Books

Helene Ijaz PhD, is an educator, mediator, and consultant in cross-cultural, interracial, and interfaith relations. She's the author of 'Your Heart Knows the Way: A Guide to Christian-Muslim Marriage'. A Roman Catholic Christian, she has been married to a Muslim for over fifty years. In her conversation with Joseph Victor Edwin SJ, she shares the graces and challenges of interfaith marriages that ... Read More

A young man and a young woman passed by one another on a French bridge. Each noticed the other and subsequently made enquiries as to who the other was. This chance encounter of Louis and Zelie Martin would lead not only to their youngest daughter becoming St Therese of Lisieux becoming one of the Church's most beloved saints, but also to their own canonisation, in 2015, the first of a married coup... Read More

The multi-award-winning author and screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce has been named the Waterstones Children's Laureate 2024-2026. He was presented with the prestigious medal by outgoing laureate, Joseph Coelho, at a ceremony in Leeds on Tuesday. Since his first book Millions won the CILIP Carnegie Medal, Frank has written a series of best-sellers - including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again. ... Read More

Robert Finnigan, Archivist of the Diocese of Leeds, reviews a new book tracing the fascinating history of Catholic priests in the British armed forces. 'Stories that can so easily remain hidden from our history books and sit outside our collective memory are those of the contribution made by our brave and faithful military chaplains…' So writes Bishop Paul Mason, Bishop of the Forces, in his Fo... Read More

Leaving God for God: The Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul in Britain, 1847-2017 by Susan O'Brien. (London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 2017). A study of five generations of Daughters of Charity in Britain charting their changing ministries and analysing a distinctive way of life focused on serving people in poverty. With 64 pages of colour photographs, maps and an appendix providing a pen ... Read More

As summer rolls around and we jet off on our holidays or enjoy a stay-cation, families may find that they have a bit more time on their hands, and what better way to while away the summer hours than with good books, says Marriage & Family Life Co-ordinator, Antonia Braithwaite, in her Faith in the Home column. For children aged 8-12 years, an excellent series is the Narnia books by CS Lewis (... Read More

Jonathan Arnold has produced a thought provoking, practical and meditational book on the Everyday God who is alive and active, quite often in the most unexpected of places, and always both inside and outside of church buildings. The book reminds the reader that everyone is created in the image of God and that caring for all living beings and the environment as a whole is something that must be cen... Read More

Today, 14 June, we commemorate the anniversary of the death of G K Chesterton (1874-1936), a distinctive figure in the great Catholic tradition who is popularly known as the 'Apostle of Common Sense.' He was the author of many books, including Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man. Chesterton is one of the most sparkling and effervescent figures in the great Catholic tradition. He gave an articulate d... Read More

A special Bible for children created by a Catholic charity - available in almost 200 languages - turns 45 this year. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) marked the UNESCO International Year of the Child in 1979 by publishing the first edition of the Child's Bible - God speaks to his children. The book helps the Church's pastoral outreach by retelling key stories from the Bible for children aged six to... Read More

Drawing on his extensive experience and journalistic skills, Alf McCreary takes us on a journey of reflection on the unholy alliance between religion and politics, the role of journalists and the importance-and fragility-of truth in a world of 'fake news'. When people talk about the 'Troubles' in Northern Ireland, that Irish euphemism for death, suffering, misunderstanding, bitterness, cruelty and... Read More

Austen Ivereigh author of 'The Great Reformer' and 'Wounded Shepherd' on Pope Francis, presents his new book: 'First Belong to God on retreat with Pope Francis' at the London Jesuit Centre, Mayfair on Saturday, 20 April. Few people know Pope Francis better than Austen Ivereigh, and in this day he will consider the reason behind the Pope's desire for a 'Synodal Church' and how the Pope is influenc... Read More

The modern world can be an overwhelming place to live - everywhere we look, it seems like a new issue needs our attention. The good news is that many people want to do their part in addressing these issues to make the world a better place. But how? The Hopeful Activist is a guide for all those who feel called to create positive change in their society but aren't quite sure where to start. Featurin... Read More

The book Catholic Social Thought and Prison Ministry: Resourcing Theory and Practice, edited by Elizabeth Phillips (Woolf Institute, Cambridge) and Férdia J Stone-Davis (Margaret Beaufort Institute, Cambridge), is being published at the end of March by Routledge. The book itself arises out of the project 'Flourishing Inside?' which took place at the Margaret Beaufort Institute, was generously fun... Read More

A new book by Archbishop John Wilson on Vatican II is due to be officially launched at events in Liverpool on the 22 February and in London on the 6 March. Archbishop John will be present on both days. The Second Vatican Council was a landmark event for the Catholic Church shaping its relationship with the world. The impact of Vatican II continues to be a hot topic within the Catholic Church and ... Read More