New School Year Reads
At the ripe old age of five, I embarked on a long path of learning how to create a sense of orderliness and discipline for my mind, body, and heart. On my first day of kindergarten, my mother defined the...
Category: CatholicsRead
CatholicsRead is a weekly feature in collaboration with the Association of Catholic Publishers. Every week, we highlight just a few of the latest titles in Catholic publishing, from children’s books to professional ministry resources and everything in between.
CatholicsRead is a also a free, email-based opportunity for Catholics to learn about the best and newest in Catholic publishing on a weekly basis. These include resources in many and multiple formats for children, youth, parents, and volunteer and paid Church leaders.
Each week, CatholicsRead’s Therese Brown will provide a write-up about the featured titles here at Where Peter Is. The column appears on Tuesday mornings.
Reading the Catholic Classics
What makes a literary classic? That was the opening question of a lecture during my last graduate theology course. The premise of the course was that the Lectionary can be read as a classic would. So, what is a classic?...
Seeing Beyond
As much as I loved working with the freshmen at Resurrection High School in Chicago, the ever-present challenge was to help them see beyond their own very circumscribed experiences. My thirteen- and fourteen-year-old students were growing in their knowledge of...
Following the Way of God’s Love
I am a big fan of historical and contemporary romances and I consume them in exactly the way that Amazon Kindle envisioned it—voraciously. With a total of 664 in 2021 and over 300 as of mid-August 2022, I feel confident...
Tools for Ministry
I recently made one of my DIY dreams come true. In the unfinished section of our basement, I put up pegboard, added various sizes and shapes of hangers, and displayed all of my tools. Though the edges weren’t exactly level,...
New Resources for Kids’ Summer Doldrums
I have heard it said that summer is about two to four weeks too long for most parents of school-aged children. The first few weeks feel like blessed freedom from the structured routine of the school day—get up, get dressed,...
Finding Our Way
Six years ago, I finally took the introductory class at my local indoor rock climbing gym. Since then, I have made new friends and grown a community with a group of young adults who invited me to join them as...
Music in the Life of Faith
One Tuesday in the late 1960s, we met my Dad at the chapel in the Commerce Building at the University of Detroit for the five o’clock evening Mass. The Archdiocese of Detroit had been an “early adopter” when it came...
Resolving Catholic Conflicts
Most of us have had some great bosses or pastors over the years, those who are educated, experienced, pastoral, and humble. Of course, it is during conflicts that leaders show their true colors. We often hear that leaders are remembered...
Resources for a Sacramental Catholic Family Life
The Easter season and the summer months that follow are full of sacramental celebrations. From the First Communions in April, through the Confirmations of May, and culminating with the start of the wedding season in June, it is a busy...
A CatholicsRead Summer Reading List
Memorial Day marked the unofficial start to summer across the United States, so it’s the perfect time to put together a CatholicsRead summer reading list. This is my own personal summer reading list, a look at what you’d find stacked...
Numbers to Order Our Days
We are awash in numbers. Numbers order our days, our work, and our leisure. While 24, 7, and 365 might be three of the most prominent numbers in our lives, they are only some of the rather commonplace numbers that...
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