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Review: When the Church Was Young
In the past few weeks, we’ve had a number of our contributors at CatholicMom.com sing the praises of Marcellino D’Ambrosio’s new book, When the Church Was Young: Voices of the Early Church Fathers. In...
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Review: The Quick Reference Guide to the Catholic Bible
How many times, asks the back cover of The Quick Reference Guide to the Catholic Bible, have you wanted some context and background about a book of the Bible but didn’t have the time to wade through a...
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Why I Recommend the Unwind Series to Everyone
Last summer, my eighth grade niece insisted I would LOVE a book she was required to read for her Language Arts class. The book was Unwind, by Neal Shusterman.As it turns out, she was more than right. I...
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Review: The American Catholic Almanac
As I was cruising through my new favorite book, The American Catholic Almanac: A Daily Reader of Patriots, Saints, Rogues, and Ordinary People Who Changed the United States, I came upon the April 7...
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Review: The Holy Land: An Armchair Pilgrimage
I don’t know what the chances are that I’ll ever get to the Holy Land. Honestly, it wasn’t until I read Fr. James Martin’s Jesus: A Pilgrimage for our book club conversation at CatholicMom.com that I...
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Review: Gay and Catholic
There’s a certain catch-22 in writing about celibate gay life. If you write about the joy you find in fidelity to Christ and the Church, you may sound Pollyannish, defensive, or callous toward others’...
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Terrapin: FREE until Nov. 24!
You know what I love more than almost anything?A good story.When that story is packaged between two covers and called a book, even better. (Yeah, it’s okay on my Kindle too. I’ll give you that. The...
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2 New Books for Advent from Ave Maria Press
Some years, I’m drowning in Advent books. This year isn’t one of those years. And, to be honest, I’m glad.You see, this year I’m feeling very ill-equipped for Advent. And though I feel that way pretty...
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Book Review: Wholehearted Living
Nobody recites the old “sticks and stones” nursery rhymes anymore. Today we are quite certain that words have the capacity to leave us scarred. But words can do other things, too. Well-chosen ones give...
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2 Great Prayer Resources from Word Among Us Press
Last year, when I received a review copy of Abide in My Word and the companion prayer journal, I thought it was a good idea. But you know, the thing is that I’m not a really good journaler. I realize...
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