Fifty Books for Life Fr BarryThe trouble with new books is that they prevent us from reading old ones. That was the view of Joseph Joubert writing at the turn of the nineteenth century, and the problem is even more acute today. With fifty chapters on fifty books by fifty different authors, 50 Books for Life is a new book that reveals the riches of older ones, providing an accessible introduction to Catholic novels, plays, poetry, and non fiction from every corner of the globe.
begun with Redemptor Hominis (on Jesus Christ) in 1979
With glorious illustrations by the acclaimed children's book artist Maïte Roche
The Old and New Testaments and Historical and Chronological Index have been beautifully retypeset
They have also influenced countless conversions to Catholicism among their friends and others who have heard their powerful testimony
is on the wrong side of history
What value could there possibly be in an obscure French book rendered into English by an amateur translator
he fought the wickedness of the world in his unremitting battle against the dictatorship of relativism and its culture of death
inspiring explanation of the true meaning of the Mass
the Blessed Virgin appeared to Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres
ages and walks of life: lay people
His father was a deacon and led Bible studies
Wolfgang Smith took an M
