Call of the Converter

BY STEPHEN VINCENT

Stephen Vincent recommends Good News, Bad News: Evangelization, Conversion and the Crisis of Faith by Father C. John McCloskey and Russell Shaw.

May 20-26, 2007 Issue

GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS

Evangelization, Conversion and the Crisis of Faith

By Father C. John McCloskey and Russell Shaw

Ignatius, 2007

134 pages, $12.95

www.ignatius.com

(800) 651-1531

What do Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., Judge Robert Bork, White House spokesman Tony Snow, columnist Bob Novak,... READ MORE

Happy Birthday to ‘2’

BY BARRY MICHAELS

In time for the commemoration of the May 18 birthday of Pope John Paul II, Barry Michaels recommends John Paul II for Dummies by Fathers John Trigilio, Kenneth Brighenti and Jonathan Toborowski.

May 13-19, 2007 Issue

JOHN PAUL II FOR DUMMIES

John Wiley & Sons, 2006

384 pages, $19.99

Available in bookstores

You can’t spend more than a few minutes in a bookstore without noticing at least a few volumes from the popular For Dummies series. The distinctive black-and-yellow covers are hard to miss. Each... READ MORE

Wealthy With Wisdom

BY LYNN WEHNER

Lynn Wehner recommends 7 Steps to Becoming Financially Free: A Catholic Guide to Managing Your Money by Phil Lenahan.

May 06-12, 2007 Issue

7 STEPS TO BECOMING FINANCIALLY FREE

A Catholic Guide to Managing Your Money

by Phil Lenahan

OSV, 2006

172 pages, $19.95

To order: (800) 348-2440

osv.com

Accepting that God has a perfect plan for our lives is a tall order for many of us. But he’s even got specific ideas about our finances?... READ MORE

If Bliss Is It

BY JOHN M. GRONDELSKI

John Grondelski recommends Real Life, Real Love: 7 Paths to a Strong & Lasing Relationship by Father Albert Cutié.

April 29- May 5, 2007 Issue

REAL LIFE, REAL LOVE

7 Paths to a Strong & Lasting Relationship

by Father Albert Cutié

Penguin Group, 2006

270 pages, $23.95

Available in bookstores

There aren’t too many books by priests whose dust jackets carry plugs from mainstream celebrities. Nor are there too many priests who have... READ MORE

Holy Headway

BY JUDY ROBERTS

Judy Roberts recommends Spiritual Progress: Becoming the Christian You Want to Be by Father Thomas Williams, LC.

April 22-28, 2007 Issue

SPIRITUAL PROGRESS

Becoming the Christian You Want to Be

by Thomas D. Williams, LC

FaithWords, 2007

224 pages, $19.99

Available in bookstores

In writing Spiritual Progress, Legionary Father Thomas Williams, dean of the theology school at Regina Apostolorum Pontifical University in Rome, set out... READ MORE

We Have Risen Indeed

BY ERIC SCHESKE

Eric Scheske recommends The Tide Is Turning Toward Catholicism by David J. Hartline.

April 15-21, 2007 Issue

THE TIDE IS TURNING TOWARD CATHOLICISM

by David J. Hartline

Catholic Report, 2006

305 pages, $15.99

To order:

(800) 932-3826
catholicreport.org

According to conventional wisdom, trouble knocks on every Catholic door. Priest shortage. Low morale. A lukewarm laity that doesn’t accept key... READ MORE

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The Register recommends ...

April 8-14, 2007 Issue

THE GREAT LIFE
Essays in Doctrine and Holiness in Honor of Father Ronald Lawler, OFM Cap.

Edited by Michael Aquilina and Kenneth Ogorek

Emmaus Road, 2005

HELL AND OTHER DESTINATIONS

A Novelist’s Reflections on This World and the Next

by Piers Paul Read

Ignatius, 2006

MEN AND WOMEN ARE FROM... READ MORE

Delightful Descent

BY JOHN M. GRONDELSKI

John M. Grondelski recommends Hell and Other Destinations: A Novelist’s Reflections on This World and the Next by Piers Paul Read.

April 1-7, 2007 Issue

HELL AND OTHER DESTINATIONS

A Novelist’s Reflections on This World and the Next

by Piers Paul Read

Ignatius, 2006

247 pages, $15.95

To order:

(800-651-1531)
ignatius.com

Piers Paul Read is a contemporary British Catholic novelist and critic. This book is a collection of his previously... READ MORE

We the Faithful

BY JUDY ROBERTS

Judy Roberts recommends In God We Trust: How the Supreme Court’s First Amendment Decisions Affect Organized Religion by Kathryn Page Camp.

March 25-31, 2007 Issue

IN GOD WE TRUST

How the Supreme Court’s First Amendment Decisions Affect Organized Religion

by Kathryn Page Camp

FaithWalk Publishing, 2006

224 pages, $14.99

To order: (800) 335-7177 faithwalkpub.com

Amid today’s battles involving church-and-state issues, it is easy to view the U.S.... READ MORE

Will a Dollar Do?

BY Stephen Vincent

Stephen Vincent recommends a newly revised edition of Why Catholics Don’t Give … And What Can Be Done About It by Charles E. Zech.

