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Reprinting the Classics
Publishers return to time-honored works by Catholic authors
August 22-28, 1999 Issue 
The Heroic Face of Innocence: Three Stories by Georges Bernanos (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1999 150 pages, $13.00)
Bernanos is best known for his novel Diary of a Country Priest. This volume collects three of his shorter works: Joan, Heretic and Saint; Sermon of an Agnostic on the Feast of St.
Thérèse and... READ MORE
Other Books on Eucharistic Adoration
August 22-28, 1999 Issue
Adoration: Eucharistic Texts and Prayers Throughout Church History Complied by Daniel P. Guernsey (Ignatius Press, 1999 250 pages, $14.95)
This book collects eucharistic texts and prayers from Scripture, from the Fathers of the Church, from the saints, the liturgy and other sources. Guernsey... READ MORE
Encountering the Master in Adoration
BY Joe Cullen
August 22-28, 1999 Issue
The Master Is Here: Biblical Reflections on Eucharistic Adoration by Brian McNeil (Veritas, Dublin, 1997 Through Ignatius Press 95 pages, $9.95)
Letters to a Brother Priest by Msgr. Josefino Ramirez (Missionaries of the Blessed Sacrament, 1995, 81 pages, $9.95)
As Father Brian McNeil, CRV, points... READ MORE
What Thérèse Learned from John of the Cross
BY James Sullivan
August 22-28, 1999 Issue
John and Thérèse: Flames of Love by Guy Gaucher, auxiliary bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux (Alba House, 1999 172 pages, $12.95)
On Oct. 19, 1997, Pope John Paul II proclaimed St. Thérèse of Lisieux a Doctor of the Church. Momentum for such a declaration had been building since the early '30s, in... READ MORE
Scripture Stops Brainwashing
BY Louise Perrotta Book Review
May 16-22, 1999 Issue
Break Point: A True Account of Brainwashing and the Greater Power of the Gospel by Silvester Krèméry, M.D. (The Crossroad Publishing Co., 1998, 315 pages, $19.95)
I came to this book with enthusiasm, prepared to be inspired and instructed by Silvester Krèméry's [pronounced Kirch-mry] story of his... READ MORE
The Countercultural Truth about Families
BY Raymond J. De Souza
April 11-17, 1999 Issue
Defending the Family: A Sourcebook
edited by Paul C. Vitz and Stephen M. Krason
(The Society of Catholic Social Scientists, 1998, 277 pages, $20)
Scholarship is essentially an ongoing conversation between experts, and, as in everyday conversation, it is often necessary to restate the obvious if an... READ MORE
Inside Christ’s Mind at the Passion
BY Tom Hoopes Book Review
March 14-20, 1999 Issue
The Passion from Within by Adrienne von Speyr (Ignatius Press, 1998, 156 pages, $11.95)
Serious students of the Church who know their faith and have not yet chosen a book for Holy Week may have to look no further. Adrienne von Speyr's The Passion from Within will provide a great accompaniment to... READ MORE
Salt-of-the-Earth Americans
BY Paul Witte
February 28-March 6, 1999 Issue
The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw. (Random House, New York, 1998, 412 pages, $24.95)
The Greatest Generation is about the cohort of men and women who were profoundly affected by World War II — those, as the author suggests, who were born around 1920.
The author, NBC news commentator and analyst... READ MORE
Let Me Refer You …
BY Raymond De Souza
February 28-March 6, 1999 Issue
The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, edited by F.L. Cross and E.A. Livingstone. (Oxford University Press, 1997, 1,786 pages, $125)
The Cambridge Companion to the Bible, edited by Howard Clark Kee et al. (Cambridge University Press, 1997, 616 pages, $45)
The Heart of Catholicism: Essential... READ MORE
Life-Giving Without Love-Giving
BY Ellen Wilson Fielding What happens when third parties get involved in conception through technology?
