In the Eyes of Anahita
By: Hugo Bonjean
Eagle Vision Publishing
ISBN: 0973754206
253 Pages
This book came to me with high praise and great recommendations. It is often compared to Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist and Daniel Quinn’s Ishmael. There are some similarities to both of these books, yet this one does not live up to the greatness of the other two offerings. However, it does have some insights to offer.
In this book, a woman keeps appearing to our author in many forms and in many places. He is told by a priest friend, “You have seen Anahita. I call her Mary. She has been seen by many here in the valley and goes by many different names.” The book begins with a question by the author’s son, ‘Why do people have to pay for food?’ And, while on a trip in South America, his eyes are opened to many injustices and his worldviews are challenged.
Many questions are examined in this volume, such as: ‘Are human beings being human?’ and ‘Is a global society a social globe?’ This book raises many questions about the global use of resources, and the distribution of wealth in the world.
This book is dialogue-heavy and though the message is good, it was an effort to make it through the book. Less than halfway through reading it, you know where the author is going and it takes him a long time to get there. That, combined with the new-age elements, made this book a disappointing read. If it were closer to Coelho’s or Quinn’s books and less like the Celestine Prophecy by James Radfield, it would have been more enjoyable.
All in all, this book would be a 6 out of 10; good message, but Bonjean's work is a weak telling of that message.
(First Published in Imprint 2006-03-03 as 'Eyes of Anahita just doesn't dig deep enough')
Thursday, 26 January 2006
Saturday, 21 January 2006
Myths

Publishing events of this scale, scope and magnitude is seldom attempted and even less often achieved. ‘The Myths’ series, currently underway, is one of those grand projects and will be providing gems for years to come. This endeavor is the brainchild of Jamie Byng, a publisher at Cognate books. The goal is to publish the same books simultaneously around the world; currently the first three books have been published in 32 countries and thirty languages worldwide. The goal of the series is to assemble some of the best authors from around the world and have them re-tell a myth or legend in their own style, using their words, thus hopefully shedding some light on our stories, our lives and our world. After seven years of effort, the series has finally launched on October 22nd this year. If the first few are any example of things to come, this will truly be an amazing series of books worth the time and effort to read, and more than likely be read and reread many times.
The three thus far released are: The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus by Margaret Atwood; Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles by Jeanette Winterson, and an introduction to the series by Karen Armstrong called A Short History of Myth. What makes these books and this series so great is that they are not approaching Myths as fairy tales, or children’s stories, but as truth, as the stories that tell us who we are and why we are here and how we are to live.
The Penelopiad
Margaret Atwood
Knopf Canada
October 2005
Many readers find that Atwood’s writings have too much edge or are just too dark and raw. The same cannot be said about this new feature. Yes, Atwood is the Queen in the Canadian Publishing Industry, and yes she is a good writer, but her stories for many are just not entertaining. I myself am not normally a fan of Margaret Atwood’s writings. Yet this book will rock your socks. It is funny, satirical, and a laugh-out-loud tale.
This is a story that most of us know, the story of Odysseus and Penelope. Yet unlike most tellings of this tale, it is told from Penelope’s perspective and she has a great vantage point on the whole ‘Helen’ affair. However our story is told from outside of time. There is an old saying that “dead men don’t tell tales” and that may be true, but in this inventive retelling, a dead woman and her chorus of dead girls do just that.
Turning this myth on its head by telling it through women’s eyes, Atwood has given us a unique view. Maybe she will challenge us to look at our world and our situations through different lenses from time to time.
How do a dead woman and her twelve maids tell a story with a great deal of jest and a smattering of dark humor? How else could a tale be told by 13 dead women from across the river Styx? Penelope gives us some biographical information about herself seldom included in this tale, and it helps us to understand some of her decisions, and her mistakes. Yet the main focus remains Odysseus’ long absence during the war against Troy, and his brutal behavior upon his return.
The story is written as a morality play, or in the format of a Greek Tragedy, however it is done with the humor and temperament of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream. Our twelve dead maids are our chorus and whenever they appear, laughter will follow; but our laughter is at twelve young women who were hung-tied together, and died, and now in death, still tied together, seek justice upon Odysseus for what he did to them. They appear from time to time, in song, dance, or mock plays and trials, to re-enact events from their lives to punctuate Penelope’s story, and thus their own plight in it.
The farce and fun in the way this story is told will make you laugh out loud. Much fun will be had with the ghosts of our 13 dead ladies, if you give this book a try.
