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October 4, 2022
by Evelyn Oliver, Regina Press. Order: Amazon, LMS In this deeply Catholic novel, a sentimental encounter in Cairo leads to conversion and heroism. WhileIslamists and liberals connive to oppress Christians, Catholic beliefs and practices prove vital for protection and spiritual survival. The Egyptian Guide is a beautiful story of a woman’s faith journey. It contains a wide range of comparisons between life experiences and the realities of faith. The author uses rich descriptive language to explore the depths of conversion, […]
by Fr Bryan Houghton (a reprint from the 1970s prophetic original). Order: lms.org.uk/product/mitre-and-crook Bishop Edmund Forester, looking out over his little diocese of Stamford, was distressed at what he saw. In the early 1970s, a pragmatic bishop decides to allow the traditional Mass to go on. A novel unique in the annals of Catholic literature. It takes the form of letters from the bishop himself: a tough infighter—and a saint; a man of humility and charity—with a nose for humbug […]
a novel by St John-Henry Newman. Ignatius Press Mostly autobiographical: a pleasant opportunity to become familiar with the spiritual journey of the great 19th century convert. This novel about a young man’s intellectual and spiritual development was the first work John Henry Newman wrote after entering the Roman Catholic Church in 1845. The story describes the perplexing questions and doubts Charles Reding experiences while attending Oxford. Though intending to avoid the religious controversies that are being heatedly debated at the […]
by Henry Sire, Angelico Press. A concise summary of the history of Christendom as well as a prescient diagnosis of our modern situation. Serious and pious, yet simultaneously witty!
by Fr JeanPierre de Caussade S.J.This spiritual classic seems to have been written just for our times of worry and uncertainty.
by Cardinal Louis Billot, S.J. Arouca Press A very short book, essential to understand the root of the ideological disease affecting modern society.
by Dom Jean-Baptiste Chautard A classic on the primacy of the interior life. Against the temptation of activism, or against helplessness when one is prevented from actively serving God, this book reminds clergy and laity that personal prayer is the key. The interior life seeks God in everything. It is a life of prayer, teaching us to live in the presence of God. It teaches us that God grants fruit to our initiatives in proportion with their root in mental […]
by Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP Order: https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/ego-eimi-it-is-i “May the present book, a beautiful and impressive ‘paper shrine to the Most Holy Eucharist’, have a wide diffusion and be a practical spiritual aid in order to renew the Catholic Faith, the Catholic Love and the Catholic Worship of the Sacrament of the Most Holy Eucharist.” Bishop Athanasius Schneider, Foreword to the book
by E. S. Siderman Anecdotal account of the life and words of Fr Vincent McNabb, the Dominican who preached to the crowds on Hyde Park Corner, never failing to make them stop and think about the deeper questions. Out of print, but second hand copies available on various sites.
September 30, 2022
MASS INTENTIONSSunday 2nd October 8.30 am Nicholas and Ruth Dyson12.30 pm Private intention17th Sunday after Pentecost CONFESSIONS 3 pm—5 pm Saturdays. MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNINGNext Sunday 9th October 9.30 am—12 noon in the church hall. Donations of home-made cakes welcome! Last year was a great success, please support this very worthwhile cause. RELICS OF ST BERNADETTE—NORTHAMPTON CATHEDRALWe are looking at the possibility of a visit to the relics on Tuesday 11th or Wednesday 12th October in thechurch minibus. Is anyone willing to […]