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Catholic Digest’s 2020 Sacraments Gift Guide
For many, our sacraments are being held hostage by the restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, by the grace of God, we'll soon see more and more restrictions lifted. Looking to the future, many Catholics will be entering the…
Book review: ‘Target Africa’ eye-opening read
Nigerian scientist Obianuju Ekeocha never guessed that writing an open letter to Melinda Gates — wife of Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates — would put her on the course to becoming a human rights activist. Gates, wanting to “liberate”…
Recommended: ‘The Parish Emergency Kit’ and supplement on the abuse crisis
We never know when a tragedy might strike us locally, nationally, or globally. It might be the horror of a nearby school shooting, or a natural disaster. Or it might be fall out from the waves of Catholic grief, angst, and anger over the…
Celebrating classic Counter-Reformation books
Oct. 31, 2017, marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Many people are celebrating this event with books, movies, conventions, and more. However, Catholics and some Protestants find the situation more deserving of…
Books for the Catholic nerd
As the writer of the Bookshelf column for Catholic Digest, I find the most difficult part of the job isn’t the actual writing, but the selection process. Anywhere from 12 to 20 new titles come through my mailbox each month. After weeding…
The Gift of Spiritual Reading
Time to think about Christmas gifts — both the ones you might want to give, as well as the ones you’d like to receive. Start dropping those hints now for one of these great reads. The Catholic Mom’s Prayer Companion A Book of Daily…
Ease Into Fall With a Good Book
Five Years in Heaven The Unlikely Friendship That Answered Life’s Greatest Questions by John Schlimm (Image) He was a young, Harvard-educated, high-powered publicist who craved simplicity. She was an 80-something nun who made…
The Rosary: The Prayer That Saved My Life
The Rosary: the prayer that saved my life During the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Immaculée Ilibagiza and seven other women spent 91 days hidden in the cramped bathroom of a local pastor's house. Immaculée entered the bathroom a vibrant,…
The Nun of Kenmare
In Dublin, Ireland, on a cold December night in 1881, Sister M. Francis Clare (Margaret Anna) Cusack, stepped off the train from Tuam and wearily made her way to the Poor Clare convent at Harold’s Cross. She rang the bell, and as soon as…