Weight
Jeanette Winterson
Knopf Canada
October 2005
Now a look at much heavier matters. Unlike Atwood who used humor to tell her tale and challenge the way we look at the world, Winterson uses a process of telling and retelling so that our author has a clearer vision of her tale and through that we understand Heracles and Atlas both much better.
Weight is very dark and brooding and leaves one with a feeling of unease, as if we missed something, or even that in reading this book, like Pandora, we have opened a box and cannot now close it and will be forever different, though we are not sure how. We know we will return to the story again later to reread it to put together the pieces.
By reading this book, we find there is something basically raw touched inside us. We will be left brooding over our own story, like Heracles, as we finish this book. Also like Heracles, wakened and bothered by the question “Why? Why? Why?” which would not let him go, we will be asking the same thing.
Also, this book gives birth to questions in our minds and our spirits, and maybe, just maybe, if luck be with us, we will find in this book, some questions to lift our weight. Then, as we learn from it to tell our own stories, we can be freed! We, as Atlas so desperately desired, can step out from under the burden on us!
There are further offerings forthcoming by David Grossman: Lion’s Honey: The Myth f Samson, and Victor Pelvin’s The Helmet of Horror: The Myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, as well as future offerings by Chinua Achebe, Milton Hatoum, Donna Tartt, A.S. Byatt, Su Tong and Natsuo Kirino and possibly more to come after that.
In Canada these books are being released by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random house of Canada. As stated earlier this series is a unique event. It is stories from old being told by authors anew. As such they are books we could all enjoy and from which we can learn.
(First Published in The Record 2006-01-21 as ‘Top authors retell ago-old myths’)
Friday, 13 January 2006
Amazing Church: A Catholic Theologian Remembers a Half-Century of Change by Gregory Baum
Amazing Church: A Catholic Theologian Remembers a Half-Century of Change
By: Gregory Baum
Novalis
March 2005
159 pages
The title of this book grabbed me right from the start, and it did so for many reasons. I was raised Catholic but born post Vatican II. As such, throughout public school, high school and even university careers, I have often heard my elders speak of the days before the council and what the church was like.
This book is an offering from a man who saw many changed in his church and in his own life. As a former Catholic priest, who left the priesthood but maintained his love for his church, he eventually married a former nun named Shirley Flynn.
This book is a unique perspective, because of Baum’s life. He examines the changes that he has observed and forecasts where he believes some of these changes will continue to go. He examines the change in focus and interpretation of scripture and the life of the church in regards to many different categories. The areas he examines are:
Baum engages liberation theology with a zeal: “We stand with the victims of society and support their struggle to change the conditions of their lives; only in doing so will we be able to embrace in solidarity the whole society.” P. 74. He Examines Catholic – Christian, and Catholic – Non-Christian (Jewish, Muslim, Hindu) dialogues. He studies the preferential option for the poor, and the new culture of peace. This section on the culture of peace was amazing in how it shows the official church’s teachings on war, and being against all war in this day and age. Baum states: “Respect for difference is an essential ingredient of the culture of peace. Can Catholics honour Jews, Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists for their differences, or must Catholics look upon them as potential converts to the Christian Faith?” p.90
Baum will be giving a public lecture at St. Jerome’s University at The University of Waterloo, Friday, January 20th, at 7:30pm in Siegfried Hall. The title of this lecture is: ‘Muslim/ Christian Relations after 9/11’. Dr. Baum has served in many diverse forums over the years. From 1960-1965 he was an expert for Vatican Council II, he taught Theology at St. Michael’s College I Toronto for nearly 30 years, and since 1968 has been a professor at McGill University in Montreal. If this recent offering of his is a sample of what we can hope to expect, his lecture will be both powerful and riveting.
(First Published in Imprint 2006-01-13 as ‘Five decades in Catholicism Recalled.)
By: Gregory Baum
Novalis
March 2005
159 pages
The title of this book grabbed me right from the start, and it did so for many reasons. I was raised Catholic but born post Vatican II. As such, throughout public school, high school and even university careers, I have often heard my elders speak of the days before the council and what the church was like.
This book is an offering from a man who saw many changed in his church and in his own life. As a former Catholic priest, who left the priesthood but maintained his love for his church, he eventually married a former nun named Shirley Flynn.
