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CatholicMom.com 2002 Monthly Book Selections |
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2002 This month we take a look at the variety of wonderful
family books available for Advent and Christmas.
Click here to take a look at this month's
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November 2002
The Seeker's Guide to Mary (Seeker's Series)
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October 2002
A Miracle for St. Cecilia's
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September
2002 The Cross at Ground Zero
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August
2002 The Spirit Woman
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July 2002 Mariette in Ecstasy About the Book from Amazon.com Into this idyll comes Mariette--young, pretty, devout, but, as her father says, perhaps "too high-strung" for the convent. Prone to "trances, hallucinations, unnatural piety, great extremes of temperament, and, as he put it, 'inner wrenchings,'" Mariette scalds her hands with hot water as penance, threads barbed wire underneath her breasts while she sleeps, and is convinced Jesus speaks to her. Her very glamour disturbs the gentle rhythm of the nuns' lives. But when she begins bleeding from unexplained wounds in her hands, feet, and sides, the convent is thrown into an uproar. Is Mariette a saint? Or just a lying, hysterical girl? Where do we draw the line between madness and faith, mysticism and eroticism, the life of the spirit and that of the world? It's to Hansen's credit that he never provides easy
answers. Mariette's stigmata may or may not be genuine; the novel's
achingly gorgeous prose is the true miracle here. Mariette in Ecstasy is a
brief, precious book, not a single word in excess, not a single word left
out. --Mary Park For more information on Ron Hansen, click here to see his profile at the University of Santa Clara website.
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June
2002 Parenting With Grace : Catholic Parent's Guide To Raising Almost Perfect Kids About the Book "Exactly what is a
"Catholic parent"? Are we really any different from other
Christian or even non-Christian parents, except perhaps in the prayers we
teach our children? Could it be that there is no such thing as a Catholic
parent, and this book is merely a cynical niche marketing ploy? The
truth is even more shocking. We believe that even beyond the obvious
essentials of prayers and parish life, Catholic parents really are a
different breed of animal. This book will introduce you to some of those
differences and demonstrate how you can make use of them to help your
family become a truly exceptional Catholic family."
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May
2002 Hail, Holy Queen : The Mother of God in the World of God About the Book Most Christians know that the life of Jesus is foreshadowed throughout the Old Testament. Through a close examination of the Bible, as well as the work of both Catholic and Protestant scholars and clergy, Hahn brings to light the small but significant details showing that just as Jesus is the "New Adam," so Mary is the "New Eve." He unveils the Marian mystery at the heart of the Book of Revelation and reveals how it is foretold in the Book of Genesis and in the story of King David's monarchy, which speaks of a privileged place for the mother of the king. Hahn presents a new look at the Marian doctrines: Her Immaculate Conception, Perpetual Virginity, Assumption, and Coronation. Hahn helps his readers gain a more profound understanding of the Marian doctrines truthfulness and relevance to faith and the practice of religion in the contemporary world. Visit Scott Hahn's Personal Web Site: The Institute of Applied Biblical Studies
Scott Hahn, an internationally renowned Catholic
lecturer and apologist, is a professor of theology at the Franciscan
University of Steubenville. His books include A Father Who Keeps His
Promises; Rome Sweet Home, the bestselling story,
coauthored with his wife, of their conversion to Catholicism; and, most
recently, The Lamb's Supper. He lives in Steubenville, Ohio. |
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April 2002 The Gift of Peace : Personal Reflections About the Book About the Author |
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March 2002 Fire and Roses : The Burning of the
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February 2002 There We Stood, Here We Stand: Eleven Lutherans Rediscover their Catholic Roots About the Book
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January 2002 The Penguin Complete Father Brown
This month, the CatholicMom.com Book Club takes a look at a body of work by classic author Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936). Born in London, Chesterton was educated at St. Paul’s, never attended college and went to art school. In 1900, he was asked to contribute a few magazine articles on art criticism, and went on to become one of the most prolific writers of all time. He wrote a hundred books, contributions to 200 more, hundreds of poems, five plays, five novels, and some two hundred short stories, including a popular series featuring the priest-detective, Father Brown. Author and critic Amy Welborn (at her web site, A Spirited Life) says of Chesterton "When we consider the question of clerics and mysteries, the first figure most of us think of is G.K. Chesterton’s Father Brown. The first Father Brown story was published in 1910 in the Saturday Evening Post, years before Chesterton had even converted to Roman Catholicism. Forty-eight Father Brown stories were published before Chesterton’s death, and for many, the unassuming Catholic priest, who solved mysteries through close observation and intuition, remains the model clerical detective, unmatched by any subsequent efforts by other authors."
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