 Issue
Male and Female He Made Them: Questions and Answers About Marriage
and Same-Sex Unions
by Mary Jo
Anderson and Robin Bernhoft, M.D.
Catholic Answers,
2005
141 pages, $12.95
To order: (888) 291-8000
or shop.catholic.com
“Love Makes a Family,” proclaims a colorful T-shirt
currently marketed by... READ MORE
Easing Into Easter Octave
BY KERRY CRAWFORD and PATRICIA A. CRAWFORD
April 16-22, 2006 Issue
"For
I handed on to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ
died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures; that he was buried; that
he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.” (1
Corinthians 15:3-4).
At the very heart of
the Gospel lies good news... READ MORE
Holy Week Apologetics
BY MARIA CAULFIELD
April 9-15, 2006 Issue
Why Are Catholics So Concerned About Sin?
by Al Kresta
Servant, 2006
179 pages, $12.99
To order: (800)
488-0488
or
americancatholic.org
Al Kresta picks a provocative
question as the title of his new book, and answers it winningly. Why are
Catholics so concerned about sin? Because we know what... READ MORE
O Heavn’ly Poet, Pray for Us
BY DAVID PEARSON
April 2-8, 2006 Issue
Roman Triptych: Meditations
by Pope John Paul II
USCCB,
2003
40 pages,
$19.95
Available in bookstores
When he was a boy of 13 or 14,
Karol Wojtyla had an outdoor thinking spot he liked
to retreat to, alone. It may have been near a pond or in the woods.
He never spelled out the
coordinates of any... READ MORE
What the Disciple’s Disciple Witnessed
BY DAVID PEARSON
March 26-April 1, 2006 Issue
John Paul the Great
by Peggy Noonan
Penguin/Viking, 2006
352 pages, $24.95
Available in bookstores
If you’ve ever been to
an evangelical-Protestant conference or revival meeting, you’ve heard a
born-again Christian give his “witness.” Someone got up and told how he once
was lost and empty... READ MORE
Christ in the Crossfire
BY MARIA CAULFIELD
March 19-25, 2006 Issue
War and Faith in Sudan
by Gabriel Meyer
photographs
by James Nicholls
Eerdmans,
2005
Available in bookstores
The photo on the jacket of this
hardcover book will break your heart — and draw you into the text. Pictured is
a young Sudanese girl. She’s wearing a dress whose sleeves contain no... READ MORE
From Sea to Praying Sea
BY JOHN M. GRONDELSKI
March 12-18, 2006 Issue
One Nation Under God: The History of Prayer in America
by James P. Moore, Jr.
Doubleday, 2005
519 pages, $29.95
To order: (800) 726-0600
randomhouse.com
“America is a nation
with the soul of a church,” said G.K. Chesterton, famously.
Churches pray. So does
America, argues James Moore, former... READ MORE
A Happily Harmonized Hahn
BY MARIA CAULFIELD
March 5-11, 2006 Issue
Letter and Spirit
by Scott Hahn
Doubleday, 2005
256 pages, $21.95
Available in bookstores
The two trails of Scott Hahn merge at last. As the author
points out in his introduction, readers who are familiar with his popular
Catholic apologetics for general audiences will be surprised by the... READ MORE
An Invitation to Lenten Transformation
BY EDDIE O’NEILL
February 26-March 4, 2006 Issue
The Prisoner: An Invitation to Hope
by Paul F. Everett
Paulist Press, 2005
193 pages, $16.96
To order: (800) 218-1903
paulistpress.com
As the cold prison
doors locked Jim Townsend inside his cell, he figured his young life was
already over. At age 20, he had just been handed a life sentence... READ MORE
Anne Rice’s Jesus Is Our Jesus
BY MARK GORDON
February 19-25, 2006 Issue
Christ the Lord: Out of
Egypt
A novel by Anne Rice
Knopf, 2005
336 pages, $25.95
Available in
bookstores
Like
many Catholics, I was skeptical when word first filtered out last year that
novelist Anne Rice, of macabre vampire-story fame, had been restored to full
communion with the Catholic... READ MORE
Through the Centuries With Cardinal Dulles
BY JOHN M. GRONDELSKI
February 12-18, 2006 Issue
A History of Apologetics
by Cardinal Avery Dulles
Ignatius, 2005
420 pages, $18.95
To order: (800) 651-1531
Ignatius.com
As the smashing success of The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe has reminded us — the movie is now closing in on the $300
million mark — C.S.... READ MORE
The Gospel Is Cool Because It’s True
BY CARL E. OLSON
February 5-11, 2006 Issue
Here. Now. A Catholic Guide to the Good Life
by Amy Welborn
OSV, 2005.
128 pages, $9.95
To order: (800) 348-2440
catalog.osv.com
How to talk to teens
and young adults about the big issues of God, life, death, love, suffering and
happiness? It’s a challenging task, of course, and there are good... READ MORE
Setting the Inquisition Straight
BY VINCE RYAN
January 29-February 4, 2006 Issue
The Spanish Inquisition
by Helen Rawlings
Blackwell, 2005
174 pages, $29.95
Available in online bookstores
John Ford’s classic
film The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
revolves around the reputation a character has earned from his purported role
in the death of the title character. When the... READ MORE
In New Book, Father Neuhaus Minds His Matters
BY JUDY ROBERTS
January 29-February 4, 2006 Issue
Since his reception into the
Catholic Church in 1990, Father Richard John Neuhaus
has emerged as a leading voice of faith-based intellectual inquiry. The
editor-in-chief of the monthly journal First
Things, a former Lutheran pastor, spoke with Register correspondent Judy
Roberts about his latest... READ MORE
Scripture on a Silver Platter
BY LYNN WEHNER
January 22-28, 2006 Issue
You Can Understand the Bible: A Practical
and Illuminating Guide to Each Book in the Bible
by Peter Kreeft
Ignatius Press,
2005
365 pages, $16.95
To order: (800) 651-1531
ignatius.com
There’s something inherently puzzling about reading a
book that’s about reading a book.
And when the book... READ MORE
A Year’s Worth of Worthwhile Reading
The Register’s Nonfiction Book Picks Of 2005
January 15-21, 2006 Issue
THE DA VINCI HOAX: EXPOSING THE ERRORS IN THE DA VINCI CODE
by Carl E. Olson
and Sandra Miesel
Ignatius, 2004
329 pages, $15.95
To order: (800) 651-1531
Ignatius.com
RESTLESS CHURCHES: HOW CANADA’S CHURCHES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE EMERGING RELIGIOUS RENAISSANCE
by Reginald W. Bibby
Wood Lake... READ MORE
A Knightly Priest’s Tale
BY DAVID PEARSON
January 8-14, 2006 Issue
Parish Priest:
Father Michael McGivney and
American Catholicism
by Douglas Brinkley and
Julie M. Fenster
William Morrow, 2006
272 pages, $24.95
Available in
bookstores
Five years after his
1877 ordination, Father Michael J. McGivney knew three things for certain.
One, Catholic men,
keen on... READ MORE
Eucharistic Enthusiasm
BY DORAN OANCIA
January 1-7, 2006 Issue
Real People, Real Presence: Ordinary Catholics on the Extraordinary Power of the Eucharist
presented by Cardinal William H. Keeler
The Word Among
Us, 2005
176 pages, $10.95
To order: (800) 775-9673
or wau.org
As the Holy Spirit inspired Pope John Paul II to dedicate
an entire year to the... READ MORE
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