COME, LORD JESUS! BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADVENT
Where did the liturgical year go? We’re almost at the end of this one, with Advent and the new church year just around the corner. I love Advent, but it […]
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ANNOUNCING A NEW BOOK SERIES: NEW PATHS FOR THE CHURCHES AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Novalis is very pleased to announce a new series on the churches and Indigenous Peoples in Canada! Sponsored by the Centre on the Churches, Truth, and Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples […]
Q&A WITH AUTHOR AND EDUCATOR MARIETTE MARTINEAU
The start of the school year is just around the corner. To mark this moment in the lives of students, teachers and families, Novalis’ managing editor, Anne Louise Mahoney, spoke […]
BACK-TO-SCHOOL RESOURCES
The following are examples of the rich resources that Novalis has in our catalogue to support Catholic educators. In preparing for the school year ahead, consider these and many other […]
BOOK REVIEW: PAIRINGS: THE BIBLE AND BOOZE BY MATTHEW ANDERSON
Sometimes a book comes along at just the right time. For me, this was Matthew Anderson’s Pairings: The Bible and Booze (Novalis, 2022). As pandemic restrictions were loosening and the […]
SUMMER READING RECOMMENDATIONS
Summer is the perfect time to catch up on reading. At this time of year, we often have fewer responsibilities: school, volunteer work and other activities pause for a couple […]
BOOK REVIEW: LENT GOES TO THE MOVIES
It’s been a long couple of years, hasn’t it? COVID hit during Lent 2020, and now here we are, about to begin our third pandemic Lent. If you’re finding it […]
LITURGY, LABOUR AND HOLINESS
The song “Seasons of Love” from the hit musical Rent asks, “How do you measure a year?” For people living in medieval times, the year was measured by the work […]
“NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US!”
These words find expression in the introduction to Moira McQueen’s new book, Walking Together: A Primer on the New Synodality. For many lay Catholics, they underlie their own attitude to how […]
ADVENT BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
In the weeks leading up to Christmas, encompassing the season we call Advent, our scripture readings at Mass have for centuries inspired some of the world’s most famous paintings. Every […]
Seeds of Faith 