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Randy Hain on Being a Special Dad
Randy Hain and Sarah Reinhard discuss Randy’s new book, Special Children, Blessed Fathers.
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Unleashed Book Club: Chapter 1
This week we’re discussing Chapter 1: What Do You Wish? from Unleashed, by Sonja Corbitt. Barb Szyszkiewicz, OFS reflects on this chapter’s focus: fear as an obstacle to hospitality and how it prevents us from truly receiving God’s peace and love.
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Love Rebel: Reclaiming Motherhood
Catholic mom bloggers unite to write an anthology about reclaiming motherhood. Melanie Jean Juneau shares what sparked the group’s idea to create a book based on their experiences.
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Broken Gods - Getting Past Guilt
Have you ever wondered what a book that combines psychology and neuroscience with true authentic Catholicism would be like? Erika Marie reviews Dr. Gregory Popcak’s Broken Gods.
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Unleashed Book Club: A Conversation with Author Sonja Corbitt
This week Lisa Hendey interviews Sonja Corbitt, the author of Unleashed, to kick off CatholicMom.com’s Book Club. Join us for an eight week experience as we break open this compelling book together.
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Tudor Fiction with a Twist: Author Nancy Bilyeau Introduces Her Novels
Author Nancy Bilyeau introduces her new novel by sharing her own story of faith and what led her to write about a little-known topic.
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Wholesome Book Recommendations in Honor of Grandma
Lisa Schmidt took to Facebook and asked for book recommendations for her 90-year-old iPad-using grandma. Here’s the response.
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Book Review: John Desjarlais' Specter
John Konecsni reviews Specter, a novel that begins with the murder of a Cardinal in an orchestrated hit that looks like the end of a brilliantly executed caper movie … only with an assassination.
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Historical Mystery Series Remedies Wolf Hall’s Revisionist History
Sister Margaret Kerry, fsp, reviews a novel set in sixteenth-century England. Who can you trust? Sister Joanna Strafford is as determined as Indiana Jones seeking the Holy Grail. Her spirituality endures though trials as she sets out to save her father and the monastery she loves.
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Book Review: Sacred Fire, A Vision for Deeper Human and Christian Maturity by Fr. Ronald Rolheiser, OMI.
Deanna Bartalini tells why the book Sacred Fire by Fr. Ronald Rolheiser speaks to the deep hunger within her soul and reminds her she is not alone on her journey of faith.
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Book Notes: The Wife of Pilate and Other Stories
Stuart Dunn reviews a volume of historical fiction: a collection of three novellas, one centered on Pontius Pilate’s wife.
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Children's Book Review: Noah's Ark Origami
If you’re looking for an artistic way to interact with the story of Noah’s Ark, check out Courtney Vallejo’s review of a new art book which uses origami to bring the Bible story to life.
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Book Review: The Second Greatest Story Ever Told
Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur reviews a book she calls “a page-turner, connecting St. Margaret Mary, St. Alphonsus, St. Therese, the Marian apparitions at Fatima, St. Faustina, St. Maximilian Kolbe, Polish history, and St. Pope John Paul II is what could be considered a Divine conspiracy.”
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How to Trust God like St. Therese
Accepting our littleness means trusting in God’s greatness, Karee Santos learns from her review of Connie Rossini’s prayerful book Trusting in God with St. Therese. What better path to holiness could there be for wives and mothers whose role is to serve, to suffer, to hope, and to smile?
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For God and Country: Meet St. Joan of Arc
Sophia Institute Press released this month For God and Country, a new biography of Saint Joan of Arc—a saint whose name we all recognize, but whose story may be less familiar to us. Joan of Arc isn’t your typical saint!