The 10 Commandments for Everyday Life
“The realization of a vocation came to me out of the blue,” writes Fr. Max Oliva in The Ten Commandments for Everyday Life. I was 24 years old, had a full social life, was driving the car of my dreams…
Category Book Review
Friday Favourites: The Reluctant Disciple
“It is always a privilege to be invited to speak at a conference,” David Wells says in his newest book The Reluctant Disciple, especially when it is in the province of Alberta in Canada. When I first went there someone listened…
Friday Favourites: Martin Sheen (People of God series)
Martin Sheen has a bit part in Selma. He’s not credited and he’s only in one scene, but it’s definitely him. He plays Judge Frank Minis Johnson, who holds the hearing that finally allows the Selma to Montgomery march to…
Friday Favourites: Óscar Romero: Love Must Win Out
Love Must Win Out opens with the assassination of Óscar Romero, and it has all the elements of a thriller: secret teams of gunmen in silent cars, the archbishop lifting the host above his head in grave prayer, the shot…
Tips on Becoming a Missional Parish
Our friends at Salt and Light TV recently posted a fantastic review of Fr. James Mallon’s recently published book, Divine Renovation. Mallon’s book is one of our bestselling books from last season. If you haven’t read it yet, order yours today…
Friday Favourites: The Unquiet Monk
It’s impossible to talk about Thomas Merton, the subject of this book, like some kind of expert. I know that he’s an important philosopher and theologian in Catholicism: there are so many books coming out about him this season, so…
Friday Favourites: Getting to Know the Gospels Series
I wonder if anyone remembers SparkNotes. SparkNotes were big back in middle school—they were more or less the same thing as Cliff’s Notes. At first it was a website where you did quizzes like “How evil are you?” and “Who’s…
Friday Favourites: A Year with Pope Francis
At the time this was written, Friday of last week, my coworkers and I were attending When Faith Meets Pedagogy up at the International Plaza Hotel in Toronto. It’s a very big and very busy religious education conference, with over…
Greening Your Church
In 1930, an Englishman named Edmond K. Blyth was driving home from a visit to Liverpool Cathedral. He’d been a soldier in the First World War, and three of his friends from when he was a cadet—John Bennett, Arthur Bailey…
Friday Favourites: Peace: The Prayer of St. Francis
The Internet has failed me. To be fair, the Internet fails me on a regular basis. Today, though, the Internet has failed me in a professional sense: I can’t find the clip on YouTube I was looking for. I’m not…