The Catechism Explained

The Catechism Explained
Author: Fr. Francis Spirago
Publisher: Ravenio Books
Total Pages: 1115
Release: 2015-08-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

In this comprehensive guide, Father Francis Spirago provides a detailed and thorough explanation of the Catholic religion, covering a wide range of topics from the fundamental beliefs to the practical aspects of living a Catholic life. The Catechism Explained serves as an invaluable resource for those seeking to deepen their understanding of the Catholic faith, offering clear and concise explanations that are accessible to readers of all backgrounds. Whether you are a lifelong Catholic or simply curious about the religion, this book will provide you with the knowledge and insights needed to navigate the rich and complex world of Catholicism.

Occasions of Sin

Occasions of Sin
Author: Diarmaid Ferriter
Publisher: Profile Books
Total Pages: 704
Release: 2010-07-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 1847652581

Ferriter covers such subjects as abortion, pregnancy, celibacy, contraception, censorship, infanticide, homosexuality, prostitution, marriage, popular culture, social life and the various hidden Irelands associated with sexual abuse - all in the context of a conservative official morality backed by the Catholic Church and by legislation. The book energetically and originally engages with subjects omitted from the mainstream historical narrative. The breadth of this book and the richness of the source material uncovered make it definitive in its field and a most remarkable work of social history.

Occasions of Sin

Occasions of Sin
Author: Sandra Jean Scofield
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780393057355

In 1959, when Sandra Scofield was fifteen, she came home to stay in West Texas after years in Catholic boarding schools. She believed her presence would inspire her invalid mother to live. What she found—a fractured family; a distracted, dying mother—nudged her into the tumult of late adolescence and the awakening of her sexuality. More than forty years later, Scofield looks back on her Catholic girlhood and the ways in which her relationship with her mother was grounded in their intertwined aspirations for holiness, achievement, and love. Writing on the brink of old age, she looks back ruefully but without bitterness, forgiving both her mother's frailty and her own.

Occasions of Sin

Occasions of Sin
Author: John Martin Gehl
Publisher: Author House
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2012-11-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781477283677

The central character: 29-year-old Puerto Rico-born Sgt.-Detective Margarita Moreno, who has joined the police force of a small Southern city after eight years as a police officer in the Bronx NY. Margarita and her friends -- Veronica, an African-American medical examiner; Penny, a young English girl interning as reporter with a local newspaper; and Eric, a psychologist and ex-Catholic priest -- tangle with a Colombian drug cartel and bring down a corrupt Georgia police chief and foil a plan to develop a major drug route from South America to Atlanta. In the process, she and Eric discover that the two of them are soul mates. It's a story of murder, drugs, suicide, sin, redemption, and love.

Occasions of Sin

Occasions of Sin
Author: Elena Graf
Publisher: Purple Hand Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2012-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780983696001

Physician and aristocrat Margarethe von Stahle spends time at a German convent between World Wars. While there, she encounters a new member of the order, Sister Augustine, and the two slowly fall in love even as they realize the danger in doing so during the fall of the Weimar Republic.

The Catholic Gentleman

The Catholic Gentleman
Author: Sam Guzman
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2019-04-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 162164068X

What it means to be a man or a woman is questioned today like never before. While traditional gender roles have been eroding for decades, now the very categories of male and female are being discarded with reckless abandon. How does one act like a gentleman in such confusing times? The Catholic Gentleman is a solid and practical guide to virtuous manhood. It turns to the timeless wisdom of the Catholic Church to answer the important questions men are currently asking. In short, easy- to-read chapters, the author offers pithy insights on a variety of topics, including • How to know you are an authentic man • Why our bodies matter • The value of tradition • The purpose of courtesy • What real holiness is and how to achieve it • How to deal with failure in the spiritual life

The Sinfulness of Sin

The Sinfulness of Sin
Author: Ralph Venning
Publisher: Ravenio Books
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2015-02-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

This Puritan classic contains the following chapters: Introduction I. What Sin Is II. The Sinfulness of Sin III. The Witnesses Against Sin IV. The Application and Usefulness of the Doctrine of Sin’s Sinfulness Conclusion

Ambiguous Republic

Ambiguous Republic
Author: Diarmaid Ferriter
Publisher: Profile Books
Total Pages: 849
Release: 2012-11-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1847658563

Hard-nosed scholarship and moral passion underpin Diarmaid Ferriter's work. Now he turns to the key years of the 70s, when after half a century of independence, questions were being asked about the old ways of doing things. Ambiguous Republic considers the widespread social, cultural, economic and political upheavals of the decade, a decade when Ireland joined the EEC; when for the first time a majority of the population lived in urban areas; when economic challenges abounded; which saw too an increasingly visible feminist moment, and institutions including the Church began to be subjected to criticism.Diarmaid Ferriter's earlier books have been described as 'a landmark' and 'an immense contribution'; making 'brilliant use of new sources'; 'prodigiously gifted', and 'ground-breaking'. All those words apply to this important book based on recently opened archives and unique access to the papers of Jack Lynch and Liam Cosgrave.