Current Issue

Print Edition: May 20, 2012

 



  • Donate
  • Archives
  • Blogs
  • Store
  • Resources
  • Advertise
  • Jobs
  • Radio
  • Subscribe
  • Make This
    My Homepage
  • Resources
  • Christmas Music
  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Books
  • Commentary
  • Culture of Life
  • Education
  • In Person
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Sunday Guides
  • Travel
  • Vatican
  • Dan Burke
  • Edward Pentin
  • Mark Shea
  • Matthew Warner
  • Jimmy Akin
  • Matt & Pat Archbold
  • Simcha Fisher
  • Tito Edwards
  • Jennifer Fulwiler
  • Steven D. Greydanus
  • Tim Drake
  • Tom Wehner
  • Our Latest Show
  • About the Show
  • About the Register
  • Donate
  • Subscribe
  • Stations
  • Schedule
  • Other EWTN Shows
  • Advertising Overview
  • Editorial Calendar
  • Order Web Ad
  • Order Print Ad
Print Article | Email Article | Write To Us
Print Edition » Opinion

Public Libraries as Mission Fields

Share
by rob1, Register Correspondent Sunday, May 19, 2002 1:00 PM Comment

Last night I read your article about the town that donated books to the public library in order to make them more accessible to Catholics in the area (“Finding Faith at the Library” April 21-28). What a brilliant idea!

I would like to do the same thing in my town. Could you provide me the list of materials that they bought and/or put me in touch with the person who organized this effort? I bet there are others who read the Register and would like to copy this great idea—maybe you could make the list public somehow.

KERRY HENNESSEY

Wakefield, Massachusetts

Editor's note: See the following letter …

I enjoyed your April 21-28 article on adding Catholic books to public library collections. Adding books to public library collections is important because I have found that the books I suggested for the public library were circulating 100 times as fast as those in the parish library.

As a result of my suggestions, about 40 Catholic and Christian books have been added to several libraries in my area.

Readers can learn how to suggest Catholic books, and which books to suggest, at my Web site—geocities.com/richleebruce.

I like to suggest spiritual classics like The Story of a Soul and The Imitation of Christ. These works have the three c's . They will be added to the collection, they circulate, they convert. One woman in the parish said the library copies of these books were responsible for her conversion.

RICHARD BRUCE

Portland, Oregon

Subscribe to the National Catholic Register!  Click here to begin a trial subscription to the print edition, and receive 3 free issues with no risk and no obligation.

Filed under

Comments

Post a Comment

Post a Comment

By submitting this form, you give The National Catholic Register permission to publish this comment. Comments will be published at our discretion, and may be edited for clarity and length. For best formatting, please limit your response to one paragraph and don't hit "enter" to force line breaks.

Name:

Email:

Write your comment:

     

Notify me of follow-up comments.

Also in this Issue

  • Arts & Culture

    Weekly TV Picks
  • Weekly Video Picks
  • Monthly Web Picks
  • Thieves Lurk in the Shadows Online
  • Commentary

    Canadian Catholics Share Americans’ Pain;and Hope
  • Anthropology Afoul of the Facts
  • Racial Profiling: Good, Bad Or Morally Neutral?
  • Culture of Life

    LIFE NOTE
  • Abandoned Babies Get a Safer Place
  • Family Matters
  • Education

    Campus Watch
  • Trinitarian Theology for the Family Fun of It
  • The Neocatechumenal Way to Toronto
  • In Person

    Wrestler Takes on God
  • News

    The Ring and the Cross
  • Priestly Celibacy and Its Roots in Christ
  • Media Watch
  • Confessional Secrets Kept Safe, Despite Connecticut Threat
  • Media Watch
  • Choosing Life: Hawaiian Senate Narrowly Kills Assisted Suicide Bill
  • Charismatic Renewal Moves Into Church Mainstream
  • Celibacy Isn’t the Problem - It’s the Answer, Say Priests
  • Vocations Summit Ends With Hints of New Hope
  • White House Scores Pro-Life Win at U.N.
  • Opinion

    LETTERS
  • Allies in Wonderland
  • Vatican

    The Miserere: A Prayer of Repentance
  • Laity Must Not Be Clericalized Nor Clergy Laicized, Says Pope
  • Media Watch

Most Popular Now

  • Most Read
  • Most Commented
  • Daily News

    Unprecedented Legal Action Takes HHS Mandate Battle to the Courts (5703)
  • Daily News

    Mother Angelica’s Monastery at 50: Southern Hospitality Meets Divine Providence (5494)
  • Daily News

    Remembering Catholic Psychiatrist Conrad Baars (2705)
  • Daily News

    Finding Balance in Personal and Professional Life (2656)
  • Daily News

    California May Soon Ban Reparative Therapy for Same-Sex-Attracted Teens (2450)
  • Daily News

    Vatican Authorities Arrest Pope’s Butler on Suspicion of ‘Vatileaks’ (2113)
  • Daily News

    Let Freedom Ring! (1945)
  • Blogs

    When Reverend Mothers Cease Being Motherly (14316)
  • Daily News

    Unprecedented Legal Action Takes HHS Mandate Battle to the Courts (60)
  • Daily News

    California May Soon Ban Reparative Therapy for Same-Sex-Attracted Teens (45)
  • Daily News

    Let Freedom Ring! (8)
  • Daily News

    Remembering Catholic Psychiatrist Conrad Baars (7)
  • Daily News

    Vatican Authorities Arrest Pope’s Butler on Suspicion of ‘Vatileaks’ (1)
  • Daily News

    Finding Balance in Personal and Professional Life (1)
  • Daily News

    Mother Angelica’s Monastery at 50: Southern Hospitality Meets Divine Providence (0)
  • Blogs

    On Coping with NFP Zealotry (247)

E-mail Signup

Receive our free e-mail updates!

As part of this free service, you will receive occasional special offers

 
Close

Free Newsletter Sign-Up

Enter your e-mail address below to receive the latest news and blog posts in your inbox each day.

As part of this free service you will receive occasional free offers from us. We won’t share your information, and you can unsubscribe at anytime.
Click here if you don't want this message to show again.

National Catholic Register

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Subscriptions
  • Donate
  • Advertise
  • Press Releases
  • RSS Daily Register
  • RSS Bloggers
  • RSS Print
  • Contact
  • Jobs

Copyright © 2012 EWTN News, Inc. All rights reserved.
Reproduction of material from this website without written permission is strictly prohibited.
Accessed from 38.107.179.234