Category: On Books

Catholic Insights Into Depression
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Catholic Insights Into Depression

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by on Aug 02, 2013 in Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Featured, Health & Fitness, On Books
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Being father to five young boys and maintaining both a university teaching post and a busy clinical practice would seem to be a prescription for physical and emotional meltdown. Yet in addition to all this, Catholic psychiatrist Dr. Aaron Kheriaty found time to write a very practical and much-needed book on depression. The Catholic Guide […]

Big-Hearted: Inspiring Stories from Everyday Families
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Big-Hearted: Inspiring Stories from Everyday Families

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by on Jul 24, 2013 in Featured, On Books, Parenting
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Patti Maguire Armstrong and Theresa Thomas, who previously paired up to write and compile the wonderful “Stories for the Homeschool Heart,” have now come together to create Big-Hearted: Inspiring Stories from Everyday Families (Scepter Publishers, 2013). What makes a family big-hearted? It is a spirit of generosity with a focus on putting God first. “The […]

Do You Feel Worthy of God's Love?
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Do You Feel Worthy of God’s Love?

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by on Jul 15, 2013 in Featured, Live in Christ, On Books, Women
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Do you see yourself as worthy of God’s love? Many women don’t. Due to sin, disappointments in life, and voices in the outside world, Satan is often able to convince women that they have lost God’s love and these women in turn give up hope. “Satan wants nothing more for us than for us to […]

Totus Tuus Again…and Again
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Totus Tuus Again…and Again

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by on Jul 10, 2013 in Featured, Live in Christ, MyChurchParish.com, On Books
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All around the World people are making final preparations for World Youth Day in July, my thoughts wandered back to its beginnings. It was Palm Sunday, 1984. Blessed John Paul II, speaking in Saint Peter’s Square said to the people, “What a fantastic spectacle is presented on this stage by your gathering here today! Who claimed […]

Dan Brown's <em>Inferno</em> Portrays Transhumanism in Positive Light
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Dan Brown’s Inferno Portrays Transhumanism in Positive Light

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by on Jul 10, 2013 in Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Featured, On Books
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WARNING! SPOILERS AHEAD. (That is if you want to read Inferno of your own free will.) I recently had the displeasure of reading Dan Brown’s new novel, Inferno, because I heard it had transhumanist themes. Essentially, it was the same book as Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code except this time the backdrop […]

Slouching Toward Adulthood
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Slouching Toward Adulthood

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by on Jul 06, 2013 in Featured, On Books, Parenting
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I recently received an interesting book for review, the softcover edition of Sally Koslow’s Slouching Toward Adulthood: How to Let Go So Your Kids Can Grow Up. Let me underscore up front that this is in no way a “Catholic” or even a religious book, although it does touch upon spiritual issues. Here’s the primary […]

Book Review: <em>The Catholic Baby Name Book</em>
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Book Review: The Catholic Baby Name Book

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by on Jun 28, 2013 in Featured, On Books, Parenting
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Considering that no one in my family is expecting, it might seem strange that I have been so happily perusing a baby name book.  But The Catholic Baby Name Book by Catholic Lane Senior Editor, Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur, is a complete delight and of nearly the same interest whether you are looking to name an expected […]

Immigration Reform: Renewing the Soul of a Nation
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Immigration Reform: Renewing the Soul of a Nation

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by on Jun 27, 2013 in Featured, On Books, The Shepherd's Voice, The Social Order, Those in Need
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“Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, become a Colony of Aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us instead of us Anglifying them, and will never adopt our Language or Customs?” – Benjamin Franklin, 1751 “Immigration is about more than immigration.  It is about renewing the soul of America.” – +Jose […]

Pray for Me: The Life and Spiritual Vision of Pope Francis
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Pray for Me: The Life and Spiritual Vision of Pope Francis

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by on Jun 21, 2013 in Featured, On Books
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Pray for Me: The Life and Spiritual Vision of Pope Francis, First Pope from the Americas (Image Books) was published a mere six weeks after the election of Pope Francis. As a writer, I can only imagine what a monumental task that must have been for Dr. Robert Moynihan, but the founder and editor of […]

Book Review: Rapunzel Let Down
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Book Review: Rapunzel Let Down

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by on Jun 18, 2013 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, On Books
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Please note: Spoiler alert. Like her other novels, Regina Doman’s new book is based on a fairy tale, this time Rapunzel. As usual, Doman puts a modern spin to the story.  To her credit, though, she is able to give us a totally different story filled with twists and turns while at the same time […]

Mary is Not as Far Out There as We Think
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Mary is Not as Far Out There as We Think

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by on Jun 17, 2013 in Columnists, Featured, Live in Christ, On Books, Women
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“I hate to admit it,” my friend confided in me. “But, I really have a difficult time feeling close to the Virgin Mary. She’s just so far out there.” She paused and revealed the rest of her dilemma to me. “I have an even harder time with the Church’s teaching that we should imitate her.” […]

This Little Light of Mine: Living the Beatitudes
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This Little Light of Mine: Living the Beatitudes

