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Author
Publisher
Image
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
192 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Well-known Catholic theologian Dr. Scott Hahn explains Christ's Paschal sacrifice on the cross as the fulfillment of the traditional fourth cup used in the celebration of Passover, drawing symbolic parallels to the Last Supper and Christ's death on Calvary. Through his scholarly insights and important biblical connections, Mass will come alive for you as never before!"--Amazon.com.
82) Sinner
Publisher
Matson Films
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In small town America, an anemic parish is on the brink of bankruptcy. Father Anthony Romano finds himself at a mid-career crisis in the wake of personal conflicts and widespread scandals that have left the Catholic church an anathema to so many. When one of his subordinate attacks Lil, a grifter who preys on celibate priests, Father Anthony intervenes with the police and reluctantly provides Lil asylum in his rectory. Soon, Anthony's private world...
84) The nun
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1760s France, young Suzanne, an illegitimate child, is sent to a convent to become a nun to atone for her mother's sin.
85) Evelyn
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1953, Desmond Doyle takes on the Irish family law system and the Catholic Church in a bid to be reunited with his children. Despite a strong work ethic, Desmond has a hard time holding on to steady work. Desmond's wife walks out on the relationship and his sporadic employment eventually attracts the attention of the law. A court order sends his two sons and young daughter to separate Catholic orphanages until Desmond can prove he's capable of properly...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
226 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
With a mother who buys Christmas cards in August and a younger brother who describes the Trinity as a toasted marshmallow on a graham cracker, life for eleven-year-old Charles Harrisong is anything but normal in Normal, Illinois.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 356 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Hop on your bicycle and travel back to the 1950's to join the priestly gumshoe Father Brown (Mark Williams, Harry Potter, Doctor Who) for another compelling series of mysteries based on the novels of G. K. Chesterton. Quiet lanes and country houses hold daunting secrets that only Father Brown, using his intuition and skill, will be able to work out much to the chagrin of Inspector Sullivan (Tom Chambers, Waterloo Road). Joined by his gang of dedicated...
88) Silence
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2017]
Formats
Description
Two Catholic missionaries face the ultimate test of faith when they travel to Japan looking for their missing mentor, at a time when Catholicism was outlawed.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.]
Physical Desc
[160 pages ; 20 cm]
Description
"In the COVID crisis, the beloved shepherd of over one billion Catholics saw the cruelty and inequity of our society exposed more vividly than ever before. He also saw, in the resilience, generosity, and creativity of so many people, the means to rescue our society, our economy, and our planet. In direct, powerful prose, Pope Francis urges us not to let the pain be in vain. He begins Let Us Dream by exploring what this crisis can teach us about how...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Formats
Description
"Abandoned by her mother at age seven, Alexandra Winslow took solace in the mystery stories she read with her devoted father--and soon she was writing them herself, slowly graduating to dark, violent, complex crime stories that reflected skill and imagination far beyond her years. After her father's early death, at fourteen Alex is taken in by the nuns of a local convent, where she finds twenty-six mothers to take the place of the one she lost, and...
91) In the name of
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A Catholic priest struggles with his self-imposed abstinence after he meets a teenage boy at a reform school.
Series
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2017].
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (675 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Father Brown cycles back for another season of more mysteries in the sleepy Cotswold village of Kembleford. This season, a Duke and Duchess visit the village at Christmas time, but the community is thrown into chaos when the couple's baby boy goes missing. When a female author is murdered, Father Brown turns to her novels for guidance. And when a boxer is found dead in suspicious circumstances, Father Brown uncovers a well-planned betting sting.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (3 hr., 48 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Going my way (127 min.): When old and fading St. Dominic's Church gets a new priest (Crosby), things are bound to change. For starters, young Father O'Malley meets the crusty old Father Fitzgibbon (Barry Fitzgerald), who doesn't think much of him or his ideas. The two have their differences but O'Malley is able to inspire some neighborhood roughnecks to open their hearts and minds in a way the old priest simply could not do.
Holiday Inn (101 min.):...
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
c2014.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (469 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Celebrated author GK Chesterton's beloved character, Father Brown, is brilliantly brought to life in this charming ten-part BBC series starring Mark Williams (Harry Potter, Doctor Who). With the warmth of The Vicar of Dibley, the intellect of Miss Marple, the humour of Father Ted and the intrigue of Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown is a fresh new take on a classic genre. Set in the 1950s in the heart of the English countryside, Father Brown is a kindly...
Author
Series
Father Blackie Ryan mysteries volume 17
Formats
Description
Matters of succession lead to attempted murder in the latest of Greeley's popular mysteries.
Archbishop Malachi Nolan has designs on the Diocese of Chicago despite the fact the Most Reverend Blackwood Ryan, himself recently appointed an archbishop, is currently in line for the post. Assigned to keep watch on his rival, Blackie travels to the Nolan family estate in Grand Banks, where he soon finds himself immersed in an entirely different dynastic...
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
189 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Description
This book is the chronicle of a group of extraordinary skeletons discovered in the Roman Catacombs in the late sixteenth century. Largely anonymous, they were nevertheless held to be the remains of Early Christian martyrs, and treated as sacred. Sent to Catholic churches and religious houses in German-speaking Europe to replace holy relics that had been destroyed in the wake of the Protestant Reformation, the skeletons were carefully reassembled,...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xxi, 233 pages ; 25 cm
Description
Chronicles the events behind the unexpected resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and the election of Pope Francis, tracing the lives of both men and discussing the consequences of having two living popes in residence at the Vatican.
"In February 2013, the archconservative Pope Benedict XVI made a starling announcement: he would resign, making him the first pope to willingly vacate his office in more than seven hundred years. Reeling from the news, the...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (450 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Step back in time to the sleep 1950s English Cotswolds, where Father Brown continues to tend his flock and catch criminals with compassion, intuition, psychology, and wit. Includes all ten episodes from the seventh season.
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
263 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Using relevant stories and characters from Scripture, insights and teachings from the lives of he saints, spiritual writings, and personal experiences, the author explores the place of joy, humor, and laughter in the spiritual life.
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