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Advent Reading
BY Brian Welter
December 7-13, 2008 Issue 
Advent is a
time of expectation, a season to remember that the world once longed for a
Messiah.
The 25 days are for many a time of
heightened faith and renewed religious practice. But in 2008, Advent also comes
at a time of greater prominence of those who do not believe in God — and who
challenge... READ MORE
The Cardinal vs. the Communists
BY GERALD RUSSELLO
November 30-December 6, 2008 Issue
THE MARTYRDOM OF PATIENCE: The Holy See
and the Communist Countries (1963-89)
By Cardinal Agostino Casaroli
Ave Maria Centre of Peace, Toronto, 2007
376 pages, $19.95
To order: (800) 663-6279
As the events of the Cold War and
the fall of communism fade into the background, it is important for a... READ MORE
Revolutionary Darkness
BY BRIAN WELTER
November 23-29, 2008 Issue
I LOVED JESUS IN THE NIGHT: Teresa
of Calcutta — A Secret Revealed
By Paul Murray
Paraclete Press, 2008
125 pages, $18.95
To order: paracletepress.com
(800) 451-5006
The secular
press has misrepresented the dryness of faith Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
suffered as a lack of faith. Paul Murray,... READ MORE
‘Breathtaking’ Prayer Resource
BY STEPHEN MIRARCHI
November 16-22, 2008 Issue
THE BETTER PART:
A Christ-Centered Resource for
Personal Prayer
By John Bartunek, LC
Circle Press, 2007
1,019 pages, $35.95
To order: circlepress.org
(888) 881-0729
One of the
sharper details developing in the picture of Pope Benedict XVI’s pontificate is
the Pope’s dedication to prayer. In... READ MORE
Dawson Rediscovered
BY Carl E. Olson
SANCTIFYING THE WORLD: The
Augustinian Life and Mind of Christopher Dawson
By Bradley J. Birzer
Christendom Press, 2007
300 pages, $30
To order: isibooks.org
(800) 526-7022
by CARL E. OLSON
“Though precious few remember him now, Christopher Dawson stood at the very center of
the Catholic... READ MORE
Hope in Hollywood
BY STEPHEN VINCENT
November 2-8, 2008 Issue
BEHIND BELLA: The Amazing Stories
of Bella
and the Lives It’s Changed
By Tim Drake
Ignatius, 2008
125 pages, $17.95
To order: ignatius.com
Hope in
Hollywood
If you think
that Hollywood is a hopeless mess, this book offers a glimpse of hope. In a
large, hardcover, glossy format, Register senior... READ MORE
Becoming Saints
BY ERIC SCHESKE
October 26-November 1, 2008 Issue
SAINTS: A CLOSER LOOK
by Thomas Dubay, S.M.
Servant Books, 2007
170 pages, $12.99
To order: catalog.americancatholic.org
(800) 488-0488
If you take
away nothing else from this quick read, you should understand one thing: Saints
aren’t freaks.
