Yesterday I woke up and went about my day not even thinking about what day it was. This has happened more than once in the past few weeks, and that's a sure sign that summer has arrived! My days fluctuate between getting random "back burner" projects done and reading a lot more, particularly on scorchingly hot days with 40 mile per hour gusts (it's a Kansas thing). And that brings me to the reason for this post. TAN shared a couple of new titles with me and so here are my thoughts on Continue Reading
NEW Book Review (Louis of Granada)
The most important progress you will make as each year rolls in and rolls out is spiritual. So don't forget your soul in 2025 as you make a list of goals like losing weight or landing a new career. And you can look no further for a solid spiritual guide than The Book of Prayer and Meditation by Venerable Louis of Granada. This Spanish masterpiece, first published in 1554, now comes to us in a readable form courtesy of TAN. It's a beautiful hardbound volume with an attractive, clear typeset, Continue Reading
20 Stories of Saints Who Met Christ in Communion + a Book Giveaway!
TAN Books has just published Meredith Hinds' highly anticipated Eucharistic Saints: Twenty Stories of Devotion to Jesus. Here is a preview of some of the saints highlighted in her book: With such a great cloud of witnesses, there is much we can learn from their personal experiences with Christ in the Eucharist. I love that the book includes holy youths like Blessed Carlo Acutis, St. Jacinta Marto, and Blessed Imelda, patron saint of First Communicants. Children will see how a love for Continue Reading
Sr. Mary Wilhelmina: “To Be Black is Nothing.”
Newly published by TAN, The Life of Sr. Mary Wilhelmina tells the story of the indomitable founder of the traditional Benedictine Sisters of Mary, whose body was found apparently incorrupt in May of 2023. The First Call An early vocation at the age of 17, Mary Elizabeth Lancaster was a descendant of black slaves from Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Faced with very few choices in terms of religious life due to her skin color, she joined the Oblate Sisters of Providence, a black order, in 1941. Continue Reading
A Beautiful Introduction to the Latin Mass for Children + a Book Giveaway
Interest in the Latin Mass is steadily growing, an unexpected blessing during the Covid lockdowns, and many Catholics are just now learning about this rite. If you're a new Latin Mass goer (or visitor), or have children and want them to get more out of each Mass, TAN has just published a beautiful new missal that you'll want to add to your library! Featuring the soft, richly detailed artwork of Adalee Hude, Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus: An Introductory Latin Missal for Children is a slim, Continue Reading
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