Category: BOOKS

  • April 29, 2015

BOOKS: The spiritual side of suicide; finding God in midst of ‘downward spiral’

I’m having a crisis of literature. For the second month in a row, I am reviewing a book...
  • April 24, 2015

Slim volume offers amazing depth in look at history of Jesuits

Over the course of time, "myths and misunderstandings about the Jesuits" entered so deeply into the public mind...
  • April 20, 2015

BOOKS: Arizona author pens latest in ‘Lily’ series about woman with Down syndrome

As the number of babies born with Down syndrome continues to plummet, local author Sherry Boas hopes people...
  • March 25, 2015

BOOKS: ‘Simply Open: A Guide to Experiencing God in the Everyday’

I write for a Catholic newspaper and belong to a Catholic religious order, yet I’m about to unleash...
  • March 2, 2015

BOOKS: Faith illumines thorny issues — Church’s social teaching explained

We might think it safe to say that the Church, like the world, is in disarray and is...
  • January 22, 2015

BOOKS: ‘The Hobbit Party’ — Authors explore Tolkein’s Catholic vision, Church’s social teaching
  • December 22, 2014

BOOKS: ‘Joy to the World: How Christ’s Coming Changed Everything (and Still Does)’

It’s Christmas time – Advent actually – so we Catholics need something “Christmas-y” and Scott Hahn’s new book,...
  • December 13, 2014

Poetry, illustrations, more help ring in children’s Christmas reading

The following books, including one by an Arizona author, are suitable for Christmas giving....
  • November 21, 2014

BOOKS: ‘R is for Rosary: A Catholic family alphabet’

I received this book, R is for Rosary, by Barbara Gowan and immediately thought – as a Lay...
  • October 29, 2014

BOOKS: ‘Three Moments of the Day: Praying with the Heart of Jesus’

The book "Three Moments of the Day: Praying with the Heart of Jesus” is one of those tests...