This book is a unique perspective, because of Baum’s life. He examines the changes that he has observed and forecasts where he believes some of these changes will continue to go. He examines the change in focus and interpretation of scripture and the life of the church in regards to many different categories. The areas he examines are:
- The Conversion to Human Rights
- God’s Redemptive Presence in History
- The Culture of Peace
- Rejoicing in Religious Pluralism
- The New Teaching
Baum engages liberation theology with a zeal: “We stand with the victims of society and support their struggle to change the conditions of their lives; only in doing so will we be able to embrace in solidarity the whole society.” P. 74. He Examines Catholic – Christian, and Catholic – Non-Christian (Jewish, Muslim, Hindu) dialogues. He studies the preferential option for the poor, and the new culture of peace. This section on the culture of peace was amazing in how it shows the official church’s teachings on war, and being against all war in this day and age. Baum states: “Respect for difference is an essential ingredient of the culture of peace. Can Catholics honour Jews, Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists for their differences, or must Catholics look upon them as potential converts to the Christian Faith?” p.90
Baum will be giving a public lecture at St. Jerome’s University at The University of Waterloo, Friday, January 20th, at 7:30pm in Siegfried Hall. The title of this lecture is: ‘Muslim/ Christian Relations after 9/11’. Dr. Baum has served in many diverse forums over the years. From 1960-1965 he was an expert for Vatican Council II, he taught Theology at St. Michael’s College I Toronto for nearly 30 years, and since 1968 has been a professor at McGill University in Montreal. If this recent offering of his is a sample of what we can hope to expect, his lecture will be both powerful and riveting.
(First Published in Imprint 2006-01-13 as ‘Five decades in Catholicism Recalled.)
Friday, 6 January 2006
A Holy Meal The Lord’s Supper in the Life of the Church by: Gordon T. Smith
A Holy Meal: The Lord’s Supper in the Life of the Church
By: Gordon T. Smith
Baker Academic
November 2005
124 pages
This academic treatise on the concept of communion is both exciting and enthralling. If you are a person of faith, the book will grab you and help draw you into a deeper understanding of your own approach to this table, and those who come to it beside you. It begins with a tour through the Old Testament. “The first human parents were invited to eat, with the proviso that their eating was to be an expression of thankfulness, obedience, and dependence on God. Alas, it was in their eating that they chose to disobey.” (p.11) From this example in the beginning, to the meal with Abraham, through the manna in the desert, Gordon shows us the importance of eating, and the importance of the fellowship meal through the whole history of God and God’s peoples.
From there, Smith proceeds to examine the different interpretations of signs, sacraments and symbols. Through such, a reader will grow in understanding of others who draw near to God through this event. Then he goes on to examine the holy meal in light of seven words: remembrance, communion, forgiveness, covenant, nourishment, anticipation and Eucharist. “The biblical perspective, however; allows the past to shape, inform and transform our present and give significance to our lives, our relationships and our work.” (p.38) Then from that perspective, he takes us on a tour of force through the seven terms and their meaning, through scriptures and community and breaking of bread and how the three become one in sustaining our faith, our hope and our life.
Smith draws this conclusion “The Lord’s Supper is the meal of the church and together with the Word and prayer, the event that enables the community of faith to be a dynamic living body, drawing energy and grace from the fountainhead of life, Jesus Christ.” (p.121) Yet throughout all of his examinations he maintains a respect and reverence for traditions other than his own, and through this book we may come to appreciate others’ approaches to this holy meal. Smith makes it clear that we each have different lingo and understanding of this event. “There is, though, a certain irony when it comes to the nomenclature used for this meal. Roman Catholics speak of the Eucharist, Anglicans often call it Holy Communion, and most Protestants call it the Lord’s Supper. Yet it is interesting that most evangelical Protestants are a bit uncomfortable with the idea that this is actually a meal. The idea that we ‘feed on Christ in our hearts’ is overlooked in most evangelical contexts.” (p.83) Each tradition brings something from which the others can learn, and with Smith as our guide, that will happen.
(First Published in Imprint 2005-01-06 as: ‘Father's Fare: A deeper understanding of communion’.)
By: Gordon T. Smith
Baker Academic
November 2005
124 pages
This academic treatise on the concept of communion is both exciting and enthralling. If you are a person of faith, the book will grab you and help draw you into a deeper understanding of your own approach to this table, and those who come to it beside you. It begins with a tour through the Old Testament. “The first human parents were invited to eat, with the proviso that their eating was to be an expression of thankfulness, obedience, and dependence on God. Alas, it was in their eating that they chose to disobey.” (p.11) From this example in the beginning, to the meal with Abraham, through the manna in the desert, Gordon shows us the importance of eating, and the importance of the fellowship meal through the whole history of God and God’s peoples.
