W ant to do some Catholic reading for the summer?  Elizabeth’s Lev’s book, “How Catholic Art Saved the Faith; the Triumph of Beauty and Tru...

I realize that today might have limited appeal.  But there may be those who find it helpful.  This is a personal review of two of the new R...

I t is an outstandingly good idea to read and discuss the Gospel reading with your children during the week before the Mass at which it will...

BOOK REVIEW W hen you think of Christmas reading you may think of, “The Night Before Christmas,” or some other fictional yarn, perhaps one c...

BOOK REVIEW A priest friend of mine and I were having coffee yesterday and both of us sighed when it was mentioned that advent is just a f...

A certain panic invades my bones as I near the end of a good book. I stretch out the time left together as long as possible and start searc...

C omputers are wonderful tools but sadly they are quickly deteriorating one of the greatest accidental historical archives of our present ag...

F rom time to time I recommend books on this site but this is the first time I was asked to do so I thought I’d warn you by announcing, “BOO...