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...
Arts & Culture
Explore Catholic arts and culture through critical reviews, interviews, and essays, on creativity, beauty, and faith.
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...
Locked Down Dr. John (Nonesuch Records, 2012) In the deranged days of 1968, New Orleans musician Mac Rebennack decided to join the fun by dubbing himself Dr...
Directed by Nanni Moretti (Sundance Selects, 2012) Nanni Moretti’s lighthearted and melancholic comedy introduces us to a gentle and frail cleric who...
May 2012: Jesus and the Emergence of a Catholic Imagination By John Pfordresher Review: In this fascinating account, John Pfordresher, an English professor at...
Jay Farrar, Jim James, et al. (Rounder Records, 2012) When the American folk icon Woody Guthrie died in 1967, he left behind reams of song lyrics but no music...
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...
