“The Church Building as a Sacred Place: Beauty, Transcendence and the Eternal” by Duncan G. Stroik. Liturgy Training Publications.
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Catholics called to take action to make kingdom ‘visible’ in world
In his book “Faith That Transforms Us: Reflections on the Creed,” Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl encourages Catholics to pray, reflect and then act on the Nicene Creed that they recite at each Mass.
Gifts of Magi echoed in new children’s book
In “Visiting the Visitors” Patrick Mader tells the story of a quiet Christmas Eve when three children and their grandparents pull a sled laden with corn, oats and a hay bale through the snowy woods.
‘Small Mercies’ found in life’s little moments
“Small Mercies: Glimpses of God in Everyday Life” is an easy reading collection of anecdotes from which Nancy Jo Sullivan has reached back and harvested the God moments.
‘Catholic Briefcase’ gives workers tools to integrate faith into work
“The Catholic Briefcase: Tools for integrating faith and work” is a short guide for professionals who want to live their faith 24/7.
Here’s a refresher on church’s symbols
We walk into church and the first thing we do is reach our fingers into holy water. Why?
‘Grace Notes’ is a laugh-out-loud collection of hope
Grace Notes by Brian Doyle. Acta Publications. (Chicago, 2011). 148 pp. $14.95.Grace Notes by Brian Doyle. Acta Publications. (Chicago, 2011). 148 pp. $14.95.
Bout with unemployment offers inspiration
What was Timothy Mullner going to do without his vice-president’s title, a staff to direct and an expense account?
Account of shrine’s beginnings also tells of U.S. church’s rise
In “America’s Church,” Thomas Tweed, a professor of religious studies at the University of Texas in Austin, gives us a long overdue historical overview of the crucial components of American Catholicism that led to the establishment of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington.
Larson’s ‘In the Garden of Beasts’ sheds new light on Nazi Germany
Are you a World War II junkie? Love history and politics? Here’s a great read for you.
Richfield pastor brings East and West together with new prayer book
Adding gifts from the Christian East like mystery, contemplation and wisdom to one’s prayer life can bring a new richness and balance to those used to the Western church’s focus on understanding, action and knowledge.
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