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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
Taking Stock: Lenten and Spiritual Reading Guide
February 22-28, 2009 Issue 
Lent begins this week. It is a time for fasting,
but that should only help free our minds and hearts for prayer. Prayer can be
assisted by spiritual reading, and the Register this week offers a few
suggestions.
In
the first book pick below, author Holly Pierlot looks at two publications that
are... READ MORE
What We Call Her
BY Nick Manetto
February 15-21, 2009 Issue 
The Greatest Marian
Titles: Their History,
Meaning and Usage
By Anthony Buono
Alba House, 2008
327 pages, $16.95
To order: albahouse.org
(800) 343-2522
When it comes
to titles for the Blessed Mother, there are some we hear quite frequently, like
Mother of God. And there are those like Mediatrix... READ MORE
Book of Healing and Hope
BY Elizabeth Yank
February 8-14, 2009 Issue 
The Promise: God’s Purpose and Plan for When Life Hurts
Father Jonathan Morris
HarperOne, 2008
230 pages, $24.95
To order: harperone.com
(212) 207-7000
A friend is diagnosed with cancer. A relative
dies in a car accident. Where is God when it hurts?
In The Promise, Father
Jonathan Morris, a... READ MORE
Unpacking the Pope
BY Helen Sidhu
February 1-7, 2009 Issue 
Ratzinger’s Faith:
The Theology of
Benedict XVI
By Tracey Rowland
Oxford University Press, 2008
214 pages, $24.95
To order: oup.com
(800) 445-9714
by HELEN SIDHU
When Cardinal
Joseph Ratzinger was elected Pope, secular media reports abounded with
caricatures such as “God’s... READ MORE
When Dad Is Homosexual
BY Gail Besse Gail Besse recommends Out From Under by Dawn Stefanowicz.
January 25-31, 2009 Issue 
Out From Under: The Impact of
Homosexual Parenting
By Dawn Stefanowicz
Annotation Press, 2007
245 pages, $14.95
To order: annotationbooks.com
(877) 421-7323
Dawn
Stefanowicz’s autobiography lets us glimpse through a child’s eyes how it was
to live as a little girl whose father was a practicing... READ MORE
Pro-Life Reading Recommendations
January 18-24, 2009 Issue 
What Is
‘Privacy?’
by JOHN M. GRONDELSKI
The Right to Privacy
By Janet E. Smith
Ignatius Press/National Catholic Bioethics
Center, 2008
105 pages, $14.95
To order: ncbcenter.org
(800) 651-1531
The Obama
administration will likely try to bring taxpayer-subsidized abortion and
civilly protected... READ MORE
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