What do you get when you combine an Indiana Jones type adventure with Church history? You get an incredible quest to find the bones of the Prince of the Apostles, our first Pope, St. Peter. Thomas Craughwell presents all the details in his wonderful book St. Peter’s Bones: How the Relics of the First Pope Were Lost and Found . . . and Then Lost and Found Again. Thomas does an excellent job making the book extremely engaging and frankly,... Read more
PETE: A very important facit of the New Evangelization is the evangelization of the person themselves. How important do you think that is? MSGR. PETER VAGHI: In an increasingly digital age, an age defined by the social media, it is so easy to forget that being a Christian is an “encounter” with a person, an encounter which continually changes our lives. That Person has a name. It is Jesus. He is risen and lives within us. A true evangelizer is... Read more
This week, Ave Maria Press has kindly agreed to sponsor the giveaway. One lucky winner will receive a copy of Encountering Jesus : In Word, Sacraments, and Works of Charity byMsgr. Peter Vaghi. Click here to read my review of this book. I use Rafflecopter to run my giveaways which makes it simple for you and me! Click below to enter. The contest starts at midnight tonight EST and will end 12AM EST Friday 1/17 with a winner being announced later that... Read more
In his latest book, Encountering Jesus in Word, Sacraments, and Works of Charity , Msgr. Peter Vaghi provides a great resource for Catholics to deepen their faith. A book, which after reading it, will allow the reader to take the next step and spread the Good News as active participants in the New Evangelization. There is a lot to like about this easily read 111 page book. Msgr. Vaghi has packed a lot into this volume. The book is divided... Read more
PETE: In your latest book Writing from Left to Right you detail your personal experiences with some of the most important people and events in the past few decades. What thoughts came to mind as you wrote this book and pondered this? MICHAEL NOVAK: My daughter Jana, the writer, urged me some years back, as my 80th birthday lay not too far ahead, that I should begin writing down a lot of the things that only I knew, about the... Read more
2013 was my first full year of blogging at The Catholic Book Blogger so this marks my first opportunity to look over a full year of the books I have read. It was quite a year of reading some great books and here are my top picks for the year (in no particular order). This by no means lessens the others, these just stood out to me as the best. Faith of Our Fathers: Why The Early Christians Still Matter... Read more
This week, Image Catholic Books has kindly agreed to sponsor the giveaway. One lucky winner will receive a copy of Writing from Left to Right : My Journey from Liberal to Conservative by Michael Novak. Click here to read my review of this book. I use Rafflecopter to run my giveaways which makes it simple for you and me! Click below to enter. The contest starts at midnight tonight EST and will end 12AM EST Friday 1/10 with a winner being announced... Read more
Personal memoirs can be an engaging read if you have interest in a particular person. Some, however, do more than just tell you about the life of the writer. Sometimes they pull back the curtains on a particular period of time and relate details about historical events. Such is the case with Michael Novak’s latest book Writing from Left to Right: My Journey from Liberal to Conservative. For those those unfamiliar with Michael Novak, he is an accomplished author of... Read more
My theme here at The Catholic Book Blogger is to offer quality reviews of interesting books. As you can likely tell by now I promote one book a week with a review, a giveaway and if available an interview with the book’s author. I have made many contacts in the little over one year that I have been doing this. One of them made a great suggestion that I am going to take up as a regular feature here. I... Read more
Welcome back to this recurring feature at The Catholic Book Blogger. As a book reviewer I get access to early or hot off the presses books from many Catholic publishers. This column will appear at least once per month. My goal is to share approximately three titles each post that have either just released or are soon to be released. These are books I am looking forward to reading and think you might be too. C.S. Lewis and the Catholic... Read more
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