From there, Smith proceeds to examine the different interpretations of signs, sacraments and symbols. Through such, a reader will grow in understanding of others who draw near to God through this event. Then he goes on to examine the holy meal in light of seven words: remembrance, communion, forgiveness, covenant, nourishment, anticipation and Eucharist. “The biblical perspective, however; allows the past to shape, inform and transform our present and give significance to our lives, our relationships and our work.” (p.38) Then from that perspective, he takes us on a tour of force through the seven terms and their meaning, through scriptures and community and breaking of bread and how the three become one in sustaining our faith, our hope and our life.
Smith draws this conclusion “The Lord’s Supper is the meal of the church and together with the Word and prayer, the event that enables the community of faith to be a dynamic living body, drawing energy and grace from the fountainhead of life, Jesus Christ.” (p.121) Yet throughout all of his examinations he maintains a respect and reverence for traditions other than his own, and through this book we may come to appreciate others’ approaches to this holy meal. Smith makes it clear that we each have different lingo and understanding of this event. “There is, though, a certain irony when it comes to the nomenclature used for this meal. Roman Catholics speak of the Eucharist, Anglicans often call it Holy Communion, and most Protestants call it the Lord’s Supper. Yet it is interesting that most evangelical Protestants are a bit uncomfortable with the idea that this is actually a meal. The idea that we ‘feed on Christ in our hearts’ is overlooked in most evangelical contexts.” (p.83) Each tradition brings something from which the others can learn, and with Smith as our guide, that will happen.
(First Published in Imprint 2005-01-06 as: ‘Father's Fare: A deeper understanding of communion’.)
Wednesday, 4 January 2006
List of Favorite Movies 2006
Favorite Movies and TV Shows 2006
Molokai
Narnia:
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
The
Mission
Corpse
Bride
Battlestar
Galactica
- Season 1
Battlestar
Galactica
- Season 2.0
Battlestar
Galactica
- Season 2.5
Schlindlers
List
Kingdom
of Heaven
V
for Vendetta
Walk
the Line
Serenity
Invincible
I started keeping track of the books I finished reading in October of 1995, and movies watched in January of 1996. I have lists for:
All Books Read by Year
Favorite Books By Year
All Movies and TV Series Watched by Year
Favorite Movies and TV Series by Year
I also do a Top Ten List of books each quarter and for the year. They can be found here. I was also asked to pick a Top Ten Catholic Books I have read, you can find that list here (and occasionally I add a note when I come across something exceptional.)
Tuesday, 3 January 2006
List of Movies Watched 2006
Movies and TV Shows Watched 2006
Narnia:
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Molokai
Penguins in a Christmas
Caper
Madagascar
A Bugs Life
Pretender - Season 2
Stargate Atlantis - Season
1
Ghost Busters II
The Shawshank Redemption
Molokai
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Dune
Molokai
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Snatch
Earth 2 - Complete Series
Underworld Evolution
The Shadow
The Mission
Flight Plan
The Mission
Molokai
Fight Club
Fight Club - Actor
Commentary
Findin Nemo
Blade
Blade II
Blade Trinity
John Carpenter's Vampires
LXG
The Shawshank Redemption
March of the Penguins
Polar Express
Corpse Bride
Battlestar Galactica -
Season 1
Battlestar Galactica -
Season 1
Corpse Bride
Ultraviolet
Gladiator
Schlindler's List
City Heat
Heartbreak Ridge
Any Which Way You Can
Pale Rider
Jaws
Millenium
Finding Forrester
Lord of War
Grease
Falling Down
Kingdom of Heaven
Therese
V for Vendetta
The Messenger
The Core
The Messenger
Cry Freedom
Ice Age 2 The Meltdown
Valiant
Riddick
Constantine
V for Vendetta
Harry Potter and the
Goblet of Fire
Narnia - The Lion, The
Witch and the Wardrobe
