Summary: From the late stages of the Agricultural Revolution to the doorstep of the Scientific Revolution, this course covers western history from roughly 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600, when the "foundations" of the modern West come into view. Beginning in the ancient Near East, moving to Greece and Rome, the course explores the shape and impact of large ancient empires, including those of Persia and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 282 FraCarroll, James
Summary: This personal history of the American Catholic Church during writer Carroll's lifetime traces the transformation of a medieval institution, suspicious of American ideas of freedom and democracy, into a church that has begun to embrace basic American principles of pluralism and respect for conscience.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 282.092 CARSpitzer, Robert J.
Contents: Introduction: The purpose, perspective, and method of this volume -- Part One: Love and sexuality: True and false promises. True and false promises of happiness and freedom -- True and false promises of the homosexual lifestyle, pornography, gender change, and artificial birth control -- Part Two. Matters of life and death. Abortion, eugenics, invitro fertilization and embryonic stem cells --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ignatius Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 241 SPIFirst Catholic Slovak Union of America
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Union 1955
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.373 C286Francis
Summary: A collection of homilies, speeches, and "messages of the day" that brings together Pope Francis's wisdom on finding happiness in the here and now.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: Includes bibliographical references (pages 540-542) and indexes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 238.2 UNIJohnson, Luke Timothy.
Summary: Provides an overview of Christianity, the world's largest religion, and discusses why, in addition to being vast and popular, it is also extremely complex and often highly contradictory.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 230 JOHSwinarski, Claire
Summary: In Girl, Arise!, Swinarski reconciles the two identities by demonstrating the strength and abilities women have to share with the Body of Christ, the importance of women throughout the history of the faith, and how the love you experience through Christ and the Church can change you and the world around you.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ave Maria Press 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Chancellor of England, Sir Thomas More, is placed in a difficult position when Henry VIII breaks with the Catholic Church over its refusal to annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon so he can marry Anne Boleyn. Henry demands More's endorsement of this act. Torn between his conscience and duty to the crown, Sir Thomas chooses to say nothing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MANPopcak, Greg.
Summary: It's one of the most daunting propects parents face. Communicating the richness of Catholic teaching on sexuality in a faithful and effective way can be an overwhelming responsibility. But does it have to be so?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ascension Press 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 241.66 POPJohnson, Luke Timothy.
Summary: Provides an overview of Christianity, the world's largest religion, and discusses why, in addition to being vast and popular, it is also extremely complex and often highly contradictory. Explains why the central figures, elements, and creeds of Christianity are hard to fathom yet give Christianity its distinctive character. Covers topics such as Christianity's birth and expansion across the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 230 GREMcGreevy, John T.
Summary: "A magisterial history of the centuries-long conflict between 'progress' and 'tradition' in the world's largest international institution. The story of Roman Catholicism has never followed a singular path. In no time period has this been more true than over the last two centuries. Beginning with the French Revolution, extending to the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s, and concluding with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company, Independent publishers since 1923 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 282.09 MCGO'Connell, Maureen H.
Summary: "The author goes on a pilgrimage of her family's history in Catholic parishes throughout one of the largest dioceses in the country to excavate the legacy of American Catholic anti-blackness she has inherited and discover spiritual resources for resistingit"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 282 O'COMartin, James
Summary: Follows James Martin, a Jesuit priest and the author of the book of the same title, who advocates that Catholic leaders accept and relate to their LGBT church members, encouraging respect, compassion, and sensitivity towards these fellow Catholics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gravitas Ventures Llc 2022
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Summary: Pope Francis met with French reporter and sociologist Dominique Wolton for an unprecedented series of twelve fascinating and timely conversations, open dialogues revolving around the political, cultural, and religious issues dominating communication and conflict around the world, now published here.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 260 FRAImmaculate Conception Church (Traverse City, Mich.)
Summary: Immaculate Conception Catholic Church directories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Olan Mills 2000
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5 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.377464 Immaculate Directory 2000Call number: R-GEN 929.377464 Immaculate Directory 1905-2005
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Summary: Ten more cases that pits Father Brown, his secretary and Bunty against a range of criminal minds in the English parish of 1950s Kembleford.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC 2018
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV FATCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Fa 6Amorth, Gabriele
Summary: The story and work of exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sophia Institute Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 264 AMOSummary: Monsignor Renard tells the story of the German occupation of France during World War II through the eyes and experiences of a humble and extraordinary priest-- whose beliefs are tested to the breaking point.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2006
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MONFicocelli, Elizabeth.
Summary: A Catholic boy describes preparations for his First Holy Communion, the ceremony itself, and how it feels to be with Jesus in a special new way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paulist Press 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 248 FICFrancis
Summary: The leader of the Catholic Church discusses what the COVID-19 crisis revealed about the cruelty and inequality of society, what it can teach about handling upheaval, and how to make the world safer, fairer, and healthier for all people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 282.092 FRAWeigel, George
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crossroad Pub. Co. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261.7 WEIAmorth, Gabriele.
Summary: In this powerful book, the renowned exorcist of Rome tells of his many experiences in his ministry as an exorcist doing battle with Satan to relieve the great suffering of people in the grip of evil. The importance of the ministry to "expel demons" is clearly seen in the Gospels, from the actions of the Apostles, and from Church history. Fr. Amorth allows the reader to witness the activities of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ignatius Press 1999