Book News
Fr. David Bauer was a man of the cloth, a priest of the rink
By Greg Oliver, Catholic Register SpecialThis quote from Tom Watt, former NHL and Canadian Olympic hockey coach, left me intrigued: “Fr. Bauer is a great Canadian, but I could never get it straight — sometimes when you thought you were talking about hockey, the priest came out of him and sometimes when you thought you were talking to a priest the hockey came out of him.”
Review of 'The Seven Last Words of Christ: Reflections' by Fr. Rosica
By Marc B. Cels, Catholic Register SpecialWhat do the last phrases of Christ from the cross teach today’s world?
Canadian bishops' Lent guides should challenge us
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterNo parish or individual Catholic should have to walk into Lent blind.
Book Review: Paths to truth a humbling and painful journey
By Brian Welter, Catholic Register SpecialExperts in Humanity: A Journey of Self-Discovery and Healing, by Josephine Lombardi, (Novalis, softcover, 143 pages, $18.95).
Book Review: Author of 'Here I am' falls short with long-winded novel
By Richard Greene, Catholic Register SpecialJonathan Safran Foer used to be the next big thing in American fiction. Now, at 39, he is auditioning (not yet successfully) for the part of major author.
Noted biblical scholar Jesuit Father Fitzmyer dies at age 96
By Catholic News ServicePHILADELPHIA – Jesuit Father Joseph Fitzmyer, a leading Catholic biblical scholar, died Dec. 24 at Manresa Hall, a Jesuit infirmary in Philadelphia. He was 96.
Book Review: Consecrated life isn’t dying, just changing
By Paul Laverdure, Catholic Register SpecialWhat is new in Canadian religious life? Actually, a lot.
New book chronicles Canadian artists’ lives of faith and search for meaning
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterIf you think of artists as strange, unbalanced, complicated personalities whose natural habitat is somewhere on the margins, Herman Goodden is not about to change your opinion. But if you think books about art and artists are dull, academic, jargon-laden wastes of time, paper and ink, Goodden wants you to think again.
'Portraits of Faith' puts spotlight on young Catholic Canadians
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterSingle, engaged, married and ordained Catholics share stories of their faith life in a new book by Faith Connections and the Sisters of St. Joseph Toronto.
On the front lines with the Padre
By Catholic Register StaffRev. Major Mike Dalton is Canada’s most decorated Roman Catholic chaplain, but that only tells us he did his job very well. A greater part of his story is what is revealed in his diaries written from the World War II battlefields of Europe, of the humanity and spirituality that could be found even in the most grim of settings.
In truth, we 'More Than Survive'
By Catholic Register StaffIn his new book More Than Survive, author Fr. Frank Freitas proposes that God wants us to thrive in an increasingly hectic world. What follows is an excerpt from More Than Survive, published this month by Catholic Register Books.