Mission Impossible III
Fistful of Dollars
For A Few Dollars More
The Italian Job
The Power of One
The Power of One
Under Seige II Dark
Territories
Da Vinci Code
Battlestar Galactica -
Season 2.0
Battlestar Galactica -
Season 2.0
Pirates of the Carribean
Battlestar Galactica -
Season 1
Battlestar Galactica -
Season 2.0
Boondock Saints
The Last Castle
Sniper
Sniper II
Sniper III
Walk the Line
Sleepy Hollow
Serenity
The Count of Monte Cristo
Over the Hedge
Six Feet Under - Season 1
Six Feet under - Season 2
Riddick
I Robot
Die Another Day
Rudy
Bone Collector
Crimson River
Superman Returns
Serenity
Mary Poppins
Serenity
Serenity
Mary Poppins
Serenity
Serenity
Serenity
By The Sword
Serenity
Serenity
Serenity
Superman 1978
Ocean's 11
The Eagles - Hell Freezes
Over
Lord of War
Serenity
Serenity
Count of Monte Cristo
Hun for Red October
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta
Pretender - Season 4
Battlestar Galactica -
Season 1
Narnia - The Lion, The
Witch and The Wardrobe - 2005
Men With Brooms
Rocky 1,2,3,4,5
Kingdom of Heaven
Passionately Loving the
World
Narnia - The Lion, The
Witch and The Wardrobe - 2005
Narnia - The Lion, The
Witch and The Wardrobe - 2005
Narnia - The Lion, The
Witch and The Wardrobe - 2005
Narnia - The Lion, The
Witch and The Wardrobe - 2005
Hamlet (Mel Gibson)
Passionately Loving the
World
Men With Brooms
V for Vendetta
Battlestar Galactica -
Season 2.5
Battlestar Galactica -
Season 2.5
Riddick
V for Vendetta
Invincible
Starsky & Hutch
Emma
Clueless
Clue
School Ties
Hook
The Exorcist
V for Vendetta
Constantine
Matrix
Mightmare Before Christmas
Corpse Bride
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Die Another Day
Matrix Reloaded
Accepted
Accepted
Casino Royale
Shadowlands
Interview with Douglas
Gresham
Shadowlands
The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption
Inside Man
Return to Neverland
The Italian Job
Fight Club
Cliff Hanger
American History X
Blue Colar Comedy Tour -
The Movie
Escape from Alcatraz
DareDevil
Rocky I, II, III, IV, V
Collateral
Hang Em High
Nightmare Before Christmas
Pirates of the Caribbean 2
- Dead Man's Chest
A Time to Kill
Wake of Death
Contact
Rocky Balboa
I started keeping track of the books I finished reading in October of 1995, and movies watched in January of 1996. I have lists for:
All Books Read by Year
Favorite Books By Year
All Movies and TV Series Watched by Year
Favorite Movies and TV Series by Year
I also do a Top Ten List of books each quarter and for the year. They can be found here. I was also asked to pick a Top Ten Catholic Books I have read, you can find that list here (and occasionally I add a note when I come across something exceptional.)
Monday, 2 January 2006
List of Favorite Books 2006
Favorite Books 2006
Amazing
Church:
A
Catholic
Theologian
Remembers
a
Half-Cenury
of
Change - Gregory Baum
In
Conversation
With
God:
Vol.
#1
Advent
and
Christmastide
- Francis Fernandez
The
Way
of the Cross - Josemaria Escriva
In
Conversation
With
God
(All
7
Volume's)
-
Francis
Fernandez
The
Tent - Margaret Atwood
May
Crowning,
Mass,
and
Merton:
And
Other
Reasons
I
Love Being Catholic - Liz Kelly
Christian Meditation - Joseph
Ratzinger
The
Way - Josemaria Escriva
The
Forge - Josemaria Escriva
Furrow
-
Josemaria Escriva
The
Way
of The Cross - Pope Benedict XVI
Who
Am
I? - Irma Zaleski
God
is
Not Reasonable - Irma Zaleski
God
Rides
a Yamaha - Kathie Shaidle
In
Conversation
With
God:
Vol.
#2
Lent
&
Eastertide
- Francis Fernandez
Waking
the
Dead - John Eldredge
Guidebook
to
Waking the Dead - John Eldredge
In
Conversation
With
God:
Vol.
#6
Special
Feasts
-
Francis Fernandez
In
Conversation
With
God:
Vol.
#3
Ordinary
Time
Weeks
1-12 - Francis Fernandez
Plgrimage
and
Exile:
Mother
Marianne
of
Molokai
-
Sister
Mary Lawrence Hanley & O.A. Bushnell
In
Conversation
With
God:
Vol.
#4
Ordinary
Time
Weeks
13-23 - Francis Fernandez
The
Unaborted
Socrates - Peter Kreeft
Jacob the Baker - Noah benShea
Jacob's Journey - Noah benShea
Jacob's Ladder - Noah benShea
Teaching Empathy - William J.