March 18-24, 2007 Issue

WHY CATHOLICS DON’T GIVE… And What Can Be Done About It

by Charles E. Zech

OSV, 2006

186 pages, $19.95

To order:

(800) 348-2440

catalog.osv.com

A religious sister once said something that struck me as strange: “There is no mission without margin.” By this she meant that the good works... READ MORE

Friends of Father Lawler

BY JOHN M. GRONDELSKI

John M. Grondelski recommends The Great Life: Essays in Doctrine and Holiness in Honor of Father Ronald Lawlor, OFM Cap., edited by Michael Aquilina and Kenneth Ogorek.

March 11-17, 2007 Issue

THE GREAT LIFE
Essays in Doctrine and Holiness in Honor of Father Ronald Lawler, OFM Cap.

Edited by Michael Aquilina and Kenneth Ogorek

Emmaus Road, 2005

212 pages, $14.95

To order: (800) 398-5470

emmausroad.org

If ever a historian sets out to write a definitive survey of the Catholic Church in... READ MORE

Readin’ o’ the Green

BY KERRY AND PATRICIA A. CRAWFORD

St. Patrick in Word and Image

March 11-17, 2007 Issue

St. Patrick’s Day is March 17. What will the wee folk be reading? The fact is, children love joining in with traditional St. Patrick’s Day traditions. These books provide insights about where these familiar traditions came from — and give kids a glimpse at the life and legends that surround... READ MORE

History = His Story

BY GINA GIAMBRONE

Gina Giambrone recommends The God That Did Not Fail: How Religion Built and Sustains the West by Robert Royal.

March 4-10, 2007 Issue

The God That Did Not Fail

How Religion Built and Sustains the West

by Robert Royal

Encounter Books, 2006

To order: (800) 786-3839

encounterbooks.com

Christianity gets little credit for its positive impact on Western civilization. Our secularized, postmodern culture often declares Christian... READ MORE

Back to the Bible

BY ANN APPLEGARTH

Ann Applegarth recommends The Biblical Basis for the Catholic Faith by John Salza.

February 25- March 03, 2007 Issue

THE BIBLICAL BASIS FOR THE CATHOLIC FAITH

by John Salza

Our Sunday Visitor, 2005

256 pages, $13.95

As a child in Southern Baptist Sunday School, I memorized this pledge: “I pledge allegiance to the Bible, God’s Holy Word. I will make it a lamp... READ MORE

40 Days in the Old

BY CARL E. OLSON

Carl Olson recommends Seeking Jesus in the Old Testament by Dr. Renu Rita Silvano.

February 18-24, 2007 Issue

SEEKING JESUS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

by Dr. Renu Rita Silvano

OSV, 2006

254 pages, $14.95

It’s safe to say that, whatever the average Catholic knows about the Bible, the knowledge is usually heavily tilted toward the Gospels and the rest of the New... READ MORE

Father Groeschel And the V-Word

BY Joseph Pronechen

February 11-17, 2007 Issue

THE VIRTUE DRIVEN LIFE

by Father Benedict

 J. Groeschel

OSV, 2006

160 pages, $12.95

To order
(800) 348-2440
catalog.osv.com

Forget the cynical reactions the notion of “virtuous living” elicits in all corners of the popular culture. Mention the phrase even in polite company and don’t be... READ MORE

Fuel for the Journey Back

BY LYNN WEHNER

Lynn Wehner recommends Men and Women Are From Eden: A Study Guide to John Paul II’s Theology of the Body by Mary Healy.

February 4-10, 2007 Issue

MEN AND WOMEN ARE FROM EDEN

A Study Guide to John Paul II’s Theology of the Body

by Mary Healy

Servant, 2005

128 pages, $8.99

To order
(800) 488-0488
catalog.americancatholic.org

Theology of the body. Given the array of texts, workshops and conferences available on the subject, it would be tough... READ MORE

Shades Thrown Open

BY STEVE WEATHERBE

Steve Weatherbe recommends Hoodwinked: How Intellectual Hucksters Have Hijacked American Culture by Jack Cashill.

January 28- February 3, 2007 Issue

HOODWINKED

How Intellectual Hucksters Have Hijacked American Culture

by Jack Cashill

Nelson Current, 2006

307 pages, $24.99

To order

(800)441-0511

nelsonministryservices.com

Though its title suggests a conspiracy, this book offers instead a series of unrelated myths. It explains the... READ MORE

Reader Recap

The Register recommends ...

January 21-27, 2007 Issue

SAINTS BEHAVING BADLY

The Cutthroats, Crooks, Trollops, Con Men and Devil-Worshippers Who Became Saints

by Thomas J. Craughwell

Doubleday, 2006

CHRIST, THE LIFE OF THE SOUL

by Blessed Columba Marmion

Zaccheus Press, 2005

JOYOUS EXPECTATIONS

Journeying Through Advent With Mary

by M. Jean Frisk... READ MORE

The Doctors Will See You Now

BY STEVEN MCEVOY

Steven McEvoy recommends The Fulfillment of All Desire: A Guidebook for the Journey to God Based on the Wisdom of the Saints by Ralph Martin.

January 14-20, 2007 Issue

The Fulfillment of all Desire: A Guidebook for the Journey to God Based on the Wisdom of the Saints

by Ralph Martin

Emmaus Road, 2006

496 pages, $27.95

(800) 693-2484

emmausroad.org

Ralph Martin — author, speaker, TV host, theology professor and a leader in the charismatic-renewal... READ MORE

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