When We Were the Kennedys By Monica Wood (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012) Monica Wood writes that her book When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico...
Books and literature
June 2012: The Way of Goodness and Holiness: A Spirituality for Pastoral Ministers By Richard M. Gula, S.S. Review: Father Richard Gula’s The Way of Goodness...
Mothers of the Church By Mike Aquilina & Christopher Bailey (OSV, 2012) In elementary school I always looked forward to women’s history month each...
Voting and Holiness Edited by Nicholas Cafardi (Paulist Press, 2012) Elections have become something of a cross to bear for American Catholics. Not only is it...
May 2012: Jesus and the Emergence of a Catholic Imagination By John Pfordresher Review: In this fascinating account, John Pfordresher, an English professor at...
By Joan Chittister (Eerdmans, 2011) Joan Chittister’s admirers take up her books expecting to draw from a well of wisdom and insight. They approach a writer of...
By Timothy Matovina (Princeton University Press, 2012) Thirty-one years ago a Fides/Claretian book from the publishers who bring you this magazine chronicled...
April 2012: Simple Faith: Moving Beyond Religion As You Know It to Grow in Your Relationship with God By Margaret Silf Review: As we mature through life, all...
By Eamon Duffy (Yale University Press, 2011) Quick, can you name 10 popes off the top of your head? OK, maybe you can, but how about explaining the difference...
By Brian Doyle (ACTA Publications, 2011) Brian Doyle must have been listening intently when poet Mary Oliver proclaimed, “Attentiveness is the beginning of all...
