Friday Favourites: Teachers of a Nation and Builders of a Nation
The cover of Builders of a Nation has a burly, bearded man in a furry parka and coat, who looks directly at the reader in a challenge. He looks exactly […]
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Friday Favourites: The Pope
The election of Pope Francis happened roughly nine months before I was hired at Novalis, so most of what I remember is following news accounts and Twitter updates. My favourite […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Friday Favourites: Living Christmas
On pages 28 and 29 of Living Christmas, the book shows you how to make the Star of Bethlehem for your homemade Nativity scene. But since it’s nearly—well, three weeks […]
Friday Favourites: Divine Renovation
Last week, at our annual Living With Christ dinner and lecture, it was snowing hard. It was snowing really hard: huge gusts of wind, thick heavy flakes falling to blanket […]
Prayers and Rituals for the Home
“I am well aware that the material in this book is only a smattering of what family prayer can entail,” says Kathy Hendricks in the closing pages of her book: […]
Seeds of Faith 