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Search for in author OR full textWord matches: books: 1088 1 - Dec 2015 - St Clement's revealing Letter to the Corinthians, Peter Westmore However there is wide public interest in the early Christian era as evidenced by the popularity of books such as The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. 2 - Dec 2015 - Ordinariate Missal: "Divine Worship: The Missal" preserves Anglican patrimony, Fr James Bradley The liturgical books approved for the use of the personal ordinariates are the first principle in this project and the source of all other elements of the life of the ecclesial communities which these structures embody. 3 - Nov 2015 - Books: BEYOND LITERAL BELIEF, by David Tacey, Brian Coman He is a prolific author with more than a dozen books published. 4 - Nov 2015 - Anglican Ordinariate: Radical ecumenism – the Ordinariate’s new Catholic Missal, Fr Ramsay Williams As the Papal document says: the Ordinariate has the faculty to celebrate the Holy Eucharist and the other Sacraments the Liturgy of the Hours and other liturgical books proper to the Anglican tradition which have been approved by the Holy See so as to maintain the liturgical spiritual and pastoral traditions of the Anglican Communion within the Catholic Church as a precious gift nourishing the faith of the members of the Ordinariate and as a treasure to be shared. 5 - Oct 2015 - Books: HOW THE REFORMATION HAPPENED, by Hilaire Belloc, Paul Simmons (Tan Books. 6 - Oct 2015 - Books: ABORTION AND MARTYRDOM, edited by Aidan Nichols OP, Paul Simmons Fr Aidan Nichols who participated in the meeting and has edited the papers into this book is one of the most prominent Catholic writers in the world today having written over 20 books including Catholic Thought Since the Enlightenment. 7 - Sep 2015 - Preview: Mercy and compassion: focus of Synod of Bishops, Peter Westmore Shortly before the Synod two books are being published which attempt to deal with these issues by reaffirming the churchs long-standing teaching in contemporary language. 8 - Aug 2015 - Reflection: The doctrine of the Assumption, Pope Pius XII Christs faithful through the teaching and the leadership of their pastors have learned from the sacred books that the Virgin Mary throughout the course of her earthly pilgrimage led a life troubled by cares hardships and sorrows and that moreover what the holy old man Simeon had foretold actually came to pass that is that a terribly sharp sword pierced her heart as she stood under the cross of her divine Son our Redeemer. 9 - Aug 2015 - Books: THE 33 DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH, by Fr Christopher Rengers, Paul Simmons Tan Books. 10 - Jul 2015 - Books: Contemplative Prayer: a New Framework, by Dom David Foster, Patrick Nolan Available from Freedom Books. 11 - Jul 2015 - Books: THE CREED IN SCRIPTURE, by Stephen J. Binz, Paul Simmons Available from Freedom Books) Written as part of the Lectio Divina Bible Study Series the Creed in Scripture is both an analysis of the biblical foundations of the Apostles and Nicene Creeds and an introduction to the purpose of the creeds and their development. 12 - Jul 2015 - Books: THE MYTH OF HITLER’S POPE, by Rabbi David G. Dalin, Paul Simmons Available from Freedom Books. 13 - Jun 2015 - Books: THE UNICORN IN THE SANCTUARY: New Age and the Catholic Church, Br Barry Coldrey New Age spiritualism in the Church THE UNICORN IN THE SANCTUARY: The Impact of the New Age Movement in the Catholic Church by Randy England (Tan Books Illinois U. 14 - May 2015 - Television: "Jesus: Rise to Power" - flawed account of early Christianity, AD2000 Report Dr Scott suggests that the books of the New Testament emerged some time between the end of the 1st century AD and the 4th century. 15 - Apr 2015 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 6 Malvern Street Bayswater Vic 3153 Phone (03) 9720 5288 Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 16 - Apr 2015 - Books: INSIGHTS FROM GRECO-ROMAN TIMES: A Christian Response, by Rex Dale, Peter Westmore Available from Amazon Books UK approx $25. 17 - Apr 2015 - Books: MARY: A CATHOLIC-EVANGELICAL DEBATE, Dwight Longenecker & David Gustafson, Michael E Daniel Mary: a Catholic Evangelical Debate is a welcome addition to books about the Virgin Mary currently available. 18 - Mar 2015 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 76 ISBN 978-1-61278-612-4Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 6 Malvern Street Bayswater Vic 3153 Phone (03) 9720 5288 Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 19 - Mar 2015 - Apps: Smartphone apps to bring you closer to God, Peter Westmore An understanding of these explains why there are different numbers of books in the versions of the Bible and some of the differences in translation. 20 - Mar 2015 - Liturgy and mystery in the Mass, Audrey English They should be encouraged to participate orally with the responses and many little prayer books available. 21 - Feb 2015 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au by Joel Peters (Tan Books). 22 - Feb 2015 - Books: MY BATTLE AGAINST HITLER, by Dietrich von Hildebrand, Kate Veik MY BATTLE AGAINST HITLER by Dietrich von Hildebrand (Image Books 2014 hardback 352pp $49. 23 - Dec 2014 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au by Joel Peters (Tan Books). 24 - Dec 2014 - Obituary: Fr Benedict Groeschel, aged 81, dies in New Jersey, Peter Westmore In all he published forty-six books most of which remain in print and was for years a much-sought-after author by Catholic and secular publishing houses. 25 - Nov 2014 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 80 ISBN 978-1-93318-432-6Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 26 - Nov 2014 - Books: EASTERN CHRISTIANITY: The Byzantine Tradition, by Laurence Cross, Paul Simmons New books timely appreciation of Eastern Christianity EASTERN CHRISTIANITY The Byzantine Tradition by Laurence Cross (Freedom Publishing 2014 140pp $19. 27 - Nov 2014 - Formation: 'I used to be a Catholic', Audrey English It is the Catholic Church which declared which books were true to Revelation. 28 - Oct 2014 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 60 ISBN 978-0-91847-734-7Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 29 - Oct 2014 - Books: A POSTCARD FROM THE VOLCANO: A novel of pre-war Germany, by Lucy Beckett, Michael Daniel Author Lucy Beckett is a former teacher who has written a number of books including a previous work of fiction The Time Before You Die. 30 - Oct 2014 - Books: PRAYER FOR BEGINNERS, Peter Kreeft - WAYS OF PRAYING, John Edwards SJ, Br Barry Coldrey He is a vigorous author of numerous books as well as a popular writer of Catholic philosophy theology and apologetics especially the last. 31 - Oct 2014 - Books: INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIANITY, by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, Helena Pasztetnik While written almost 50 years ago the books central message remains relevant. 32 - Oct 2014 - 'The Mother of Jesus' in St John's Gospel, Anne Lastman The Wisdom books insist on the respect due to ones mother (Pr 19:26 20:20 23:22 30:17; Si 3:1-16). 33 - Oct 2014 - The implications of Anglican women bishops, Fr Dwight Longenecker Visit his blog browse his books and be in touch at dwightlongenecker. 34 - Sep 2014 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 60 ISBN 978-0-91847-734-7Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 35 - Sep 2014 - Books: JOURNAL OF A SOUL (John XXIII) and POPE JOHN, BLESSED JOHN XXIII, Br Barry Coldrey JOURNAL OF A SOUL The Autobiography of Pope John XXIII (Image Books 1980 453pp Softcover $39. 36 - Sep 2014 - Books: ON HEAVEN AND EARTH: Pope Francis on Faith, Family and the Church in the 21st C, Br Barry Coldrey Although little known outside South America before his election Pope Francis has been the subject of an increasing number of books examining his exceptional life and thought particularly before he was elected pope in 2013. 37 - Sep 2014 - Is the US vocations crisis finally over?, Fr Dwight Longenecker Read his blog browse his books and be in touch at dwightlongenecker. 38 - Sep 2014 - News: The Church Around the World He lamented that the friarys precious books documentation file folders and electronics such as computers have all turned into ashes. 39 - Aug 2014 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 60 ISBN 978-0-91847-734-7Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 40 - Jul 2014 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au Order books from www. 41 - Jul 2014 - Books: HE LEADETH ME, by Fr Walter J Ciszek SJ, Michael Daniel Although both books cover his life in the former Soviet Union With God in Russia provides the outline whereas He Leadeth Me is essentially a spiritual reflection on the events of his life there . 42 - Jul 2014 - Letters: Divine Office on PC, John Rayner Although I have the actual books themselves I like to use my Android on my knee. 43 - Jul 2014 - Apps: Smartphone Catholic apps for all purposes, Peter Westmore While good Catholic booksellers and piety stalls often have an excellent range of books to nourish the spiritual life there are an increasing number of very useful apps available for download to your iPhone or Android smartphone. 44 - Jun 2014 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 00 ISBN 978-0-85244-819-9Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 45 - Jun 2014 - Saints John XXIII and John Paul II canonised, AD2000 Report He wrote 14 encyclicals as well as apostolic letters and books. 46 - May 2014 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95 ISBN 978-0-85244-762-8Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 47 - May 2014 - Books: HOW THE WEST WON: The Neglected Story of the Triumph of Modernity, Rodney Stark, Father John Flynn LC HOW THE WEST WON: The Neglected Story of the Triumph of Modernity by Rodney Stark (ISI Books 2014 432pp hardback $54. 48 - May 2014 - Apps: Check out religion apps for smartphones!, Peter Westmore Since smart-phones were released some years ago they have become almost indispensable to many people capable of managing a diary running your calendar playing music and even reading books. 49 - May 2014 - Sister empowers northern India's women with education For eight months the women were taught about alphabets and numbers monetary notes how to read bank books and write accounts. 50 - May 2014 - Vatican Library to digitise archives 6 million books and large coin and picture collections. 51 - Apr 2014 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 90 ISBN 978-1-58617-221-3Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 52 - Apr 2014 - Books: Jorge Mario Bergoglio: Francis, Pope of a New World, by Andrea Tornielli, Br Barry Coldrey Andrea Tornielli has written numerous books including Pius XII the Pope of the Jews; The Choice of Martini; Pope Luciani: the Smile of a Saint; The Pope Who Saved the Jews; Benedict XVI Guardian of the Faith; The Secret of Padre Pio and Karol Wojtyla and The Attack on Ratzinger (with Paolo Rodari) Although lacking illustrations this straightforward clear and reasonably short biography of Pope Francis will add to Torniellis reputation. 53 - Apr 2014 - Books: Pope Francis, Our Brother, Our Friend, by Alejandro Bermudez (Editor), Br Barry Coldrey New books with illuminating background on Pope Francis life POPE FRANCIS OUR BROTHER OUR FRIEND by Alejandro Bermudez (Editor) (Ignatius Press 2013 hardback 176pp $36. 54 - Apr 2014 - Communicating the Faith with C.S. Lewis, Fr. D. Longenecker Connect to his blog subscribe to his weekly newsletter listen to his radio show browse his books and be in touch at www. 55 - Mar 2014 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95 eachPrices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 56 - Mar 2014 - Books: WHERE WE GOT THE BIBLE: Our Debt to the Catholic Church, by Henry G. Graham, Michael E. Daniel Rather the Church existed before the Bible and it was Church men who wrote the books that later comprised the New Testament. 57 - Mar 2014 - Books: TEN AFRICAN CARDINALS, by Sally Ninham, Michael Gilchrist The author Dr Sally Ninham has built her book around a series of interviews with leading African churchmen including the ten cardinals of her books title. 58 - Mar 2014 - News: The Church Around the World White is the co-author of Renewal (Encounter Books) which makes the case that Catholicism is recovering from decades of faithless practice and confusion. 59 - Feb 2014 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95 eachPrices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 60 - Feb 2014 - Books: THE IMITATION OF CHRIST by Thomas a Kempis, Br Barry Coldrey He was ordained 1413 and then during a long religious life as Novice Master Sub-Prior and writing many books he passed away at an advanced age (for the times) in 1471. 61 - Dec 2013 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95 eachPrices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 62 - Dec 2013 - Books: POPE FRANCIS: The Pope from the End of the Earth, by Thomas J. Craughwell, Br Barry Coldrey Often coffee table books are massive - and expensive - but this offering is more manageable while maintaining its gift book image. 63 - Dec 2013 - Schools: Catholic school education: returning to our roots, Paul McCormack Catholics will always enjoy worldly activities such as sport music books films and social events and there is nothing wrong with that. 64 - Nov 2013 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95 eachPrices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 65 - Nov 2013 - Books: Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer and Sex changed a Nation at War, Gabrielle Walsh Liberia: How Christian and Muslim women prayed the devil back to hell MIGHTY BE OUR POWERS: How Sisterhood Prayer and Sex changed a Nation at War by Leymah Gbowee with Carol Withers (Beast Books 2011 260pp $35. 66 - Nov 2013 - Schools: The future of Catholic education, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe They had to make great sacrifices to send both my brother and me to Catholic schools and it was not easy for them to find the funds for such things as uniforms books even bus fares at times not to mention such things as excursions although these were in reality few and far between in those days. 67 - Oct 2013 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95 ISBN 978-0-64647-601-8Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 68 - Oct 2013 - Books: ON THE LEFT BANK OF THE TIBER, by Fr Gerald O'Collins SJ, Frank Mobbs And more such as writing most of his 62 books. 69 - Oct 2013 - Books: A Book of Saints and Heroes, Heroines, by Joanna Bogle, Val Prendergast ISBN: 978-1-78182-991-2 and 992-9) It is a blessing that in this Year of Faith there are so many good books available from Freedom Publishing to help us read about and enrich our faith. 70 - Oct 2013 - Interview: Why science needs faith, Professor Dominique Lambert Many many great scientists are writing books on their activities but books which are in fact philosophical works. 71 - Oct 2013 - The Catholic Church is holy, despite its members' sins, Audrey English It is the Catholic Church who declared which books were inspired by God that is the Gospels and the other books of the New and of the Old Testament. 72 - Sep 2013 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 00 ISBN 978-1-58617-516-0 A Book of Saints and Heroes A Book of Saints and Heroines Joanna Bogle In these two books Joanna Bogle writes about some of the great saints both men and women who lived and died long ago as well as the stories of those who lived in modern times even up to the 21st century. 73 - Sep 2013 - Books: MYSTICS IN THE MAKING: Laywomen in Today's Church, by Carolyn Humphreys, Br Barry Coldrey The books release is timely. 74 - Sep 2013 - Books: WAYS OF PRAYING, by Father John Edwards SJ, Br Barry Coldrey Fr Edwards encompasses a great deal of well-organised material on prayer into the books 100 pages. 75 - Sep 2013 - Letters: Anniversary of Humanae Vitae, Ken Bayliss Books I recommend for younger readers unfamiliar with the historical setting of Humanae Vitae within the teaching of the Church (especially in an Australian context) are: Rome or the Bush and New Church or True Church (both by Michael Gilchrist) and The Campion Society (Colin H. 76 - Aug 2013 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95 ISBN 978-0-64647-601-8Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 77 - Aug 2013 - Books: ALIVE IN THE SPIRIT, by Fr Ken Barker MGL, Michael Gilchrist Available from Freedom Publishing) This latest book from Fr Ken Barker will be welcomed by the many readers of his spiritually uplifting and insightful books among them Young Men Rise Up Amazing Love His Name is Mercy and Becoming Fire. 78 - Aug 2013 - Books: CATHOLIC APOLOGETICS: a course in religion for Catholic high schools, Michael E. Daniel CATHOLIC APOLOGETICS: a course in religion for Catholic high schools and academics by Father John Laux (Four volumes first published 1928 with illustrations 1934 reprinted by TAN Books 1990. 79 - Aug 2013 - Books: FRANCIS: POPE OF A NEW WORLD, by Andrea Tornielli, Br Barry Coldrey Andrea Tornielli is Vatican correspondent for the major Italian newspaper La Stampa and has previously published a number of books including: Pius XII: Pope of the Jews Benedict XVI: Guardian of the Faith The Secret of Padre Pio and Karol Wojtyla and The Attack on Ratzinger. 80 - Aug 2013 - Sacra Liturgia 2013: Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith: interview on liturgy, Zenit News Service So the importance of the liturgy must have been understood by Pope Benedict so much that while he was Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith he started writing articles and books on the liturgy. 81 - Aug 2013 - News: The Church Around the World Caulfield said the Daughters of St Paul approached him to compile a book after he pointed out that they had no books for sale when he stopped by their booth at a mens conference. 82 - Jul 2013 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95 ISBN 978-0-64647-601-8Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 83 - Jul 2013 - Books: SAINTS WHO RAISED THE DEAD: True Stories of Four Hundred Resurrection Miracles, Br Barry Coldrey Hebert SM (Tan Books 1986 republished 2004 softcover 335pp $29. 84 - Jul 2013 - Parody?: Anti-Catholic hate speech, Aussie Style (Move on, nothing to see here), R.J. Stove Good luck trying to read er The Remnant from an Australian computer: State Governments will have a similar system for approving books movies newspapers and magazines. 85 - Jun 2013 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95 ISBN 978-0-64647-601-8Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 86 - Jun 2013 - Books: MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA: a Personal Portrait, by Msgr Leo Maasburg, Br Barry Coldrey Among the numerous books written about Mother Teresa what is distinctive about the present work? 87 - Jun 2013 - Books: AGE OF MARTYRS: from Diocletian to Constantine, Abbot Joseph Ricciotti, Br Barry Coldrey THE AGE OF MARTYRS: Christianity from Diocletian to Constantine by Abbot Joseph Ricciotti (Tan Books reprinted 1999 $25. 88 - Jun 2013 - Books: SAINTS WHO SAW MARY, by Raphael Brown, Br Barry Coldrey SAINTS WHO SAW MARY by Raphael Brown (Tan Books reprinted 145pp $30. 89 - Jun 2013 - The strange story of Mr Douglas Hyde, Damian Wyld Last year I found myself wandering in a leisurely way through aisles of second-hand books at a sale when I stumbled across a treasure. 90 - Jun 2013 - Farcical history: the 'Gospel of Jesus' wife', Frank Mobbs Saint Irenaeus of Lyons writing about AD180 produced a work in five books describing and refuting their doctrines. 91 - May 2013 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95 ISBN 978-0-64647-601-8Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 92 - May 2013 - The plight of Egypt's Christians, Youssef Sidhom In school books marked expressions of political Islam are to be found for example the suggestion that Islam is the only religion accepted by God. 93 - May 2013 - Church unity and the Anglican Ordinariate, Archbishop Gerhard Müller This is demonstrated perhaps most clearly in Article Three of Anglicanorum coetibus which grants the faculty to celebrate the Eucharist and the other sacraments the Liturgy of the Hours and other celebrations according to the liturgical books proper to the Anglican tradition. 94 - May 2013 - Youth: Reasons for Hope retreat for young adult Catholics, Barry Coldrey They were joined by a number of New South Wales Catholic leaders including: Dominic Perrottet MP (Liberal Castle Hill) Rocky Mimmo Founder and Chair of the Ambrose Centre for Religious Liberty Andrew Flores young adult leader in the Wagga Wagga Diocese Claire Cannon Manager of Portico Books in Sydney and Fraternas Eileen Leyne and Cecilia Figueroa of the Marian Community of Reconciliation University Chaplains. 95 - May 2013 - News: The Church Around the World Weigel is the author of the official biography of Pope John Paul II and numerous other books on contemporary Catholicism. 96 - May 2013 - Francis: pope of paradox, Damian Wyld He even found the time to write voluminous books and successfully scuttle an anti-family Italian referendum question by suggesting Catholics stay home and void the results by low turnout. 97 - Apr 2013 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95 ISBN 978-0-64644-007-1Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 98 - Apr 2013 - Books: FESTA PASCHALIA: A History of Holy Week Liturgy in the Roman Rite, Goddard, Michael Daniel FESTA PASCHALIA: A History of the Holy Week Liturgy in the Roman Rite by Philip J Goddard (Freedom Books 2012 352pp $40. 99 - Apr 2013 - Books: REDEEMING GRIEF: Abortion and Its Pain (2nd and Revised ed.), by Anne R. Lastman, Fr Paul Crotty Lastman (Freedom Books 2013 258pp $24. 100 - Apr 2013 - Venerable Fulton J. Sheen's insights on the priesthood, Martin Tobin The fruit of this faith included an insatiable desire for the salvation of souls the legacy of which continues today in the regular publication and republication of his many books sermons radio broadcasts and television programs. 101 - Mar 2013 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95 ISBN 978-0-85244-699-7Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 102 - Mar 2013 - Books: BECOME WHAT YOU ARE: Growing in Christian Character, by Bishop Julian Porteous, Brother Barry Coldrey As with Cardinal Pell he is a prolific writer and has published several books including A New Wine and Fresh Skins: Ecclesial Movements in the Church A Manual of Minor Exorcisms and Prayers for Those Experiencing Spiritual Affliction. 103 - Mar 2013 - STOP PRESS: Vale, Pope Benedict!, Peter Westmore He gave inspirational leadership through his three encyclical letters through his visits to many countries as pope through his extraordinary writings (including weekly sermons and three books on Jesus Christ) and in his administration of the Church where he had to deal with issues of major complexity including rebuilding relations with the Russian Orthodox Church establishing the Anglican Ordinariate the continuing scandal of sexual abuse and relations with governments which persecute the Church such as the Communist Party in China. 104 - Feb 2013 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95 ISBN 978-0-85244-129-9Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 105 - Dec 2012 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95 ISBN 978-0-85244-129-9Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 106 - Dec 2012 - Books: ADAM AND EVE AFTER THE PILL, by Mary Eberstadt, Brian Peachey A clue to the books intriguing title is contained in the opening lines of the Introduction. 107 - Dec 2012 - History: Parish life in the Middle Ages (Part 1), Frank Mobbs Often his only books were liturgical. 108 - Nov 2012 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 00 ISBN 978-0-85244-764-2Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 109 - Nov 2012 - Books: THE GIFT OF THE ROSARY: How to Make and How and Why to Pray, by Brian Peachey, Barry Morgan Available from Freedom Publishing) Of all the religious books written those on Our Blessed Mother and the rosary would have to be among the most numerous. 110 - Nov 2012 - Books: A MIDLIFE JOURNEY, by Gerald O'Collins SJ, Frank Mobbs Along the way he published books and articles conducted retreats lectured travelled in Britain and Ireland and on the Continent attended plays and concerts and visited art galleries. 111 - Nov 2012 - Books: CATHOLICISM: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith, by Fr Robert Barron, Michael Gilchrist The greatest catechetical tool of our generation CATHOLICISM: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith by Fr Robert Barron (Image Books 2011 Hardback 291pp $30. 112 - Oct 2012 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 00 ISBN 978-0-85244-764-2Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 113 - Oct 2012 - Books: AN AMAZING LOVE, by Father Ken Barker, Br Barry Coldrey Available from Freedom Publishing) Father Ken Barker Founder and Moderator of the new Australian Religious Order the Missionaries of Gods Love is the author of four well-read books His Name is Mercy Becoming Fire A Radical Way of Love and Young Men Rise Up. 114 - Oct 2012 - Letters: Real Presence, Cedric Wright Correspondents John Young and Theo Jorna (August AD2000) quote the overwhelming theological support for the Real Presence and we might add the suggestion that anyone having doubts should read a most amazing book Eucharistic Miracles by Joan Carroll Cruz (Tan Books). 115 - Oct 2012 - History: Melbourne Catholics: Dr Mannix's impact, Patrick Morgan Patrick Morgan has written a number of books and articles on the connections between literature history and politics and has edited two volumes of the writings of B. 116 - Oct 2012 - Anglican Ordinariate: Melbourne ordinations: historic day for Church in Australia, Peter Westmore It authorised the Ordinariates to celebrate the Holy Eucharist and the other Sacraments the Liturgy of the Hours and other liturgical celebrations according to the liturgical books proper to the Anglican tradition which have been approved by the Holy See so as to maintain the liturgical spiritual and pastoral traditions of the Anglican Communion within the Catholic Church as a precious gift nourishing the faith of the members of the Ordinariate and as a treasure to be shared. 