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by on Jun 04, 2013 in Catechesis, Featured, On Books, Parenting
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The forward of Kathleen Basi’s new book, This Little Light of Mine says, “No one can teach well what he or she doesn’t know well. The best way to ensure that religious formation “takes” is for parents to live their faith, to be seekers alongside their children. Then, children see that religion is not something […]

The Crisis of Idol Worship
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The Crisis of Idol Worship

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by on May 30, 2013 in Columnists, Featured, Live in Christ, On Books
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In one of his typically simple, direct, and forceful homilies, Pope Francis warned recently against idols and idolatry. “We have to empty ourselves of the many small or great idols that we have and in which we take refuge, on which we often seek to base our security,” he told a congregation in Rome. The […]

Catholic Names and Tugboats
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Catholic Names and Tugboats

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by on May 29, 2013 in Columnists, Featured, On Books, Parenting
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I was named after a tugboat. Seriously. I was born in the late 1950s and many girls I went to high school with shared that tugboat’s name: Cheryl Ann. Apparently in the mid 1950s there was a popular show called “Waterfront” which starred Preston Foster as the captain of the L.A. Harbor tugboat. To this […]

Fulfilling our Dreams as Women
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Fulfilling our Dreams as Women

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by on May 28, 2013 in Featured, On Books, Women
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We still buy the lie. Women are told that if they want to be successful in the world, they have to be more like men, or like a how-to-succeed-in-business stereotype: aggressive; detached from commitments; and self serving. No softness, no vulnerability, and certainly no thinking of others. We have to put ourselves first or we […]

Book Review: <i>The Things Lily Knew</i>
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Book Review: The Things Lily Knew

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by on May 21, 2013 in Contraception & Abortion, On Books
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Few novels are rich enough in characters to become a series, but the Lily Trilogy belongs in this rare company. The characters around Lily, a woman with Down syndrome who has a profound affect on the world around her, are so vividly drawn, so realistic and multifaceted, that they become friends with whom you want […]

Real Men Pray the Rosary
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Real Men Pray the Rosary

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by on May 17, 2013 in Featured, Live in Christ, Men, On Books
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Just as it is helpful for women to talk to women now and again regarding the spiritual life, the same holds true for men! David N. Calvillo’s book, Real Men Pray the Rosary: A Practical Guide to a Powerful Prayer, is a forthright conversation with men (and us women who sneak a peek) about his own […]

What do Robin Hood and Pope Francis Have in Common?
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What do Robin Hood and Pope Francis Have in Common?

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by on May 17, 2013 in Featured, On Books, The Social Order
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Robin Hood is a legendary folk hero who stole from the rich and gave to the poor. He is said to have revolted under a corrupt king (scholars do not agree on which king) by stealing from the rich then redistributing it to the poor. The point of Robin Hood is less about actual history […]

What I Love About You, Mom
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What I Love About You, Mom

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by on May 11, 2013 in Featured, On Books, Parenting
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Imagine giving your mother a gift that is born of the emotions in your own heart and hand-created simply for her, to share not only the love you feel, but the many ways in which she has touched and shaped your life. You may think you’re not creative enough to come up with such a […]

Three Days: The Search for the Boy Messiah
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Three Days: The Search for the Boy Messiah

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by on May 10, 2013 in Featured, On Books, Parenting
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When you fall in love, you want to spend as much time together as possible and learn all you can about your loved one.  For author Chris Stepien, his ebook Three Days: The Search for the Boy Messiah was about love.  His love of God led Stepien to want to know him better. His love […]

Book Review: <i>Imitating Mary</i>
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Book Review: Imitating Mary

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by on May 02, 2013 in Featured, On Books, Parenting
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What can mothers today learn from a poor Jewish woman who lived two thousand years ago? If the woman in question is Our Blessed Mother, the answer is everything. Marge Fenelon explores ten of these lessons in the new book, Imitating Mary: Ten Marian Virtues for the Modern Mom (Ave Maria Press, 2013). Fenelon writes […]

Book Review: <i>Dear God, I Don't Get It</i>
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Book Review: Dear God, I Don’t Get It

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by on Apr 27, 2013 in Featured, On Books, Parenting
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Dear God, I Don’t Get It by Patti Maguire Armstrong Liguori Publications, 2013 Why does God answer some prayers and not others? This is a question that plagues even adults. Sometimes, we pray so hard and think we know what God should do in our lives. And then, God does something else or He does […]

Catholic Mom’s Café: 5-Minute Retreats for Every Day of the Year
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Catholic Mom’s Café: 5-Minute Retreats for Every Day of the Year

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by on Apr 25, 2013 in Featured, Live in Christ, On Books, Parenting, Women
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Do you think you would benefit spiritually by spending thirty hours in prayer and meditation?  Yeah, right, you are likely thinking.  Where would I find time for that? I’m a very busy mother. Motherhood has its ironies.  When we are pregnant and feel the need to “rest up,” sleep is often hard to come by.  […]

The Dangers of an Aging World
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The Dangers of an Aging World

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by on Apr 24, 2013 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, On Books
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Wolves prowl the streets of abandoned cities. Only prostitutes are left to take care of the elderly. War is looming. This is 2013 and the global population is aging. These are only a few of the alarming anecdotes retold at a conference last week. Decades of policies to reduce the number of people on our […]