Uganda: My Mission by Fr Damien Grimes MHM (Published by the author, Llanwrst, Wales, €9.40; available on Amazon.co.uk)
Peter Costello
The still small voices of poetry
The Poet’s Quest for God: an anthology of 21st Century poems of faith, doubt and wonder ed. by Fr Oliver Brennan and Todd Swift, with Kelly Davio and Cate Myddleton Evans, with an introduction by Dr Ewan Fernie (Eyewear Publishing / Signature Books, £24.99. Distributed by Central Books in the UK and Ireland.)
Some morning thoughts from Pope Francis…
Morning Homilies III by Pope Francis, translated by Dinah Livingstone (Orbis Books / Alban Books, £11.99)
Catholic teaching on saving the Earth
Option for the Poor & for the Earth: From Leo XIII to Pope Francis, edited by Donal Dorr, revised edition (Orbis Books, distributed by Alban Books, £29.99)
Seven hundred saints for today
Blessed Among Us: Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses by Robert Ellsberg (Liturgical Press, distributed by the Norwich Press, £19.99)
Preserving the Catholic Library for another Century
The Central Catholic Library has found itself in the news headlines. Many people, especially those outside Dublin, may like to learn a little more about this venerable institution, its history, and the difficulties it faces today. The Central Catholic Library was founded in January 1922 — so it is actually as old as the State…
Pictures from the past
Father Browne’s Titanic Album: A Passenger’s Photographs and Personal Memoir, by E. E. O’Donnell, foreword by Dr Robert D. Ballard (Messenger Publications, €16.99)
The fools of fashion and the madness of crowds
The World of Books
Prayer and reflection ideal for the Modern Day
When You can’t Pray by Finbarr Lynch SJ (Messenger Publications, €11.99) The Cross, Our Only Hope: Daily Reflections in the Holy Cross Tradition ed. by Andrew Gawrych CSC and Kevin Grove CSC, with a foreword by Richard Warner CSC (Ave Maria Press, € 11.99)
Nurturing the seeds of Mercy
With World Youth Day behind us nowadays, the question obviously is “what’s next?” The Catholic youth festival is clearly an extraordinarily enthusing time, loaded with spiritual, catechetical, evangelising and social content, but most realistic Catholics recognise that if our youth ministry is directed solely towards such marquee events without looking beyond them, then the seeds…