117 - Sep 2012 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 00 ISBN 978-0-85244-764-2Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 118 - Sep 2012 - Sainthood: Cardinal Van Thuân: process to beatification 'very advanced', Michael Gilchrist In his writings and in his books he has a term to which he always returns he said and it appears also in the witnesses who arrive before the Court of Rome and it is this: hope not to lose hope in God. 119 - Aug 2012 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 00 ISBN 978-0-85244-764-2Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 120 - Aug 2012 - Books: THE NEW EVANGELISATION: Issues and Challenges for Catholic Schools, Br Barry Coldrey This books will assist them to understand the principles of the New Evangelisation more clearly. 121 - Aug 2012 - Books: LESSONS IN A ROSE-GARDEN: Reviving the Doctrinal Rosary, by Aidan Nichols O.P., Peter Westmore Fr Aidan Nichols is author of about 30 books and is probably the most controversial Catholic writer in England. 122 - Aug 2012 - Letters: Old Testament God (1), Fr Brian Harrison OS We believe God did those things because the Church solemnly teaches that the books of the Old Testament as well as the New entire with all their parts were written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and so have God as their author ( Catechism of the Catholic Church (105) quoting Vatican IIs Constitution on Divine Revelation and various New Testament teachings about biblical inspiration). 123 - Jul 2012 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 00 ISBN 978-0-85244-764-2Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 124 - Jul 2012 - Books: THE FACE OF GOD and THE TRUE ICON, by Paul Badde, Paul MacLeod His findings are contained in two recently published books The Face of God and The True Icon. 125 - Jul 2012 - Books: FR ALEXANDER MEN: Martyr of Atheism, by Michel Evdokimov, Michael Daniel In addition he wrote a large number of books and articles on Orthodox spirituality and the Bible most of these being published abroad. 126 - Jul 2012 - Books: ANSWERING THE ANTI-CATHOLIC CHALLENGE, by Robert M. Haddad, Angela Schumann That books author was a former Catholic who converted to Protestantism the charismatic Ray Galea. 127 - Jul 2012 - Update: 'Jesus Abandoned' aid reaches the needy in Nigeria, Madonna Brosnan The school desperately needs Braille equipment books and audio. 128 - Jun 2012 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 00 ISBN 978-0-85244-764-2Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 129 - Jun 2012 - Books: YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE, by Peter Kreeft, Arthur Ballingall Dr Kreeft is a Professor of Philosophy at Boston College a convert to Catholicism and the author of over 40 books including Prayer The Great Conversation Back to Virtue A Refutation of Moral Relativism Making Sense out of Suffering and How to win the Culture War. 130 - May 2012 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 00 ISBN 978-0-85244-764-2Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 131 - May 2012 - Books: A COMPANION TO CATHOLIC EDUCATION, by Leonardo Franchi and Stephen McKinney (ed), Angela Schumann It would make an excellent addition to any Catholic teachers bookshelf being both scholarly and easy to read and permeated with the contributors central theme: Teaching has an extraordinary moral depth and is one of our most excellent and creative activities. 132 - May 2012 - Books: THE GIFT OF INFALLIBILITY, by Bishop Vincent Ferrer Gasser, Michael Daniel The Gift of Infallibility is a welcome addition to books dealing with the role of the Papacy particularly by making an annotated copy of Bishop Gassers relatio readily available. 133 - May 2012 - The Church's dogma of transubstantiation, John Young (Quoted by Maisie Ward in her book Gilbert Keith Chesterton Penguin Books edition p. 134 - Apr 2012 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 00 ISBN 978-0-85244-764-2Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 135 - Apr 2012 - Books: FRANK DUFF: A Life Story, by Finola Kennedy, Donal Anthony Foley (Theotokos Books) and other books and booklets on Marian Apparitions. 136 - Apr 2012 - Books: LIGHT OF THE WORLD: The Pope, the Church and Signs of the Times, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput And exactly this happened even before the books formal release - but more on that in a moment. 137 - Apr 2012 - eVangelisation: The Catholic Church and the digital media revolution - cradio.org.au, Jason Rushton Newspapers classifieds street directories encyclopaedias telephones analog radios and even books are giving way to online news online auctions SatNavs Wikipedia Smart Phones digital radio and eBooks. 138 - Mar 2012 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 00 ISBN 978-0-85244-746-8Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 139 - Mar 2012 - Books: MISSA CANTATA: A Chant Mass for the Assembly, Accompaniments by Geoffrey Cox, Christopher Trikilis Sensibly the order of the accompaniments correlates with the Order of Mass - unlike the situation with other books one needs only to keep turning forward to work through the Mass. 140 - Mar 2012 - Books: The Spiritual Legacy of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, by Rev. Charles P. Connor, Michael Daniel Much of the content from his shows re-appeared in the dozens of books he wrote. 141 - Mar 2012 - Fulton Sheen Cause: progress report, Msgr Stanley Deptula In 2010 we gave 5000 copies of A Priest is Not His Own books by Fulton Sheen to seminarians. 142 - Mar 2012 - Extraordinary life of new Czech Cardinal, Dominik Duka, Peter Westmore For his activity in the Dominican Order and secret publishing of books (the so-called samizdat) he was arrested in 1981-1982 and jailed in the Bory Prison in Plzen along with the playwright Vaclav Havel Jesuit priest Fr Frantisek Lizna and many others who had signed the human rights document Charter 77. 143 - Feb 2012 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 00 ISBN 978-0-85244-746-8Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 144 - Feb 2012 - Books: THE RETURN OF MODERNISM:The Second Wave Revisited, by Dr J.N. Santamaria, David Perrin Available from Fidelity Books 443 North Road Ormond Vic 3204 tel (03) 9578-2706; or web wwwfidelitybooks. 145 - Feb 2012 - Books: HOW TO GET EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL, by Ian Plimer, Michael Gilchrist Having read numerous recent books and articles debunking the claims of the climate change industry How to Get Expelled is the most readable and persuasive I have so far encountered. 146 - Dec 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 00 ISBN 978-0-89555-761-2Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 147 - Dec 2011 - Books: RONALD KNOX AND ENGLISH CATHOLICISM, by Terry Tastard, Michael Daniel The convert son of an Anglican bishop and a former Anglican priest he was a prodigious writer of articles and books celebrated preacher translator of the Bible and author of detective stories. 148 - Dec 2011 - Books: WHY WE SHOULD CALL OURSELVES CHRISTIANS, by Marcello Pera, Elizabeth Lev Europes rejection of its Christian inheritance WHY WE SHOULD CALL OURSELVES CHRISTIANS by Marcello Pera (Encounter Books 2011 220pp hardback $35. 149 - Dec 2011 - Religious freedom: The plight of Christians in Islamic countries, Babette Francis These terms are a well-established part of Islamic law and can be found laid out in countless legal text books. 150 - Dec 2011 - News: The Church Around the World sacred vessels vestments and liturgical books. 151 - Nov 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au As with all his books the heroes and heroines display courage kindness loyalty and spirit. 152 - Nov 2011 - Books: ST THOMAS BECKET, by Michael Green, Michael E. Daniel This short monograph by Michael Green author of several books on English saints traces St Thomas Beckets biography. 153 - Oct 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 90 ISBN 978-1-58617-217-6Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 154 - Oct 2011 - Books: BENEDICT XVI: A Guide for the Perplexed, by Tracey Rowland, Michael Daniel As with Dr Rowlands two earlier books Benedict XVI is the product of thorough and meticulous scholarship. 155 - Oct 2011 - Planetary spirituality: what next!, Frank Mobbs The Wisdom books contain hardly any assertions of facts so make no claims on our beliefs. 156 - Oct 2011 - Pastoral care: One of the Catholic Church's best kept secrets, Marie Mason We managed to agree to disagree for the first 17 years all the time researching this topic through the internet books and articles psychologists psychiatrists scientific research and clinical practice. 157 - Sep 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 90 ISBN 978-1-58617-217-6Prices include GST - Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 - Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 158 - Sep 2011 - Interview: Pope's brother sheds more light on Benedict's early years, Zenit News Agency Eventually he dreamed of retiring spending more time with his brother and writing some books - when he was elected Pope. 159 - Aug 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 90 ISBN 978-1-58617-165-0Order books from www. 160 - Aug 2011 - Books: STANDARD-BEARERS OF THE FAITH: Lives of the Saints for Young and Old, Terri Kelleher STANDARD-BEARERS OF THE FAITH: A Series of Lives of the Saints for Young and Old by Frances Alice Forbes (Tan Books 100pp $12. 161 - Aug 2011 - Exegesis: Genesis account of creation and fall: what does the Church teach?, John Young He has had numerous articles published on philosophy theology and economics and written several books on these topics. 162 - Jul 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95 ISBN 978-1-58617-606-8Order books from www. 163 - Jul 2011 - What attracts converts to the Catholic Church?, Fr F.E. Burns But years of honest observation of the Church around the world plus reading about and eventually writing Joan Of Arc (the best of all my books) produced a dramatic change of heart. 164 - Jul 2011 - Universae Ecclesiae: Vatican document strengthens use of the traditional Latin liturgy, Fr Glen Tattersall Most significantly it is stated that Summorum Pontificum derogates from all those liturgical laws promulgated after 1962 that are incompatible with the rubrics of the 1962 liturgical books. 165 - Jun 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95 ISBN 978-1-58617-606-8Order books from www. 166 - Jun 2011 - Books: MARRIAGE: The Rock on Which the Family is Built, by William E. May, Br Barry Coldrey The books approach is strongly pastoral with the text easy to read. 167 - Jun 2011 - Books: JESUS OF NAZARETH: Holy Week, by Pope Benedict XVI, Fr Glen Tattersall FSSP The books section on the Resurrection is a repudiation of the demythologisation of the Scriptures promoted by Bultmann and a host of others. 168 - Jun 2011 - Letters: Greens' agenda, Peter Finlayson I commend both books to the discerning reader. 169 - Jun 2011 - News: The Church Around the World It is in this context that books used in religious studies/theology courses at Catholic colleges and universities must be seen as de facto catechetical and formational texts. 170 - Jun 2011 - Australia's Anglican Ordinariate on track, Bishop Peter Elliott The Roman Rite in its two forms is always there for the Ordinariate but liturgical books proper to the Anglican tradition are being prepared subject to the approbation of the Holy See. 171 - May 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95 ISBN 978-1-58617-606-8Order books from www. 172 - May 2011 - Books: CHRISTIANITY IN IRAQ, by Suha Rassam, Michael Daniel Apart from a vague understanding from history textbooks that the Church was established in Mesopotamia in the early centuries of Christianity and at some stage elements had re-united with Rome like most Australian Christians I had little knowledge of the history and situation of Christians in Iraq until news reports of violent actions against Christ-ians in the wake of the US led invasion of 2003. 173 - May 2011 - Two million in Rome for beatification of John Paul II, Peter Westmore The Pope also published five books: Crossing the Threshold of Hope; Gift and Mystery: On the 50th Anniversary of My Priestly Ordination; Roman Triptych Meditations; Rise Let Us Be On Our Way; and Memory and Identity published in the year he died. 174 - Apr 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95 ISBN 978-1-58617-606-8Order books from www. 175 - Apr 2011 - Books: EUROPE AND THE FAITH, by Hilaire Belloc, Michael Daniel EUROPE AND THE FAITH by Hilaire Belloc (1920 reprinted Rockford Illinois: Tan Books. 176 - Apr 2011 - Books: THE LOSER LETTERS, by Mary Eberstadt, Terri Kelleher The measure of this review will be if it prompts you to read both books. 177 - Mar 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95 ISBN 978-1-58617-606-8Order books from www. 178 - Mar 2011 - What are the marks of an authentically Catholic university?, Cardinal Raymond Burke And special care must be exercised in the teaching of moral theology to correct the numerous and readily available articles and books which follow a proportionalist or consequentialist approach to moral questions and to ground students in the Aristotelian-Thomistic ethics which in turn is grounded in a sound metaphysics. 179 - Feb 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95 ISBN 978-1-58617-606-8Order books from www. 180 - Feb 2011 - Books: MOTHER BENEDICT: Foundress of the Abbey of Regina Laudis, by Antoinette Bosco, Br Barry Coldrey The author of this biography Antoinette Bosco has been an award-winning journalist and writer for over 25 years has appeared on many TV shows and is the author of fourteen other books. 181 - Feb 2011 - Liturgical rights of Catholics must be upheld, Fr Martin Durham The following are some relevant extracts: bull; It is the right of Christs faithful that the Liturgy especially the celebration of Holy Mass should truly be as the Church wishes according to what is prescribed in the liturgical books and by the other laws and norms (12). 182 - Dec 2010 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 90 ISBN 978-1-58617-220-6Order books from www. 183 - Nov 2010 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 90 ISBN 978-0-89555-154-2Order books from www. 184 - Nov 2010 - Books: BLESSED JOHN HENRY NEWMAN: A Richly Illustrated Portrait, by K.D. and D. Fso, Br Barry Coldrey Accessible Easily the most accessible of the three books on Newman mentioned at the beginning of this brief outline is that by the Fso sisters Blessed John Henry Newman: A Richly Illustrated Portrait. 185 - Nov 2010 - Books: Damien of Molokai: the Leper Saint, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Michael E. Daniel Available from Freedom Publishing) Reviewed by Michael Daniel For over 120 years young readers have enjoyed such Robert Louis Stevenson books as Kidnapped and Treasure Island. 186 - Oct 2010 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95 ISBN 978-0-85244-729-1 The Boundless God Adrienne von Speyr A 20th century Swiss convert Adrienne von Speyr has written around 70 books on spirituality and theology under the influence of Hans Urs von Balthasar. 187 - Oct 2010 - Books: THE PATH TO ROME: Modern Journeys to the Catholic Church, Bishop David Robarts We may worship he says according to the liturgical books proper to the Anglican tradition which have been approved by the Holy See so as to maintain the liturgical spiritual and pastoral traditions of the Anglican Communion within the Catholic Church as a precious gift nourishing the faith of members of the Ordinariate and as a treasure to be shared. 188 - Sep 2010 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95 ISBN 978-0-30015-216-6Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 189 - Sep 2010 - Britain prepares for Benedict XVI's visit, Joanna Bogle I remained silent from 8am to 8pm and must honestly say that I cherished every moment and will long remember it as a day spent in prayer reading (I had my Bible and other suitable books) and quiet reflection against the background of the round of Sunday Masses at Londons busiest place of worship. 190 - Aug 2010 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95 ISBN 978-0-30015-216-6Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 191 - Aug 2010 - Books: DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT CATHOLIC HISTORY: From the Catacombs to the Reformation, Terri Kelleher One can easily gain the impression that the Church was to blame for most of the bad things that occurred in history for example the so-called Dark Ages despite the fact that it was the Hun people from the north of China pushing the Germanic or Gothic barbarians from the north and east into the Roman empire that accelerated its decline destroying buildings art water systems and books (the foundations of civilisation) while the Church in its monasteries preserved and copied books so that when the time was right the learning therein could once again be mastered and passed on to future generations. 192 - Aug 2010 - Letters: Infallibility, Dr Frank Mobbs This teaching was the basis for the provisions of the concordat of 1953 between Spain and the Holy See which denied legal status to non-Catholic groups and rights to own property and publish books and forbade the advertisement of their church services. 193 - Jul 2010 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 90 ISBN 978-0-89870-560-7 Inside the Bible Kenneth Baker SJ Here is a reader friendly introduction to each of the 73 books of the Bible designed to help the non-expert grow in the knowledge and love of Gods Word. 194 - Jul 2010 - Books: CONVINCED BY THE TRUTH: Embracing the Fullness of Catholic Faith, John Fleming, John McCarthy It may also be recognised as one of the best modern short books on the contemporary crisis in Catholic-Anglican relations. 195 - Jul 2010 - Books: THE ABBESS OF ANDALUSIA: Flannery O'Connor's Spiritual Journey, Lorraine Murray, Terri Kelleher Available from Freedom Publishing) When I saw this book on offer in the basket of books to be reviewed I was intrigued. 196 - Jul 2010 - New apologetics for the new evangelisation Cardinal Levada who is Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith remarked that the times were ripe for a new apologetics when we see the likes of Richard Dawkins and his fellow apostles of the so-called new atheism addressing thousands on college campuses with books caricaturing the doctrines and philosophy of the Christian tradition on the best seller lists. 197 - Jul 2010 - Trends: The Church in 50 years: John Allen's predictions, Frank Mobbs He is also a correspondent for CNN and National Public Radio and has written a number of books focusing on Vatican affairs and recent popes. 198 - Jul 2010 - Events: Leading US Catholics to visit Australia He is to give a talk titled Our Lady the Eucharist and Islam and will sign his books. 199 - Jun 2010 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 90Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 200 - Jun 2010 - Books: SURVIVALS AND NEW ARRIVALS: Old and New Enemies of the Catholic Church, Belloc, Terri M. Kelleher Hilaire Belloc: attacks old and new on the Catholic Church SURVIVALS AND NEW ARRIVALS: The Old and New Enemies of the Catholic Church by Hilaire Belloc (Tan Books 168pp $21. 201 - May 2010 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 90Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 202 - May 2010 - Books: INSIDE THE NEW AGE NIGHTMARE, by Randall N. Baer, Br Barry Coldrey Baer was formerly a respected leader in the New Age movement and author of several books promoting New Age themes such as The Crystal Connection: a Guidebook for Personal and Planetary Ascension and Windows of Light: Using Quartz Crystals as Tools for Self-Transformation. 203 - May 2010 - Conversion: 'Strangely and suspiciously tall': an Evangelical meets the Mother of God, Terri Kelleher In addition to contributing articles to many magazines (including National Catholic Register Catholic Parent This Rock and Crisis) he is the author of several books: By What Authority? 204 - May 2010 - Foundations of Faith: The Mass: early centuries to Vatican II, Br Barry Coldrey Liturgical books were introduced so that the prayers surrounding the Eucharist were no longer improvised by the bishop or priest. 205 - Apr 2010 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 90Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 206 - Apr 2010 - Books: WEDNESDAY WARRIORS: Doing it for the Jumper, by James Gilchrist, David Perrin Coincidentally St Pats opponent in that Grand Final was Assumption College Kilmore the old school of Richmond legend Francis Bourke - much-admired by Cardinal Pell - who provides the books foreword. 207 - Apr 2010 - Books: CREED OR CHAOS: Why Christians Must Choose Either Dogma or Disaster, Sayers, Terri Kelleher In the chapter bearing the books title Sayers writes Theologically this country is at present in a state of utter chaos established in the name of religious toleration and rapidly degenerating into the flight from reason and the death of hope (p. 208 - Apr 2010 - Foundations of Faith: How do Catholics relate to non-Christians?, Fr Dudley Perera OMI Another issue not dealt with explicitly in official Church documents is the status of the sacred books of other religions. 209 - Apr 2010 - Bishop Kevin Rhoades: Tribute to an outstanding American Church leader, Fr John Trigilio Bishop Rhoades is the first bishop to personally thank me for the books on religion I wrote and for the shows I taped for EWTN. 210 - Apr 2010 - News: The Church Around the World The Jesuits described the documents copied them and eventually published them in a series of twelve books. 211 - Mar 2010 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 90Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 212 - Mar 2010 - Books: THE GOD WHO LOVES YOU, by Peter Kreeft, Br Barry Coldrey Professor Kreeft has written around fifty books during his long career and is now retired. 213 - Mar 2010 - Books: Adrienne von Speyr: THE BOUNDLESS GOD and CONFESSION, Br Barry Coldrey Both of von Speyrs books would be useful additions to Catholic theological libraries although her writing in Confession is the more accessible to non-specialist readers. 214 - Mar 2010 - Conversion: Paul Fitzgerald: my spiritual journey, Paul Fitzgerald Eventually therefore I decided in future to drop my interest in religious matters just accept the teachings of the Catholic Church and get back to reading non-religious books mostly on art and politics as well as the occasional novel. 215 - Feb 2010 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 90Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books PO Box 251 Balwyn Vic 3103 Phone (03) 9816 0888 Fax (03) 9816 0899 Postage/ handling $5. 216 - Feb 2010 - Foundations of Faith: Celebrating the Eucharist during the early Christian centuries, Br Barry Coldrey Gradually liturgical books were introduced with the prayers of the Mass no longer improvised by the bishop or priest. 217 - Dec 2009 - Books: This month's selection from AD Books Order books from www. 218 - Dec 2009 - Books: IMAGES OF HOPE, EUROPE TODAY AND TOMORROW, by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Br Barry Coldrey Meanwhile over this lengthy period Joseph Ratzinger had authored a host of significant books three of which are noted here. 219 - Dec 2009 - Letters: Greens and Church, Kevin Cains The site advertises books such as Sparks of the Cosmos: Rituals for Seasonal Use; Sparks of Life Rituals for Children and Celebrating the Great Mother: A Handbook of Earth Honoring Activities for Parents and Children. 220 - Nov 2009 - Books: This month's selection from AD Books Order books from www. 221 - Nov 2009 - Books: THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD: Essays Catholic and Contemporary, by John Haldane, Tracey Rowland As an atheist student influenced by this school once said to me Aquinas is alright he had some interesting ideas he probably joined the Dominicans because it was the only way to gain access to books in the 13th century. 222 - Nov 2009 - Schools: How to rebuild Catholic education from the grass-roots, Sr Mary Augustine OP We use text-books written by the sisters especially for use in the school and which emphasise key approaches to faith-learning: memorisation understanding and application to life. 223 - Oct 2009 - Books: This month's selection from AD Books Order books from www. 224 - Oct 2009 - Books: THE CASE FOR CHRISTIANITY: St Justin Martyr on Religious Liberty, Robert Haddad, Br Michael McMurray CCS Among the books helpful features are a scholarly summary a description of St Justins martyrdom extensive footnotes and a lengthy bibliography. 225 - Oct 2009 - Books: THE QUEST FOR SHAKESPEARE, by Joseph Pearce, Michael Daniel Standard textbooks inform students that Shakespeare lived in a religious age and was a member of the Anglican Church the official religion of England. 226 - Oct 2009 - Priesthood: Why the Catholic Church cannot ordain women, Kathleen Wood OAM Many books have been published on this subject. 227 - Oct 2009 - Seminary Life: Spiritual direction at Sydney's Good Shepherd Seminary, Fr Paul Glynn SM Father Glynn is the author of several well-received books reviewed in AD2000. 228 - Sep 2009 - Books: This month's selection from AD Books Order books from www. 229 - Sep 2009 - Books: DEIFICATION AND GRACE, by Daniel Keating, Br Barry Coldrey He has written numerous books and journal articles on theological topics. 230 - Sep 2009 - Books: THE BOOK OF ALL SAINTS, by Adrienne von Speyr, Br Barry Coldrey Available from Freedom Publishing) Some books appeal to the general reader some to specialists and others defy category. 231 - Sep 2009 - Books: DOVE DESCENDING: A Journey into T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets, by Thomas Howard, Br Barry Coldrey Eliot: an American from an East Coast evangelical family who became a Catholic at the age of fifty has taught in many tertiary institutions in the USA throughout a long academic career and has written numerous books on both English literature and his own faith journey to Catholicism. 232 - Aug 2009 - Books: This month's selection from AD Books Order books from freedompublishing. 233 - Aug 2009 - Books: ... AND YOU ARE CHRIST'S':The Charism of Virginity and the Celibate Life, Dubay, Br Barry Coldrey He has written fifteen books exploring aspects of consecrated religious life and his works including this small neat inexpensive book should be in tertiary libraries and those of religious orders. 234 - Aug 2009 - Books: BECAUSE GOD IS REAL: Sixteen Questions, One Answer, by Peter Kreeft, Br Barry Coldrey Professor Kreeft has written around 50 books during his long career and is now retired. 235 - Aug 2009 - Foundations of Faith: Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone): a recipe for doctrinal chaos, Dr Frank Mobbs Scripture (the Bible) is a large collection of ancient books composed over a period of at least 1000 years. 236 - Aug 2009 - G.K. Chesterton on modernism and orthodoxy To flaunt the fact that we have had all the last books from Germany is simply vulgar. 