Books
- January 5, 2012
- Debut novel explores important questions of life, death and faith
Proof of Heaven by Mary Curran Hackett. William Morrow (New York, 2011). 291 pp., $14.99. Colm may be only 7, but he knows a lot: He's very sick, he may not recover and his mother, Cathleen, loves him fiercely. In just a few pages of Proof of Heaven, author Mary Curran Hackett creates an absorbing world that challenges
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- January 5, 2012
- Drama, adventure, humor await young readers
WASHINGTON -- The following books are suitable for children:
Black & White: The Confrontation Between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene 'Bull' Connor by Larry Dane Brimner. Boyds Mill Press (Honesdale, Pa., 2011). 112 pp., $16.95.
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- December 8, 2011
- Titles offer varied views of the world
You, your friends and your family can travel from Middle Earth to Southern France, and from L.A. to the Balkans without airline tickets by sharing some of the books suggested below. Put a book -- less expensive than luggage fees -- in their stockings and enjoy many great adventures.
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- November 3, 2011
- Readers can explore Scripture, prayer links to Mass
A Biblical Walk Through the Mass: Understanding What We Say and Do in the Liturgy by Edward Sri. Ascension Press (West Chester, Pa., 2011). 157 pp., $12.99.
The Mass in Scri
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- October 5, 2011
- Motivation, solace for teachers in two new books
- Reviewed by Regina Lordan/CNS
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- October 5, 2011
- Books provide basic but needed instruction about Mass
- Reviewed by Brian T. Olszewski/CNS
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- September 9, 2011
- Authors suggest ways God can guide us through life, if we hear him
God in Action: How Faith in God Can Address the Challenges of the World by Francis Cardinal George, OMI. Doubleday Religion (New York, 2011). 221 pp., $22.99.
How to Listen When God is Speaking: A Guide for Modern-Day Catholics by Father Mitch Pacwa, SJ. Word Among Us Press (Frederick, Md., 2011). 172 pp., $12.95.
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- April 6, 2011
- All readers will appreciate evenhanded religious history of Civil War
God's Almost Chosen Peoples: A Religious History of the American Civil War by George C. Rable.
University of North Carolina Press (Chapel Hill, N.C., 2010). 397 pp., $35.During the Civil War, priests traveled from regiment to regiment to say Mass in makeshift chapels. The simplest altar sheltered inside a small tent flanked by a few benches sufficed. And on the eve of battle, in North and South alike, priests were typically kept busy hearing confessions -- eight hours nonstop for one Indiana chaplain, just before a fight in Munfordville
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- April 6, 2011
- Books increase our gratitude for God, meals
And God Said, 'Let's Eat': Amusing and Thought-Provoking Parallels Between the Bible and Food by Gary Graf.
ACTA Publications (Chicago, 2010). 238 pp., $14.95.These Thy Gifts: A Collection of Simple Meal Prayers by Mark G. Boyer.
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ACTA Publications (Chicago, 2010). 192 pp., $12.95.- Reviewed by Sister Mona Castelazo, CSJ/CNS
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- February 22, 2011
- Religion vs. science: Writer delves into sainthood process in new book
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) -- Bill Briggs was at his home in Denver reading a short newspaper article about the Archdiocese of Denver bringing
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