REVIEW: Well-intentioned ‘Son of God’ doesn’t go too deep
Author: By Claudia Puigc. 2014 Religion News Service(RNS) The first half of “Son of God” features an upbeat and kindly Jesus spreading the good word in familiar, if occasionally over-simplified,...
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Article Author: Caitlyn SchmidLooking for a new book to cuddle up with during the final stretch of this never-ending winter? Here are some new releases for March that you might want to pick up: March...
View ArticleRead: Earthly Mission
Article Author: Kathleen ManningBy Robert Calderisi (Yale University Press, 2013)At the end of Earthly Mission: The Catholic Church and World Development, economist and former World Bank official...
View ArticleListen: Give the People What They Want
Article Author: Danny Duncan CollumSharon Jones and The Dap-Kings (Daptone Records, 2014)If what the people want is music with deep roots, honest emotions, and spiritual fire, then this album title is...
View ArticleRead: Without Apology
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View ArticleWatch: The Monuments Men
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View ArticleBook Marks: New releases on environmental advocacy, parish management, and...
Article Author: Caitlyn SchmidLooking for a new book? Here are some you may want to consider in your search: April 2014Following St. Francis: John Paul II’s Call for Ecological ActionBy Marybeth...
View ArticleRead: Mercy in the City
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View ArticleListen: Inside Llewyn Davis
Sidebar title 1: Sidebar text 1: Sidebar title 2: Sidebar text 2: Author: Author Pretext: Article Author: Molly Jo RoseVarious Artists (Nonesuch, 2013)The songwriter is dead. Long live the songwriter....
View ArticleRead: Hope: Promise, Possibility, and Fulfillment
Sidebar title 1: Sidebar text 1: Sidebar title 2: Sidebar text 2: Author: Author Pretext: Article Author: J. Peter NixonEdited by Richard Lennan and Nancy Pineda-Madrid (Paulist, 2013)Hope: Promise,...
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View ArticleBook Marks: New releases on Catholic teens, poetry, and Saint John XXIII
Article Author: Caitlyn SchmidLooking for a new book to start while basking in the spring sunshine? Here are some new titles you might want to check out: May 2014A Maryknoll Book of Poetry: Beauty,...
View ArticleRead: Under the Influence of Jesus
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View ArticleListen: Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son
Article Author: Nicholas LiaoDamien Jurado (Secretly Canadian, 2014)Even if you’ve never heard Damien Jurado’s music before, you might know him by name. Since the ’90s, the indie songsmith from Seattle...
View ArticleRead: Young Catholic America
Sidebar title 1: Sidebar text 1: Sidebar title 2: Sidebar text 2: Author: Author Pretext: Article Author: Meghan Murphy-Gill By Christian Smith et al (Oxford, 2014)In his latest installment of books on...
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Sidebar title 1: Sidebar text 1: Sidebar title 2: Sidebar text 2: Author: Author Pretext: Article Author: John ChristmanDirected by Darren Aronofsky (Paramount Pictures, 2014)How do you hear a story...
View ArticleBook Marks: New releases on the LCWR, American presidents, and Jesus as God
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View ArticleRead: Jesus: A Pilgrimage
Sidebar title 1: Sidebar text 1: Sidebar title 2: Sidebar text 2: Author: Author Pretext: Article Author: Kathleen ManningBy James Martin, S.J. (HarperOne, 2014)In his latest book, Jesus: A Pilgrimage,...
View ArticleRead: Ask the Beasts
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