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Embracing Edith Stein: Wisdom for Women from St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, by Anne Costa (Servant Books, Softcover, 110 pages, $13.99).聽
Edith Stein was many things 鈥� a Jewish woman from Eastern Europe, a philosopher, an academic, a teacher, a writer, a feminist, a convert to Catholicism, a Carmelite nun, a victim of the Holocaust at Auschwitz, a saint (she was canonized by John Paul II in 1987) and a martyr. Stein was far from a simple person, so it must be said that setting out to write a short compilation (101 pages) of Stein鱿鱼视频app thoughts on women and womanhood is a mighty challenge indeed.聽
A painful search for love, life after death and a loving divine presence
By Mary Corkery, Catholic Register SpecialIf bitterness, pain and the F-word are exactly what you do not want to read, then don鈥檛 read this book. But if you have ever questioned God or redemption, ever felt unsure of exactly what you believe, then you might take the challenge of riding with Maggie Prentice. She鱿鱼视频app the bitter, beyond middle-aged, alcoholic, anti-heroine narrator in The Walking Tanteek. She鱿鱼视频app also a compelling, not easily likable character who escapes anguish in all the wrong places.
Rolheiser explores challenges of mid-life
By Glen Argan, Canadian Catholic NewsSuccess, writes Fr. Ron Rolheiser in his new book Sacred Fire, has little to teach us in the second half of life. Where we learn as we mature is through our disappointments, boredom, resentment and frustration.
Archbishop offers a unique 12 steps to recovery
By Leah Perrault, Catholic Register SpecialThe man behind this book is perhaps just as important as the book鱿鱼视频app content. Retired Archbishop Sylvain Lavoie is a northern Canadian bishop and a missionary Oblate priest. He has spent most of his life and ministry working among Canada鱿鱼视频app aboriginal people. He has extensive experience and an incredible reputation with those who have struggled with addictions, generational trauma and abuse. He is in demand as a retreat leader, spiritual director and pastoral presence.
World is making progress in ending war
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterCynicism is tempting because it鱿鱼视频app easy. Hope is hard work. At 85 peace activist, retired ambassador to the United Nations, former Progressive Conservative cabinet minister and Senator Douglas Roche refuses to take the easy way.
Spirituality at ease with life鱿鱼视频app mysteries
By Vanessa Santilli, Catholic Register SpecialPrayer can be carried by the simplest of words. For American author Anne Lamott, those words are help, thanks and wow.
Church can do much more for human rights
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterA significant Catholic scholar of the post-Vatican II era is struggling to be heard on a deeply Catholic subject 鈥� human rights.
Scarboro Mission priest recounts the days of People Power
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - When the Filipino revolution happened Fr. Charlie Gervais was there, in the middle, talking to soldiers and rebels, peasants and potentates. History unfolded in his parish, in the prayers and struggles of his people.
Some reading to help bolster the Lenten spirit
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterIf you鈥檙e not ready, you can lose track of Lent. After Ash Wednesday slips by, the Thursdays and Fridays of Lent can seem a lot like any other Thursday or Friday.
Papacy, despite its warts, is all good
By Brian Welter, Catholic Register SpecialBehind the anecdotes and centuries-long ups and downs presented here, Mike Aquilina constantly drives home his central point 鈥� the papacy never erred theologically.
The Golden Rule: a Magna Carta for God鱿鱼视频app kingdom
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterIf there鱿鱼视频app any such thing as Christian ethics (and there is), most of us would imagine it might be based on the Golden Rule. But few moral theologians spare more than a passing thought on the crowning lines of the Sermon on the Mount: 鈥淚n everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets鈥� (Matthew 7:12).