January 31 - February 6, 1999 Issue
“Biotech Babies: How Far Should Christian Couples Go
in the Quest for a Child of Their Own?”
by Gilbert Meilaender
(Christianity Today, Dec. 7, 1998)
Gilbert Meilaender writes: “[T]he seemingly innocent desire to have ‘a child of one's own,’ combined with the high-tech possibilities of modern... READ MORE
‘Catholic Moment’ Lost at Synod of Bishops
BY Raymond De Souza
January 31 - February 6, 1999 Issue
Appointment in Rome: The Church in America Awakening
by Father Richard John Neuhaus
(Crossroad Publishing Co., 1999, 170 pages, $24.95)
If the Holy Father is submitting himself to this, who am I to complain?” writes Father Richard John Neuhaus, editor in chief of First Things, about the 1997 Synod... READ MORE
The Holocaust Document: Reading Between the Lines
BY Ellen Wilson Fielding
January 3-9, 1999 Issue
“Jews and Catholics: Beyond Apologetics,”
by David Novak
(First Things, January 1999)
Scholar David Novak contributes a generally sympathetic Jewish view on the Vatican's recent statement about the Holocaust:
“When a Catholic speaks of ‘the Church,’… he can mean one of two things. On the one hand,... READ MORE
The Smallest of Men Taints a Grand Office
BY Raymond de Souza
January 3-9, 1999 Issue
The Death of Outrage: Bill Clinton and the Assault on American Ideals
by William J. Bennett
(The Free Press, 160 pp., 1998, $20)
“Bill Clinton is a reproach. He has defiled the office of the presidency of the United States,” writes William J. Bennett in his latest best-selling book. As the Senate... READ MORE
God’s Name: A Many-Layered Mystery
BY Ellen Wilson Fielding
December 12-20, 1998 Issue
“What's in a Name?” by Tim Gray (Lay Witness, December 1998)
Tim Gray writes:
“A voice comes forth from the burning bush telling Moses that sandals are not allowed on [the mountain]; the bush is planted on holy ground. … The voice begins to identify itself, saying, ‘I am the God of your father, the... READ MORE
Sister Wendy’s Advent for Time-Challenged Catholics
BY Helen Valois
December 12-20, 1998 Issue
Sister Wendy's Nativity by Sister Wendy Beckett (San Francisco, HarperCollins, $24.95)
Even for the most faithful Catholics, today's Advent can be head-spinningly hectic. Ornaments and fruitcakes and tinsel and presents are all very well—but where are the prayerful reflection and heartfelt... READ MORE
Great Lovers Who Never Met
BY V.J. Tarantino
December 06-12, 1998 Issue
Maurice and Thérèse: The Story of a Love by Bishop Patrick Ahern (Doubleday, 1998, 284 pp., $19.95)
The value of the correspondence tracked in Maurice & Thérèse, The Story of a Love is immense; herein lies a great treasure of the Church, of the Carmelite Order, of the theological community — and a... READ MORE
American Bishops Zero in On Catholic Politicians
BY Ellen Wilson Fielding
November 29-December 5, 1998 Issue
“Having Children in an Age of Affluence,”by Read and Rachel Schuchardt
(Human Life Review, Fall 1998; originally published in re:generation, Vol. 4, No. 1)
Read and Rachel Schuchardt write: “[A] culture of ambivalence … has grown up in the United States around the conception and care of children.... READ MORE
Handbook of Spiritual Treasures
BY Domincan Sister Mary Thomas Noble
November 22-28, 1998 Issue
Magnificat Editedby Father Peter John Cameron, OP
(Magnificat USA LLC, New York, 1998, 421 pages, $5.95)
It is not often that we get, in one slim, pocket-sized volume, the cornucopia of spiritual bonuses that comes pouring out with Magnificat for December, 1998. The volume under review is the... READ MORE
Bewildering, Indispensable Original Sin
BY Ellen Wilson Fielding
November 22-28, 1998 Issue
“Original Sin: A Disputation,” by Edward T. Oakes (First Things, November 1998)
Jesuit author Edward T. Oakes tries to follow Thomas Aquinas' example by setting out the arguments against original sin before he responds to them. He writes: “[H]ow can guilt, an ethical and spiritual category, be... READ MORE
Handbook of Spiritual Treasures
BY Domincan Sister Mary Thomas Noble
November 22-28, 1998 Issue
Magnificat Editedby Father Peter John Cameron, OP
(Magnificat USA LLC, New York, 1998, 421 pages, $5.95)
It is not often that we get, in one slim, pocket-sized volume, the cornucopia of spiritual bonuses that comes pouring out with Magnificat for December, 1998. The volume under review is the... READ MORE
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