Contemporary Issues Books

— Faith Hakesley It started with a Tootsie Roll. The day, then18-year-old, Faith Hakesley was to testify in court against the well-liked Catholic priest who had raped her, a court guard pressed a Tootsie ...

— Abigail Jorgensen Losing a child is devastating. For Catholic parents who lose a child before or shortly after birth, this profound grief often comes with distinctive, sudden, and difficult questions about ...

— Edward Feser, Ph.D. What does the Catholic Church teach about racism? What should Catholics think about Critical Race Theory, which is currently being widely promoted in the name of antiracism? All One in ...

A Saint Goes Marching On He seemed to have it all – a beautiful family, a big house, and the celebrity that comes with being a star player in the NFL. In the late '60s and early '70s, Danny Abramowicz was the ...

— Francis X. Maier — With an introduction by Emeritus Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. Over the past decade Rome has been marked with sharp, and often unwarranted, criticism of the Church in ...

— Amanda and Jonathan Teixeira Most of us were never taught how to handle money, let alone what God has to say about it. Just thinking about money makes us worried and anxious. If you are tired of living in ...

— Helen Hoffner Many faithful Catholics greet God and give Him thanks and praise when they arise in the morning and retire at night. How they stay connected with Him and the Faith throughout the day, ...

— J. Augustine Wetta, O.S.B. Father Augustine Wetta reaches back into monastic history to answer one of the most critical questions facing young people today: 'How do I make up my mind?' With his ...

— Marcia Segelstein As a journalist, television news producer, writer, and editor, Marcia Segelstein has spent decades reporting on family-related issues. Her work has brought her face-to-face with troubling ...

HOW RADICAL FEMINISM IS BETRAYING WOMEN –Fiorella Nash For the great majority on both sides of the abortion debate, the idea of a pro-life feminist is the ultimate contradiction in terms. Abortion has become so ...

–Dana Gioia Over the past decade Dana Gioia has emerged as a compelling advocate of Christianity’s continuing importance in contemporary culture. His incisive and arresting essays have examined the spiritual ...

— Gary Zimak Worry begins with fear. And events in our time — pandemic, war, political division, hate — are making us both worried and fearful. Gary Zimak, wants to help you find hope in God no ...

— Jennifer Hubbard — Foreword by Fr. Peter John Cameron, OP Where is God when the innocent suffer? Jennifer Hubbard began to grapple with the question in 2012 when her six-year-old daughter Catherine ...

A DEFENSE OF THE FOUNDING –Robert Reilly The Founding of the American Republic is on trial. Critics say it was a poison pill with a time-release formula; we are its victims. Its principles are responsible for the ...

— Fr. Livio Fanzaga The end of the world is an unmistakable focus of Christ's teaching. Yet contemporary Catholic preaching ignores it, leaving it almost exclusively to Protestants and to the growing number ...

In this book, author and award-winning journalist Susan Brinkmann, OCDS, answers questions like: is Mindfulness compatible with Catholicism? Where did it originate? How did it grow so quickly into one of the ...

— Richard May A PRE-APOLOGETICS PARENT – TEACHER – STUDENT WORKBOOK THAT ADDRESSES THE MORAL CONFUSION AND CULTURAL RELATIVISM OUR YOUTH WILL FACE The goal of this workbook is to help our youth to receive ...

— Jason J. Simon Whether we know it or not, we all have family members or friends who are fighting hidden battles of doubt, alienation, isolation, guilt, compulsions, grief, or hopelessness. But often we ...

— Gretchen R. Crowe — Foreword by Fr. Dave Pivonka, TOR On May 31, 1999, Rachel Muha experienced a mother’s worst nightmare. Her youngest son, Brian, and his friend Aaron Land were taken by force on a ...

PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, AND ART --Edited by Paul C. Vitz This book provides the Catholic Christian case that men and women are in certain respects quite different but also have a positive, synergistic ...