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Q: Who Reads for Summer Fun?
BY PATRICIA A. CRAWFORD AND KERRY CRAWFORD Not Enough Kids! Children’s Book Picks by Patricia and Kerry Crawford.
June 10-16, 2007 Issue 
The summer break from school provides a wonderful
opportunity for kids to discover the joy that comes from reading for pleasure.
Local
bookstores and libraries offer many programs that make reading both inviting
and exciting. Not only do these types of programs open up a world of enrichment
to... READ MORE
Joseph on Jesus
BY DAVID PEARSON ‘My Personal Search for the Face Of the Lord’
June 10-16, 2007 Issue
JESUS OF NAZARETH
by Pope Benedict XVI
Doubleday, 2007
374 pages, $24.95
Available in
bookstores
“Who do you
say that I am?” Faced with that question
when it was posed straight from the mouth of the itinerant rabbi from Nazareth
— the one whose teachings exuded irrefutable authority not... READ MORE
These 3 Are 1 — The One
BY ANN APPLEGARTH For the June 3 feast of the Most Holy Trinity, Ann Applegarth recommends Contemplating the Trinity: The Path to the Abundant Christian Life by Father Raniero Cantalamessa.
June 3-9, 2007 Issue
CONTEMPLATING THE TRINITY
The Path to the Abundant Christian Life
by Father Raniero Cantalamessa
The Word Among Us, 2007
124 pages, $13.95
To order: (800) 775-9673
bookstore.wau.org
f you were to be sent to a desert island with
only three books — this is an old exercise, I know, but it’s... READ MORE
Ask and Believe
BY CLARE SIOBHAN Clare Siobhan recommends Ten Prayers God Always Says Yes To: Divine Answers to Life’s Most Difficult Problems by Anthony DeStefano.
May 27- June 2, 2007 Issue
TEN PRAYERS GOD ALWAYS SAYS YES TO
Divine Answers to Life’s Most Difficult Problems
by Anthony DeStefano
Doubleday, 2007
208 pages, $18.95
Available in bookstores
Have you
ever wondered if there are any “can’t-miss” prayers? Requests that, like a
soft-hearted parent, our heavenly Father... READ MORE
Call of the Converter
BY STEPHEN VINCENT Stephen Vincent recommends Good News, Bad News: Evangelization, Conversion and the Crisis of Faith by Father C. John McCloskey and Russell Shaw.
May 20-26, 2007 Issue
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS
Evangelization, Conversion and the
Crisis of Faith
By Father C. John McCloskey and
Russell
Shaw
Ignatius, 2007
134 pages, $12.95
www.ignatius.com
(800) 651-1531
What do Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., Judge Robert
Bork, White House spokesman Tony Snow, columnist Bob Novak,... READ MORE
Happy Birthday to ‘2’
BY BARRY MICHAELS In time for the commemoration of the May 18 birthday of Pope John Paul II, Barry Michaels recommends John Paul II for Dummies by Fathers John Trigilio, Kenneth Brighenti and Jonathan Toborowski.
May 13-19, 2007 Issue
JOHN PAUL II FOR DUMMIES
John Wiley & Sons, 2006
384 pages, $19.99
Available in bookstores
You can’t spend more than a few minutes in a
bookstore without noticing at least a few volumes from the popular For Dummies
series. The distinctive black-and-yellow covers are hard to miss. Each... READ MORE
Wealthy With Wisdom
BY LYNN WEHNER Lynn Wehner recommends 7 Steps to Becoming Financially Free: A Catholic Guide to Managing Your Money by Phil Lenahan.
May 06-12, 2007 Issue
7 STEPS TO BECOMING FINANCIALLY FREE
A Catholic Guide to Managing Your Money
by Phil Lenahan
OSV, 2006
172 pages, $19.95
To order: (800) 348-2440
osv.com
Accepting that God has a perfect plan for our
lives is a tall order for many of us. But he’s even got specific ideas about
our finances?... READ MORE
If Bliss Is It
BY JOHN M. GRONDELSKI John Grondelski recommends Real Life, Real Love: 7 Paths to a Strong & Lasing Relationship by Father Albert Cutié.
April 29- May 5, 2007 Issue
REAL LIFE, REAL LOVE
7 Paths to a Strong & Lasting
Relationship
by Father Albert Cutié
Penguin Group, 2006
270 pages, $23.95
Available in bookstores
There aren’t too many books by priests whose dust jackets carry plugs
from mainstream celebrities. Nor are there too many priests who have... READ MORE
Holy Headway
BY JUDY ROBERTS Judy Roberts recommends Spiritual Progress: Becoming the Christian You Want to Be by Father Thomas Williams, LC.
April 22-28, 2007 Issue
SPIRITUAL PROGRESS
Becoming the Christian You Want to Be
by Thomas D. Williams, LC
FaithWords, 2007
224 pages, $19.99
Available in bookstores
In writing Spiritual
Progress, Legionary Father Thomas Williams, dean of the theology
school at Regina Apostolorum Pontifical University in Rome, set out... READ MORE
We Have Risen Indeed
BY ERIC SCHESKE Eric Scheske recommends The Tide Is Turning Toward Catholicism by David J. Hartline.
April 15-21, 2007 Issue
THE TIDE IS TURNING TOWARD CATHOLICISM
by David J. Hartline
Catholic Report, 2006
305 pages, $15.99
To
order:
(800) 932-3826
catholicreport.org
According to conventional wisdom,
trouble knocks on every Catholic door. Priest shortage. Low morale. A
lukewarm laity that doesn’t accept key... READ MORE
Reader Recap
The Register recommends ...