I'Malley S.J.
Call
Him
Father - Edward G. Maristany
Loving
the
Holy Mass - Edward G. Maristany
In
Conversation
With
God:
Vol.
#5
Ordinary
Time
Weeks
24-34 - Francis Fernandez
In
Conversation
With
God:
Vol.
#7
Special
Feasts
July
- December - Francis Fernandez
Life
After
God - Douglas Coupland
God
Rides
a Yamaha - Kathie Shaidle
gas
stations
of the cross - poems -
Kathie Shaidle
Round
Up
the
Usual
Suspects:
More
Poems
about
famous dead people - Kathie
Shaidle
Lobotomy
Magnificat
-
Kathy
Shaidle
I started keeping track of the books I finished reading in October of 1995, and movies watched in January of 1996. I have lists for:
All Books Read by Year
Favorite Books By Year
All Movies and TV Series Watched by Year
Favorite Movies and TV Series by Year
I also do a Top Ten List of books each quarter and for the year. They can be found here. I was also asked to pick a Top Ten Catholic Books I have read, you can find that list here (and occasionally I add a note when I come across something exceptional.)
Sunday, 1 January 2006
List of Books Read 2006
Books Read 2006
Bible
-
Today's New International Version
Bible
-
New
Living
Translation
In
the Eyes of Anahita - Hugo Bonjean
Amazing
Church:
A Catholic Theologian Remembers a Half-Century
of
Change - Gregory Baum
In
Conversation
With
God:
Vol.
#1 Advent and Christmastide - Francis Fernandez
Bonis Pastoris - Pope John XXIII
Holy
Rosary
- Josemaria Escriva
The
Way of the Cross - Josemaria Escriva
Conversations
with
Msgr. Escriva - Josemaria Escriva
The
Tent
-
Margaret
Atwood
Amazing
Church
-
Gregory
Baum
A
Day with a Perfect Stranger - David Gregory
Between Cattails - Terry Tempest
Williams
Running
Scared:
The
Call
of
Pilgrimage
- Tom Maddix
Zero A Biography of a Dangerous
Idea - Charles Seife
Making & Remaking: The Many
Masks of Thomas Merton - Michael W. Higgins
Mysteries
of
Light:
Meditation
on
the
Rosary
-
Pope
John
Paul II
Everyone's
Way of The Cross - Clarence Enzler
May
Crowning,
Mass,
and
Merton:
And
Other
Reasons
I Love Being Catholic - Liz Kelly
Christ
in
the Margins - Robert Lentz & Edwina Gateley
Christian Meditation - Joseph
Ratzinger
Living the Year of the Eucharist
- Josemaria Escriva
Christian Faith & Demonology
- Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
On the Theology of Work - Jose
Luis Illanes
The
Way of the Cross - Josemaria Escriva
Examining Our Conscience: How to
do it - Manuel Gordillo
Forming the Conscience - Peter
Cabellos
On the Theology of Work - Jose
Luis Illanes
The
Way of the Cross - Josemaria Escriva
The
Way
-
Josemaria
Escriva
The
Forge
-
Josemaria
Escriva
Furrow
-
Josemaria Escriva
The
Way
of the Cross - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger -
Pope Benedict XVI
Charles
de
Foucauld: Journey of the Spirit - Cathy Wright
The
Way
of
the
Cross
-
St. Alphonsus Liguori
The
Way of the Cross - Caryll Houselander
Handbook
for
Today's Catholic - Redemptorist Publications
Who
Am
I? - Irma Zaleski
A
Dirty Job - Christopher Moore
God
is
Not Reasonable - Irma Zaleski
Who
is
God? - Irma Zaleski
Conversion
of
the Heart - Irma Zaleski
The
Way
of the Cross in Times of Illness -
Elizabeth Thecla Mauro
Stand
Against the Wind - Erwin Raphael McManus
Understanding
"Our
Father":
Biblical
Reflections
on
the
Lord’s
Prayer
-
Scott Hahn
Sign
of
Contradiction:
The
Way
of
the Cross -
Pope John Paul II
Way
of
the
Cross
-
Pope
John Paul II
Economic
Way
of the Cross - Maryknoll
Way
of
the Cross - Oscar Romero
Handbook
for
Today's Catholic - Redemptorist Publications
Deus Caritas Est - Pope Benedict
XVI
Seven
Last
Words - Timothy Radcliffe OP
Deus Caritas Est - Pope Benedict
XVI
With
Burning
Hearts:
A
Meditation
on
the
Eucharistic
Life
-Henri
J.M. Nouwen
The
Journeys
of Socrates - Dan Millman
With
Burning
Hearts - Henri J.M. Nouwen
God
Rides
a Yamaha - Kathie Shaidle
gas
stations
of the cross - poems - Kathie Shaidle
Round
Up
the
Usual
Suspects:
More
Poems
about
famous dead people - Kathie Shaidle
Round
up the Usual Suspects - Kathie Shaidle
gas
stations of the cross - Kathie Shaidle
God
Rides
a Yamaha - Kathie Shaidle
Letter
&
Spirit - Scott Hahn
God
Rides
a Yamaha - Kathie Shaidle
In
Conversation
With
God:
Vol.
