Have you ever sat down to color with your children on a rainy day and discovered that you stayed at the table, filling pages with crayon-bright colors, long after the kids had wandered away? Coloring is just so relaxing. It seems like everyone has figured this out: coloring books for adults, without cartoon characters and […]
Book Review: Catholic Coloring Books for Prayer, Reflection and Relaxation
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Book Review: Advent with Saint Teresa of Calcutta
The newly-canonized Saint Teresa of Calcutta is especially compelling, I think, because many of us remember when she was still alive, serving the most vulnerable and needy. Saint Teresa did more than serve, though–she inspired through her words and her example.
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Book Review: Who Does He Say You Are?
When you open up Colleen C. Mitchell’s book, Who Does He Say You Are?, expect to be surprised, challenged and changed.
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Book Review: A Sea without a Shore
You can buy this book and support our Ministry: Canada: Amazon.ca United States: Amazon.com The weary, lonely and brokenhearted are the audience for Jeannie Ewing’s new devotional, A Sea without a Shore. Jeannie Ewing often writes on the meaning of suffering. Her words will resonate with readers who feel alone in their pain. While this book […]
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Movie Review: La La Land
In the new romantic musical comedy La La Land, Emma Stone plays Mia, an aspiring actress, and Ryan Gosling plays Sebastian, a musician aiming to open his own pure jazz club and perform as a pianist. The two struggling artists meet, share dreams, and seemingly fall in love in Los Angeles, the original “La la […]
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Book Review: The Three Things Divorced Catholic Need to know
How often do we re-injure or, maybe worse, ignore of the divorced Catholics who sit besides us in the pews. Are we afraid if we face the frailty of their marriages, we would have to explore the need to strengthen our own to prevent its future demise?
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Book Review: Single but Not Alone!
You can buy this book HERE by Judy Keane Throughout this book we have discussed the many challenges we face as Catholic singles and the importance of embracing our life in the here and now while remaining open to God’s will and His plan for our future. Any other way of living would deny the […]
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Book Review: McCracken and the Lost Lady
Engineer, solver of mysteries, faithful Catholic and owner of a zeppelin: “Mac” McCracken is an intriguing character even before he ventures into the Russian wilderness in search of a lost icon.
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Book Review: Playing by Heart
Set in 18th-century Milan, Playing by Heart is a symphony of romance and faith with an undercurrent of social commentary. Will Maria and Emilia's father sacrifice their futures on the altar of his own ambitions to join the noble class?
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Book Review: Julia’s Gifts
You can buy this book and support our Ministry: Canada: Amazon.ca United States: Amazon.com Excerpt from Julia’s Gifts by Ellen Gable: — “Yes, it was extravagant, especially during wartime. Yes, there were less expensive items she could purchase. It didn’t matter. This was the ideal gift. After purchasing it, she took it to the engraving […]
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Book Revew: Charlotte’s Honor, a New Novel by Ellen Gable
You can buy this book and support our Ministry: Canada: Amazon.ca United States: Amazon.com It seems appropriate to discuss Ellen Gable’s new novel, Charlotte’s Honor, on Armistice Day ~ Veteran’s Day, in the United States. This beautifully woven World War One tale, details the horrors of war while reminding the reader of the absolutely […]
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Book Review: In Sinu Jesu
You can buy this book and support our Ministry: Canada: Amazon.ca US: Amazon.com Written by a Priest, Recommended by a Priest — The Journal of a Priest at Prayer” is written by an anonymous Benedictine priest, and documents a series of conversations that Jesus and Mary had with this priest over a number of years. […]
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Movie Review: Avengers: Endgame
This past weekend, “Avengers: Endgame” delivered the biggest opening weekend of all time, grossing an estimated $350 million over the first three days of its domestic release; and an incredible $1.2 billion at the worldwide box office in its first five days of release. Given the film’s enormous cultural status and the fact that it’s […]
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Book Review: Tortured Soul
Scared straight: but with Purgatory. Theresa Linden’s newest novel, Tortured Soul, is a compelling tale of a haunting, with a twist. Jeannie Lyons is pushed out of her family’s home by her older brother and into a remote cottage that also houses a gruesome “presence.” Afraid to be at home, but with nowhere else to go, […]
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Frozen 2 Movie Review
On an early Friday afternoon during its opening weekend, I managed to get a seat in a packed theatre to see Walt Disney’s “Frozen 2” (2019): the much-anticipated sequel to the cultural phenomenon, “Frozen” (2013), for which I wrote an extended reflection some years back explaining how the original film outlines various key points in […]
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Book Review: My Sisters the Saints: A Spiritual Memoir
In this inspirational and personal memoir, Colleen Carroll Campbell tells the story of how she struggled and found meaning in her life. Her journey begins in her college years. Caught between two worlds—the college party life and the quiet, more contemplative moments in her personal life, she sets out to find the true meaning […]
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Book Review: Single but Not Alone!
You can buy this book HERE by Judy Keane Throughout this book we have discussed the many challenges we face as Catholic singles and the importance of embracing our life in the here and now while remaining open to God’s will and His plan for our future. Any other way of living would deny the […]
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Book Review: McCracken and the Lost Lady
Engineer, solver of mysteries, faithful Catholic and owner of a zeppelin: “Mac” McCracken is an intriguing character even before he ventures into the Russian wilderness in search of a lost icon.
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Book Review: Playing by Heart
Set in 18th-century Milan, Playing by Heart is a symphony of romance and faith with an undercurrent of social commentary. Will Maria and Emilia's father sacrifice their futures on the altar of his own ambitions to join the noble class?
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Book Review: Julia’s Gifts
You can buy this book and support our Ministry: Canada: Amazon.ca United States: Amazon.com Excerpt from Julia’s Gifts by Ellen Gable: — “Yes, it was extravagant, especially during wartime. Yes, there were less expensive items she could purchase. It didn’t matter. This was the ideal gift. After purchasing it, she took it to the engraving […]
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