237 - Aug 2009 - Caritas in Veritate: Benedict XVI's social encyclical: public life needs Christian principles, Michael Gilchrist Michael Gilchrist is the editor of AD2000 and the author of several books including a biography of Archbishop Mannix and studies of Australian Catholicism Rome or the Bush(1986) and Lost! 238 - Jul 2009 - Books: Books available from AD Books and Freedom Publishing Order books from www. 239 - Jul 2009 - Books: LIKE A SAMURAI: The Tony Glynn Story, by Fr Paul Glynn SM, Tim Cannon LIKE A SAMURAI: The Tony Glynn Story by Fr Paul Glynn SM (Marist Fathers Books 2008 185pp $15. 240 - Jul 2009 - Books: The Catholic Church and the Bible, by Peter Stravinskas, Br Barry Coldrey In over 30 years of active priesthood he has written hundreds of articles for Catholic newspapers and journals in addition to 20 books of which The Catholic Church and the Bible is one. 241 - Jul 2009 - History: Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust: revisiting Jewish sources, Fr Michael Butler One or two years after the liberation of Rome in 1944 by the Americans two books written by prominent Jews were published. 242 - Jul 2009 - Foundations of Faith: Galileo: heretic or hero? What are the facts?, Noel Roberts This doctrine had been declared heretical in 1616 and Copernicus book had been placed on the index of prohibited books. 243 - Jun 2009 - Books: AD2000 Books for June Order books from www. 244 - Jun 2009 - Books: ISLAND OF THE WORLD, by Michael O'Brien, Luke McCormack Indeed the cover perfectly captures the books core question: How does one retain identity indeed humanity in absolutely dehumanising situations? 245 - Jun 2009 - Books: The Catholic Church and Conversion, by G.K. Chesterton, Michael Daniel Catholic ethos Ironically many of his books that are essentially Catholic in ethos were written years before he was received into the Catholic Church. 246 - Jun 2009 - FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH: The Last Things: death, judgment, Heaven, Purgatory, Hell, Br Barry Coldrey Dr Barry Coldrey is a former secondary school teacher in Christian Brothers colleges the author of books and articles and is active in Catholic youth ministry. 247 - Jun 2009 - News: The Church Around the World Indeed however different the books it contains may be Sacred Scripture is one by virtue of the unity of Gods plan of which Jesus Christ is the centre and the heart. 248 - Jun 2009 - Cardinal Pell's UK interview: Liturgy, Missal translation, World Youth Day, Luke Coppen Let me give you some very rudimentary examples: the recognition of the number of books in the New Testament. 249 - May 2009 - Books: AD2000 Books for May Order books from www. 250 - May 2009 - Books: Golden Years: Grounds for Hope: Fr Golden and the Newman Society 1950-1966, David Kehoe Available from Catholic bookshops) How did the Catholic Church in Australia in the mid-20th century secure in its faith and practice begin to believe that the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) allowed Catholics to hope that they could change teachings they found difficult to understand and put into practice? 251 - May 2009 - Staying together: Stable families: the best defence against violence Therefore we all have a responsibility to current and future generations to counter the misleading material published in books magazines films and television. 252 - May 2009 - FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH: The Crusades: the truth behind the myths, Frank Mobbs Dr Frank Mobbs is a former lecturer in philosophy and theology at various universities and seminaries and is the author of several books and numerous articles on religious themes. 253 - Apr 2009 - Books: AD2000 Books for April Order books from www. 254 - Apr 2009 - Books: LIVING BIBLICALLY, by Archbishop Barry Hickey, Michael Gilchrist LIVING BIBLICALLY by Archbishop Barry Hickey (Record Books 2009 96pp $19. 255 - Apr 2009 - Foundations of Faith: The Mass and private devotions in Catholic life, Br Barry Coldrey Dr Barry Coldrey is a former teacher in Christian Brothers colleges and the author of numerous books and articles on religious topics. 256 - Apr 2009 - News: The Church Around the World The book which will be available in September from Roman Catholic Books is based on the diaries and notes of Cardinal Fernando Antonelli a key figure in the liturgical reform movement before and after Vatican II. 257 - Mar 2009 - Books: Books available now from AD2000 Books Order books from www. 258 - Mar 2009 - Books: Labour and Justice, by Gavan Duffy, Peter Westmore He starts with the earliest books of the Old Testament which give remarkable insights into the relevance of the creative work of God and human labour. 259 - Mar 2009 - Letters: Generosity, Fr A. Joseph I do wish to thank those who have been sending parcels of magazines periodicals rosaries holy pictures medals and spiritual books. 260 - Mar 2009 - Marian Valley, spiritual oasis for young Brisbane Catholics, Br Barry Coldrey Dr Barry Coldrey CFC has taught in many Christian Brothers colleges and written numerous books and articles. 261 - Mar 2009 - Obituary: Fr Richard Neuhaus (1936-2009): bringing the Gospel to public life, Fr Raymond J. De Souza As a Lutheran pastor in the 1980s Father Neuhaus wrote two landmark books that shifted the debate for religious intellectuals in America and abroad. 262 - Mar 2009 - Foundations of Faith: Protestant Churches: origins and beliefs (2), Frank Mobbs Dr Mobbs is a former lecturer in philosophy and theology at various universities and seminaries and the author of several books and numerous articles. 263 - Mar 2009 - News: The Church Around the World Jesuit theologian in trouble with Vatican The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has ordered the American Jesuit theologian Fr Roger Haight whose books have been used as texts in Catholic colleges to stop teaching and publishing on theological matters. 264 - Feb 2009 - Books: Books available now from AD2000 Books Order books from www. 265 - Feb 2009 - Foundations of Faith: Protestant Reformation: origins and beliefs, Frank Mobbs He published dozens of books pamphlets sermons - of which we have 2300. 266 - Feb 2009 - Vibrant retreat: Young adult ministry builds on WYD: iWitness Conference in Sydney, Br Barry Coldrey Dr Barry Coldrey CFC is a former secondary school teacher in Christian Brothers colleges and author of numerous books and articles. 267 - Feb 2009 - News: The Church Around the World He authored 21 books wrote over 650 articles and was named President of the Catholic Theological Society of America and the American Theological Society. 268 - Dec 2008 - Books: Books available now from AD2000 Books Order books from www. 269 - Dec 2008 - Books: The Scope of Philosophy, by John Young, John Whitty Certain aspects of the books layout deserve comment. 270 - Dec 2008 - 'Catholic literature': what does this mean?, David Birch To explore these questions more fully and to read widely amongst the many thousands of Catholic books and writers the Caroline Chisholm Library in association with the Central Catholic Bookshop in Melbourne is hosting a monthly Catholic Reading Group beginning 14 November at 7pm Level 3 358 Lonsdale Street Melbourne. 271 - Dec 2008 - FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH: Which Church did Jesus establish with his authority?, Frank Mobbs I may consider crossing over to the Marcionites followers of Marcion whose Bible consists of 11 books only (including a Gospel of Marcion). 272 - Dec 2008 - The decline of British Catholicism: the future?, John Haldane His recent books include The Church and the World (Gracewing) and Seeking Meaning and Making Sense (Imprint-Academic). 273 - Nov 2008 - Books: Books available from AD Books Order books from www. 274 - Nov 2008 - Books: A STORY AND PAINTINGS by Don Gallagher CFC, Michael Gilchrist It is evident from the background provided on this books dustcover that Br Don has embodied the best qualities of those good teachers we have all loved and admired: Because of his kindness his gentle persuasiveness his sense of humour and his obvious sincerity boys respond very positively to his instruction. 275 - Nov 2008 - Letters: From India, Fr S. John Joseph All of them come from the neighbouring hamlets and in general are really poor and in need of our support for their continued education for example writing materials like pens pencils erasers sharpeners exercise and note books medals rosaries holy pictures etc. 276 - Nov 2008 - News: The Church Around the World The new consultants all share Benedicts thinking on liturgical reform and include Monsignor Nicola Bux professor at the Theological Faculty of Puglia (Southern Italy) and author of several books on liturgy especially on the Eucharist. 277 - Oct 2008 - Books: Books available from AD2000 Books Order books from www. 278 - Oct 2008 - Books: SACRED THEN AND SACRED NOW: The Return of the Old Latin Mass, Thomas E. Woods, Fr Martin Durham Woods Jr (Roman Catholic Books 2008 123pp $38. 279 - Sep 2008 - Books: Books available from AD2000 Books Order books from www. 280 - Sep 2008 - Books: THE WISDOM OF NAZARETH: Stories of Catholic Family Life, Siobhan Reeves It is all too easy for critics of Catholic family values to disregard books of this type as written by self- righteous disillusioned fanatics not connected to the real world. 281 - Sep 2008 - News: The Church Around the World You read about me in history books but now I am dedicated to spreading the truth about preserving the dignity of all human life from natural conception to natural death. 282 - Aug 2008 - Books: Books available from AD2000 Books Order books from www. 283 - Aug 2008 - Letters: Body and soul, Elsie Cunningham If abortion is not murder of a person in its earliest stage of development all science medical and biology books will have to be rewritten. 284 - Aug 2008 - Foundations of Faith: How much history do the Scriptures contain?, Frank Mobbs Since then many courses have been offered on the Bible hundreds of study programs have been developed thousands of books and pamphlets have been published and so on. 285 - Jul 2008 - Books: Books available from AD2000 Books Order books from www. 286 - Jul 2008 - Abortion: A false concept of moral equivalence, Babette Francis Coercion One of the worst recommendations in the VLRC report is the rejection of anti-coercion legislation because there is no hard evidence of coercion despite evidence in the books of Anne Lastman (Redeeming Grief) and Melinda Tankard Reist (Giving Sorrow Words) and in legal cases cited by Charles Francis and Michael Houlihan where there was coercion and in which settlements were obtained for the women concerned. 287 - Jul 2008 - Liturgy: Archbishop Coleridge calls for an end to liturgical experimentation, Michael Gilchrist In regard to creativity in the liturgy this should mean that we do as well as possible what the Church sets down in the liturgical books since people coming to Mass have a right to a celebration of the liturgy according to the norms set down by the Church; anything else can be unsettling and distracting. 288 - Jun 2008 - Books: Books available from AD2000 Books 90 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $5. 289 - Jun 2008 - Books: FR WERENFRIED: A Life, by Joanna Bogle, Michael E. Daniel Other publications such as catechisms and prayer books were distributed not only to assist those in communist and Third World countries but also to bolster the faith of those in the West one example being I Believe - A Little Catholic Catechism. 290 - Jun 2008 - FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH: Reasons for believing in God, Frank Mobbs Of course a books description of God does nothing to show that God exists because one can write a description without that description applying to anything real. 291 - May 2008 - Books: Books available from AD2000 Books Order books from www. 292 - May 2008 - Books: NEWMAN'S APPROACH TO KNOWLEDGE by Laurence Richardson, Philip Trower In perhaps the most remarkable of his books if not the most widely read The Grammar of Assent the points I have been making are the heart of his subject. 293 - May 2008 - Books: Irish journalist exposes 'Kathy's Story' book and movie as fabrications, Gary Brady Two things that I really enjoyed about this book were firstly that in spite of the books subject matter which some may find a little depressing Kelly often injects some humour which I would imagine makes OBeirne livid. 294 - May 2008 - Youth: Eucharistic devotions: revival in Melbourne, Br Barry Coldrey Br Barry Coldrey was a secondary school teacher in Christian Brothers colleges for many years and is the author of numerous books and articles on religious topics. 295 - May 2008 - FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH: What are the basics of Catholic belief and practice?, Lucy Tucker After seven years of teaching the Catholic faith at the high school level to students from assorted Christian backgrounds and having read numerous books on apologetics I have come to the conviction that there is an essential Catholic apologetic. 296 - Apr 2008 - Books: Books available from AD2000 Books Order books from www. 297 - Apr 2008 - Church law: Conciliar decrees: what authority do they have?, Frank Mobbs Dr Frank Mobbs is a former university and seminary lecturer in philosophy and theology and the author of books and numerous articles on religious issues. 298 - Apr 2008 - WYDSYD08: World Youth Day Sydney: look for the wider trend, Joanna Bogle Of course this means that there are some things they have scarcely seen at all things that vanished for good or ill forty years ago: women wearing hats in church for example or the use of beautifully-bound missals and prayer-books among the congregation. 299 - Mar 2008 - Books: Books available from AD2000 Books Order books from www. 300 - Mar 2008 - Books: JOURNEY OF A FAITH COMMUNITY, compiled by Tom Johnstone, James E. Scarlett JOURNEY OF A FAITH COMMUNITY Compiled by Tom Johnstone (Community Books 2006 xi 196pp $2500 plus postage. 301 - Mar 2008 - Books: SEARCHING FOR AND MAINTAINING PEACE, by Father Jacques Philippe, Tim Cannon He has authored several of books of increasing popularity but here we shall look at just one a small volume entitled Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart. 302 - Mar 2008 - Letters: Christ's Church, Frank Mobbs A library of books has been written on the subject to little avail. 303 - Mar 2008 - 40 Years On: Vatican II at its mid-life crisis, Br Barry Coldrey Br Barry Coldrey CFC is a former secondary school teacher in Christian Brothers Colleges and the author of numerous books and articles on religious and educational issues. 304 - Mar 2008 - Tribute: B.A. Santamaria: ten years on, Cardinal George Pell The Melbourne-Sydney religious education text books are being taken up in more and more Australian dioceses and the number of priestly seminarians has risen in Perth Melbourne and Sydney. 305 - Feb 2008 - Books: Books available from AD2000 and Freedom Publishing Order books from www. 306 - Feb 2008 - Books: A YEARBOOK OF SEASONS AND CELEBRATIONS, by Joanna Bogle, Eric Hester As Joanna announces The books is unashamedly Christian and yet it is in a climate she describes well where there is a widespread concern that marriages and families today seem fragile Eacute; and often Church spokesmen seem timid in the face of a public culture that is not merely indifferent to Christianity and its values but actively opposed to it. 307 - Feb 2008 - The need for solitude and reflection amid today's cacophony, Andrew Kania ) but such is the horror of the strange vacuum covered by this truly demonic word relaxation that men must take pills to endure it and buy expensive books about how to kill this no mans land of modern living (p. 308 - Feb 2008 - How to reform Catholic education: get the world view right, Chris Hilder The three books discussed in this article present the scale of the problem and provide important guidance on the way ahead. 309 - Feb 2008 - News: The Church Around the World Faithfulness on the other hand requires that because of the strong connection between liturgy faith and doctrine we celebrate the liturgy according to the liturgical books and their General Instructions without variations except in cases which the books provide . 310 - Dec 2007 - Books: Books available from AD Books Order books from www. 311 - Dec 2007 - Books: THE CATHOLIC PRIESTHOOD AND WOMEN by Sara Butler MSBT, Paul Woodbury THE CATHOLIC PRIESTHOOD AND WOMEN A Guide to the Teaching of the Church by Sara Butler MSBT (Hillenbrand Books 2007 122pp $37. 312 - Dec 2007 - Letters: Archaeology, Ann Marie Streda His books and a video are available from www. 313 - Dec 2007 - Church History: Interesting aspects of ecumenical councils, Frank Mobbs Dr Frank Mobbs is a former lecturer in philosophy and theology at universities colleges and seminaries and the author of numerous articles and several books including The Incredible Da Vinci Code. 314 - Dec 2007 - Schools: The state of Catholic education: teacher and student experiences, Br Barry Coldrey Br Barry Coldrey is an experienced teacher in Catholic secondary colleges and the author of numerous books and articles on religious issues. 315 - Dec 2007 - News: The Church Around the World It is based on the first volume of the His Dark Materials trilogy of books written by the militant English atheist Philip Pullman. 316 - Nov 2007 - Books: Books available from AD Books Order books from www. 317 - Nov 2007 - Ora et labora: How monastic hospitality can strengthen one's faith, Br Barry Coldrey CFC The library was piled high with theological and devotional books. 318 - Oct 2007 - Books: Books available from AD Books Order books from www. 319 - Oct 2007 - A Christian sceptic's challenge: why atheism has no answers, Babette Francis Books by atheists such as Richard Dawkins Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris are recent best-sellers and we also have James Cameron claiming to have discovered the tomb of Jesus. 320 - Oct 2007 - Sacred space: Sydney seminar promotes improved church architecture and art, John O'Brien Also on display were relevant books by Portico Bookshop and liturgical items by Granda Liturgical Arts. 321 - Oct 2007 - Queensland: Liturgy in Brisbane and the rights of the laity, Michael Apthorp in the liturgical books and in the other laws and norms while Section 24 proclaims that it is the right of the Christian people themselves that their diocesan Bishop should take care to prevent the occurrence of abuses in ecclesiastical discipline especially as regards . 322 - Sep 2007 - Books: Books available from AD2000 00 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 323 - Sep 2007 - Books: THE BEAUTY OF THY HOUSE, by Mark Alessio, Tim Cannon Churchs wisdom Clearly the books production has been motivated in no small way by the authors own devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. 324 - Sep 2007 - New Age: Centering Prayer and other spiritualities: are they Catholic?, Wanda Skowronska Since then books courses and retreats using its techniques have proliferated. 325 - Sep 2007 - Rome reaffirms Vatican II's teaching on 'one true Church', Frank Mobbs Dr Frank Mobbs is a writer lecturer and author of several books including The Incredible Da Vinci Code. 326 - Sep 2007 - A successful quest for vocations in Melbourne, Br Barry Coldrey Br Barry Coldrey CFC is an experienced teacher and author of many books and articles on Catholic topics. 327 - Aug 2007 - Books: AD2000 Books 00 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $5. 328 - Aug 2007 - Books: The World's First Love, by Fulton J. Sheen, Michael Daniel Available from Freedom Publishing) Of all the books written about Our Lady Fulton Sheens The Worlds First Love is one of the most beautiful ever written. 329 - Aug 2007 - Lex orandi: Benedict XVI's liturgical armistice: 'Summorum Pontificum', Fr Glen Tattersall Continuity But the Pope insists that this recognition also places a corresponding obligation on the clergy of existing Ecclesia Dei communities (such as the Fraternity of St Peter) for whom the older usage is in fact normative: In order to experience full communion the priests of the communities adhering to the former usage cannot as a matter of principle exclude celebrating according to the new books. 330 - Jul 2007 - Reflection: Bishop Robert Finn on what it means to be a Catholic priest, Bishop Robert Finn By your attention to the Churchs liturgical books and by your reverence in carrying out the sacred rites assist the faithful to recognise more clearly Jesus Christ who alone makes the people holy through prayer and the sacraments. 331 - Jul 2007 - Books: AD2000 Books 00 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $5. 332 - Jul 2007 - Books: The Seven Capital Sins, by Fulton J. Sheen, Tim Cannon Books today are rarely given such forbidding titles and it is hard to envisage a prospective reader to whom such a title would seem appealing; certainly it cultivates an expectation that fire brimstone doom and gloom might feature prominently within the volumes brief 108 pages. 333 - Jul 2007 - Books: ILLUSTRISSIMI: Letters of Pope John Paul I, by Albino Luciani, Tim Cannon Like a bag of cookies the books contents are light sweet and immediately pleasing to the palate with chunks of wisdom scattered throughout like rich chocolate-chips. 334 - Jul 2007 - Books: A Catholic Replies to Professor Dawkins, by Thomas Crean OP, Tim Cannon As the books title suggests Fr Crean is offering a distinctly Catholic response to Dawkins making no claim to a general defence of religion or of other specific religious beliefs or practices. 335 - Jul 2007 - Why truth and charity are inseparable, Alice von Hildebrand Dru Harper Torch Books p. 336 - Jul 2007 - Pastoral Plan: Cardinal Pell's blueprint for the future in the Sydney Archdiocese, Michael Gilchrist Regarding Priority 3 Parish Renewal the Plan notes As we await the new translations of the liturgical books for the Mass it is an opportune time to revisit our liturgical life. 337 - Jun 2007 - Books: AD2000 Books 00 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 338 - Jun 2007 - Books: THE SONG OF BERNADETTE, by Franz Werfel, Michael E. Daniel Available from Freedom Publishing) In my final years of school as my interest in Catholicism was being awakened whilst rummaging through my parents books I stumbled across a Readers Digest condensed version of The Song of Bernadette. 339 - Jun 2007 - Books: IN THE LIGHT OF CHRIST: Writings in the Western Tradition, by Lucy Beckett, Francis Phillips As she observes simply knowing the complex details of Dantes cosmology will not make us love him; what makes him Shakespeare Pascal John Donne or Dostoievsky (to name a few of the writers she engages with) come alive on the page is their artistry which reflects their relationship to God their own experience and the books that have influenced them. 340 - Jun 2007 - Obituary: Bill Daly RIP: fearless defender of Catholic orthodoxy in Australia, Fr James Tierney Bill guided us into directly importing the best books from the USA. 341 - Jun 2007 - The Caroline Chisholm Library: Melbourne's hidden treasure, John Young Where could one find a score of books by Archbishop Fulton Sheen? 342 - Jun 2007 - Sigrid Undset: Revived interest in a remarkable Norwegian Catholic novelist, Michael Daniel The publication by Penguin Books of a new translation by Tiina Nunnally of her greatest trilogy Kristin Lavransdatter in 2005 signals a revived interest in the English-speaking world. 343 - Jun 2007 - New Zealand Catholic college's intellectually challenging RE program, Bernard Moran The great educator lost the battle and decided to take the message to the general public writing 60 books presenting the Classics to the modern mind and hosting a popular series The Great Ideas on Public Service Television. 344 - May 2007 - Books: AD2000 Books 95 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 345 - May 2007 - Books: Liturgy, Life of the Church; The Modern Rite; Pope and Council on Sacred Liturgy, Michael Daniel With recent trends to improve the liturgy both in terms of liturgical texts and the manner of celebration the availability of these three books is timely particularly for those charged with planning and celebrating the liturgy. 346 - May 2007 - Books: The Catholic Church and the Counter-Faith, by Philip Trower, John Morrissey Available from Freedom Publishing) To get at the roots in his latest books sub-title English author Philip Trower cuts a swathe through more than two hundred years of the philosophy theology and psychology which have emanated from the Enlightenment. 347 - May 2007 - The importance of 'holy things' for one's Christian faith, Andrew Kania These men of Zwinglian persuasion were also quite proficient in the destruction of Catholic books. 348 - May 2007 - News: The Church Around the World Two of his books were under scrutiny and in July 2004 the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith sent Sobrino a list of erroneous and dangerous theses. 349 - May 2007 - Education: How to fix Australia's Catholic schools and colleges, Br Barry Coldrey He is the author of numerous articles and books including The Contribution of the Christian Brothers to the Development of Irish Nationalism 1801-1921. 350 - Apr 2007 - Books: Books available from AD2000 and Freedom Publishing 95 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 351 - Apr 2007 - History: How much do Catholics know about ecumenical councils?, Frank Mobbs Dr Frank Mobbs has taught philosophy and theology at universities and colleges and is the author of several books including The Incredible Da Vinci Code. 352 - Mar 2007 - Reflection: The Holy Trinity - source of true Christian unity, Fr John O'Neill Fr John ONeill STB is the parish priest of Doonside in the Parramatta Diocese and author of several books and numerous articles on Catholicism. 353 - Mar 2007 - Books: Order Books from freedompublishing.com.au 95 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 354 - Mar 2007 - Books: The Glory of These Forty Days, by Fr James Tolhurst, Michael Gilchrist Indeed the two books would make excellent companions for use in upper secondary or adult education classes as well as with RCIA groups. 355 - Mar 2007 - Sandhurst: Goddess worship at Victorian education conference?, Michael Gilchrist The other keynote speaker is the Irish Columban priest Fr Seaacute;n McDonagh who is thoroughly immersed in green issues having written a host of books with titles like Greening the Christian Millennium Why are We Deaf to the Cry of the Earth To Care for the Earth and The Death of Life: The Horror of Extinction. 356 - Feb 2007 - Books: New Titles from AD Books Order books from www. 357 - Feb 2007 - Books: B.A. Santamaria's correspondence published by MUP The online bookstore is at www. 358 - Feb 2007 - Books: SPIRITUAL DIRECTION: Who Is It For and What Are Its Benefits?, Michael Gilchrist The clear attractive layout make it easy to follow the books suggestions while the numerous quotes from Scripture the saints Vatican II and the Catechism of the Catholic Church provide a solid foundation. 