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Many, Many Books
Of making many books there is no end. - Ecclesiastes 12:12 I found this Scripture verse, funnily enough, during my reading research for the second season of Salt + Light’s book show, Word for Word. Of...
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What was the last Catholic book you read?
What’s the last Catholic book you read? Or perhaps it’s better to ask how you read that last book. Was it online, or did you listen to it as an audio book? Or, do you still prefer to bench press your...
View ArticlePerspectives Weekly – Friday, Nov. 11
Pedro delves into the world of Catholic publishing with Joseph Sinasac, Publishing Director of Novalis, and Suzanne Spino, President of Bayard Canada. We learn the difference between big “C” Catholic...
View ArticleDo you have to be dead to be a saint?
It’s true that in order to be declared a saint you have to be dead; you also have to have two confirmed miracles! But is that what sainthood is about? Do you really have to be dead in order to be a...
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An Interview with Author Alicia von Stamwitz
Alicia von Stamwitz is an award-winning freelance author and longtime editor with the religious press. Her essays and articles have appeared in The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, The Sun, America,...
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New show, old medium
There’s always something new happening at the S+L studios, and this spring is no different. One of our most anticipated projects is a new book show entitled Subject Matters. The show is written,...
View ArticleNew S+L book show “Subject Matters” premieres this weekend
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” Cicero Subject Matters is a brand new series on Salt + Light Television that promotes the reading and writing of books in our time. As digital...
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Reignite your parish by “Rebuilding Your Message”, on Subject Matters
Every Catholic knows what life is like in the parish: a faith-filled community that sometimes struggles to share its message, bring about change, or try new things. A new episode of Subject Matters...
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Lunchbox Conversations: Sebastian Gomes on Subject Matters
As Canada’s only Catholic Television Network that broadcasts across the nation 24 hours a day seven days a week in four languages, we run a fairly tight operation. With 30 or so full time employees,...
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Four books that made me
Photo by Eugenio Mazzone at Unsplash Have you ever thought how different life would be without books? As a bibliophile since my earliest days and someone who still prefers a book to a screen, I cannot...
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The Dorothy Day Reading List Challenge – Part 1
It’s no secret that some of the best-loved saints in Catholic history had their spiritual lives deeply shaped by books. From well-known classics – like St. Augustine’s City of God that was beloved by...
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The Dorothy Day Reading List Challenge – Part 2
The following are specific books Servant of God Dorothy Day mentions having read in her diary entries from the 1940s. This summer, I challenge you to read at least three books – one per month in June,...
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What we can all learn from Inspector Javert
Illustration by Gustave Brion, 1862. Source: Wikimedia Commons. SPOILER ALERT: This blog post discusses important plot points in Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables. I recently finished reading that...
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More than good against evil: Christian themes in Harry Potter
Photo by bayek at freeimages.com As someone who did not grow up going to church regularly, I wasn’t exposed to Scripture and homilies that unpacked its theological significance very often. But my life...
View ArticleSeptember 3, 2011
[singlepic id=119 w=150 h=152 float=right] In this last week of the Summer Edition of SLRadio, Brian Caulfield of the Father’s for Good campaign, shares a few new initiatives with us and author and...
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[singlepic id=128 w=200 h=200 float=right] When was the last time you read a Catholic book? Today we speak with John McNichol, author of the Young Chesterton Chronicles about books and Catholicism;...
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Book review: The Religion of the Apostles
Detail of a 14th-century icon depicting the Twelve Apostles (Source: Wikimedia Commons) Since its beginnings, the religious landscape of American society has been characterized by great diversity, a...
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The world reenchanted
Detail of The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun by William Blake (Source: Wikimedia Commons) Last week, I reviewed The Religion of the Apostles: Orthodox Christianity in the First...
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Book review: The Unbroken Thread
Photo by amirali mirhashemian on Unsplash There’s nothing new about the critique of the liberal, individualistic, and materialistic character of Western societies. It’s part of a long tradition that...
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Book review: Politics and Faith in a Polarized World
Photo by Erik Mclean on Unsplash John Milloy, author of Politics and Faith in a Polarized World: A Challenge for Catholics, recently spoke with Salt + Light Media’s Benjamin Boivin about his new book...
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