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The journals of Thomas Merton ; v. 3Summary: 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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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 282 FraFrancis
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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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 248 FRASpitzer, 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 SPIPopcak, 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 POPSwinarski, 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: A Christian teacher is forced before a judge for honestly answering a question about Jesus in the classroom. With the principal and superintendent joining forces with a zealous civil liberties group, Grace faces an epic court case that could cost her the career she loves and expel God from the classroom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family God's 2016Francis
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 FRAO'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'COSummary: In 2015, Pope Francis wrote Laudato Si', a letter to every single person in the world, confronting the looming calamity of human impact on Earth and ourselves. It is one of the most ambitious and revolutionary papal statements in history since it is directed not just to Catholics, but to everyone on the planet and it outlines the most critical environmental and social issues that we...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LETSheen, Fulton J. (Fulton John)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1967
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.4 SHEWeigel, 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 WEICarr, John
Summary: For much of its 2,000-year history, the Roman Catholic Church was a formidable political and military power, in contrast to its pacifist origins and its present concentration on spiritual matters. The period of political and military activism can be dated to roughly between 410, when Pope Innocent I vainly tried to avert the sack of Rome by the Visigoths, and about 1870, when Pope Pius IX was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pen & Sword Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355 CARRiebling, Mark
Summary: Pope Pius XII is perhaps the most detested pope in modern history, vilified for allegedly appeasing Hitler and betraying the Jewish people by remaining silent during the Holocaust. But this conventional narrative is not the full story. In Church of Spies, the intelligence expert Mark Riebling draws on a wealth of recently uncovered documents to argue that, far from being Hitler’s lackey, Pius...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 282 RIEMartin, James
Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything and Jesus: A Pilgrimage turns his attention to the relationship between LGBT Catholics and the Church in this loving, inclusive, and revolutionary book. On the day after the Orlando nightclub shooting, James Martin S.J. posted a video on Facebook in which he called for solidarity with our LGBT brothers and sisters....
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 282 MARGrant, Libbie
Summary: In 1827, in rural Pennsylvania, Emma Hale marries an itinerant treasure-digger who claims he can speak directly to God. In a few short years, Joseph Smith will found his own religion, gain tens of thousands of zealous followers and fracture Emma's life and faith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GRAFrancis
Summary: In a passionate style , encyclical letter laudato si’ of the holy father Francis on care for our common home expands Catholic teaching on mankind's responsibility to care for God's creation, and protect and care for the most vulnerable, issuing a call to action for both individuals and governments to tackle the planet's ecological plight. Francis warned that the world faces "the unprecedented...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Word Among us Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 260 FRAWintz, Jack.
Summary: A Franciscan friar uses the words of the Bible and the life and words of St. Francis to support his view that God's promise of a new creation at the end of time extends to the companion animals we have known and loved in this life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paraclete Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 231.7 WINSummary: Follows the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his days as a lawyer in South Africa to his role as India's spiritual leader by using his philosophy of non-violent but direct-action protest that helped end British rule. Centers on the extraordinary man who fought for a nonviolent, peaceful existence and set an entire nation free.
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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 GANChaput, Charles J.
Summary: "With a balance of wisdom, candor, and scholarly rigor the beloved Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia takes on life's central questions: why are we here, and how can we live and die meaningfully?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.4 CHAMonahan, Molly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261.8322 MONMerton, Thomas
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 271.125 MERCampbell, Simone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CAMPBELL, SIMONE CAMDrain, Lauren.
Summary: "In the bestselling tradition of Escape and Stolen Innocence, the first look behind the curtains of the Westboro Baptist Church, by a young woman cast out from its clutches"--Provided by the publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2013