359 - Feb 2007 - Books: TREASURE IN CLAY: The Autobiography of Fulton J. Sheen, Michael Gilchrist Available from Freedom Books) This engrossing autobiography completed not long before Archbishop Fulton J. 360 - Feb 2007 - Music: Johann Sebastian Bach and the heavenly choir, Fr Finbarr Flanagan Not only did he have Luthers books on his bookshelf but also the sermons of the German Catholic priest and mystic Johannes Tauler OP. 361 - Dec 2006 - Books: New Titles from AD Books Order books from www. 362 - Dec 2006 - Books: SACRED PLACES, PILGRIM WAYS: Catholic Pilgrimages in France and Belgium, Michael Gilchrist Over the first four months of 2006 Brother Coldrey was on sabbatical in England France and Belgium and during that time he visited many sacred places collecting materials for a series of books. 363 - Dec 2006 - Books: COME, LORD JESUS:Reflections on the Advent and Christmas Seasons, James Tolhurst, Michael Gilchrist Father Tolhurst is an English priest who has written extensively including books on John Henry Newman and A Concise Catechism for Catholics. 364 - Dec 2006 - Sydney RCIA conference for 2007 on authentic formation of new Catholics, Paula Flynn Over the years many course books and guides to the catechumenal process have been designed for use by RCIA teams. 365 - Dec 2006 - News: The Church Around the World To be avoided were superficial presentations of Catholic teaching since only the fullness of the faith can communicate the liberating power of the Gospel he said at the same time underlining the importance of exercising vigilance over the quality of the syllabuses and the course-books used in schools. 366 - Nov 2006 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 00Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 367 - Nov 2006 - Books: St John Bosco, St Dominic and the Rosary, St Thérèe of Lisieux, Siobhan B. Reeves ) by Helen Walker Homan All titles available from Freedom Publishing Catherine Beebes books demonstrate a keen insight into the minds of saints and an ability to relate them to young people. 368 - Nov 2006 - Letters: Poem's author, Valerie J.Staunton He may be interested to know that I have the poem in a book of Parlour Poetry published by This England Books in 1989 and the author is Myra Brooks Welch. 369 - Nov 2006 - Books: Is the Catholic Church in Australia 'lost'?, Michael Gilchrist The following article is adapted from the books Introduction. 370 - Nov 2006 - Education: The Spirit of Generation Y: the challenge for Catholic schools, Cardinal George Pell What is the place of student text books in religious education? 371 - Oct 2006 - Books: Order AD2000 books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 00Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 372 - Oct 2006 - Books: Towards A People's Liturgy: The Importance of Language, by Mark Twinham Elvins, Michael E. Daniel Available from AD Books) According to the author of Towards a Peoples Liturgy Since the introduction of the vernacular Mass . 373 - Oct 2006 - Books: ARMS OF LOVE by Carmen Marcoux, Jacinta Cummins Older women may find the book a bit naiuml;ve and even implausible and might benefit more from other offerings on the subject such as Mary Beth Bonnaccis Real Love: The Ultimate Dating Marriage and Sex Question Book (also available from AD Books) as it deals with specific issues about sexuality and relationships rather than overall concepts such as courtship and chastity. 374 - Oct 2006 - University: Campion College: a pioneer in Australian higher education, Stephen McInerny To give an example: take a stroll around the beautiful wooded grounds in a typical week at the College and you will find young men and women reading the Great Books. 375 - Oct 2006 - Editorial: The way ahead for the education of Catholics, Michael Gilchrist One might even hope that the more open-minded and adaptable of our established educational structures would take a leaf out of their books once it is established that an uncompromisingly orthodox back to basics approach works. 376 - Sep 2006 - Reflection: Cardinal Arinze on the need for Eucharistic reverence, Cardinal Francis Arinze Since we are body and soul our reverence for Jesus in the Holy Eucharist has to show itself also in gestures such as genuflection to the tabernacle on entry and at exit genuflection where prescribed by Church books inside the Mass genuflection or bow at the reception of Holy Communion clean and well-maintained altar equipment approved liturgical vestments for the priest and his altar assistants and a respectful attitude in people coming and going. 377 - Sep 2006 - Books: Stimulating reading from Freedom Publishing 00Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 378 - Sep 2006 - Books: Why Must I Suffer? by Fr F.J. Remler CM, Jacinta Cummins Available from AD Books) First written over seven decades ago Why Must I Suffer? 379 - Sep 2006 - Books: Advancing the Culture of Death, by Peter Hung Manh Tran, Peter Westmore Available from AD Books) Despite the fact that euthanasia is officially practised in only a few countries - Holland shares this dubious distinction with Belgium and the state of Oregon in the United States - the issue is one of increasing importance throughout the Western world. 380 - Sep 2006 - Books: William Bernard Ullathorne: A Different Kind of Monk, by Judith Champ, Michael Gilchrist Available from AD Books) Few Australian Catholics will have heard of the Yorkshire-born William Bernard Ullathorne who was a pivotal figure in the history of the Church in this country and one deserving to be listed alongside such giants as Archbishop Mannix and Cardinal Moran. 381 - Sep 2006 - Chavagnes: Catholic education in a secular culture, Alexander Morrison At Chavagnes one of the English teachers hosts the Literary Club for the senior boys where the group reads a short story a play or some poetry giving often unusual and interesting insights into writers of all genres centuries and nationalities (the foreign books are read in translation for the most part). 382 - Aug 2006 - Books: Stimulating reading from Freedom Publishing 95Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 383 - Aug 2006 - Books: SNOW ON THE HEDGES: A Life of Cuthbert Mayne, by Helen Whelan, Michael E. Daniel SNOW ON THE HEDGES: A Life of Cuthbert Mayne by Helen Whelan (Fowler Wright Books first published 1984 199pp $14. 384 - Aug 2006 - Books: In This Vale of Tears (Winterbine Trilogy), by Gerard Charles Wilson, Michael Gilchrist A new novel tells how neo-paganism came to infect parts of religious life IN THIS VALE OF TEARS by Gerard Charles Wilson (Steele Wilson Books Greensborough 2006 530pp $27. 385 - Aug 2006 - Melbourne: Caroline Chisholm Catholic library, Barbara Shea As a result we have in excess of 26000 books pamphlets videos church documents and audio tapes which are available to Melbournes Catholic community. 386 - Aug 2006 - Scripture and Tradition: sources of divine revelation, Fr G.H. Duggan SM There were disputes for example about the Apocalypse and the Epistle to the Hebrews but these books were in the Roman Canon and this settled the matter. 387 - Aug 2006 - Music: Benedict XVI seeks a greater sense of the sacred in church music At the time the only significant figure in the Roman Curia who came to Bartoluccis defence was Cardinal Ratzinger for reasons that were both musical and liturgical as he has explained in his essays and books. 388 - Aug 2006 - Liturgy: The new Missal translation: Archbishop Hart's progress report, Michael Gilchrist Over the 30 years since the liturgical books were translated hastily into the vernacular languages there have been growing calls for making the texts of the liturgy available in an English translation which reflects the sacred purpose of worship in clear dignified language and is an accurate translation of the Latin. 389 - Jul 2006 - Books: Stimulating reading from Freedom Publishing 95Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 390 - Jul 2006 - Books: Hell and Other Destinations, by Piers Paul Read, Francis Phillips copy; 2006 Francis Phillips Theotokos Catholic Books www. 391 - Jul 2006 - Letters: Hymn books wanted, A. van Tilburg Would any AD2000 readers have any old hymn books with the music? 392 - Jul 2006 - Letters: Pope Pius XII, Br Con Moloney CFC This review brought back memories of several books I read on this subject some years ago. 393 - Jul 2006 - Letters: The Da Vinci Code, Denis Dominguez Jesus entrusted His Church guided by the Holy Spirit to write and choose the canonical list of books comprising the Holy Bible. 394 - Jul 2006 - Re-mythologising: Narnia - faith and fiction: The parallel world of C.S.Lewis, Msgr Peter J. Elliott Like Middle Earth in Tolkiens books Narnia reflects yet reworks a familiar culture at the heart of a world that is much wider than tea and toast with bourgeois beavers. 395 - Jun 2006 - Books: Stimulating reading from AD Books 95Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 396 - Jun 2006 - Books: The Defamation of Pius XII, by Ralph McInerny, Michael Daniel Available from Freedom Publishing and AD2000 Books) Reviewed by Michael Daniel Perhaps my solemn protest would have gained me the praise of the civilized world but I would have brought on to the poor Jews a still more implacable persecution than the one they now suffer. 397 - Jun 2006 - Books: Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Michael Gilchrist Available from Freedom Publishing and AD2000 Books) The long-awaited Compendium of the Catechism is now available in an English translation and will provide a shot in the arm for teaching and preaching on the faith as well as for Catholics wishing to brush up on the fundamentals. 398 - Jun 2006 - Liturgy: Catholics at prayer: why we stand and kneel, Fr Sebastian Camilleri OFM Early Mass books contain various commands from Humble yourselves to receive the blessing (Liturgy of St John Chrysostom) to Bow down your heads before the Lord and Bow your heads to Jesus Christ (Liturgy of St Mark). 399 - Jun 2006 - The John Paul II Institute after five years, AD2000 Report The philosophy courses are co-ordinated by Professor Hayden Ramsay author of books on virtue and the philosophy of leisure and an in-house philosopher on the staff of Cardinal Pell. 400 - Jun 2006 - Respect: New text book series vilifies the Catholic Church, Kevin Donnelly The Australian Multicultural Foundation recently launched a series of books for primary schools titled Harmony and Understanding. 401 - Jun 2006 - Books: Look for AD2000 Books online at freedompublishing.com.au! As a new service you can now browse online the full catalogue of 600 titles currently available through AD2000 Books with specials and new titles. 402 - May 2006 - Books: Stimulating reading from AD Books 95Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 403 - May 2006 - Books: Young Faces of Holiness: Modern Saints in Photos and Words, by Ann Ball, Jacinta Cummins Available from AD Books) There will always be the classic biographies of pious saints from the early Church and the Middle Ages providing inspiration for many young readers but one must not forget that todays young Catholics are growing up in a world alienated from many Christian values and one in which the concepts of sacrifice and unconditional love are largely foreign. 404 - May 2006 - Books: On The Way To Jesus Christ, by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI), Jacinta Cummins Available from AD Books) Following the election and installation of a quiet German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as the successor to John Paul II the former Cardinals books have soared in popularity both in his homeland and around the world briefly dethroning the Harry Potter books from number one on the best sellers list. 405 - May 2006 - Books: The Victory Of Reason, by Rodney Stark, Michael Gilchrist Available from AD Books) Many Western nations today are anxious to distance themselves from their Christian heritage and ever-eager to apologise for Christianitys alleged crimes or excesses of the past. 406 - May 2006 - Letters: Liturgical abuses, Rosanna Sherman must follow the rite established in the liturgical books approved by the competent authority without adding removing or changing anything. 407 - May 2006 - News: The Church Around the World He is one of the leading English commentators on the theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar and has published over 20 books on topics as wide ranging as sacramental theology contemporary Thomism and the issue of whether aborted infants should be declared to be martyr companions of the Holy Innocents. 408 - May 2006 - Papacy: Benedict completes his first twelve months as Pope, Fr Ephraem Chifley She says of Benedict I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger. 409 - Apr 2006 - Books: Stimulating reading from AD Books 00Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 410 - Apr 2006 - Books: Fr Martin D'Arcy: Philosopher of Christian Love, by H.J.A. Sire, Michael E. Daniel Available from AD Books) Reviewed by Michael Daniel The English province of the Jesuit Order arguably reached its high point in the first half of the 20th century and one of its leading members was Fr Martin DArcy philosopher and Provincial. 411 - Apr 2006 - Books: Mother Angelica, by Raymond Arroyo, Stephen Hitchings Available from AD Books) Reviewed by Stephen Hitchings This is one of the most extraordinary biographies you will ever read. 412 - Apr 2006 - Books: Swear To God: The Promise and Powers of the Sacraments, by Scott Hahn, Jacinta Cummins Available from AD Books) The sacraments . 413 - Apr 2006 - Books: Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church Copies of the new Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church can now be ordered through AD Books. 414 - Apr 2006 - Conscience: Dissenters' appeal to Rome 'a real hoot' says Cardinal Pell, Michael Gilchrist Papal Power Paul Collins has written and spoken extensively over the past 25 years taking the Churchs leadership and teachings to task especially in such books as Mixed Blessings and Papal Power - the latter landing him in hot water with the Vatican for its unorthodox views. 415 - Mar 2006 - Books: Stimulating reading from AD Books 95Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 416 - Mar 2006 - Books: Black Robe And Tomahawk: Fr Pierre-Jean De Smet SJ (1801-1873), Michael Daniel Available from AD Books) The 19th century arguably witnessed the largest missionary expansion of the Catholic Church and this development was due to men such as the Belgian Fr Pierre-Jean De Smet SJ who laboured to convert North American Indians for almost 50 years. 417 - Mar 2006 - Books: Edith Stein Discovered: A Personal Portrait, by Pat Lyne OCDS, Michael Daniel Available from AD Books) While most people are aware of the murder of six million Jews during World War II by the Nazis comparatively unknown are the Catholic victims of Jewish origin who were murdered because they were racially Jewish. 418 - Mar 2006 - Books: 'The Case For Marriage' by Linda J. Waite and Maggie Gallagher, Kerrie Allen Waite and Maggie Gallagher (Broadway Books 2000 260pp $29. 419 - Mar 2006 - The distribution of Holy Communion past and present: an historical survey, Fr Sebastian Camilleri OFM Hannan Tan Books p. 420 - Mar 2006 - Archbishop Hickey: how to address the crisis of faith, Archbishop Barry Hickey Our understanding of the formation of the books of the Bible has been enormously advanced by literary and historical criticism and explication so that we can know fairly accurately what the texts meant in their original context. 421 - Feb 2006 - Books: Stimulating reading from AD Books 95Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 422 - Feb 2006 - Books: CATHOLIC FAMILY CATECHISM: Disciples' Edition and Apostles' Edition, Fr Tierney, Michael Gilchrist Available from AD Books. 423 - Feb 2006 - Books: For the Life of the World:St Maximilian and the Eucharist, by Fr Jerzy Domanski, Michael Gilchrist Available from AD Books) For the Life of the World presents a concise survey of St Maximilian Kolbes spirituality with its focus on the Eucharist and Mary. 424 - Feb 2006 - Books: The Pope Benedict Code, by Joanna Bogle, Michael Gilchrist Available from AD Books) Joanna Bogle has been one of the most outspoken defenders of Christian truth in the United Kingdom expressing herself fearlessly in newspaper articles lectures and media appearances. 425 - Feb 2006 - Books: Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, Peter Westmore Available from AD Books) The Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church is the long-awaited summary of the Catholic Churchs social teachings a project initiated by Pope John Paul II and continuing the Churchs long-standing commitment to analyse economic political and social realities and put forward the principles on which a just society is based. 426 - Feb 2006 - Letters: Clerical Celibacy (letter), Fr Adrian Head Besides Fr Christian Cocchini SJ one can refer to books written by Alfons Cardinal Stickler and Stefan Heid. 427 - Feb 2006 - The Church of England: beyond satire?, Rev Peter Mullen Baby talk Next where the traditional Prayer Books Holy Communion used to say those unbearably moving holy words In the same night that he was betrayed the new book says He had supper with his friends. 428 - Feb 2006 - Cardinal Arinze on the Liturgy: the Mass is not entertainment, Cardinal Francis Arinze There is room for that too and the present books say that is a matter for the bishops conference because it generally goes beyond the boundaries of one diocese. 429 - Dec 2005 - Books: Christmas reading from AD Books 00Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 430 - Dec 2005 - Books: In Memory of Me / Come to Me, My Children, by Christine McCarthy, Michael Gilchrist Can be ordered through AD Books) COME TO ME MY CHILDREN: A Book of Prayers by Christine McCarthy (Sydney 2004 48pp $6. 431 - Dec 2005 - Books: Good News About Sex And Marriage, by Christopher West, Kerrie Allen Available from AD Books) In todays age of relativism where sex is seen as basically an instinct to be gratified whenever and with whomever with the true meaning of marriage sidelined - especially as an institution for which sex should be reserved - Christopher Wests book comes as a welcome resource for those keen to clarify the positive and negative potentials of sex. 432 - Dec 2005 - Books: The Cube and the Cathedral, by George Weigel, John Ballantyne Available from AD Books) Europe today exhibits few signs of the Christian faith which sustained it for 1500 years and inspired it to build its once-great civilisation. 433 - Nov 2005 - Books: More good reading from AD Books 00Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 434 - Nov 2005 - Books: Stem Cells, by Norman M. Ford and Michael Herbert, Kerrie Allen Can be ordered through AD Books) Father Norman Ford SDB Catholic priest and bioethicist has been criticised for making questionable comments e. 435 - Nov 2005 - Books: Philosophy 101 Meets Socrates, by Peter Kreeft, Bill Muehlenberg Available from AD Books) Peter Kreeft has taught philosophy for over forty years. 436 - Nov 2005 - Books: The Incredible Da Vinci Code, by Frank Mobbs, Michael Gilchrist Available from AD Books) Few books in recent years have prompted so many published rebuttals as has Dan Browns The Da Vinci Code. 437 - Nov 2005 - Letters: Gnostic gospels and the Da Vinci Code, Fr G.H. Duggan SM They appear only in the second century and published books with such titles as the Gospel of Thomas. 438 - Nov 2005 - Letters: New Zealand visitor to Brisbane, Leo Leitch Mind you I was not encouraged by my experience at the Catholic bookshop which is situated in the grounds of the Brisbane cathedral. 439 - Nov 2005 - Thomas More Centre: Fifty years from Shadowlands: Childhood memories of the world of C. S. Lewis, Msgr Peter J. Elliott I recall him getting people who came to him to discuss problems of faith and doubt to read Lewiss books. 440 - Oct 2005 - Books: More good reading from AD Books 95Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/handling $4. 441 - Oct 2005 - Books: A Beautiful Story to be Told: The Legion of Mary in Oceania 1932-2005, Michael Gilchrist Available through AD Books) The present work has been a labour of love for Fr Joachim OBrien and will be welcomed by all who have been involved with the Legion of Mary over the years in this part of the world. 442 - Oct 2005 - Books: What is Opus Dei?, by Dominique le Tourneau, Michael Gilchrist Available from AD Books) Reviewed by Michael Gilchrist With 84000 members worldwide including 1800 priests there is no doubt that Opus Dei has made a significant mark on the Catholic Church since its founding in Spain in 1928. 443 - Oct 2005 - Books: Your Life is Worth Living: The Christian Philosophy of Life, by Fulton J. Sheen, Michael Gilchrist Available from AD Books) These days vague fuzzy ambiguous euphemistic expressions are the order of the day in the media and even in some Church circles. 444 - Oct 2005 - Culture: How the Catholic Church built Western civilisation, Thomas E. Woods Jr Professor Woods book (specially imported and in hardcover) is available through AD Books for $54. 445 - Oct 2005 - Conference: C.S. Lewis: defender of objective truth, Adam Glyn Cooper Dr Cooper is Pastor of St Johns Lutheran Church Geelong an Honorary Fellow Department of Classics and Archaeology at the University of Melbourne and author of books on early Christian history and numerous articles and reviews. 446 - Oct 2005 - Juventutem: Young Latin Mass Catholics attend World Youth Day, Fr Glen Tattersall On Saturday 16 July at St Patricks Cathedral Melbourne His Grace Archbishop Denis Hart celebrated Solemn Pontifical Mass at the Throne in accordance with the Roman liturgical books of 1962. 447 - Sep 2005 - Books: More good reading from AD Books 00Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 448 - Sep 2005 - Books: The Holy Shroud, by Antonio Cassanelli, Gabrielle Walsh Available from AD Books) The Holy Shroud or the Shroud of Turin is the most remarkable of all Christian relics and has been the object of profound devotion for several centuries. 449 - Sep 2005 - Books: STAIRWAY TO THE UPPER ROOM: Daily Meditations on the Gospel Readings, Michael Gilchrist Available from AD Books) These two volumes are clear concise easy to understand guides to the Gospel passages from the Churchs three-year cycle of readings. 450 - Sep 2005 - Books: THE PATH OF LIFE: Benedictine Spirituality for Monks and Lay People, Gabrielle Walsh Available from AD Books) Father Cyprian Smith is a graduate of the University of Manchester in French Language and Literature. 451 - Sep 2005 - Books: THE ART OF GIVING by Francine Black, Kerrie Allen Available from AD Books) This is a charming book which delights in the beautiful art of giving. 452 - Sep 2005 - Books: GOING AGAINST THE STREAM: Ethical Aspects of Ageing and Care, by Peter Jeffery, Kerrie Allen Available from AD Books) Father Peter Jeffrey Professor of Moral Theology at the Missionary Institute London has produced a well researched articulate and persuasive book which provides a sound framework upon which to think about and build a strong ethical medical and societal view of caring for the elderly. 453 - Sep 2005 - Letters: Gnosticism The biblical experts have been trying to make Sacred Scripture into apocrypha (writings of doubtful authenticity) for decades while the authorship of the Gospels is often called into question in Sunday homilies with the Books of Genesis and Job branded as fable by priests who con- tinue to hold up the Book with the words This is the Word of the Lord. 454 - Sep 2005 - Letters: Society of St Pius X, Fr Kevin Robinson It uses exclusively the Traditional Latin Mass and other liturgical books as well as the unchanged doctrine of the Church. 455 - Sep 2005 - BOOKS: The Myth of Hitler's Pope: How Pope Pius XII Rescued Jews from the Nazis, Thomas E. Woods Jr A new Jewish defence of Pius XIIs Holocaust role Just published in the United States and able to be ordered through AD Books is The Myth of Hitlers Pope: How Pope Pius XII Rescued Jews from the Nazis by Rabbi David G. 456 - Aug 2005 - Books: More Good Reading from AD Books 00Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/handling $4. 457 - Aug 2005 - Books: More Catholic Than the Pope, by Patrick Madrid and Pete Vere, Fr Glen Tattersal FSSP Available from AD Books) Do you have a relative or friend who frequents a chapel of the Society of St Pius X (SSPX)? 458 - Aug 2005 - Letters: Origins of the Bible (letter), George Simpson Were every one of them to be written I suppose that the whole world itself could not contain the books that would be written (John. 459 - Aug 2005 - Campus Life: Cardinal Pell's program for a Catholic culture at Sydney's universities, Stephen Lawrence In addition the John Paul II Student Resource Centre with its collection of books CDs and tapes has been made available for students to create a Christian community of welcome and genuine charity. 460 - Jul 2005 - Books: More Good Reading from AD Books 95Prices include GST Order online or by Fax Phone Email or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 461 - Jul 2005 - Books: Letters To a Young Catholic, by George Weigel, David Birch Available from AD Books) With the Twentieth World Youth Day in Cologne on 16-21 August this year scheduled to be the first overseas visit of Pope Benedict XVI it is timely to consider the latest book from George Weigel (perhaps best known for his Witness to Hope: The Biography of John Paul II) in which he composes 14 letters specifically aimed at young Catholics who like many of their older counterparts may well be wondering what it means to be a Catholic today. 462 - Jun 2005 - Books: More Good Reading from AD Books 95Prices include GST Order online or by Fax Phone Email or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 463 - Jun 2005 - Books: John Paul the Great, edited by William Oddie, John R. Barich Available from AD Books) Last year the Perth Catholic Record referred to the late Pope John Paul II as the Great. 464 - Jun 2005 - Letters: Pre-Vatican II myths, Douglas V. Boyle St John makes this very clear when he writes: But there are also many other things which Jesus did; were every one of them to be written I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written (John 21:25). 465 - Jun 2005 - The previous Pope Benedict and his quest for world peace, R.J. Stove Happily these initiatives have been described in several well-researched English- language books notably Walter F. 466 - Jun 2005 - Benedict XVI and liturgical reform, Dom Alcuin Reid OSB Those who have spoken with the Cardinal about Redemptionis Sacramentum have no doubt that as Pope he would require not only its observance by all who prepare and celebrate the Liturgy but also its enforcement by bishops for he knows and appreciates the deep suffering caused by those who depart from the norms of the liturgical books. 