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On the Priesthood
Classic and Contemporary Texts
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2003
Controversy about the Catholic priesthood is nothing new. Just like laity, priests (including bishops and popes) have always been sinners. Some priests, like some laity, have caused grave scandal throughout the 2000-year history of the Church. Two questions arise from this reality. Why did Jesus Christ...
by Michael G. Witczak
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
The celebration of the sacrament of baptism underwent a major change in the years after the Second Vatican Council (1962 '65). The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults was revised to take into account the situation of the contemporary world by incorporating insights from the earliest centuries of...
The Dogma of Hell
Illustrated by Facts Taken from Profane and Sacred History
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
The Dogma of Hell explores the basic Catholic doctrine on Hell, purposefully awakening in the reader a profound realization of its reality and eternity of horrors. Eminent French theologian Fr F X Schouppe, SJ, author of Purgatory Explained by the Lives and Legends of the Saints, has written here...
by Rev. Fr. Johann Tauler
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1978
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1978
SPIRITUAL CONFERENCES of Johann Tauler, O.P. is one of the great classics of the Catholic Church. And like the writings of so many other profound and saintly minds, Tauler s works are both easy to read and rich with meaning. They do not dwell on subjects pertinent to only the few, but come to grips...
Filled with all the Fullness of God
An Introduction to Catholic Spirituality
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
Filled with All the Fullnessof God looks at the truths of Christian faith which pertain to spiritualgrowth and the 'lived theologies' or spiritualties which have derived fromthem.McDermott discusses here a variety of issues - human self-knowledge,our understanding of God, our partaking in the divine...
by James M. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
The Magdalen laundries were workhouses in which many Irish women and girls were effectively imprisoned because they were perceived to be a threat to the moral fiber of society. Mandated by the Irish state beginning in the eighteenth century, they were operated by various orders of the Catholic Church...
Bob Drinan
The Controversial Life of the First Catholic Priest Elected to Congress
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Raymond Schroth's Bob Drinan: The Controversial Life of the First Catholic Priest Elected to Congress shows that the contentious mixture of religion and politics in this country is nothing new. Four decades ago, Father Robert Drinan, the fiery Jesuit priest from Massachusetts, not only demonstrated...
by Patrick Kelly, SJ
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
A provocative look at how Catholics have engaged in play and sports from the medieval period to the 20th century in the United States, and how this engagement has been related to theological and spiritual sensibilities.
Flee to the Fields
The Founding Fathers of the Catholic Land Movement
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2003
Back in print after 68 years, this anthology of essays is a classic survey of the Catholic reaction to problems created by the industrial revolution and socialism and is a unique milestone in the history of social thought. Reacting to the Depression and the seeming inadequacies of capitalism and socialism,...
Three Marys
A religious conspiracy thriller
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
Three impossible births. Three incredible miracles. One deadly secret.
Once again, Harvard Professor of religion and archaeology Cal Donovan has been summoned by Pope Celestine to investigate a seemingly impossible miracle. Three Catholic teenage girls, from different corners of the world,...
Strengthening Your Family
A Catholic Approach to Holiness at Home
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2011
How to Make Your Family Holy!Turn on any sitcom, news hour program, reality TV show, or shock jock on the radio and modern family life is usually the butt of every joke -- bumbling dads, overworked moms, sarcastic kids, shallow relationships, and misdirected priorities.Add in the real-life...
Aztlán and Arcadia
Religion, Ethnicity, and the Creation of Place
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2014
In the
wake of the Mexican-American War, competing narratives of religious conquest
and re-conquest were employed by Anglo American and ethnic Mexican Californians
to make sense of their place in North America. These “invented traditions” had
a profound impact on North American religious and ethnic...
How to Defend the Faith without Raising Your Voice
Civil Responses to Catholic Hot Button Issues
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
It is about winning friends, not arguments. It is about shedding light, not heat. It's about reframing the argument so hearts can be opened and minds can be inspired. How to Defend the Faith without Raising Your Voice is a new sort of apologetics. It is for those moments when you are thrust into the...
A Lyrical Vision
The Musical Documents of the US Bishops
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
The publication of the US Bishops' document on music in the liturgy, Sing to the Lord (2007), has prompted Edward Foley to review the overall contribution of the Bishops to liturgical music since Vatican Council II. He explores the history and content of the US Bishops’ three previous statements...