#2
Lent
&
Eastertide
-
Francis Fernandez
Waking
the
Dead - John Eldredge
Guidebook
to Waking the Dead - John Eldredge
Hoot
-
Carl Hiaasen
Why Suffer - Mary Ann Budnik
Life of Faith - Josemaria
Escriva
The Riches of Faith - Josemaria
Escriva
Walking
With
God - Kilian J. Healy
John Paul II and Aquinas on the
Eucharist - Matthew Levering
Business Ethics & Catholic
Social Thought - G. L. McAleer
Jacob
the
Baker - Noah benShea
Jacob's
Journey
-
Noah
benShea
Jacob's
Ladder - Noah benShea
Undressing the Bear - Terry
Tempest Williams
Waking
the
Dead - John Eldredge
Guidebook
to Waking the Dead - John Eldredge
Public Lives Private Prayers -
Mary Reath
Handbook
of
Prayers - Rev. James Socias
In
Conversation
With
God:
Vol.
#6
Special Feasts -Francis Fernandez
In
Conversation
With
God:
Vol.#3
Ordinary
Time Weeks 1-12-Francis Fernandez
Through
Painted
Deserts - Donald Miller
Legacy: A Story of Generosity -
James B. Stenson
Dispositions for Faith - John
Henry Cardinal Newman
When God Calls - Frederico
Suarez
With All Our Mind - Frederico
Suarez
It's Not Easy To Believe -
Michael Adams
Parents, Children and the Rules
of Life - Cormac Burke
Sir Thomas More: The Making of a
Saint - Thomas McGovern
With Respect to Sex - Daryl
Glick
How to Pray - Rev. Francis Luna
Sanctifying Ordinary Work -
Andrew Byrne
Coming Down The Home Stretch -
James B. Stenson
Organizing and Running a Parent
Discussion Group - James B. Stenson
God's
Armor
Bearer: How to Serve God's Leaders - Terry Nance
How Parents Deal With
Effectively With Adolescents - James B. Stenson
The Vision of Parent Leaders -
James B. Stenson
God
is
Not Reasonable - Irma Zaleski
Table Manners for the Home -
James B. Stenson
A Father's Unity of Life - James
B. Stenson
How Does A Father Protect His
Family - James B. Stenson
God's
Armor
Bearer
Book
II:
Bloom
Where
your
Planted
-
Terry Nance
Professionalism & Workplace
Savvy - James B. Stenson
Discipline, What Works and Why -
James B. Stenson
Order - Joseph L. Soria
Danger Signs Families Headed for
Trouble - James B. Stenson
Family Rules: The Power of We -
James B. Stenson
Order - Joseph L. Soria
Successful Fathers: The Subtle
but Powerful Ways Fathers Mold Their Children's
Characters - James B. Stenson
God's
Armor Bearer Book I - Terry Nance
God's
Armor Bearer Book II - Terry Nance
A
Treasury of Prayers - James W. Albrecht
Marriage God's School of Love -
Rev. Cormac Burke
Freedom, From What, For What -
Rev. Cormac Burke
The Reasonableness of
Christianity - Peter Kreeft
Reinventing Dad - Dennis Helming
The Nature and Spirit of Opus
Dei - Andrew Byrne
What
to
Expect When You're Expecting - Murkoff, Eisenberg
and Hathaway
Your
Pregnancy:
Week by Week - Curtis & Schuler
Your
Pregnancy:
for the Father To Be - Curtis & Schuler
To Make A Good Retreat - David
Chandler
A
Treasury of Prayer - James W. Albrecht
Diary of a City Priest - George
Wiliam Rutler
Devotion to St. Joseph - F.