467 - Jun 2005 - Habemus Papam: Benedict XVI charts course as successor to John Paul II, Michael Gilchrist No-one in the Church had worked more closely with the late Holy Father over such an extended period nor set out so many assessments of the state and future needs of Catholicism in a succession of books journal articles interviews and addresses. 468 - May 2005 - Books: Remembering Pope John Paul II 00Prices include GST Order online or by Fax Phone Email or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 469 - May 2005 - Books: A GENTLE JESUIT: Philip Caraman SJ, by June Rockett, George Russo Available from AD Books) I met this gentle Jesuit myself in Norway in 1967 when I volunteered to go there and help in the Catholic parish of Oslo. 470 - May 2005 - Books: Sacred and Secular Scriptures / The Catholic Revival in English Literature, David Birch Available from AD Books) THE CATHOLIC REVIVAL IN ENGLISH LITERATURE 1845-1961 by Ian Ker (Gracewing 2004 231pp $39. 471 - May 2005 - The Da Vinci Code and the itching ears syndrome, John Young The books reception shows widespread credulity a credulity associated very often with a fascination with conspiracy theories. 472 - May 2005 - Year of Eucharist: Religious education: Catholic youth have their say, Shannon Donahoo In the midst of this you may be wondering about the impact of RE reforms in the Archdiocese - including the new series of text books based on the Catechism. 473 - Apr 2005 - Books: Religious resources for 2005 00Prices include GST Order online or by Fax Phone Email or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 474 - Apr 2005 - Books: Mass Without a Congregation: A Sign of Unity or Division?, Michael Gilchrist Available from AD Books) Mass Without a Congregation is the doctoral dissertation of Polish priest Dr Marian Szablewski CR now available in an English translation. 475 - Apr 2005 - Books: Love Alone Is Credible, by Hans urs von Balthasar, Kerrie Allen Available from AD Books) This book is the newest translation of von Balthasars work. 476 - Apr 2005 - Books: The Path to Rome: Modern Journeys to the Catholic Church, Michael Casanova Available from AD Books) Sixteen new Catholics 15 from Britain and one from America describe their personal paths to Rome beginning of course from where they each started and then approaching Rome from different directions. 477 - Apr 2005 - Cardinal Ratzinger: Liturgy should be God-centred, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger The Organic Development of the Liturgy is available from AD Books. 478 - Mar 2005 - Reflection: The Holy Trinity and the Church: the truth will set you free, Fr John O'Neill Fr John ONeill is parish priest of Doonside Parramatta Diocese NSW and the author of several books and collections of poems. 479 - Mar 2005 - Books: Books to read in 2005 95Prices include GST Order online or by Fax Phone Email or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 480 - Mar 2005 - Books: THE CASTLE OF HEAVENLY BLISS, Michael Gilchrist Available from Steele Wilson Books PO Box 372 Greensborough Vic 3088 (03) 9434 5484 steelewilsoniprimus. 481 - Mar 2005 - Books: DOLLFUSS: An Austrian Patriot, by Fr Johannes Messner, Alice von Hildebrand Available from AD Books) This is an edited version of Alice von Hildebrands foreword to the above book. 482 - Feb 2005 - Books: Books to read in 2005 95 Father Damien and the Bells Arthur and Elizabeth Sheehan This is the latest in the Vision Books series of saints lives for young people aged 9-15. 483 - Feb 2005 - Books: Turning Towards the Lord: Orientation in Liturgical Prayer, Michael Gilchrist Available from AD Books) In his foreword to Turning Towards the Lord Cardinal Ratzinger writes: To the ordinary churchgoer the two most obvious effects of the liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council seem to be the disappearance of Latin and the turning of the altars towards the people. 484 - Feb 2005 - Books: Rise, Let Us Be On Our Way, by John Paul II, Richard Egan A new set of reflections by John Paul II: further insight into a faith-filled soul RISE LET US BE ON OUR WAY Pope John Paul II (Warner Books 2004 230pp $29. 485 - Feb 2005 - Letters: Books wanted (letter), Edwin McGrath Due to a disastrous house fire I lost many valuable books. 486 - Feb 2005 - Marriage: Why gay marriage is a self-contradiction, Peter Reynolds The concept is difficult to understand in contemporary academia where we find ourselves buried in our books transcending new heights of brilliance. 487 - Dec 2004 - Books: Inspiring Christmas Gifts 95 (Christmas special price)Prices include GST Order online or by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 488 - Dec 2004 - Books: Architects of the Culture of Death, by Donald DeMarco and Benjamin Wiker, Jodie Brown Available from AD Books) The Culture of Death has become a popular phrase and is much bandied about in academic circles. 489 - Dec 2004 - Books: Making Sense of Private Revelations, by Fr Paul Newton, Msgr Peter J. Elliott Available from AD Books) At some time or other most Catholics come across private revelations usually in the form of reports of apparitions of Our Lady with accompanying messages. 490 - Dec 2004 - Books: Theology of the Church, by Cardinal Charles Journet, Michael Gilchrist Available from AD Books) Cardinal Charles Journet (1891- 1975) was a well-respected Swiss theologian who was elevated to Cardinal in 1965. 491 - Dec 2004 - Books: Decoding Da Vinci, by Amy Welborn, Anthony Cappello Available from AD Books) In 2003 Dan Brown released his novel entitled The Da Vinci Code. 492 - Dec 2004 - Archbishop Fulton Sheen: 25th anniversary, Martin Tobin The Society has been instrumental in having a large quantity of Sheens books reprinted through a Catholic publishing house in America and is also attempting to have some high-profile Catholics take on the challenge of presenting Christ to the world by using the secular print media to include Sheens articles in their publications. 493 - Dec 2004 - Liturgy: Redemptionis Sacramentum on the liturgical rights of the faithful, CDF It is the right of Christs faithful that the Liturgy especially the celebration of Holy Mass should truly be as the Church wishes according to what is prescribed in the liturgical books and by the other laws and norms (12). 494 - Dec 2004 - English language: Will Rome ensure the completion of an improved Mass translation?, William Oddie The old books familiar for three centuries or more - for Anglicans the Book of Common Prayer for Catholics the old Latin Missals - disappeared from the churches. 495 - Dec 2004 - Administration: Cardinal Pell: Church administrators must put Christ's mission first, Cardinal George Pell If the bishop or priest wants a new catechetical program new set of text books or whatever the accountant may well panic; but his task is after giving prudent advice to make it happen. 496 - Nov 2004 - Books: More new titles from AD Books 95 (Christmas special price)Prices include GST Order online or by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 497 - Nov 2004 - Books: MARRIAGE UNDER FIRE, by James Dobson, Bill Muehlenberg Available from AD Books) Dr James Dobson is head of the Christian-based Focus on the Family in the US. 498 - Nov 2004 - Letters: Unchanging Mass? (letter), Fr G.H. Duggan SM Monsignor Peter Elliott in his review of two recent books on the Roman Rite of Mass (October AD2000) has expressed his personal preference for the Novus Ordo Missae promulgated by Pope Paul VI in 1969. 499 - Oct 2004 - Books: More new titles from AD Books 00Prices include GST Order online or by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 500 - Oct 2004 - Books: The Two Wings Of Catholic Thought, edited by D.R. Foster, J.W. Koterski SJ, Br Christian Moe FSC Available from AD Books) The subtitle Essays on Fides et ratio indicates the scope of this book. 501 - Oct 2004 - Books: The Organic Development of the Liturgy, by Alcuin Reid OSB, Msgr Peter J. Elliott Available from AD Books) The title sends a subtle message. 502 - Oct 2004 - Books: The Ceremonies Of The Roman Rite Described, Fortescue,O'Connell, Alcuin Reid, Msgr. Peter J. Elliott 00 Available from AD Books) Reviewing Fortescue-OConnell is almost like being asked to evaluate the Bible such is the status of this most authoritative liturgical manual for celebrating the pre-conciliar liturgy. 503 - Oct 2004 - Letters: Ghana: help needed (letter), Name and address supplied From his letter it seems he also runs an orphanage school which may explain the other items he requests: One large statue of Jesus; one large statue of Our Lady; 94 pairs of metallic rosary beads; 94 pairs luminous rosary beads (he specifically requested ones that shine in the dark); 94 Pieta books; 82 boxes of incense; holy pictures of Mary and Our Lord. 504 - Oct 2004 - Letters: Graham Greene (letter), Thomas A. Watkin We also learn that Greene in a private interview with Pope Paul was advised that parts of all your books will always offend some Catholics and you shouldnt pay any attention to that. 505 - Oct 2004 - Books: Be Not Afraid: Cardinal George Pell's new book to be launched in November Be Not Afraid will be available from AD Books following the launches for $24. 506 - Oct 2004 - Liturgy: Why priests should stick to the Mass texts, Bishop T.J. Paprocki is found in canon 846 sect;1: The liturgical books approved by the competent authority are to be faithfully observed in the celebration of the sacraments; therefore no one on personal authority may add remove or change anything in them. 507 - Sep 2004 - Books: More new titles from AD Books 95Prices include GST Order online or by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 508 - Sep 2004 - Books: Interrupted Journeys: Young Refugees from Hitler's Reich, by Alan Gill, Michael Gilchrist Available through AD Books) The number of TV documentaries and well-researched books shedding additional light on every conceivable aspect of World War II has been seemingly endless. 509 - Sep 2004 - Books: The Decline and Fall of the Catholic Church in America, by David Carlin, Fr James Schall SJ Available from AD Books) The humorist Will Cuppy once wrote an amusing parody entitled The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody. 510 - Sep 2004 - Books: The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity, by Philip Jenkins, John Barich Available from AD Books) Philip Jenkins who is a Professor of History and Religious Studies at Pennsylvania State University challenges the opinion of people such as Samuel Huntington who believe that in the long run . 511 - Sep 2004 - Events: Carnivale Christi Melbourne to celebrate Graham Greene's centenary, Liam Houlihan Despite this books deep intuitive Catholic bend elements within the Vatican were unhappy that Greenes descriptions of mans wretchedness were harmful to the office of the priesthood. 512 - Sep 2004 - Books: Exposing 'The Da Vinci Code' fraud, James Hitchcock The Da Vinci Hoax is available from AD Books for $33. 513 - Aug 2004 - Books: More new titles for 2004 from AD Books 955 A Map of Life Frank Sheed This is a welcome reprint of what is considered to be one of Frank Sheeds best books and one of the best summaries of the Catholic faith ever written. 514 - Aug 2004 - Books: Interview with the author of 'The Da Vinci Hoax', Carl E. Olsen This has been documented recently in books such as Philip Jenkins The New Anti-Catholicism and Bernard Goldbergs Bias. 515 - Aug 2004 - Books: A Guide To The Passion Of The Christ : 100 Questions, Fr Scot Armstrong STL Available from AD Books) A Guide to The Passion of the Christ has been published to coincide with the release of the film The Passion of the Christ with the aim of providing an accessible and easily understandable explanation of the films content. 516 - Aug 2004 - Books: DANIEL MANNIX: Wit and Wisdom, by Michael Gilchrist, Hermann Kelly Available from AD Books) Archbishop Daniel Mannix of Melbourne was the most influential and indeed controversial churchman in Australia of his day. 517 - Jul 2004 - Books: More new titles for 2004 from AD Books 00 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 518 - Jul 2004 - Books: Ethics and the National Economy, by Heinrich Pesch, John Williamson Available from AD Books) Ethics and the National Economy with English translation by Rupert Ederer) is a concise summary of Heinrich Peschs social and economic system Solidarism. 519 - Jul 2004 - Books: An Essay on the Restoration of Property, by Hilaire Belloc, John Ballantyne Available from AD Books) The following is a quote from a 1990s cult classic entitled An Incomplete Education: To get a firm grasp on profit and its counterpart loss you might want to consider the Biblical quotation What does it profit a man if he gain the whole world but lose his soul? 520 - Jul 2004 - Books: Flee To the Fields - The Founding Papers of the Catholic Land Movement, Peter Chojnowski 95 Available from AD Books) Parliament today means Plutocracy. 521 - Jun 2004 - Books: More new titles for 2004 from AD Books 95 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $4. 522 - Jun 2004 - Books: Looking Again at the Question of the Liturgy, Reform of the Reform?, Paul Russell ) Both available from AD Books These days it seems that the Sacred Liturgy of the Mass is perhaps as much a point of division as it is a unifying force as the source and summit of our faith. 523 - Jun 2004 - Books: The Outline Of Sanity, by G.K. Chesterton, Peter Westmore Available from AD Books) The WorldCom default on its loans amounting to some $4 billion is just the most recent example and testament to the virtual reality that has become a substitute for an economic system in which real men own real property and from that real property operate real businesses making real products which in turn would produce real profits. 524 - Jun 2004 - Books: The Free Press, by Hilaire Belloc, John Ballantyne 95 Available from AD Books) When Hilaire Belloc refers to the free press in the recently reissued volume of the same name he is speaking of a concept that should not be confused with what most today would think of as synonymous with freedom of the press. 525 - Jun 2004 - Letters: Catholic books (letter), Frank Carleton Good quality secondhand Catholic books are available including traditional works of Church history hagiography Holy Scripture spirituality Sacred Liturgy etc. 526 - Jun 2004 - Letters: Gospel Dating - The Jesus Papyrus (letter), Paul R. Smith As one reads this book one might well say: Matthew Mark Luke and John Did write the books their names are on. 527 - Jun 2004 - Society: Why Chesterton is needed now more than ever, Dale Ahlquist He should be taught in our schools but his powerful and provocative books are utterly neglected. 528 - May 2004 - Books: AD Books - More new titles for 2004, Anthony Cappello Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/handling $3. 529 - May 2004 - Books: ANGLICANS AND ORTHODOX: Unity and Subversion (1559-1725), by Judith Pinnington, Tracey Rowland Available from AD Books) This work is a mixture of social history and biography focused on the Anglican interest in eastern Orthodoxy and written by a member of the Russian Orthodox parish of St Ephraim the Syrian Cambridge whose academic speciality is the history of the Anglican tradition. 530 - May 2004 - Books: Why Must I Suffer?, by Francis Remler, Bill Muehlenberg Available from AD Books) The problem of suffering has been with us for as long as mankind has been around. 531 - May 2004 - Books: Marriage and Family in the Biblical World, edited by Ken Campbell, Bill Muehlenberg 00 Available from AD Books) In this very informative volume six Protestant biblical scholars provide us with almost everything youve wanted to know about the institutions of marriage and family in biblical times. 532 - May 2004 - Letters: Darwinism (letter), Michael Griffiths Some decades ago all these lines were discarded by evolutionists themselves but they have continued to appear in text-books. 533 - May 2004 - Poetry: Come As You Are (revised version), Bruce Dawe Who needs old hymn-books? 534 - May 2004 - Education: The religious character of Catholic schools: how can it be enhanced?, Br Paul Macrossan CFC Faced with an even greater difficulty in early 19th century Ireland when laws on the statute books prohibited Catholics from the teaching profession and Catholic schools for the poor were practically non-existent Blessed Edmund Rice strove to start his system of Catholic schools. 535 - Apr 2004 - Books: AD Books - More new titles for 2004 75Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/handling $3. 536 - Apr 2004 - Books: An apology for the revival of Christian Architecture, by Augustus Welby Pugin, Michael Gilchrist Available from AD Books) For those interested in architecture and especially in church architecture the reappearance under one cover of Pugins two most famous publications on Christian architecture in facsimile form will be very welcome. 537 - Apr 2004 - Books: The Catholic Revival in English Literature 1845-1961, by Ian Ker, Francis Phillips Available from AD Books) The six writers included in this most interesting study are John Henry Newman Gerard Manley Hopkins Hilaire Belloc G. 538 - Apr 2004 - Theology: Fr Aidan Nichols to lecture on von Balthasar in Melbourne, Tracey Rowland While directing the life of this community he produced many volumes of books and papers including the seven-volume series The Glory of the Lord. 539 - Apr 2004 - News: The Church Around the World Speaking to a large gathering of staff students from all year levels and parents Archbishop Hickey formally commissioned the 16 members of the Student Executive Council and gave them books for the 172 Year 12 students. 540 - Mar 2004 - Reflection: Scholarship, truth and Divine Revelation, Fr John O'Neill He is the author of several books and collections of poetry. 541 - Mar 2004 - Books: AD Books - More new titles for 2004 95Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/handling $3. 542 - Mar 2004 - Books: THE HEADLONG TRAFFIC : Poems and Prose 1997 to 2002, by Bruce Dawe, Michael Gilchrist Available from general bookshops) Bruce Dawe along with Les Murray is Australias best-known and most distinguished contemporary poet. 543 - Mar 2004 - CD Review: FOLLOW ME : The life of Jesus for children, by Zak Zreikat, Joe Padero FOLLOW ME (CD available from AD Books $20 plus postage) Newly released by Marilen Studios is a CD on the life of Jesus called Follow Me. 544 - Mar 2004 - Books: Archbishop Fulton Sheen : A Man for All Media, by Gregory Joseph Ladd, Michael Gilchrist Available from AD Books) Apart from being a prolific writer himself Archbishop Fulton J. 545 - Mar 2004 - Books: Lord, Have Mercy : The Healing Power of Confession, by Scott Hahn, Paul Russell LORD HAVE MERCY : The Healing Power of Confession by Scott Hahn (Doubleday Books 2003 $44. 546 - Mar 2004 - Books: John Henry Newman on the pre-eminent place of the Blessed Virgin in Christianity, Leo Madigan Available from AD Books Buried treasure that staple of boyhood imagination doesnt fade with the years instead it transmogrifies into something more readily obtainable and valuable like a satisfying book. 547 - Mar 2004 - Letters: African Rosary and Prayer Book Appeal (letter), Obour Isaac The reason is that we are going to hold an adoration program and we would be grateful if any of your readers could help us by providing us with some rosaries and suitable prayer books. 548 - Mar 2004 - USA: American bishops critical of their RE texts, Zenit News Service Archbishop Alfred Hughes of New Orleans chairman of the US bishops ad hoc committee for the Implementation of the Catechism reported the results of the committees evaluation of catechetical books at the episcopates conference late in 2003. 549 - Mar 2004 - Archaeology: Macquarie University's latest papyrus fragments shed light on early Christianity, Peter Westmore The books of the New Testament were almost certainly originally written on scrolls. 550 - Mar 2004 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000 He noted that some diocesan bookshops continued to stock titles propagating New Age ideas not remotely in line with Catholic doctrine adding that the trustful majority of people who go to a diocesan bookshop go there with the intention of finding suitable books for their Catholic formation and personality. 551 - Feb 2004 - Books: AD Books - Fresh book titles for the New Year 95Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/handling $3. 552 - Feb 2004 - Books: The Beginner's Book Of Chant, by a Benedictine monk, Paul Russell Available from AD Books) The author of The Beginners Book of Chant has carefully constructed a primer for the sacred liturgical music of the Church with the clear intention of aiding the elevation of the form to its rightful pride of place in liturgical services. 553 - Feb 2004 - Books: The Rosary : Chain of Hope, by Benedict J. Groeschel CFR, Michael E. Daniel Available from AD Books) One of the most tangible symbols of Catholicism is the rosary. 554 - Feb 2004 - Books: Mystical Flora, by St Francis de Sales, Mark Posa Available from AD Books) At a time when we ordinary Catholics are being assailed by thoughts on the Church by learned theologians who speak in a language which can only confuse it is good to read a book written in language which is easily understood. 555 - Feb 2004 - Books: Anti-Catholicism in America: The Last Acceptable Prejudice, by Mark S. Massa SJ, Michael Daniel Available from AD Books) We live in a society which not only proclaims freedom from discrimination for all its citizens but has gone to the extent of enshrining this principle in law; however all too often sections of the media make statements about Catholics or the Catholic Church they would not dare make about any other group in society. 556 - Feb 2004 - Books: Spiritual Combat Revisited, by Jonathon Robinson, Richard Egan Available from AD Books ) This is a meat and potatoes no-nonsense down-to-earth guide to the spiritual life. 557 - Feb 2004 - Liturgy: 'Excellent start' on accurate English Missal translation, AD2000 REPORT Liturgiam Authenticam recommended that there be a single translation of the liturgical books for each vernacular language brought about by means of co-ordination among the Bishops of those regions where the same language is spoken. 558 - Dec 2003 - Books: AD Books - A happy and a holy Christmas! 00 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/handling $3. 559 - Dec 2003 - Books: Socrates meets Machiavelli, Socrates meets Marx, by Peter Kreeft, Bill Muehlenberg Available from AD Books) Peter Kreeft is a professional philosopher a prolific author and a zealous Christian apologist. 560 - Dec 2003 - Books: You Are Peter, by Olivier Clément, Peter Westmore Available from AD Books) Olivier Cleacute;ment one of the leading theologians from the Greek Orthodox tradition has written this concise reflection on the Orthodox Churchs understanding of the exercise of the papal office as a contribution to the debate inaugurated by John Paul II in 1995. 561 - Dec 2003 - Books: Celibacy in the Early Church, by Stefan Heid, Fr Peter Murphy Available from AD Books) With much exactness and rigorous research Stefan Heid in his brilliant work Celibacy in the Early Church has tenaciously cleared the ground once and for all on the problematic debate concerning clerical celibacy. 562 - Dec 2003 - Books: Adventures in Orthodoxy, by Dwight Longenecker, Richard Egan Available from AD Books) Longenecker a former Anglican priest now a Catholic writer presents us with a refreshing and insightful look at the articles of the Apostles Creed. 563 - Dec 2003 - Books: Confirmed in the Faith, by Dora Nash, Joanna Bogle Available from AD Books) For much too long parish catechists have lacked a coherent well-presented textbook from which to work with candidates for Confirmation. 564 - Dec 2003 - BOOKS: DANIEL MANNIX : Wit and Wisdom - new edition, Michael Gilchrist As a preview of what to expect we include the text of the books new introduction. 565 - Dec 2003 - INTERVIEW: New Melbourne and Sydney Religious Education texts, Msgr Peter Elliott Msgr Elliott: The project began in 1997 when Archbishop now Cardinal George Pell decided that the way forward in religious education was to equip all Catholic school students with solid modern text books. 566 - Nov 2003 - Books: Great books at the best prices! 95Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $3. 567 - Nov 2003 - Books: A Grief Unveiled, by Gregory Floyd, Bill Muehlenberg Available from AD Books) It is the stuff of every parents nightmare: the shrill scream the loud screeching brakes the heart pounding as you run out the door expecting the worst. 568 - Nov 2003 - Vocations: Father James Gould and the hallmarks of successful vocations promotion, Michael Rose com/ Available from AD Books and John XXIII Co-op Bookshop. 569 - Nov 2003 - Melbourne's Caroline Chisholm Library passes ten year mark, Michael C.C. Ryan The little band of literates had kept the CCL alive with its 26000 books in a building at 353 Lonsdale Street just a George Pell torpedo punt from St Francis Church. 570 - Oct 2003 - Books: Great books at the best prices! 95Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $3. 571 - Oct 2003 - Books: Crisis In Religious Education, by Eamonn Keane, Damien Tudehope The summary on the back cover states the books purpose: Throughout the English-speaking world Catholic religious education has been heavily influenced by the ideas of Thomas Groome. 572 - Oct 2003 - Liturgical Time Bombs In Vatican II, by Michael Davies, Michael Gilchrist LITURGICAL TIME BOMBS IN VATICAN II by Michael Davies (Tan Books 2003 117pp $20. 573 - Oct 2003 - Letters: Inspiring hymn (letter), Kevin O'Hagan It was written by Frederick Faber (1814-1863) and was in most of the old Protestant hymn books. 574 - Oct 2003 - AD2000 readers' generous response to Queensland Lourdes appeal, Jenny Davies and Nicole King Father Paul Glynn SM donated a box of his books Healing Fire from Frozen Earth to the appeal to be sold on the night - this raised $500. 575 - Oct 2003 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000 Catholic World News Judge Bork baptised a Catholic at 76 Former US Supreme Court nominee explains reasons It may be a little late to start for most but Robert Bork the former Supreme Court nominee who has written books decrying the decline of Western culture has just been baptised. 576 - Sep 2003 - Books: Great books at the best prices! 95Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $3. 577 - Sep 2003 - Books: The Practical Preacher: Handy Hints for hesitant homilists, by Paul Edwards SJ, Anthony Cappello Available from AD Books) Paul Edwards a Jesuit priest based in North Wales began to write and teach in 1962. 578 - Sep 2003 - Books: Some Fell On Rock, by Fr John O'Neill, Fr Peter Joseph SOME FELL ON ROCK by Fr John ONeill (Red Hand Books 2003 67pp $10. 