3 Great New Catholic Books for Kids

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Lately, the hardest part about reviewing children’s books is that my eight-year-old finds the basket I’m saving them in and claims them. That, or my five-year-old sees something pretty and needs the basket (or wherever I’m piling them) for a project. These three books are books I’ve barely managed to keep from getting dog-eared and [...]

Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God

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I thought, as I picked up my copy of Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God, by Mary DeTurris Poust, that it would be a pleasant read (the author is an impeccable writer) that I would then pass along to a few people (which I will) and then move on. After all, I do [...]

The Zombie Letters: Ora et Labora et Zombies

My Darling Ava, Where are you? I am sinking, from worry into fear. When my phone stopped working at noon on Friday,  I decided it was time to bring James  out to the Abbey … While his wife, Ava, is out of town, Dr. Thomas Schutten is off for a week to take care of [...]