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God’s Word on Sunday:
Liturgy Reflections for Year A

For the first time, you can now own an entire year of Scriptural reflections by Fr. Scott Lewis, the popular weekly columnist of The Catholic Register. As the Church calendar enters Year A we have assembled 52 meditations by Fr. Lewis that offer a window into the Sunday readings for the 2010-2011 Church calendar.

God's Word on Sunday is a book of wisdom and insight from a pre-eminent scriptural scholar. Fr. Lewis writes in a straightforward manner that makes the book a wonderful resource for homilists, Bible study groups, school classes or for anyone wishing to deepen their understanding of Scripture.

An associate professor of New Testament at Regis College in Toronto, Fr. Lewis is past president of the Canadian Catholic Biblical Association. He received his SSL from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome (1991) and his STD in New Testament Theology from the Gregorian University Rome in 1996. He is also the director of the Manresa Retreat Centre in Pickering.

(Paperback, 5 x 8 inches, 120 pages,
list price $13.99)

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A Child is Born: Poems of Christmas

By Msgr. Tom Raby

In 1967 beloved columnist Msgr. Tom Raby penned his first Christmas poem and launched a December tradition that would delight readers of The Catholic Register until 2004. For almost four decades the Christmas poems of Fr. Raby were as much a part of the season as the angel atop the tree.

Now for the first time all 37 of those poems have been collected in a book of verse that will fill hearts with joy and fit easily in a Christmas stocking.

A Child is Born: Poems of Christmas is a celebration of the faith, joy and peace of Christmas written in a style sure to entertain readers of all ages.

The poems of Fr. Raby were eagerly awaited because they went to the heart of what Christmas is really about. His verse ignores the secular adornments of Christmas to proclaim the birth of Christ with wonder and awe, faith and prayer, peace and goodwill, joy and good humour.

For almost 50 years, Fr. Raby wrote a popular weekly column for the Register called “The Little World of Fr. Raby.” Health problems caused him to stop writing in 2007 and now, at 92, he lives in Kingston, Ont. A year ago The Register published an anthology of the best of “The Little World of Fr. Raby.”

(Paperback 4 x 7 inches, 88 pages,
list price $9.99)

The Little World of Fr. Raby, 1980-2007

For almost 50 years, Msgr. Tom Raby delighted readers of The Catholic Register with his folksy observations of life and people in his weekly column “The Little World of Father Raby.”

Following two popular books in the 1970s that showcased his early work, The Little World of Father Raby:1980-2007 is the long-overdue final instalment of the charming tales of parish life that brought Raby legions of fans. It is a book comprising 81 of Raby's best columns, a collection of anecdotes, reflections, lessons, humour, kindness, wisdom, faith and prayer from a humble man who dedicated his life to serving God and his parishioners.

Raby, 91 stopped writing in 2007 after suffering a series of strokes, nine years after he had retired as a pastor. A native of Gananoque, Ont., he graduated from St. Augustine’s Seminary in Toronto, was ordained at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Kingston in 1945 and studied journalism at Marquette University from 1949-50 before coming home to his twin callings of words and faith.

(Paperback, 5 x 8 inches, 188 pages with black and white photos, $14.99 plus shipping and GST)

Catholic Education: A Light of Truth

Now you can get all Msgr. Dennis Murphy’s essays on the spirituality of Catholic education in a single, paperback volume. The book brings together seven updated essays with an introduction by Msgr. Murphy on the challenges facing Catholic education and how we can meet them.

(Trade paperback, 153 pages, plus Foreword by Joseph Sinasac, $14.99 plus shipping and GST)