579 - Sep 2003 - Books: OLD THUNDER: A Life of Hilaire Belloc, by Joseph Pearce, Scott J. Bloch Available from AD Books) What Hilaire Belloc once said about Catholic history and the Church applies just as well to Belloc the writer: you have to see them from the inside in order to appreciate them. 580 - Sep 2003 - Understanding the Catholic Liturgy since Vatican II, Dom Alcuin Reid OSB For decades now liturgy groups have prepared liturgies tailored for their worshipping community (freely moving beyond the even rather wide bounds set by the recent liturgical books) rather than preparing to celebrate the Sacred Liturgy as fully and as well as possible. 581 - Aug 2003 - Books: Great books at the best prices! 95 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/ handling $3. 582 - Aug 2003 - JESUS: According to the Gospel of Luke (CD-ROM and Book), Roberta Wilson Available from AD Books) Cardinal Jaime Sin Archbishop of Manila wrote: I wholeheartedly recommend Millennium International Foundations Jesus a Catholic film based on the Gospel of Luke. 583 - Aug 2003 - Books: Will Catholics be Left Behind, by Carl Olson, Envoy Magazine Available from AD Books) Will Catholics be Left Behind is the most thorough and detailed Catholic examination of the Rapture and premillennial dispensationalism (the best-selling Left Behind theology) ever written. 584 - Aug 2003 - Letters: Pantheism (letter), Fr G.H. Duggan Before he died in 1955 Teilhard had bequeathed his multitudinous manuscripts to a group of disciples in France who soon began publishing books based on them. 585 - Aug 2003 - Catalyst for Renewal Address: The legacy of Vatican II, Archbishop George Pell One of the later books about the Second Vatican Council was headed The Rhine flows into the Tiber. 586 - Aug 2003 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000 The Pope has already produced three books of a personal character during his pontificate. 587 - Jul 2003 - Books: Great books at the best prices!, Anthony Cappello 95Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage/handling $3. 588 - Jul 2003 - Books: Europe: The Exceptional Case: Parameters Of Faith In The Modern World, Anthony Cappello Available from AD Books) The present book is the latest from the hand of Grace Davie Reader in Sociology at the University of Exeter. 589 - Jul 2003 - Books: The Prenatal Person: Ethics from Conception to Birth, Dr Ted Watt Available in general bookshops) The first 50 pages of this book are divided into three chapters grouped together as Part I: Foundations. 590 - Jul 2003 - Books: Marriage And Modernization, by Don Browning, Bill Muehlenberg Available from AD Books) Faith and family have survived for millennia but they have had to undergo tremendous challenges in the recent past. 591 - Jul 2003 - Letters: Catholic books (letter), F. Carleton A special catalogue of traditional Catholic books is available. 592 - Jul 2003 - Books: AD2000 to distribute Ignatius Press titles in Australia from July, Peter Westmore Over the past 25 years it has expanded from publishing religious books to periodicals tapes videos and CDs and is known throughout the world for its religious titles and periodicals such as Catholic World Report Catholic Dossier and Homiletic and Pastoral Review. 593 - Jul 2003 - Archbishop Hart defends woman in euthanasia case, Peter Westmore The case has been much criticised by legal academics and social commentators but it remains on the books. 594 - Jun 2003 - Books: Our books are the cheapest! 95 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 (between 9. 595 - Jun 2003 - Books: Family in the Bible, edited by Richard H. Hess and M. Danial Carroll, Bill Muehlenberg In this volume seven experts deal with seven areas: the family in the Pentateuch in the non-narrative sections in the historical books in the wisdom literature in the prophetic literature in the Gospels and Acts and in the Epistles. 596 - Jun 2003 - Books: The Story of Christianity : 2000 Years of Faith, Anthony Cappello Available from AD Books) Dorling Kindersley (DK) is perhaps of the United Kingdoms best producers of gift and educational books. 597 - Jun 2003 - Books: From Physics to Metaphysics, by Fr Francis J. Selman, Michael Casanova During my eight-hour shift in the factory either at night or during the day I would take some books John Paul said to the seminarians in Rome. 598 - Jun 2003 - Books: Culture and the Thomist Tradition : After Vatican II, by Tracey Rowland, Fr Peter Joseph STD Available from the Central Catholic Bookshop in Melbourne (03) 9639 0844 and Gleebooks Glebe Sydney (02) 9660 2333) This book by the Dean of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family in Melbourne begins with a study of the treatment of culture in part II of the Conciliar document Gaudium et Spes. 599 - Jun 2003 - Letters: Latin Mass (letter), Philip Robinson In two new American books viz The Great Facade by Christopher Ferrara and Thomas Woods Jnr (Remnant Press) and The Devils Final Battle by Fr Paul Kramer (The Missionary Association) one can read how the Church has arrived at its present sorry state and how the problems could be overcome. 600 - Jun 2003 - Interview: Vatican II and the liturgy, 40 years later, Zenit News Service Monsignor Elliott is the author of Ceremonies of the Modern Roman Rite and Ceremonies of the Liturgical Year widely used reference books published by Ignatius Press. 601 - Jun 2003 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000 The results to be published in September by Continuum Books under the title The Naked Parish Priest also reveal an increasingly liberal trend among younger priests. 602 - Jun 2003 - AD2000 staff members awarded federation Centenary Medals, AD2000 Mr Cappello is a staff writer for AD2000 manager of Freedom Publishing (which includes AD Books) and is National Secretary of the Thomas More Centre. 603 - May 2003 - Books: Our books are the cheapest! 95 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 (between 9. 604 - May 2003 - Review: Spending The Day With Mary: The Rosary on CD and Tape, Joe Padero Available from AD Books) In October of 2002 Pope John Paul II announced the year of the Rosary and introduced a new set of mysteries. 605 - May 2003 - Books: Essentials of the Faith: A Guide to the Catechism / Pastoral Answers, Michael E. Daniel Avaliable from AD Books) PASTORAL ANSWERS by Msgr Francis Mannion (Our Sunday Visitor 2002 240pp $29. 606 - May 2003 - Books: Christianity On Trial: Arguments Against Anti-Religious Bigotry, Bill Muehlenberg CHRISTIANITY ON TRIAL: Arguments Against Anti-Religious Bigotry by Vincent Carroll and David Shifiett (Encounter Books 2002 244pp $31. 607 - May 2003 - Books: Life-Giving Love: Embracing God's beautiful design for marriage, Kimberley Hahn, Leanne and Michael Casanova Available from AD Books) Scott Hahn in his foreword to his wife Kimberlys book Life-Giving Love writes that it offers a fresh but deeply-rooted perspective on the true meaning of marital love and its implications for a number of significant issues: NFP contraception infertility abortion sterilisation and miscarriage. 608 - May 2003 - Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan (1928-2002): How faith survived in a Communist prison, Cardinal Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan They brought me French books. 609 - Apr 2003 - Books: Our books are the cheapest! 95 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 (between 9. 610 - Apr 2003 - Books: A Seat At The Supper, by Frank Colyer, Mark Posa Available from Lumen Verum Apologetics PO Box L50 Mt Lewis NSW 2200 For those of us who have not had the privilege of visiting famous Catholic sacred sites like Lourdes and Fatima we must rely on the books and stories of those who are more fortunate. 611 - Apr 2003 - Books: Marian Apparitions, The Bible, And The Modern World, Michael Gilchrist As the books title indicates each of these apparitions is linked to contemporary secular happenings with historical details included on the conquest of Mexico the Reformation the Enlightenment the French and Russian revolutions and Darwin and evolution. 612 - Apr 2003 - Books: The First Grace, by Russell Hittinger, Peter Westmore THE FIRST GRACE by Russell Hittinger (ISI Books 2003 334pp $49. 613 - Apr 2003 - Books: Newman, by Avery Dulles SJ, Peter Westmore Available from AD Books) This study of the greatest Catholic of the 19th century English-speaking world John Henry Newman is written by one of the greatest theologians of the 20th Avery Dulles. 614 - Apr 2003 - Education: Chavagnes International Catholic college update, Br John Moylan A large indoor playing area outside tennis and basketball courts a virtually fully equipped gymnasium a hundred and seventy seat theatre a library with several fairly rare masterpieces among its hundreds of books and computers for pupil use are examples of a long list of facilities which would take some matching anywhere in the world. 615 - Mar 2003 - Books: The Latest from AD Books 95 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 (between 9. 616 - Mar 2003 - Books: Human Cloning And Human Dignity: Report of the President's Council on Bioethics, Bill Muehlenberg Available from AD Books) As in Australia and other Western nations the United States has been involved in a lengthy and divisive debate concerning the new reproductive technologies. 617 - Mar 2003 - Books: Life's Worth: The Case against Assisted Suicide, by Arthur Dyck, Bill Muehlenberg Available from AD Books) There is a solid moral and practical basis for the laws against assisted suicide that now exist argues the author. 618 - Feb 2003 - Books: New year reading from AD Books 00 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 (between 9. 619 - Feb 2003 - Books: The Catholic School In An Age Of Dissent, by Leonard A. Kennedy CSB, Michael Gilchrist He is the author of several books on educational issues and numerous journal articles and is currently a contributing editor with the excellent Canadian religious monthly Catholic Insight. 620 - Feb 2003 - Books: How To Win The Culture War, by Peter Kreeft, Bill Muehlenberg Available from AD Books) Peter Kreeft is a respected philosophy professor at Boston College. 621 - Feb 2003 - John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family, Melbourne: a progress report, AD2000 Report Scholarly community The Dean of the Institute Dr Tracey Rowland has said that one of the fruits of the Institutes work in the last 18 months has been the publication of a number of articles and books by the students themselves. 622 - Feb 2003 - Vocations: Sydney seminary growth based on orthodoxy, fidelity, Fr Julian Porteous Some recently published books have raised questions regarding the suitable preparation of men for priestly ministry. 623 - Dec 2002 - Books: Ideal Christmas Gifts from AD Books 00 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 (between 9. 624 - Dec 2002 - Books: Beyond the Blue Glass: Catholic Essays on Faith and Culture, Aidan Nichols OP, Tracey Rowland In addition to running a priory and publishing several books a year he also lectures in Oxford and Cambridge and in 2004 will be a Visiting Professor at the John Paul II Institute in Melbourne. 625 - Dec 2002 - Books: Barb of Fire: Twenty Poems of Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, Michael Daniel Inquire at Catholic bookshops ) The French Carmelites produced two outstanding spiritual writers in the late 19th century: St Theacute;regrave;se of Lisieux and the less well-known Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity - Elizabeth Catez of the Carmel of Dijon in Burgundy. 626 - Dec 2002 - Books: Eucharistic Devotion : renewing a timeless tradition / Heart of St Alphonsus, Michael Daniel Available from AD Books) FROM THE HEART OF SAINT ALPHONSUS: Favorite Devotions From the Doctor of Prayer Editor: Norman Muckerman CSsR (Ligouri Publications 2002 132pp $22. 627 - Dec 2002 - Books: Bio-Engagement: Making a Christian Difference through Bioethics Today, Bill Muehlenberg Available from AD Books) Bioethics is a new and burgeoning field affecting all of us. 628 - Dec 2002 - The sound of thunder and laughter: Hilaire Belloc re-consideredA.G. Evans, Joseph Pearce, biography, Catholic literature, G.K. Chesterton 95) can be obtained through AD Books. 629 - Dec 2002 - Thomas Groome: his influence on religious education continues, Eamonn Keane Groome a keynote speaker at the same conference addressed by Professor McLaughlin is a laicised priest prolific author of RE books and professor of theology and religious education at Boston College. 630 - Dec 2002 - Books: Biography of Archbishop Pell launched in Melbourne: author interviewed George Pell is available from AD Books for $22. 631 - Nov 2002 - Books: Ideal Christmas Gifts from AD Books 00 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 (between 9. 632 - Nov 2002 - Books: A Generation Betrayed: Deconstructing Catholic Education, by Eamonn Keane, John Young Available from AD Books) Many people on realising the sad state of religious education in schools and universities are perplexed as to how this could have happened. 633 - Nov 2002 - Books: Bernard Of Clairvaux: Essential Writings, Michael Daniel 95 Available from AD Books) St Bernard of Clairvaux the 12th century Abbot of Clairvaux was one of the great spiritual and theological writers of his age. 634 - Nov 2002 - Books: The New Faithful: Why Young Adults are Embracing Christian Orthodoxy, Michael Gilchrist Available from AD Books) Regular readers of AD2000 will be aware from a number of articles and reports over recent years that solidly orthodox seminaries dioceses and religious orders have been attracting larger numbers of vocations than their more liberal counterparts. 635 - Nov 2002 - Letters: Exorcists (letter), Monica J. Hart I would like to recommend two books by Fr Gabrielle Amorth on exorcisms and the urgent need for good exorcists in the Catholic Church. 636 - Oct 2002 - Reflection: Devotion to God through the Angelus and Rosary, Fr Fabian Duggan OSB It is a beautiful prayer but unfortunately it is very often misquoted or even misprinted in some prayer books. 637 - Oct 2002 - Books: New Titles from AD Books 00 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 (between 9. 638 - Oct 2002 - Books: Godfaring: On Reason, Faith and Sacred Being, by Francis Clark, Br Christian Moe FSC Available from AD Books) Some books are an education in themselves: in my view this is one such. 639 - Oct 2002 - Books: The Courage to be Catholic, by George Weigel, Michael Novak Papal biographer George Weigel on the underlying causes of US sex abuse crisis THE COURAGE TO BE CATHOLIC: Crisis Reform and the Future of the Church by George Weigel (Basic Books 2002 246pp $44. 640 - Oct 2002 - Catholic liturgy in the 21st century: major challenges facing the Church, Fr Peter Williams There were attempts in the production of some early ritual music books to foster Latin chant and keep aspects of the tradition alive; but largely this has not been successful in the average Catholic parish either in the first second or third worlds. 641 - Oct 2002 - Liturgy: Vatican control over ICEL tightens, Dr William Oddie Dr William Oddie formerly an Anglican priest and an author of several books is the editor of Londons Catholic Herald. 642 - Sep 2002 - Music: CD specials from AD Books 95 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 (between 9. 643 - Sep 2002 - Marilen Studios: a Christian approach to business, Joe Padero These can be obtained through AD Books or any good book store. 644 - Sep 2002 - Books: The Arians of the Fourth Century, by John Henry Newman, Peter Westmore Available from AD Books) Newmans study The Arians of the Fourth Century first published in 1833 was undoubtedly the work which led the most distinguished member of the Oxford Movement to write his later work An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine which in turn led him into the Catholic Church. 645 - Sep 2002 - Books: Open Embrace: A Protestant Couple Rethinks Contraception, Bill Muehlenberg Available from AD Books) I was in a Protestant Christian bookshop recently and talking about Open Embrace with the stores manager. 646 - Sep 2002 - The strange case of Father Damien and Robert Louis Stevenson, Fr F.E. Burns PE Fr Damiens life and work have become more well known lately through books and films. 647 - Sep 2002 - The 1960s 'cultural revolution': from self-sacrifice to self-fulfillment, Fr Gregory Jordan Popular culture in films and books about the war in their own way supported that ideal and anyone who fought against evil heedless of personal risk was made a hero. 648 - Aug 2002 - Books: New Titles from AD Books 95 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 (between 9. 649 - Aug 2002 - Music: 'Live Worship: Lifted', by Emmanuel Worship, Anthony Cappello CD available from AD Books) Live worship and praise music are extremely popular with young Christians. 650 - Aug 2002 - Books: Abortion And Martyrdom, edited by Aidan Nichols, Tracey Rowland Available from AD Books) This work is a collection of papers delivered at the Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Pierre de Solesmes in 1999. 651 - Aug 2002 - Books: Dynamics Of World History, by Christopher Dawson, Michael Lynch DYNAMICS OF WORLD HISTORY by Christopher Dawson (ISI Books 2001 500pp $35. 652 - Aug 2002 - New study of US seminary formation exposes fundamental flaws, John S. Webster Rose Available from AD Books for $30. 653 - Jul 2002 - Books: New Titles from AD Books 95 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 (between 9. 654 - Jul 2002 - Books: The Modern Rite, by Mgr Klaus Gamber, Fr Peter Joseph For those well-instructed and who read good books it is quite possible to keep the Faith while your weekly liturgy is a poor or defective expression of it. 655 - Jul 2002 - Books: The Greatest Marvel of All, by Pierre-Marie Emonet OP, Michael Casanova Available from AD Books) In a series of three small books Pierre-Marie Emonet a professor of philosophy at the Seminaire International dArs in France brings the riches of philosophy within the reach of all. 656 - Jul 2002 - Letters: Short-changed (letter), Mrs Carol V. Phillips My Catholic education was completed by me through the reading of orthodox Catholic books after I began to mix with people who were pro-life. 657 - Jul 2002 - Vatican II, church architecture and "reform of the reform", Sidney Rofe But there are books written by those who have the best of these being Architecture in Communion by Steven Schloeder. 658 - Jun 2002 - Books: New Titles from AD Books 00 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 (between 9. 659 - Jun 2002 - Books: The Travels of Friar Odoric, 14th Century journal of Blessed Odoric of Pordenone, Anthony Cappello Available from AD Books) Unlike Marco Polo Friar Odoric is virtually unknown today. 660 - Jun 2002 - Books: 'Socrates Meets Jesus', by Peter Kreeft, Arthur N. Ballingall Available from AD Books) Having written over sixty books on apologetics theology and philosophy Professor Peter Kreeft has steadily developed a number of these into a distinctive genre of literature one which provides his readers with a painless introduction to the critical thinking approach of the immortal Socrates. 661 - Jun 2002 - Books: 'Right And Reason: Ethics in theory and practice', by Fr Austin Fagothey SJ, Michael Casanova RIGHT AND REASON: Ethics in theory and practice based on the teachings of Aristotle and St Thomas Aquinas (second edition) by Fr Austin Fagothey SJ (Tan Books 2001 627pp $49. 662 - Jun 2002 - Liturgy: New English Missal: Archbishop Pell to chair international Vox Clara committee, Michael Gilchrist Close alignment to Liturgiam Authenticam by all concerned should ensure a common approach prevails as this Vatican document issued with the endorsement of John Paul II on 25 April 2001 leaves little margin for error: The greatest prudence and attention are required in the preparation of liturgical books marked by sound doctrine which are exact in wording and free from all ideological influence . 663 - May 2002 - Books: New Titles from AD Books 0 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 (between 9. 664 - May 2002 - Books: Prove It! Church, by Amy Welborn, Bill Muehlenberg Available from AD Books) Apologetics is a term used to describe the defence of the Christian faith. 665 - May 2002 - Books: Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a Contemporary Crisis, by Philip Jenkins, David Ross Available from AD Books) If we can believe the six oclock news there has been an epidemic of sexual abuse among the clergy and especially among the Roman Catholic clergy. 666 - May 2002 - Books: Beyond Gay, by David Morrison, John S. Webster Available from AD Books) Hardly a week goes past without a report in the media which endorses or presents homosexuality in a favourable light. 667 - May 2002 - Books: The Forty Four: The Martyrs of the English College Rome, Christopher Quinn However each - and this is the books genius - allows readers to witness for themself the heroic willingness with which these men remained true to the Catholic faith unto death in spite of most gruesome suffering and torture. 668 - May 2002 - Books: Demons and Democrats: 1950s Labor at the Crossroads, by Gavan Duffy, Anthony Cappello Available from AD Books or any bookshop) Demons and Democrats is a history of the Catholic Social Studies Movement (Movement) - later to become the National Civic Council - and its influence in the Australian Labor Party until it was forced out in 1955. 669 - May 2002 - Letters: Hymns (letter), David Schutz Previous to my conversion to the Catholic faith I spent 13 years on the national liturgical and hymnody commission of the Lutheran Church and helped to publish a wide range of worship resources so I have some idea of the long and winding road taken by texts before they appear in the hymn books bulletins and overhead screens in our parishes. 670 - May 2002 - US research puts clerical sex-abuse in perspective, Philip Jenkins Pedophiles and Priests is reviewed on page 17 and available through AD Books. 671 - May 2002 - US Jesuits' action against Father Fessio sparks worldwide protests, AD2000 Report Father Fessios abrupt transfer followed a controversy that had begun at the University of San Franciscos Great Books program - the St Ignatius Institute - just over a year ago. 672 - Apr 2002 - Books: New Titles from AD Books 95 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 (between 9. 673 - Apr 2002 - Books: Engaged to be Married - A Giftbook for Engaged Couples, Michael Daniel 95 Available from AD Books) In the months of preparation for a marriage it is all too easy for the bride and groom to be so occupied with organising their wedding that they do not allow sufficient time to reflect upon what will be the most significant decision they will make in their lives. 674 - Apr 2002 - Books: Bound To Forgive: The Pilgrimage to Reconciliation of a Beirut Hostage, Michael Daniel 95 Available from AD Books) As I stepped from a car in Rome within days of my release from captivity a paparazzi shouted at me from a distance Father Jenco what are your feelings toward the terrorists who held you? 675 - Apr 2002 - Books: The Clash Of Orthodoxies: Law, Religion and Morality in Crisis, David R. Oakley Available from AD Books) Here in Princeton New Jersey there are a lot of highly educated people including especially university professors and graduate students. 676 - Apr 2002 - Books: 'The Church In The Dark Ages' by Henri Daniel-Rops, Michael Lynch Available from AD Books) One of the great advantages of being immersed in history is to free ourselves from the parochialism of the present and in doing so to understand how many of the current theological and cultural debates mirror what has occurred in the past. 677 - Apr 2002 - Letters: Generous response (letter), Grace O'Hara I am a sponsor for CEC here and many of my contacts are converts and really enjoy reading other peoples conversion stories so I am putting these books to good use. 678 - Apr 2002 - Letters: Croatian appeal (letter), Fr Zeljko Rakosec SJ Because of financial situation we are currently unable to sufficiently improve the librarys collection of books and journals. 679 - Apr 2002 - Letters: Harry Potter (letter), Christine Slagter The review states: The gist of the books emphasis is that while the issue of the occult and witchcraft is something to be concerned about the real threat of the Harry Potter books lies in the world view they convey. 680 - Apr 2002 - The Lord of The Rings, Harry Potter and Star Wars, Hal G.P. Colebatch He also has stories in The Man-Kzin Wars (Baen Books USA) Vols. 681 - Apr 2002 - Melbourne TMC: The rights and responsibilities of laity in the Catholic Church, Archbishop Denis Hart Very often today people turn to self-help and self-discovery books in order to seek guidance through the troubles and doubts of their lives. 682 - Mar 2002 - Books: Fr Werenfried - A Life, by Joanna Bogle, Michael Daniel Available from AD Books) This short well-written biography by well-known British Catholic writer Joanna Bogle tells the story of Fr Werenfried van Straaten a Norbertine monk who founded and has since 1947 tirelessly directed the international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need. 683 - Mar 2002 - Books: Fatima Handbook, by Leo Madigan, Catherine Sheehan Available from AD Books) Published only last year Fatima Handbook (or A Pilgrims handbook to Fatima) contains the latest information about Fatima and events relating to it making it an excellent companion for those travelling to Portugul to make a pilgrimage to the shrine. 684 - Mar 2002 - Books: Living The Catholic Faith, by Archbishop Charles Chaput, Anthony Cappello Available from AD Books) Archbishop Charles Chaput is an extraordinary bishop who also happens to be an inspirational evangelist. 685 - Mar 2002 - Books: Faith of the Fatherless: The Psychology of Atheism, by Paul Vitz, Bill Muehlenberg Available from AD Books) Around ten years ago Paul Johnson wrote his thought-provoking Intellectuals in which he examined the personal lives of some famous Western thinkers such as Rousseau and Marx. 686 - Mar 2002 - Books: Freedom and Virtue: The Conservative-Libertarian Debate, George W. Carey (ed), Alex Sidhu 95 Available from AD Books) What is the proper relationship between freedom and virtue? 687 - Mar 2002 - Letters: Parish libraries?, Bob Cotterall One way of encouraging more Catholics to read orthodox books would be to set up a small lending library in every parish. 688 - Mar 2002 - 'Liturgiam Authenticam', ICEL and the need for improved Mass translations, Anna Silvas In May 2001 our Bishop in Armidale Bishop Luc Matthys gave me a copy of Liturgiam Authenticam (on the use of vernacular languages in the publication of the books of the Roman Liturgy). 689 - Feb 2002 - New Titles from AD Books 95 Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage and handling $3. 