April 8-14, 2007 Issue
THE GREAT LIFE
Essays
in Doctrine and Holiness in Honor of Father Ronald Lawler, OFM Cap.
Edited by Michael Aquilina
and Kenneth Ogorek
Emmaus Road, 2005
HELL AND OTHER DESTINATIONS
A Novelist’s Reflections on This World
and the Next
by Piers Paul Read
Ignatius, 2006
MEN AND WOMEN ARE FROM... READ MORE
Delightful Descent
BY JOHN M. GRONDELSKI John M. Grondelski recommends Hell and Other Destinations: A Novelist’s Reflections on This World and the Next by Piers Paul Read.
April 1-7, 2007 Issue
HELL AND OTHER DESTINATIONS
A Novelist’s Reflections on This World and the Next
by Piers Paul Read
Ignatius, 2006
247 pages, $15.95
To order:
(800-651-1531)
ignatius.com
Piers Paul
Read is a contemporary British Catholic novelist and critic. This book is a
collection of his previously... READ MORE
We the Faithful
BY JUDY ROBERTS Judy Roberts recommends In God We Trust: How the Supreme Court’s First Amendment Decisions Affect Organized Religion by Kathryn Page Camp.
March 25-31, 2007 Issue
IN GOD WE TRUST
How the Supreme Court’s First Amendment
Decisions Affect Organized Religion
by Kathryn Page Camp
FaithWalk Publishing, 2006
224 pages, $14.99
To
order: (800) 335-7177 faithwalkpub.com
Amid today’s battles involving
church-and-state issues, it is easy to view the U.S.... READ MORE
Will a Dollar Do?
BY Stephen Vincent Stephen Vincent recommends a newly revised edition of Why Catholics Don’t Give … And What Can Be Done About It by Charles E. Zech.
March 18-24, 2007 Issue
WHY CATHOLICS DON’T GIVE… And What Can Be Done About It
by Charles E. Zech
OSV, 2006
186 pages, $19.95
To order:
(800) 348-2440
catalog.osv.com
A religious sister once said something that struck
me as strange: “There is no mission without margin.” By this she meant that the
good works... READ MORE
Friends of Father Lawler
BY JOHN M. GRONDELSKI John M. Grondelski recommends The Great Life: Essays in Doctrine and Holiness in Honor of Father Ronald Lawlor, OFM Cap., edited by Michael Aquilina and Kenneth Ogorek.
March 11-17, 2007 Issue
THE GREAT LIFE
Essays
in Doctrine and Holiness in Honor of Father Ronald Lawler, OFM Cap.
Edited by Michael Aquilina
and Kenneth Ogorek
Emmaus Road, 2005
212 pages, $14.95
To order: (800) 398-5470
emmausroad.org
If ever a
historian sets out to write a definitive survey of the Catholic Church in... READ MORE
Readin’ o’ the Green
BY KERRY AND PATRICIA A. CRAWFORD St. Patrick in Word and Image
March 11-17, 2007 Issue
St.
Patrick’s Day
is March 17. What will the wee folk be reading? The fact is, children love
joining in with traditional St. Patrick’s Day traditions. These books provide
insights about where these familiar traditions came from — and give kids a
glimpse at the life and legends that surround... READ MORE
History = His Story
BY GINA GIAMBRONE Gina Giambrone recommends The God That Did Not Fail: How Religion Built and Sustains the West by Robert Royal.
March 4-10, 2007 Issue
The God That Did Not Fail
How Religion Built and Sustains the West
by Robert Royal
Encounter Books, 2006
To order: (800) 786-3839
encounterbooks.com
Christianity
gets little credit for its positive impact on Western civilization. Our
secularized, postmodern culture often declares Christian... READ MORE
Back to the Bible
BY ANN APPLEGARTH Ann Applegarth recommends The Biblical Basis for the Catholic Faith by John Salza.
February 25- March 03, 2007 Issue
THE BIBLICAL BASIS FOR THE CATHOLIC FAITH
by John Salza
Our Sunday Visitor, 2005
256 pages, $13.95
To
order
(800) 348-2440
catalog.osv.com
As a child
in Southern Baptist Sunday School, I memorized this pledge: “I pledge
allegiance to the Bible, God’s Holy Word. I will make it a lamp... READ MORE
40 Days in the Old
BY CARL E. OLSON Carl Olson recommends Seeking Jesus in the Old Testament by Dr. Renu Rita Silvano.
February 18-24, 2007 Issue
SEEKING JESUS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
by Dr. Renu Rita Silvano
OSV, 2006
254 pages, $14.95
To order
(800) 348-2440
catalog.osv.com
It’s safe to
say that, whatever the average Catholic knows about the Bible, the knowledge is
usually heavily tilted toward the Gospels and the rest of the New... READ MORE
Father Groeschel And the V-Word
BY Joseph Pronechen
February 11-17, 2007 Issue
THE VIRTUE DRIVEN LIFE
by Father Benedict
J. Groeschel
OSV, 2006
160 pages, $12.95
To order
(800) 348-2440
catalog.osv.com
Forget the cynical reactions
the notion of “virtuous living” elicits in all corners of the popular culture.
Mention the phrase even in polite company and don’t be... READ MORE
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