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New year reading from AD Books

Contents - Feb 2003 - Buy a copy now Editorial: Higher costs force up the price of 'AD2000' - Peter Westmore Vocations: Sydney seminary growth based on orthodoxy, fidelity - Fr Julian Porteous Confronting today's persecution of the Catholic Church - Bishop Luc Matthys News: The Church Around the World - AD2000 Events: Europe's most influential Catholic lay association coming to Melbourne - Anthony Cappello John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family, Melbourne: a progress report - AD2000 Report Liturgy: The sacrifice of the Mass: the Eucharistic words of Christ - Msgr Peter J. Elliott 'Healing the family tree': New Age under the guise of religion (Part One) - Fr Peter Joseph Catholic learning in the liberal arts - Karl Schmude Brisbane Thomas More Centre: putting faith into action - Sidney Rofe Perth Rosary Tape authors' successful US visit - Colleen McGuiness-Howard Letters: Thomas Groome (letter) - Bishop Kevin Manning Letters: Eamonn Keane responds (letter) Letters: Teaching the truth (letter) - Dennis MacDonald Letters: Infallible teaching (letter) - George Simpson Letters: Threat to schools (letter) - Richard Congram Letters: Women's Commission (letter) - June See Letters: Media distortions (letter) - Nell & Rinion Aslikar Letters: Brisbane Synod (letter) - Neville Davis Letters: Catholic medical practice (letter) - Dr Tim Coyle Books: How To Win The Culture War, by Peter Kreeft - Bill Muehlenberg (reviewer) Books: The Catholic School In An Age Of Dissent, by Leonard A. Kennedy CSB - Michael Gilchrist (reviewer) Books: New year reading from AD Books Reflection: Lectio Divina: a way to deepen our prayer life and spirituality - Fr Andrew Wise

The Truth of Catholicism
George Weigel
The Catholic Church's teachings sometimes seem inexplicable, puzzling, even cruel. George Weigel suggests we look at the Church and its controversies from "inside" the convictions behind her teachings.
208 pages * Softcover * $25.00

St Benedict and St Thérèse
Dwight Longenecker
A former Anglican cleric, Longenecker examines the contributions of two of the Church's most influential saints, Benedict of Nursia and Thérèse of Lisieux.
221 pages * Softcover * $22.00

Prove It! Prayer
Amy Welborn
This is the fourth book of a popular series. Prove It! Prayer surveys and explains the various methods of prayer and poses the challenge of having a prayer life.
125 pages * Softcover * $16.95

NEW AUSTRALIAN EDITION
Good News About Sex and Marriage
Christopher West
West is touring in Australia in March. This is his first book and a current best-seller. This is a must for all Catholic couples. The present edition includes an Australian foreword.
200 pages * Softcover * $18.95

George Pell
Tess Livingstone
Perhaps the most significant title of 2002. In this lively biography, Archbishop Pell's achievements are examined in the context of the battle between orthodoxy and dissent in the Church in Australia.
475 pages * Softcover * $22.00

Open Embrace
Sam and Bethany Torode
Open Embrace is far more than a case against contraception - it is a positive affirmation of fertility, childbearing and prudent self-control. Couples who practise Natural Family Planning, advocated in this book, co-operate with God's design, making wise decisions about family size without losing respect for the mystery and meaning of sex.
120 pages * Softcover * $22.00

Blessed Gianna Beretta Molla
Giuliana Pelucchi
The official role model for World Youth Day 2002. In 1962 Gianna made a courageous and heroic choice.
223 pages * Softcover * $29.95

The Essential Catholic Handbook
Edited by Paul Thigpen
The essentials of the Catholic faith - based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church - in one convenient volume. A companion for all Catholics and seekers after truth alike.
290 pages * Softcover * $15.00

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Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 16 No 1 (February 2003), p. 19