Category: BOOKS

  • April 26, 2016

BOOKS: Readers invited to delve deeper into Divine Mercy during Year of Mercy

Here we are, Divine Mercy Sunday, this first Sunday of April, the Month of Divine Mercy, and the...
  • March 30, 2016

BOOKS: New book republishes old classics with Christian themes

Despite being a person of faith, deeply involved in Church life and a sinner ever seeking God’s mercy,...
  • February 18, 2016

New book chronicles lives of great Dominicans

With the eighth centenary of the Order of Preachers, or Dominicans, upon us this year, the book is...
  • January 28, 2016

‘Simple, not silly’: Children’s questions become book by Pope Francis

In the end, 259 children in 26 countries submitted questions in 14 languages. They come from children in...
  • January 28, 2016

BOOKS: New book challenges societal definitions of justice and equality

Social Justice has been my deepest interest since my former Lay Dominican chapter decided to explore it for...
  • January 12, 2016

Comedian, cardinal, inmate present Pope Francis book on mercy

A man who, as a boy, responded that he'd like to be pope when he grew up, helped...
  • January 7, 2016

Novel retells martyrdom of St. Lawrence

As a book critic, novelist, and a professor of English and Creative Writing, I am always looking for...
  • December 5, 2015

Prayer books for Advent, Christmas, Year of Mercy

More than 20 titles to choose from for die hard readers, Pope Francis aficionados and the average Catholic...
  • November 24, 2015

New book shows how Bible supports Church teaching on Eucharist

New book shows how Bible supports Church teaching on Eucharist. It’s one thing to be born and baptized...
  • November 13, 2015

Life of Father Augustus Tolton, the son of slaves, reads like a novel

This new, full color graphic book brings the story of the nation's first identified black priest to life...