A couple months ago a young mother messaged Joseph Pearce, the Inklings expert who wrote my favorite biography on J.R.R. Tolkien. She was seeking book recommendations for her daughter who is a big Tolkien fan: “My young daughter (almost 12 years old) has a gift for writing and is enthusiastic about Tolkien. I very much want to …
What Books Would J.R.R. Tolkien Recommend to a Young Reader? Read More »
One common myth about Catholics is that we don’t study the Bible. It’s especially popular among our Protestant brothers and sisters. According to the view, Catholics pray to Mary, go to Mass, serve the poor, and play tons of Bingo but they rarely engage the written word of God. I held the same misconception for …
(Video) Interview with Jeff Cavins – On Catholic Bible Study Read More »
A friend once remarked that it’s harder to be declared a saint than to live as one. He was obviously kidding, but there’s some truth in that. The canonization process is notoriously long and arduous. It involves stacks and stacks of paperwork and several years of grueling research. The process usually takes a decade or …
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If you gaze up at the sky today and see someone floating in the clouds, that would be me. I just got back from an unbelievable three-day trip to Chicago and I’m still hovering three miles above Cloud Nine. It all started when I was invited to address the priests of Chicago for their annual …
Fulton Sheen, Fr. Robert Barron, Mark Shea, and the New Evangelization Read More »
“Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.” – St. Augustine Because I’ve built up a large collection of extra books and resources, every week I give away some absolutely free, no strings attached. Each giveaway lasts seven days with a new …