Marist Father Thomas Dubay is a
retreat... READ MORE
Reader Recap: The Register Recommends …
October 19-25, 2008 Issue
RENDER UNTO CAESAR:
Serving the Nation by Living Our Catholic Beliefs in Political Life
By Archbishop Charles J. Chaput
Doubleday, 2008
KNOWING RIGHT FROM WRONG: A
Christian Guide to Conscience
by Thomas D. Williams, LC
FaithWords, 2008
ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS
By Deal Hudson
Threshold... READ MORE
Faith, Family and Baseball
BY MARY CLAIRE KENDALL
October 12-18, 2008 Issue
A Sense of Belonging:
From Castro's Cuba to U.S. Senate, One Man's Pursuit of the American Dream
By Sen. Mel Martinez
Crown Publishing Group, 2008
256 pages, $26.95
To order: randomhouse.com
Mel Martinez
served as President Bush’s secretary of housing and urban development until
2004, then... READ MORE
Reading Up Before Election Day
October 5-11, 2008 Issue
With
Election Day just a month away, many people are turning their attention to the
presidential contest, congressional races and local voting, as well as ballot
initiatives. For many Catholics, it may be difficult to make choices when it
seems that no candidate has a perfect record or positions in... READ MORE
Smart Bombs
BY Ann Applegarth
September 28-October 4, 2008 Issue
FAITH, REASON, AND THE WAR AGAINST
JIHADISM:
A CALL TO ACTION
By George Weigel
Doubleday, 2007
195 pages, $18.95
To order: doubleday.com
by ANN APPLEGARTH
In Faith,
Reason, and the War Against Jihadism, George Weigel recalls Pope
Benedict XVI’s sober reminder to the West that if irrational... READ MORE
Sunday School Teacher
BY David Paul Deavel
September 21-27, 2008 Issue
JESUS, THE APOSTLES AND THE EARLY
CHURCH
By Pope Benedict XVI
Ignatius Press, 2007
163 pages, $14.95
To order: Ignatius.com
(800) 651-1531
Shortly after
being elected Pope, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger received this accolade from a
Protestant theologian: “Pope Benedict is one of the greatest... READ MORE
Naturally Speaking
BY PETER SONSKI
September 14-20, 2008 Issue
RAISING KIDS IN
THE MEDIA AGE
By Jay Dunlap
Circle Press, 2007
96 pages, $12.95
To order: circlepress.org
(888) 881-0729
A list of modern technology terms that would
have resulted in blank stares only 25 years ago includes TiVo, HD, Xbox, RSS,
iPod, DVR, pop-up blocker, text message, Wii, Digg,... READ MORE
For Many, a Place of Hope
BY EDDIE O’NEILL
September 7-13, 2008 Issue
Lourdes Today: Pilgrimage to Mary's Grotto
by Kerry Crawford
Servant Books, 2008
151 pages, $13.99
To order: servantbooks.org
800-488-0488
Pope Benedict
XVI will be in Lourdes, France, at the end of this week. If you are not able to
join him — or make a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of... READ MORE
Our Guide to Fall Reading
August 31- September 6, 2008 Issue
The beach chairs and the garden equipment are being put away. Fall
can be a time when lengthening evening hours afford the time to do some good
spiritual reading. This week, the Register takes a look at three recent
publications that could fill the bill.
Following Mother
MOTHER TERESA: IN THE... READ MORE
Love and Responsibility Explained
BY JOSEPH PRONECHEN
August 24-30, 2008 Issue
Pope John
Paul II’s theology of the body has caused a flurry of excitement, and more than
one popular book acts as an easy-to-unpack guide to his insights and teachings.
But not until Edward Sri wrote Men, Women and the Mystery of
Love has anyone come out with the same kind of... READ MORE
Gift That Lasts a Lifetime
August 17-23, 2008 Issue
Gift That Lasts a Lifetime
Gift That Lasts
a Lifetime
BY JOHN GRONDELSKI
nce upon a
time, books like Msgr. George Kellys Catholic Marriage Manual gave
great guidance on how to live a Catholic married life. Addressing instead the
whole of married life, such books offered... READ MORE
Life and Literature
BY ANN APPLEGARTH
August 10-16, 2008 Issue
Some Catholic Writers
By Ralph McInermy
St. Augustine's Press, 2007
154 Pages, $23.00
To Order: staugustine.net
1-800-621-2736
Awonderful mélange of philosophy, literary
criticism and Christian charity, Some Catholic Writers
by Ralph McInerny will challenge, educate and delight.
The book is, in... READ MORE
Meditating With the Master
BY Paul Barra
July 27-August 9, 2008 Issue
PRAYING WITH PADRE PIO
by Eileen Dunn Bertanzetti
Word Among Us Press, 2007
166 pages, $12.95
To order: bookstore.wau.org
1-800-775-9673
“Praying With
Padre Pio” is the fourth book by Eileen Dunn Bertanzetti about the Italian
monk.
Bertanzetti shares some of her great
store of knowledge... READ MORE
Joseph Pearce on Shakespeare the Catholic
BY THOMAS L. MCDONALD
July 27-August 9, 2008 Issue
William
Shakespeare remains the most controversial and challenging writer in English
literature almost four centuries after his death.
Most readers and theater-goers
ignore the controversies and simply fall in love with the poetry, language,
characters and drama.
In the academic world,... READ MORE
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