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Contents - Mar 2012 - Buy a copy now Homily: Benedict XVI: the Annunciation and Mary's virginity - Pope Benedict XVI Year of Grace: can Australian Catholicism recover its unity? - Michael Gilchrist News: The Church Around the World The global financial crisis and the West's fertility decline - Babette Francis Extraordinary life of new Czech Cardinal, Dominik Duka - Peter Westmore Campion College's Summer Program on Christian leadership - Br Barry Coldrey Fulton Sheen Cause: progress report - Msgr Stanley Deptula The Immaculate Conception and the development of doctrine - Bishop Peter J. Elliott John Henry Newman on the Immaculate Conception - John Henry Newman Missions: Bringing hope to Nigeria's abandoned children - Madonna Brosnan Letters: Abortion silence - Frank Mobbs Letters: Social get-together - Richard Congram Letters: Atheism - John Gallagher Letters: Gay peril - Robert Bom Letters: Defending marriage - Mark Szymczak Books: Streams of Grace, by Bishop Julian Porteous - Fr Ken Barker MGL (reviewer) Books: The Spiritual Legacy of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, by Rev. Charles P. Connor - Michael Daniel (reviewer) Books: LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT, by Thomas Howard - Michael Daniel (reviewer) Books: MISSA CANTATA: A Chant Mass for the Assembly, Accompaniments by Geoffrey Cox - Christopher Trikilis (reviewer) Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au Reflection: The wonder of the Incarnation: Pope Benedict's Nazareth homily - Pope Benedict XVI

The Devil is a Jackass
William Ullathorne
The key figure behind the establishment of a Catholic Hierarchy in Australia and a direct descendant of St Thomas More, William Ullathorne rose from cabin boy in the English navy to being the Archbishop of Birmingham. This is his fascinating autobiography.
385 pages • Softcover • $38.95
ISBN 978-0-85244-251-3

Simon Called Peter
Dom Mauro-Giuseppe Lepori O.Cist.
Abbot Lepori's meditation on the relationship between Our Lord and St Peter invites us to consider our own relationship with Christ. The author imaginatively retells the well-known Gospel stories, making them present and deepening our understanding of the Scriptures.
133 pages • Softcover • $25.90
ISBN 978-1-58617-271-8

Fathers and Anglicans
Arthur Middleton
Arthur Middleton, an Anglican, traces the development of the use in Anglicanism of the teachings of the early Fathers of an undivided Church. The experiences of early theologians striving to communicate the gospel in a pagan culture remain relevant today.
341 pages • Softcover • $54.00
ISBN 978-0-85244-450-8

Techniques of Icon and Wall Painting
Aidan Hart
"An icon is a visual theology, the Word of God. It can only be written by one who seeks and loves this holy Word. Aidan Hart understands this to the depth" (Sister Wendy Beckett).
430 pages • Hardback • $70.00
ISBN 978-0-85244-215-9

Celibacy in the Early Church
Stefan Heid
"Stefan Heid shows with strong, conclusive arguments that clerical continence was a requirement for bishops, priests and deacons from apostolic times. His arguments for a celibate clergy are convincing and irrefutable" (Fr Kenneth Baker SJ).
376 pages • Softcover • $39.95
ISBN 978-0-89870-800-1

Padre Pio Under Investigation
Francesco Castelli
Translated from the Italian, the documents contained in this book reveal every aspect of Padre Pio's life, including his amazing supernatural gifts and stigmata. It also includes letters from his spiritual father and a chronology of his life.
311 pages • Softcover • $35.90
ISBN 978-1-58617-405-7

Faith and Fortune
Madeleine Beard
This is a fascinating account of the lives of 19th century converts to Catholicism among the British aristocracy. The author outlines the various factors which led many to become Catholics and the sacrifices involved.
228 pages • Softcover • $27.95
ISBN 978-0-85244-392-7

The Sensus Fidelium
Kathleen Kirk
This book provides an introduction to the nature of the sensus fidelium: its terms of reference, its history, the views of post-Vatican II theologians and how these can be viewed in the context of John Henry Newman's thought and teaching.
164 pages • Softcover • $30.00
ISBN 978-0-85244-746-8

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