690 - Feb 2002 - Books: St Therese of Lisieux: from Lisieux to the Four Corners of the World, Catherine Sheehan Available from AD Books) THEacute;REgrave;SE OF LISIEUX: Doctor of the Universal Church (Editions de Signe 2001 48pp $5. 691 - Feb 2002 - Books: Hogwarts or Hogwash? by Peter Furst and Craig Heilmann, Bill Muehlenberg Available from AD Books) Hogwarts or Hogwash? 692 - Feb 2002 - The Church in South Korea: dynamic and fast-growing, Pat O'Brien He returned home with as many books on Christianity as he could safely smuggle in. 693 - Dec 2001 - New Titles from AD Books 95 each Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage and handling $3. 694 - Dec 2001 - Books: Daily Gospel 2002, Bible Diary 2002, Anthony Cappello 00 Claretian Publications 2002 both available from AD Books) The Holy Father constantly reminds us to pray and meditate on the Scriptures while the Catechism of the Catholic Church states: The Church forcefully and specifically exhorts all the Christian faithful . 695 - Dec 2001 - Books: The Prayer Of Jabez' by Bruce Wilkinson, Bill Muehlenberg Available from AD Books) While many non-Protestants may not have heard of The Prayer of Jabez it happens to be one of the best-selling Christian books to hit the market. 696 - Dec 2001 - Books: 'Desire Of The Everlasting Hills' by Thomas Cahill, Michael Daniel Available from AD Books) No person is better known throughout the pages of history than Jesus of Nazareth whom Christians call the Christ. 697 - Dec 2001 - Books: AD Books 'Top Ten' Good Man of Assisi Lions Childrens Books 8. 698 - Dec 2001 - Books: 'Thomas More On Statesmanship' by Gerard B. Wegemer, Michael Casanova Available from AD Books) In October last year Pope John Paul proclaimed Saint Thomas More Patron of Statesmen and Politicians. 699 - Dec 2001 - Books: 'Meaninglessness: The Solutions of Nietzsche, Freud and Rorty' by Michael Casey, Anthony Cappello Available from AD Books) Meaninglessness is the latest publication from Freedom Publishing. 700 - Dec 2001 - Books: De Lubac's writings in English translations, Tracey Rowland 90) A much cited work this books title has become a commonly used expression by many who are probably unaware of its origin. 701 - Dec 2001 - Books: 'Soul Survivor' - Philip Yancey book launch at Thomas More Centre, Bill Muehlenberg Many in attendance said the same thing noting how his books had stimulated their thinking challenged their preconceptions and deepened their faith. 702 - Nov 2001 - Bookstore: New Titles from AD Books 95 each Prices include GST Order by Fax Phone or Mail from AD Books 582 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Phone (03) 9326 5757 Fax (03) 9328 2877 Postage and handling $3. 703 - Nov 2001 - Books: 'STICKY THE DOG', by Robert Wheeler, Catherine Sheehan Available from AD Books) Sticky the Dog is a collection of childrens stories written by Uniting Church Minister Robert Wheeler. 704 - Nov 2001 - Books: 'The Glenstal Book Of Prayer: A Benedictine Prayer Book, Mary-Jane Donnellan Available from AD Books) The Glenstal Book of Prayer subtitled A Benedictine Prayer Book is clear and readable drawing on the rich resources of Benedictine liturgy the Scriptures the Churchs accumulated wisdom and the Celtic tradition of the Irish monks who have produced this inspirational little book. 705 - Nov 2001 - Books: My Dear Young Friends: Pope John Paul II Speaks to Teens on Life, Love, Courage, Mary-Jane Donnellan Available from AD Books) Dilecti Amici (Dear Friends) is the title of Pope John Paul IIs Apostolic Letter issued on the occasion of the International Youth Year in 1985. 706 - Nov 2001 - Books: 'The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jewish Origins of Christianity', Carsten Theide, Anthony Cappello Available from AD Books) The Dead Sea Scrolls a new book by well known and respected papyrologist Carsten Peter Thiede could possibly become one of the most authoritative books on the subject. 707 - Nov 2001 - Winter school: Evangelising in a "post-pagan" culture, Fr Anthony Mastroeni Good books by Peter Kreeft Larl Keating and Fulton Sheen are a help as are numerous websites on a wide range of apologetics topics. 708 - Nov 2001 - Brisbane liturgy director calls Vatican document "a betrayal", Michael Gilchrist However Father Elich remarks at the outset: I believe the document itself is a betrayal on two levels: firstly with respect to the language we will use to worship God in our liturgy and secondly with respect to the bishops responsibility for preparing and approving liturgical books in the vernacular. 709 - Oct 2001 - Books: Seeds of Life: Early Christian Martyrs; Martyrs of Lyons and Vienne, Michael Daniel Available from AD Books) Seeds of Life is part of the Wellsprings of Faith Series designed to provide easily accessible texts of patristic and monastic literature. 710 - Oct 2001 - Books: Tales Without Reason: Forgotten Heroes of the Apostolate in 1840s Australia, Michael Daniel Available from AD Books) The Catholic faith was nurtured largely due to the tireless work of missionary priests and religious who left all to bring the faith to immigrants and natives. 711 - Oct 2001 - Books: 'The One Minute Philosopher' by Montague Brown, Catherine Sheehan Available from AD Books) In todays world we are faced with a torrent of rhetoric from politicians academics and the media. 712 - Oct 2001 - Books: 'Apologetics and Catholic Doctrine', Archbishop Sheehan, Fr Peter Joseph, Br Christian Moe FSC Taken together in close parallel attention these two books would constitute a most enriching course for those interested whether for the individual private student or for the study group. 713 - Oct 2001 - Archbishop Hart opens Thomas More Centre Bookroom, Catherine Sheehan Peter Westmore welcomed the Archbishop and gave special thanks to books manager Anthony Cappello whose initiative it was to open a bookroom and who has worked tirelessly to bring his idea to fruition. 714 - Oct 2001 - Cardinal George of Chicago sacks leading 'progressive' liturgist, Michael Gilchrist Liturgical Training Publications which is owned by the Chicago Archdiocese publishes books and training materials that have been widely used in Catholic parishes and schools around the English-speaking world. 715 - Oct 2001 - Events: Gerry Matatics Visit / Catholic Homeschooling Conference, Parramatta, AD2000 Catholic Homeschooling Conference Lectures workshops books and educational resource displays A Catholic Homeschooling Conference is to be held in the Parramatta Diocese on 3-4 November 2001 with the support of Bishop Kevin Manning. 716 - Sep 2001 - Books: 'Lamentations Of The Father', by Ian Frazier, Mary-Jane Donnellan Available from AD Books) Lamentations of the Father is a humorous and colourfully illustrated book which offers a delightful yet insightful perspective on parenting. 717 - Sep 2001 - Books: 'Teens and Relationships', 'Teen Life and Christ', by Jerry Shepherd, Mary-Jane Donnellan Available from AD Books) The expression teenager can readily prompt negative reactions among some people. 718 - Sep 2001 - Books: 'Padre Pio: In My Own Words', ed. Anthony F. Chiffolo, Mary-Jane Donnellan Available from AD Books) Padre Pio: In My Own Words comprises a collection of letters written by Padre Pio which provide a valuable source of encouragement and inspiration for those undertaking their spiritual journeys. 719 - Sep 2001 - Books: 'The Holocaust, Never To Be Forgotten', Avery Dulles SJ, Rabbi Leon Klenicki, Anthony Cappello Available from AD Books) On 16 March 1998 the Vatican Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews issued a statement titled We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah. 720 - Sep 2001 - Books: 'The Book of Marriage', edited by Dana Mack and David Blankenhorn, Bill Muehlenberg Available from AD Books) Some of the most profound witty incisive comments on marriage available When one considers that the institutions of marriage and family were the first ordained by God preceding even the State or the Church one can see the great importance placed on them. 721 - Sep 2001 - Kenneth Bruce Dowding, Australian Catholic hero: his brother's tribute, Rev Keith Dowding It means a great deal to me not least because although Bruces name is recorded in the Australian War Memorial in Canberra and is to be found in some of the books written about underground groups in the war years in France I am the only family member left who knew him - he was the baby of our family. 722 - Sep 2001 - Why today's secular culture is anti-Catholic, James Hitchcock Dr James Hitchcock is Professor of History at the University of St Louis and author of numerous books on the Catholic Church. 723 - Aug 2001 - Books: The Christian Travellers' Guides: France, Britain, Italy, Germany, F.T. Long Available from AD2000 Books) For those wanting to know a nave from a narthex or the ambulatory from the apsidial chapel these are the books for you. 724 - Aug 2001 - Books: The DNA of God: Newly Discovered Secrets of the Shroud of Turin, Garza-Valdez, Anthony Cappello Garza-Valdez (Berkeley Books 2001 206pp $24. 725 - Aug 2001 - Books: Learning to Pray, by Julie Keleman, Anthony Cappello Available from AD Books) Julie Keleman several years ago wrote a booklet entitled Lent is for Children. 726 - Aug 2001 - Books: Hail, Holy Queen: The Mother of God in the Word of God, by Scott Hahn, Catherine Sheehan Available from AD Books) The place of Our Lady in Gods redemptive plan is often a sticking point for people who are returning to the faith or converting to Catholicism. 727 - Aug 2001 - Books: The Cross of Anzac, by Tom Johnstone, Mark Posa Available from AD Books) In his foreword to this book Bishop Geoffrey F. 728 - Aug 2001 - Books: Genetic Turning Points, by James Peterson, Bill Muehlenberg Available from AD Books) In the past few decades the advances in bio-technology and genetics have been astounding. 729 - Aug 2001 - Denver Archdiocese: the future of Catholicism, David Scott Its author David Scott was editor of Our Sunday Visitor a national US Catholic newspaper from 1993 to 2000 and is currently writing an introduction to the Catholic Faith for Loyola Press and a study of Dorothy Day for Our Sunday Visitor Books. 730 - Aug 2001 - After 14 years: why does AD2000 continue?, Michael Gilchrist He has written several books including Forces and Issues in Australian Politics (1976) Daniel Mannix: Priest and Patriot (1982) and Rome or the Bush? 731 - Aug 2001 - News: The Church Around the World The bulk of this increase has occurred in Third World countries despite widespread problems of lack of books food or suitable accommodation. 732 - Aug 2001 - Melbourne's new Archbishop receives Pallium from John Paul II, AD2000 Report He was responsible for the preparation of official editions of books for worship and was Liturgy Director and Assistant Master of Ceremonies for the whole of the Australian Papal visit in November 1986. 733 - Jul 2001 - Books: The Gift of the Rosary: How to make and How and Why to Pray, by Brian Peachey, Barry Morgan Available from Catholic Bookshops and 48 Carrick St Woodlands WA 6018 tel (08) 9446 3266 fax (08) 9446 3260) Of all the religious books written those on our Blessed Mother and the Rosary would have to be among the most numerous. 734 - Jul 2001 - Books: 'Five Loaves and Two Fishes' by Archbishop F. X. Nguyen Van Thuan, Anthony Cappello Available from AD Books) Archbishop Nguyen Van Thuan is a remarkable man who has witnessed to the Gospel in an extraordinary way. 735 - Jul 2001 - Letters: New Testament books (letter), Fr G.H. Duggan SM Fitzmeyer SJ - decided that the commentaries on the books of the New Testament would follow what in their opinion is the chronological order in which the books were written. 736 - Jul 2001 - First Tetum-language New Testament for East Timor Last year Aid to the Church in Need also gave a grant of $15000 for the reprinting of 10000 copies of the Childs Bible in the Tetum language after these books were destroyed in the looting and burning of Dili in September 1999. 737 - Jul 2001 - AD2000 makes impact on the Internet, Francis Young Books that sell today deal with personal holiness prayer saints lives the Eucharist Our Lady and conversion stories - despite the oddball desire of some well-known publishers to spend their advertising budgets pushing faded pop religion that was already dull by the 1970s. 738 - Jul 2001 - New Vatican guidelines call for sound, accurate liturgy translations, Michael Gilchrist The greatest prudence and attention are required in the preparation of liturgical books marked by sound doctrine which are exact in wording and free from all ideological influence . 739 - Jun 2001 - Books: 'Praying with Thomas Aquinas' by Houle, Monshau and Norris, Catherine Sheehan Available from AD Books. 740 - Jun 2001 - Books: 'Praying The Psalms: A Commentary' by Fr Stanley L. Jaki, Anthony Cappello Available from AD Books. 741 - Jun 2001 - Books: 'The Doctors of the Church' by Bernard McGinn, Angela Joseph Available from AD Books. 742 - Jun 2001 - Books: Heaven in Stone and Glass: Experiencing the Spirituality of the Great Cathedrals, Michael Daniel Available from AD Books. 743 - Jun 2001 - Books: 'The Wedding Present' by Viscountess Margaret Long, Michael Daniel Available from AD Books. 744 - Jun 2001 - Books: 'Blessed Columba Marmion: a Short Biography' by Mark Tierney OSB, Michael Daniel ) Available from AD Books. 745 - Jun 2001 - Books: 'As One Struggling Christian to Another: Augustine's Christian Ideal for Today', Bill Muehlenberg Available from AD Books. 746 - Jun 2001 - Books: The Turin Shroud: Past, Present and Future, International Scientific Symposium, Anthony Cappello Available from AD Books. 747 - May 2001 - Books: Stations Of The Cross (CD), Perth Catholic Productions, Colleen McGuiness-Howard Available through local Catholic bookshops or direct from Perth Catholic Productions P. 748 - May 2001 - Books: 'A Vacation With The Lord' by Fr Thomas H. Green SJ, Catherine Sheehan Available from AD Books (03) 9326 5757) Participating in a retreat once or twice a year is quite common nowadays amongst practising Catholics. 749 - May 2001 - Books: 'Prayers From The Heart: for the Feasts of the Year', Joanna Bogle, Mary-Jane Donnellan Available from AD Books (03) 9326 5757) Prayers from the Heart evokes The sound of a great rush of wind - the coming of Pentecost as it invites the reader to be guided and strengthened by the power of the Holy Spirit to share in the waiting of Advent anticipate the arrival of Christmas and celebrate the Solemnities of All Souls and All Saints days. 750 - May 2001 - Books: 'He's Risen' by Phelim McGowan SJ, Mary-Jane Donnellan Available from AD Books (03) 9326 5757) Silence is a part of our humanity we take for granted. 751 - May 2001 - Books: 'Great Christian Prayers' by Stephen Redmond SJ, Peter Westmore Available from AD Books (03) 9326 5757) Fr Stephen Redmond an Irish Jesuit has compiled a charming and informative treasury of Christian prayers together with historical accounts of how they came into being and of their common usage. 752 - May 2001 - Books: 'Becoming Fire' by Fr Ken Barker mgl, Peter Westmore Available from AD Books (03) 9326 5757) Most people I suspect would prefer to read a history of the Ming Dynasty in China than a book on Christian spirituality. 753 - May 2001 - Letters: Enlightening book (letter), Br Con Moloney CFC I have just finished reading one of the most enlightening books I have come across in recent years. 754 - May 2001 - Letters: Objectionable cover (letter), Fr Edward P. Evans What is the idea of printing a stark naked Christ on the cross on the books cover? 755 - May 2001 - Why John Henry Newman converted to Catholicism, Michael Davies Michael Davies is the author of numerous books and articles on the liturgy and the history of the Catholic Church. 756 - May 2001 - AD2000 Online, Michael Gilchrist The site also includes some useful links online subscription forms and an email newsletter list and will soon have a repository of important documents and the facility to purchase various items through AD Books. 757 - Apr 2001 - Books: The Seven Cities of the Apocalypse, by Roland J. Worth, Michael Daniel Available from AD Books at $79. 758 - Apr 2001 - Books: 'The Atonement Child' by Francine Rivers, Mary-Jane Donnellan Available from AD Books) With so much pressure in todays society young people in particular are faced with a wide array of moral decisions. 759 - Apr 2001 - Books: 'Contraception: The Hidden Truth' by Christine de Stoop, Katie Forster Inquiries to AD Books) In the 33 years since Pope Paul VI issued Humanae Vitae we have seen a massive decline in respect for life. 760 - Apr 2001 - JESUS - Jubilee Edition Video, Johanna O'Farrell Inquiries AD Books) Reading from the Bible never satisfied completely my imagination as to what Jesus was like nor my sense of the presence of this most influential person who ever lived. 761 - Apr 2001 - Books: Keeping The Faith: Making a Difference by Wilson D. Miscamble, Michael Daniel Available from AD Books) Keeping the Faith is a short book of reflections composed by Fr Wilson Miscamble an Australian priest who is a member of the Holy Cross order and professor of American History at the University of Notre Dame in the United States. 762 - Apr 2001 - Tanzania's Father Winfried makes return visit to Australia, Martin Sheehan Apart from raising money Fr Winfried hopes to return to Mpanga (at the end of March) with other essential items particularly used light clothing second-hand footwear foodstuffs medical equipment (beds mattresses wheel chairs walking frames etc) and basic school materials such as exercise books pens and pencils. 763 - Mar 2001 - Reflection: Liturgy in the true spirit of Vatican II, Ralph McInerny What Went Wrong With Vatican II is distributed by AD Books. 764 - Mar 2001 - Books: Why I Am A Priest: Thirty Success Stories, ed. Boadt, Hunt, Katie Lindorff Available from AD Books) With the media constantly portraying priests as pedophiles or as anti-gay anti-contraceptive out-of-date old men Why I Am a Priest comes as a breath of fresh air. 765 - Mar 2001 - Books: Why the hopes of the Council Fathers of Vatican II are yet to be realised, Michael Daniel Available from AD Books) Almost forty years ago the Second Vatican Council was opened by Pope John XXIII. 766 - Mar 2001 - Books: Streams of Living Water: Autobiography of a Charismatic Leader, Anthony Cappello Anthony Cappello is the manager of AD Books. 767 - Mar 2001 - Books: Come To The Father: An Invitation to Share the Catholic Faith, Aidan Nichols OP, Christopher Quinn Available from AD Books) In his masterful work Christendom Awake (Tamp;T Clark 1999) Father Aidan Nichols the Prior of Blackfriars Cambridge called on the Church to rediscover its identity at the dawn of the third Christian millennium as a matter of the utmost urgency. 768 - Mar 2001 - Letters: Appeal from India (letter), Kevin L. Fernandes On account of this we have made many appeals in Catholic magazines like This Rock New Covenant and Catholic Answers asking their readers to send us their copies of used Catholic magazines and books. 769 - Mar 2001 - Letters: Old liturgical books (letter), Frank Carleton Some AD2000 readers may be interested in the availability of old Latin liturgical books covering the period from 1938 to 1964. 770 - Mar 2001 - The surprise Cardinal: Fr Avery Dulles SJ, Zenit News Service Vatican II reforms The author of 21 books and 650 articles and essays - the majority theological - he has also taught at Catholic University of America in Washington DC Woodstock College in Maryland and 15 other universities and colleges as a visiting professor. 771 - Mar 2001 - ACU theology: how orthodox, how accountable?, Michael Gilchrist Unit outlines and books of readings for several theology units taught to student teachers at a Sydney campus of Australian Catholic University raise questions about their orthodoxy and accountability. 772 - Feb 2001 - Reflection: The essential role of the Catholic priest, Fr John A. Hardon SJ Hardon SJ a distinguished American Jesuit who was a prolific writer of articles and books on the Catholic faith died on 30 December 2000. 773 - Feb 2001 - Books: 'Pope Pius XII: Architect For Peace' by Margherita Marchione, Michael Daniel Available from AD Books) Perhaps no twentieth century Pope has aroused so much debate as Pius XII the Pope who reigned during the Second War War and its concomitant atrocities. 774 - Feb 2001 - Books: 'The Sacred Liturgy', 'Discovering the Mass', by a Benedictine monk, Christopher Quinn 10) These three books originate from the Benedictine Monastery of Le Barroux in the south of France. 775 - Feb 2001 - Books: 'The Essence Of Feminism' by Kirsten Birkett, Catherine Sheehan Available from AD Books) In attempting to define the movement called feminism and in studying its history and its effect on the lives of women Kirsten Birkett the author of The Essence of Feminism comes to the conclusion that it has not improved life for women or society in general as is commonly believed. 776 - Feb 2001 - Letters: Recipe for decline (letter), K. Logan It is also unfortunate that so many dissenting authors and their books are recommended resources for the Toowoomba Plan. 777 - Feb 2001 - Letters: Feminist book (letter) Among the recommended books in Toowoombas Diocesan Pastoral Plan document is Journeys By Heart: A Christology of Erotic Power by Rita Nakashima Brock. 778 - Feb 2001 - The finest RE texts produced to date, Anthony Cappello These foundations appear on the back cover of all four books. 779 - Feb 2001 - New RE texts launched in Melbourne's Catholic schools, Michael Gilchrist That title has been extended to the new text books because this provides the vision and goal of the whole course - that Catholic students should know God and the teachings of the Church should relate to God personally in worship and prayer and live this each day according to the Christs new law of love. 780 - Feb 2001 - Editorial: New religion texts for Melbourne schools, Michael Gilchrist In a historic move the first of a series of new religion text books are to be used in Catholic primary and secondary schools of the Melbourne Archdiocese from the start of the present school year. 781 - Dec 2000 - Books: 'Anti-Catholicism in American Culture', edited by Robert Lockwood, Michael Daniel Available from AD Books) Anti-Catholicism in American Culture an anthology of essays on this topic explores the phenomenon of no popery in the American context from an historical perspective and the manner in which the Catholic Church is often treated by todays media. 782 - Dec 2000 - Books: 'John Paul II's Book of Mary', compiled by Margaret R. Bunson, Anthony Cappello Available from AD Books) When in 1981 Pope John Paul II survived an assassination attempt he credited his survival to the Blessed Virgin Mary. 783 - Dec 2000 - Books: 'Biblical Holy Places: An Illustrated Guide' by Rivka Gonen, Catherine Sheehan Available from AD Books) This is a comprehensive guide to places of Biblical significance around the world complete with colour photos and helpful maps. 784 - Dec 2000 - Books: 200 Years of Faith: A Multimedia Tour of the Holy Land, Catherine Sheehan Available from AD Books also Nutramag International 61 (03) 9571 9516) This CD-ROM of the Holy Land which includes two discs explores the rich history and beauty of the Biblical sites and educates the user at the same time through interactive games and puzzles. 785 - Dec 2000 - G.K. Chesterton: fresh and accessible today, Dale Ahlquist I was intrigued because I had never heard of Chesterton or seen any books by him. 786 - Dec 2000 - C.S. Lewis: Christian apologist, Sarah Macdonald Lewis is renowned for his many books and writings on Christian apologetics such as Mere Christianity The Problem of Pain The Abolition of Man and classics like The Screwtape Letters and the series of childrens books The Narnian Chronicles. 787 - Nov 2000 - Books: Hungry For God: Practical Help in Personal Prayer by Ralph Martin, Michael Daniel Unlike many spirituality manuals this books concepts and language are very accessible. 788 - Nov 2000 - Books: A CD-ROM 'Virtual Tour' of St Peter's Basilica, Catherine Sheehan Available from AD Books) This CD-ROM virtual tour of St. 789 - Nov 2000 - Books: 'Lourdes: The Original File by a Skeptic Turned Believer' by J.B. Estrade, Katie Lindorff Available from AD Books $29. 790 - Nov 2000 - Science and Christianity: can they co-exist in the new millennium?, Stephen Hitchings We have probably all encountered the popular caricature proclaimed in numerous scientific books articles and television documentaries that modern science only began to develop when thinkers escaped from the grip of Church domination. 791 - Nov 2000 - Fr Francis Harman RIP: bioethicist of distinction, Dr Joseph Santamaria Dr Santamaria has recently had published Drugs Dilemma: a Way Forward available through AD Books. 792 - Sep 2000 - Reflection: Religious life: death or re-birth?, Fr Benedict Groeschel Groeschel CFR who works in the New York Archdiocese is a psychologist and author of many books. 793 - Sep 2000 - The 'Statement of Conclusions' and liturgy: what needs to be done, Msgr Peter J. Elliott Elliott is the Episcopal Vicar for Religious Education in the Archdiocese of Melbourne and the author of several books on liturgy. 794 - Jul 2000 - Educating Catholics in a secular culture: a Canadian Internet initiative, J. Fraser Field Most Catholic schools have come to depend on the same textbooks and other resources as those used in State schools. 795 - Jun 2000 - Shedding further light on the English Reformation under Edward VI, Michael Daniel Inquiries AD Books (03) 9326 5757. 796 - Jun 2000 - New Primate: Anglican divisions intensify, Rev David Robarts The development of national churches and autonomous provinces with their own prayer books and the introduction of women priests and bishops in some provinces and dioceses and not others now faces Anglicanism with serious internal contradictions. 797 - May 2000 - Reflection: Mary's divine motherhood: central to God's plan of salvation, Sr Mary Augustine Lane OP Predestined The Dominican Saint Vincent Ferrer goes even further: The Blessed Virgin is contained mystically directly or indirectly in all the Sacred Books and in all the canticles even in every verse. 798 - May 2000 - Books: 'The Legacy of Pope John Paul II' ed. Geoffrey Gneuhs, Anthony Cappello 95 available through AD Books) This neat compact series of essays sets out to evaluate Pope John Paul IIs contribution to Catholic thought. 799 - May 2000 - Books: 'The Wisdom of Adrian Fortescue' ed. Michael Davies, Michael Daniel (Roman Catholic Books 1999 420pp. 800 - May 2000 - Understanding the Incarnation, Msgr Peter J. Elliott If one examines books articles and television productions that currently promote extreme forms of liberal biblical criticism they imply some kind of adoptionism within an ascending christology. 