October 2012: Why Stay Catholic? Unexpected Answers to a Life-Changing Question By Michael Leach Review: Ask Catholics what frustrates them about their church...
Books and literature
By Richard Gaillardetz & Catherine Clifford (Liturgical Press, 2012) October 11 marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council...
By Philip Kolin (Kauffman Publishing, 2012) Philip Kolin’s Reading God’s Handwriting: Poems is a book of action, not of superheroes swooping down on comic book...
September 2012: Grace Notes By Brian Doyle Review: Loyal U.S. Catholic readers need no introduction to Brian Doyle, whose musings, reflections, essays, short...
By Mary L. Gautier et al. (Liturgical Press, 2012) Same Call, Different Men: The Evolution of the Priesthood Since Vatican II presents a comprehensive...
By W. Paul Jones (Eerdmans, 2011) “Everyone in prison is innocent, and every prisoner claims to be a new person.” This dismissive one-liner was told by a...
August 2012: Psalm-Shaped Prayerfulness: A Guide to the Christian Reception of the Psalms By Margaret Daly-Denton Review: Beginning with Jesus himself, the...
Douglas W. Kmiec, author of the new book Lift Up Your Hearts, is a famous constitutional scholar, former dean of the Catholic University law school, chaired...
July 2012: The Artist’s Rule: Nurturing your creative soul with monastic wisdom By Christine Valters Paintner Review: Unlike other books promising to...
The Case of Galileo: A Closed Question? By Annibale Fantoli (Notre Dame Press, 2012) Annibale Fantoli’s The Case of Galileo: A Closed Question? opens where...