TEN COMMANDAMENTS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
Pope Benedict XVI Speaks Out for Creation and Justice

Author : Woodene Koenig-Bricker

Woodeene Koenig-Bricker skillfully weaves together Pope Benedict's key statements on environmental justice into one volume.
Additionally, she offers commentary that helps to unpack the Ten Commandments for the Environment, which was recently released by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.
Koenig-Bricker helps us understand an environmentally responsible lifestyle
as a moral responsibility to protect the poor, who suffer most when climate change creates a shortage of resources.

With practical, everyday ideas for reducing one's ecological footprint,
this book is a must-read for those seeking the inspiration that the Holy Father radiates to a new generation of Catholics.

THE CREED IN SLOW MOTION

Ronald Knox

During the WWII bombing of London, Ronald Knox - a priest, radio personality, detective novelist, scholar, and Catholic convert - found himself the chaplain of a girls' school where students were being sheltered.

When his existing homilies were exhausted, Knox began to write new ones for his students based on the Apostles' Creed. The homilies were so well-received that they were later published as The Creed in Slow Motion.
With resurgent interest in the life and writings of Knox, as well as forthcoming changes to the English translation of the Creed, the new edition of this classic could not be more timely.

A PRIEST FOR ALL LITURGICAL SEASONS
Changing Calendar, Unchanging Virtue

Authors: Msgr. John A. Abruzzese
Msgr. Andrew R. Baker
Rev. Anthony J. Figueiredo
Msgr. Charles M. Mangan
Msgr. Laurence J. Spiteri

At ordination, a priest becomes another person, commissioned not simply to act in the name of Christ, but to be another Christ, an alter Christus.

In this book, Father Connor helps the priest to see once again, in fresh terms, that this is truly the essence of the priesthood. He shows how, in the Eucharist the priest finds his raison d'être for being a priest, the source of all his strength in the ministry, the summit of all his prayers.

RECLAIM THE FIRE
A Parish Guide to Evangelization

Martin Pable, OFM

Many Catholics, Pable says, have learned doctrine and participated in sacraments, but have not been evangelised. They have not been taught to know Jesus Christ in a real way.

Reclaim the Fire recaptures the heart, the soul, and the mission of the church, and in so doing, feeds the fire started when the church began. Pable outlines a way to reverse discouraging trends and bring the people back to the faith.

He looks to our present culture and shows how the church can be a light to the nations, and he demonstrates how every parish can spread the gospel message with enthusiasm.

GRACE AND MORTGAGE
The Language of Faith and the Debt of the World

Peter Selby

Opens many people’s eyes to the corrosive effect of debt, which impoverishes the poorest and leads inevitably to the despoiling of the earth.
It gives us a new language for understanding the Gospel.

Selby found echoes of the New Testament’s witness to the release offered| by Christ, and to a ‘commonwealth of God’ in which there are no ‘debtors’ or ‘creditors’ but where the God to whom we owe everything has cancelled our debts.
This book remains the essential one for anyone seeking a more creative, sustainable and just future.

A VIEW FROM THE TRENCHES
Ups and Downs of Today’s Parish Priest

Dennis Murphy

A hope-filled prescription for a new spirituality for diocesan priests. The author confronts the difficult environment in which priests work today.

Through an environmental scan, he reads the signs of the times to understand the social context for today’s diocesan priesthood. The book ends with an appeal to Christian hope and the need for a strong life of prayers and love in community to face the challenges ahead.

PASTORING MULTIPLE PARISHES
An Emerging Model of Pastoral Leadership

Mark Mogilka & Kate Wiskus

The most common solution to the shortage of priests is multiple-parish pasturing—that is, having one pastor serve the needs of two, three, or more different parishes at one time. There are plenty of inspiring success stories to be shared and helpful examples of pitfalls to be avoided when dealing with changes in the church.

In this book readers discover what works and what doesn’t when parishes must turn to the method of multiple-parish pasturing. The authors help Catholics see that this change in the church is not something to be dreaded, but rather it is a wonderful opportunity for future stability and growth of the Faith.