I\u2019ve blogged the whole thing here<\/a>.<\/p>\nIt\u2019s nothing complicated, and pretty easily done by people anywhere in the country. Part of the impetus is my own frustration with trying to find solid Catholic books at public libraries and knowing that most librarians don\u2019t even know what they\u2019re missing. Further, in this year of faith, I think we have a great opportunity to make it a lot easier for people to find the faith if we just, you know, hold some bake sales, fish fries, and pancake breakfasts. Also, we\u2019re losing the culture wars. Lots of people still use their public libraries for research and reading for fun. If they run into unexpected riches at their public libraries, how many souls might we save? How many minds might be changed on abortion, the nature of marriage, the existence of natural law and objective morality, etc.?<\/p>\n
I thought you might be interested in helping spread the word.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Seems like a good idea to me.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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