801 - Apr 2000 - Fraternity of St Peter in Melbourne Archdiocese, Michael Daniel The Fraternity of St Peter is an Order of Pontifical Right whose priests enjoy the privilege of celebrating exclusively the Mass and Sacraments according to the typical editions of the liturgical books in use in 1962. 802 - Mar 2000 - New York Scripture seminar affirms reliability of New Testament, Eamonn Keane Whitehead former US Assistant Secretary of Education and author of several books stated that in order to serve the Church biblical exegetes must forge their scholarly judgements in accordance with three criteria which are: i) the unity of the whole of Scripture ii) the Tradition of the Church and iii) the analogy of faith. 803 - Feb 2000 - Letters: Persecution (letter), George F. Simpson Father Laurentin is an expert on visionaries and private revelations and author of 150 books. 804 - Feb 2000 - Letters: Enneagram (letter), Fr Reg Smith I have read at least a dozen books on the Enneagram and the substance of that article is foreign matter to the material in the books. 805 - Feb 2000 - Books: 'A Victorian Convert Quintet' by Michael Clifton, Michael Daniel Most books and studies have concentrated on figures such as Newman Faber and Manning. 806 - Feb 2000 - Books: 'Rome Reshaped: Jubilees 1300-2000' by Desmond O’Grady, Michael Daniel (Aurora Books 206pp plus appendices RRP $24. 807 - Feb 2000 - Sydney’s Centre for Thomistic Studies upholds Catholic truth, John Young John Young is a Sydney Catholic lecturer and author of several books on philosophy and related topics. 808 - Sep 1999 - Social Justice: Father Winfried's Tanzanian Water Project appeal, AD2000 Report Father Winfried was sent to Australia by Bishop Agapit Ndorobo of Ifakara to seek out what Tanzanians urgently need: essential medical items (such as creams for burns) soap toothpaste clothes shoes sewing machines typewriters second hand bicycles blankets and school books. 809 - Sep 1999 - Cardinal O'Connor's tribute to noted priest-author, Cardinal John O'Connor He has written a library-size stack of books each more provocative than the other each bursting with dynamic orthodoxy from fly-leaf to finale. 810 - Jul 1999 - Ecumenism: New ARCIC document on Papal authority, Peter Westmore Addressing the concerns of those who believe only in the inerrancy of Scripture the document highlights the point that the Catholic Church itself identified certain books as divinely inspired thus defining the composition of the New Testament. 811 - Jun 1999 - New Missal a 'decided improvement' concludes US Archbishop Elden Curtiss, Archbishop Elden Curtiss Our modern translators must be aware of the context in which the sacred writers produced the books of the Bible. 812 - May 1999 - Victoria's Governor pays tribute to Dr Mannix, Sir James Gobbo He said: The unequal treatment meted out to you in the schools is a great stain upon the statute books of this free and progressive land. 813 - Apr 1999 - Why modern Biblical scholarship affirms the Resurrection, Richard Dunstan Founding of Christianity One of the first books recommended to me was Helmut Koesters two-volume Introduction to the New Testament (Walter De Gruyter). 814 - Mar 1999 - How a parish priest reinforces the Church's moral teaching, Fr Michael Butler When I came out I thought I should buy literature on how to avoid flu and other such illnesses and so purchased two general health books at the local health food shop on ways of avoiding flu. 815 - Feb 1999 - Liturgy: Cardinal Ratzinger on the old and the new Mass, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger The two reasons which are most often heard are lack of obedience to the Council which wanted the liturgical books reformed and the break in unity which must necessarily follow if different liturgical forms are left in use. 816 - Dec 1998 - Missionary Brother's heroism in PNG tidal wave disaster, Eric Carman net Dr Eric Carman is a retired physics professor and writes books about his experiences with the people and missionaries in PNG. 817 - Oct 1998 - Pope John Paul II: the impact of his twenty-year pontificate, Peter Westmore At this time he wrote one of his most important books Love and Responsibility which anticipated by some years the teaching of Pope Paul VI in his encyclical Humanae Vitae. 818 - Sep 1998 - Pope John Paul II's new Apostolic Letter on Bishops' Conferences, Apostolos Suos, Michael Gilchrist Issues which should concern them include the promotion and safeguarding of the faith and morals the translation of liturgical books the promotion and formation of priestly vocations the preparation of catechetical aids the promotion and safeguarding of Catholic universities and other educational centres the ecumenical task relations with civil authorities the defence of protection in civil legislation the promotion of social justice the use of the means of social communication etc. 819 - Jun 1998 - John Henry Newman on liturgical tradition, Cardinal John Henry Newman The full text of this sermon is available in a collection of Newmans sermons Newman Against the Liberals (Roman Catholic Books) selected with a Preface by Michael Davies. 820 - Jun 1998 - New Texts the key to reshaping religious education, Msgr Peter J. Elliott At the same time teams are being formed to write texts in response to the Report that is books that resonate with our situation in Melbourne books to equip our children with knowledge that strengthens faith. 821 - Mar 1998 - Vatican Instruction on the role of the laity is binding on Catholics, Peter Westmore He showed how this had been derived from Christs commands to St Peter and the Apostles and the teachings in other books of the New Testament which have been confirmed and developed throughout the history of the Church by Councils of Bishops and Popes most recently the Second Vatican Council. 822 - Nov 1997 - Books: 'Tomorrow's Creed' as drafted by Fr Michael Morwood, Frank Mobbs However according to Dr Frank Mobbs who formerly taught philosophy and theology at the Ballarat Campus of Australian Catholic University there is much in Fr Morwoods latest book Tomorrows Catholic: Understanding God and Jesus in a New Millennium (Spectrum Books 1997 146pp RRP $19. 823 - Jul 1997 - Books: 'Banished Camelots: Recollections of a Catholic Childhood', by John Redrup, Br Christian Moe FSC The force of the Celebration of the books sub-title is I hope sufficiently clear from what I have already said. 824 - Mar 1997 - Editorial: On being - and not being - a Catholic, B.A. Santamaria It was the Church whose final authority he does not accept which actually decided which books did or did not constitute the Bible. 825 - Sep 1996 - Books: 'Iota Unum: A Study of Changes in the Catholic Church', by Romano Amerio, Fr Peter Joseph IOTA UNUM: A Study of Changes in the Catholic Church in the 20th Century by Romano Amerio (English translation by Fr John Parsons) (Sarto House USA 786 pp) Amerio very neatly distinguishes genuine Catholicism from imitations and aberrations There have been many books on the crisis in the Church since Vatican II but I venture to claim that this is the most thorough and pungent critique of them all. 826 - Aug 1996 - Oxford Declaration on Liturgy: intentions of Vatican II 'frustrated', Christopher Quinn Elliott of the Pontifical Council for the Family author of Ceremonies of the Roman Rite (Ignatius Press) and Fr Edward Yarnold SJ a Research Lecturer at Oxford University author of several books and a long-time member of the ARCIC commission. 827 - Jul 1996 - Books: 'Critics on Trial - An Introduction to the Catholic Modernist Crisis', O'Connell, Fr John Parsons They were unjustifiably suspicious if anyone suggested that sound philosophising need not stop dead in the thirteenth century despite the excellences of St Thomas or maintained that the first five books of the Bible were not written by Moses or that there was a large development in the explicit formulation of the apostolic deposit of faith during the patristic period. 828 - Jul 1996 - Father Joseph Fessio's lecture tour of Australia, Mark First Today the flourishing Ignatius Press produces a wide variety of soundly-orthodox Catholic books and videos. 829 - Jun 1996 - Michael Davies' Australia / NZ tour - The Catholic liturgy: where is it headed?, Michael Gilchrist His books booklets articles and lectures offer frank and critical assessments of the process of liturgical renewal over the past 25 years. 830 - Apr 1996 - Vatican II, 1962-1965 - The next 30 years: to bring about a Catholic revival, Fr John Parsons The old body had had the task of condemning doctrinal and moral errors when they arose; its new task was defined as promoting truth but as far as possible without condemning any errors; a strange logical feat to attempt but one which led in practice to the complete cessation between 1965 and 1975 of all censure or condemnation of unorthodox books and publications. 831 - Feb 1996 - St Patrick's College, Manly, seminary becomes a hotel school!, Tony Abbott Tom Keneallys first books were about his experiences there. 832 - Nov 1995 - Post-conciliar renewal? Some Queensland snapshots, Michael Gilchrist He told the Catholic Leader (13 November 1994) that the implications of the Vatican ban are very serious for Catholic biblical scholarship for ecumenical relations between Churches as well as for the production of suitable liturgical books. 833 - Nov 1995 - Evangelium Vitae - Catholicism, the media and the 'culture of death', Bishop George Pell Another useful exercise here in Australia as elsewhere is to identify the principal advocates of the death culture and answer their arguments while spelling out fully to the general public what they are saying in their books and articles. 834 - Aug 1995 - Fr Paul Collins: seeking a new green constituency?, Michael Gilchrist Fr Paul Collins MSC who was until recently Specialist Editor-Religion for the ABC has written two previous books Mixed Blessings and No Set Agenda both critical of the present Papacy. 835 - Feb 1995 - Vatican says 'no' to NRSV translation - 'Inclusive language' setback, Michael Gilchrist He declared that the implications of the ban are very serious for Catholic biblical scholarship for ecumenical relations between Churches as well as for the production of suitable liturgical books. 836 - Dec 1994 - RE syllabus based on new Catechism: Wagga Wagga diocese sets pace for Australia, Bishop George Pell religious reference books and related materials from other teaching areas. 837 - Oct 1994 - An Australian's impressions of an orthodox U.S. Catholic college, Renee Ryan By the end of four years each student will have read more than 100 of the great books of Western civilisation in their entirety. 838 - Oct 1994 - Canberra-Goulburn diocese's 'Gender Inclusive Guidelines', Colin Jory Indicative of this is the fact that their Further Reading section recommends only two books - Miller and Swifts The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing and Spenders Man Made Language - both of them standard feminist tracts. 839 - Jul 1994 - Books: 'Catechism of the Catholic Church', Fr Peter Joseph 257 412 526 617 1381 1398 1402) instead of having to go searching in books for it. 840 - Jun 1994 - 'Inclusive' Mass readings: why the rush?, Michael Gilchrist is to make available exact and appropriate translations of the official liturgical books so that following the required review and confirmation by the Holy See they may be an instrument and guarantee of a genuine sharing in the mystery of Christ and the Church: lex orandi lex credendi. 841 - Feb 1994 - Can liturgical 'reform' be reformed?, Simon Matthews The recent publication of English translations of two key books one by the architect of the new Mass Archbishop Bugnini and the other by a critic Msgr Gamber has lent weight to this criticism. 842 - Aug 1993 - Reflection: Feast of the Assumption and the Japanese connection, Robert Denahy Mr Nagai who wrote several books before he died the death of a saint a few years after the war tells the story in Father Paul Glynns book A Song For Nagasaki: At midnight that night our cathedral suddenly burst into flames and was consumed. 843 - Jun 1993 - US opposition to ICEL changes intensifies, AD2000 Report It now operates with an annual budget of $700000 and a staff of seven helped by royalty revenues from approved liturgical books. 844 - May 1993 - 'The Catechism of the Catholic Church': Confronting the post-Christian world, B.A. Santamaria What without lack of charity we may legitimately find astonishing is this: that people who have adopted positions that imply that from the earliest times the Catholic Church claiming to have a mission from God to safeguard divinely revealed truth has taught and insisted on the acceptance of falsehoods falsehoods enshrined in her most sacred books and is accordingly as much of a fraud as her enemies have always maintained should think it proper to teach such views to those in training for the priesthood. 845 - Mar 1993 - What the secular humanists are up to, David Quinn Those interested in the points I have raised might pursue them further in the following books: Bryan Appleyard Understanding the Present (Picador) Allan Bloom The Closing of the American Mind (Penguin) Richard John Neuhaus The Naked Public Square (W. 846 - Mar 1993 - Religious Order Leaders challenge Catholic structures It is the prerogative of the Apostolic See to regulate the sacred liturgy of the universal Church to publish liturgical books and to review their vernacular translations and to be watchful that liturgical regulations are everywhere faithfully observed; and It pertains to Episcopal Conferences to prepare vernacular translations of liturgical books with appropriate adaptations as allowed by the books themselves and with the prior review of the Holy See to publish these translations (The Code of Canon Law 838 n. 847 - Sep 1992 - 'Science can't explain Creation of the Universe' - Fr. Stanley Jaki in Australia, Peter Westmore He has written over 30 books and hundreds of articles on religion and science. 848 - Aug 1992 - Surveys highlight decline of mainline Christianity, Michael Gilchrist The study found for example that: 77% affirm at least a tentative belief in God and Jesus; 57-58% describe themselves as religious or say they have some intention of modelling their lives on the teaching and example of Christ; 35% have a Positive self-estimate of their understanding of the Christian story; 13% can explain Church teaching on the Incarnation and only 2% can give an adequate explanation of the Kingdom of God; 32% said they read religious books; 42% believed that life after death was certain. 849 - Jun 1992 - Monika Hellwig visits Australia, Michael Gilchrist since 1967 and has written numerous books including What are the Theologians Saying? 850 - May 1992 - Christianity's first three centuries - the truth behind the myth, Andrew Quinlan The first edict stated that Christians must surrender their sacred books and their gold-plate. 851 - Apr 1992 - Problems of modern Biblical scholarship, B.A. Santamaria The most that can be deduced from a study of the New Testament books is that he established clear antecedents for the priesthood in the early Christian community in . 852 - Mar 1992 - Sin: Shakespeare got it right, Susan Moore It is therefore not too difficult to understand why books written with literary flair which do not disclose any obvious awareness that love affairs are morally unacceptable - works like Peter Careys which take it for granted that illicit sex is a fact of life a legitimate expression of the need for personal fulfilment in relatively pleasant people - nonetheless receive unqualified critical acclaim. 853 - Feb 1992 - The Pope's agenda - overcoming the obstacles, Michael Gilchrist With 30 years experience in Catholic secondary and tertiary education Michael Gilchrist is the author of several books on contemporary Catholicism including Rome or the Bush and Catholicism into the 90s and assistant editor of AD2000. 854 - Dec 1991 - New Zealand: 'transforming the Church from within', John Kennedy OBE New interpretations On the evidence of her own books New Wineskins and Beyond Patching Sr. 855 - Oct 1991 - France and the revival of traditional Catholicism, Dr Geoffrey Hull For this reason enjoying the right confirmed by the Holy Father John Paul II in the Motu Proprio of 2nd July 1988 the liturgical books in use in this House are according to the Vatican Edition of 1962. 856 - Oct 1991 - The priesthood: one layman's view, B.A. Santamaria In the total destruction of the times could anyone really have said that his enormous production of books and articles would even outlive his lifetime? 857 - Jun 1991 - Richard John Neuhaus interviewed, Mary Arnold A well-known public commentator on civil rights and the anti-war movement he is a founder-director of the Centre for Religion and Society in New York and the author of several books including The Naked Public Square and The Catholic Moment. 858 - Dec 1990 - Books: Australian bishops tell Catholic teachers what to teach, Msgr John P. Kelly The books subtitle nevertheless is something of a misnomer. 859 - Nov 1990 - Can Australia's seminaries turn the tide?, Michael Gilchrist We have hardly begun to hear the call to genuine liturgical renewal which is not found in books but in the living sounds and sights of a living people . 860 - Oct 1990 - Newman belongs to us all, Fr Peter J. Elliott As the cause of his beatification goes forward the articles and books pile higher scrutinising the man analysing his thought his personality his sanctity taking him this way and that. 861 - Aug 1990 - 'The Wisdom of Guilford Young' by W.T. Southerwood, Fr Geoffrey Jarrett (now Bishop Jarrett of Lismore) Southerwood (Stella Maris Books P. 862 - Jun 1990 - Books: 'Iota Unum: A Study of Changes in the Catholic Church in the Twentieth Century', Fr John Parsons Iota Unum: A Study of Changes in the Catholic Church in the Twentieth Century by Romano Amerio (Riccardo Ricciardi Editori) It was in the Vatican Bookshop in St Peters Square that I came across Iota Unum by the Swiss Italian scholar Romano Amerio. 863 - Jun 1990 - Being a Catholic in 1990: Rev James Murray interviews Bob Santamaria, James S. Murray If books have been an overriding discipline and influence what he calls the decisive factor in my life was never a book. 864 - Apr 1990 - Editorial: 'Everything is connected with everything else', B.A. Santamaria This view of human existence depends on whether a man named Jesus Christ actually existed at a particular moment of history; that the main events and teachings of His life as recounted in the books of the New Testament are known; that the New Testament the only near contemporary record of those facts is as to the main facts of Christs life an historical record as reliable and credible although dissimilar in form as Caesars Gallic Wars or other universally accepted historical sources. 865 - Mar 1990 - Close encounter with feminist theology, Dr Frank Mobbs It is just that the books were omitted from the Churchs official list of writings. 866 - Feb 1990 - Books: Archbishop Oscar Romero: a modern martyr - 'Romero: a Life', by James Brockman, Paul Gray Romero: A Life by James Brockman SJ (Orbis Books 1990 rev. 867 - Feb 1990 - Thomas Aquinas College, California: a model of Catholic higher education, Michael Gilchrist The basis of the Thomas Aquinas curriculum is study of the Great Books of the Western World including for example the writings of Plato Augustine Aquinas Dante Dostoyevsky and many others with close analysis of these in small seminars tutorials and laboratories. 868 - Nov 1989 - Thomas More and today's crisis in faith and morals, John Finnis But in the teaching of the new men which you will find amply represented virtually unopposed in the theology and catechetical shelves of (I dare say) your local Catholic booksellers the neo-Lutherite conception of fundamental option is only one thread in a web of positions which offer to replace the Catholic conception of morals which More would have acknowledged as his own in the second-century fathers and the Second Vatican Council and John Paul II. 869 - Sep 1989 - Three problems for Catholic schools, Michael Gilchrist Hardon SJ or books from the catalogue of Ignatius Press. 870 - Dec 1988 - Books: Liberation theology and the great revolutionary fantasy, by Phillip Berryman, Paul Gray They produce a steady output of books and articles and take part in conferences . 871 - Jul 1988 - Home education: a viable alternative, Robert Denahy Parents who wish to teach their children the Catholic Faith can obtain excellent text books from: Seton Home School 1350 Progress Drive Front Royal Virginia 22630 USA. 872 - Apr 1988 - Books: The Desolate City: The Catholic Church in Ruins, by Anne Roche Muggeridge, Michael Gilchrist The Desolate City: the Catholic Church in Ruins by Anne Roche Muggeridge (Available from John XXIII Co-op Bookshop RRP $25. 873 - Apr 1988 - A kingdom divided in itself, B.A. Santamaria Life After Death as a Medical Philosophical and Theological Problem (in the New York Review of Books June 1984). 874 - Dec 1987 - books/index: AD2000 Books - Online Catalogue Now searching AD2000 Books . 875 - Dec 1987 - contact: Contact AD2000 Staff AD2000 Books can obtain any book for you provided it is in print. 876 - Dec 1987 - index: AD2000 - a journal of religious opinion 00 per year nbsp; - nbsp; Visit AD2000 books LOsservatore Romano 100-page Beatification Souvenir Edition Buy it here just $8. 877 - Feb 2016 - Books: THE POWER OF HEALING PRAYER, by Richard McAlear OMI, Paul Simmons(Subscribers only - please login to view) 878 - Feb 2016 - Books: ARTIST AND MONK, by Aidan Nichols OP, Paul Simmons(Subscribers only - please login to view) 879 - Feb 2016 - Books: THE SHADOW OF HIS WINGS by Fr Gereon Goldmann, Chris Rule(Subscribers only - please login to view) 880 - Oct 2015 - Books: THROUGH THE YEAR WITH POPE FRANCIS: Daily Reflections, ed. Kevin Cotter, Paul Simmons 881 - Sep 2015 - Books: YEAR OF THE LORD’S FAVOUR: A Homiliary for the Roman Liturgy, Aidan Nichols OP, Paul Simmons 882 - Aug 2015 - Books: THE EAR OF THE HEART: An Actress’ Journey from Hollywood to Holy Vows, Michael E Daniel 883 - Jun 2015 - Books: THE CHURCH AND CREATION, by Luis Colomer, Paul Simmons 884 - Jun 2015 - Books: THE ENVIRONMENT, by Pope Benedict XVI, Paul Simmons 885 - May 2015 - Books: RESURGENCE: Revitalising Western Catholicism, by Fr James Grant, Peter Westmore 886 - Apr 2015 - Books: THE MASS OF THE EARLY CHRISTIANS, by Mike Aquilina, Paul Simmons 887 - Mar 2015 - Books: NOT ALL NUNS MAY DO THIS, by Erika Lorenz, Michael E. Daniel 888 - Mar 2015 - Books: MODERN MORAL PROBLEMS: Trustworthy Answers to Tough Questions, William B Smith, Michael E. Daniel 889 - Feb 2015 - Books: AUSTRALIANS AND THE CHRISTIAN GOD: An historical study, by Hugh Jackson, Michael E. Daniel 890 - Dec 2014 - Books: AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC YOUTH MINISTRY, by C. Fini and C. Ryan (Eds), Br Barry Coldrey 891 - Dec 2014 - Books: IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF THE SPIRIT: Guide to the Sacraments in the Byzantine Church, Paul Simmons 892 - Nov 2014 - Books: HIDDEN PAIN: An Insight into Childhood Sexual Abuse, by Anne R. Lastman, Peter Westmore 893 - Sep 2014 - Books: A CIVILISED DEBATE ABOUT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, by Arnold Guminski & Brian Harrison, John Young 894 - Aug 2014 - Books: NEW OUTPOURINGS OF THE SPIRIT, by Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, Br Barry Coldrey 895 - Aug 2014 - Books: PRAY FOR ME The Life and Spiritual Vision of Pope Francis, by Robert Moynihan, Br Barry Coldrey 896 - Aug 2014 - Books: RICH IN YEARS: Finding Peace and Purpose in a Long Life, Johann Christoph Arnold, Michael E Daniel 897 - Aug 2014 - Books: IN SEARCH OF CARDINAL STEPINAC: A Complete Biography, by Fr Zvonimir Gavranovic, Fr Steven Ledinich 898 - Jul 2014 - Books: RACE WITH THE DEVIL: My Journey Racial Hatred to Rational Love, by Joseph Pearce, Michael Daniel 899 - Jun 2014 - Books: THE CAMPION SOCIETY: Lay Catholic Action in Australia, by Colin H. Jory, Br Barry Coldrey 900 - Jun 2014 - Books: A CATHOLIC ETON? Newman's Oratory School, by Paul Shrimpton, Br Barry Coldrey 901 - Jun 2014 - Books: HANDING ON THE FAITH IN AN AGE OF DISBELIEF, by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Br Barry Coldrey 902 - May 2014 - Books: CULTURE AND ABORTION, by Edward Short 903 - May 2014 - Books: SCRIPTURE AND TRADITION IN THE CHURCH, by Patrick Madrid, Carmel Westmore 904 - Apr 2014 - Books: WHEN HITLER TOOK AUSTRIA: Memoir by the Chancellor's Son, Kurt von Schuschnigg, Br Barry Coldrey 905 - Mar 2014 - Books: THE WORLD OF ST PAUL, by Joseph M. Callewaert, Michael Daniel 906 - Feb 2014 - Books: TO BONEGILLA FROM SOMEWHERE, by Wanda Skowronska, Michael Gilchrist 907 - Feb 2014 - Books: MANALIVE by G.K. Chesterton, Michael Daniel 908 - Dec 2013 - Books: HOLY SEE, UNHOLY ME by Tim Fischer, John Barich 909 - Nov 2013 - Books: THE CRAFT OF CATECHESIS, by P. Wiley, P. de Cointet and B. 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Clovis, Michael Daniel 927 - Oct 2012 - Books: Manual of Minor Exorcisms, Prayers for those in Spiritual Affliction, Porteous, Fr Nicholas Dillon 928 - Sep 2012 - Books: FATIMA FOR TODAY: The Urgent Marian Message of Hope, by Fr Andrew Apostoli CFR, Brother Barry Coldrey 929 - Sep 2012 - Books: THROUGH SHAKESPEARE'S EYES: Seeing the Catholic presence in the plays, Pearce, Michael E. Daniel 930 - Sep 2012 - Books: A COMPANION TO CATHOLIC EDUCATION, by Leonardo Franchi (Editor), Gerard O'Shea 931 - Aug 2012 - Books: HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL IN THE PRIESTLY BREAST: Procedural Justice, Michael Thomas 932 - Jun 2012 - Books: OUR GLORIOUS POPES, by Catherine Goddard Clarke, Michael Daniel 933 - Jun 2012 - Books: DEFEND THE FAITH, by Robert M. 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Daniel 1029 - Aug 2007 - Books: Jesus of Nazareth: Baptism to Transfiguration, by Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI, Tim Cannon 1030 - Jun 2007 - Books: EDITH STEIN, WOMAN OF PRAYER: Her Life and Ideals, by Joanne Mosley, Tim Cannon 1031 - May 2007 - Books: The Heresy Of Formlessness: The Roman Liturgy and Its Enemy, by Martin Mosebach, Tim Cannon 1032 - Apr 2007 - Books: Aspects of Authentic Church Teaching, by Fr Sebastian Camilleri OFM, Michael Gilchrist 1033 - Apr 2007 - Books: Catholic Thought Since the Enlightenment, by Aidan Nichols OP, Michael Daniel 1034 - Apr 2007 - Books: The Way of Love: Reflections on Deus Caritas Est, Livio Melina and Carl Anderson, Tim Cannon 1035 - Mar 2007 - Books: SEEKING THE ABSOLUTE: The Founders of Christian Monasticism, Michael E. Daniel 1036 - Mar 2007 - Books: LISTEN MY SON: St Benedict for Fathers, by Dwight Longenecker, Michael E. 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Kelly, Michael Gilchrist 1087 - Mar 1994 - Books: 'Commentary on the Catechism of the Catholic Church', Michael Gilchrist 1088 - Mar 1993 - Books: A review of the 'Catechism of the Catholic Church' (French Edition), Fr Peter Joseph
