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I Like Being Catholic
Author: Therese J. Borchard, Michael
Leach
Binding: Softcover 176 pages
Publisher: Image (April 2005)
ISBN: 0385508069
Price: RM59.90
Synopsis
A celebration of the treasured
traditions, rituals, and stories that run through the bloodstream of American
Catholics
For Andrew Greeley, it is the reverence of Christmas night and the exultation of
Easter morn. Martin Scorsese, like many others, remains grateful for the nuns
who rapped his knuckles but built his self-esteem. Mary Gordon recalls the sense
of lightness that follows confession; Vince Lombardi, the strength he derived
from Mass; and Christopher Buckley, the role St. Thomas More plays in his
writing.
I Like Being Catholic brings together the memories, thought, and hopes of famous
Catholics and ordinary parishioners, lapsed and "good-enough" Catholics, and
those who have devoted their lives to the faith. It captures their abiding ties
to and deep affection for the Church and offers the wide-ranging, sometimes
surprising views on the good things that come with being Catholic.
This is not a book of theology. It is about the beauty at the heart of
Catholicism. It is about what Teilhard de Chardin called "the chosen part of
things." It is about family and community, the value of Catholic education, the
significance of sacraments and milestones, and the cultural impact of
Catholicism—there are lists of the ten best Catholic novels, the ten best
Catholic movies, ten Catholic heroes of the twentieth century, ten good reasons
to raise your kids Catholic, fifty things Catholics like best about being
Catholic, and much more ...
I Like Being Catholic is a book for all those who have ever called themselves
Catholic. It is a book of warmth, affection, humor, and love.
About The Author
Michael Leach has been a leading figure in Catholic book publishing for three
decades. A past president and publisher of the Crossroad/Continuum Publishing
Group and president of the Catholic Book Publishers Association, he is currently
executive director of Orbis Books. He lives in Greenwich, Connecticut. Therese
J. Borchard has an M.A. in theology from the University of Notre Dame and is the
author of fifteen books, including The Emerald Bible Collection for young
readers. She lives in Annapolis, Maryland.
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