Declaux
Quamquam Pluries - Pope Leo XIII
Methods
of
Saying the Rosary - St. Louis de Montfort
Secrets
of
the Rosary - St. Louis de Montfort
Between
Heaven
& Hell - Peter Kreeft
The
Best Things in Life - Peter Kreeft
Loving
the Holy Mass - Edward G. Maristany
The
Holy
Eucharist Prayerbook - Alfred McBride
Reflections
on the Mysteries of the Rosary -
Mark G.Boyer
The
Holy
Eucharist Prayerbook - Alfred McBride
The Third Way - Waltar Wink
Pilgrimage
and
Exile:
Mother
Marianne
of
Molokai
-
Sister Mary lawrence Hanley & O.A. Bushnell
Loving
the Holy Mass - Edward G. Maristany
Love
Letters to the South - Naomi Strasser
The
Unaborted
Socrates - Peter Kreeft
The
Best Things in Life - Peter Kreeft
The
Way,
Furrow,
The
Forge
-
St. Josemaria Escriva
Intimacy - Henri J.M. Nouwen
Love & Economic Competition
- Erich Fromm
Teaching Empathy - William J.
O'Malley S.J.
In
Conversation
With God: Vol. #4
Ordinary
Time Weeks 13-23 -Francis Fernandez
The Art of Loving - Erich Fromm
The
Journey
-
Peter
Kreeft
Read me a Book - Barbara Reid
The Gift of an Angel - Marianne
Richmond
Vipers
Tangle
-
Francois
Mauriac
Nichomachean Ethics - Aristotle
Lysis - Plato
The
Singer
-
Calvin
Miller
The
Song
-
Calvin
Miller
The
Finale
-
Calvin
Miller
Friendship and Everyday Life -
P.J. Wadell
When Harry & Slly Read the
Nichomachean Ethics - G. Meilander
Ordinary
Work,
Extraordinary
Grace:
-
My
Spiritual
Journey
in Opus Dei - Scott Hahn
Lobotomy
Magnificat
-
Kathy
Shaidle
Ordinary
Work,
Extraordinary Grace - Scott Hahn
Lobotomy
Magnificat
-
Kathy
Shaidle
A
Seeker's Dozen: The 12 Steps for the rest of Us -
Kathy Shaidle
A
Catholic Alphabet: The Faith from A to Z - Kathy
Shaidle
Round
up the Usual Suspects - Kathy Shaidle
gas
station of the cross - Kathy Shaidle
The
Four
Loves - C.S. Lewis
Everyday
for
Everyman - Stephen Arterburn
Life
After
God - Douglas Coupland
Call
Him
Father - Edward G. Maristany
A
Grief Observed - C.S. Lewis
Call
Him
Father - Edward G. Maristany
Sexual Paradoxes of Contemporary
Life - Rollo May
The Soul of Sex - Thomas Moore
Appararitions
of
Mary - Donal Anthony Foley
A
Grief Observed - C.S. Lewis
The Way of Suffering - Jerome A.
Miller
In
Conversation
With God: Vol. #5
Ordinary
Time Weeks 24-34 -Francis Fernandez
The
Prodigal
Son - Georges Chevrot
Sexuality and the Sacred - J. B.
Nelson & S. Longfellow
Friendship and the Moral Life -
Paul J. Wadell C.P.
The Future of Love - Barbara
Graham
The Way of Suffering - Jerome A.
Miller
Love and the Hope for a Just
Society - M. Douglas Meeks
Becoming Human - Jean Vanier
The Struggle against Poverty -
Episcopal Commission
In
Conversation
With
God:
Vol.
#7
Special
Feasts
July
-
December -Francis Fernandez
Handbook
of
Christian Apologetics - Peter Kreeft & Ronald K.
Tacelli
Pocket
Handbook
of
Christian
Apologetics
-
Peter
Kreeft
&
Ronald
K. Tacelli
A
Guidebook of Confession - Donal O'Cuilleanain
I started keeping track of the books I finished reading in October of 1995, and movies watched in January of 1996. I have lists for:
All Books Read by Year
Favorite Books By Year
All Movies and TV Series Watched by Year
Favorite Movies and TV Series by Year
I also do a Top Ten List of books each quarter and for the year. They can be found here. I was also asked to pick a Top Ten Catholic Books I have read, you can find that list here (and occasionally I add a note when I come across something exceptional.)
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