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New Catholic Books & Media FREE New releases, best-selling book charts, interviews, Take One reviews and more, courtesy of our advertisers. NNEWEW CCATHOLICATHOLIC BBOOKSOOKS && MMEDIAEDIA Inspirational Media for Today’s Catholics Winter 2012 • Vol. 3, No. 4 www.NewCatholicBooks.com • $2.50 New Books Help Faithful Prepare Our Sunday Visitor Marks a Century of For Seasons of Advent & Christmas ‘Serving the Church’ By Christopher Fenoglio nial book are rooted in scriptural “Advent and Christmas Wisdom WASHINGTON (CNS) — Our Editor in Chief images of light. from St. Vincent de Paul” (Liguori Sunday Visitor is celebrating 100 A number of books combine in- Publications) by John E. Rybolt, years of “serving the church,” as a spirational prayers with passages CM matches passages from St. big headline proclaims on the he new church year is just from Scripture or other writers to Vincent’s writings with seasonal front page of the September 30th around the corner, as are the create spiritual guides for Advent. prayers and actions. St. Vincent, centennial issue of its flagship Tseasons of Advent and “Exploring Advent with Luke” patron of charities and volunteers, publication, OSV Newsweekly. Christmas. The prophetic words of (Ave Maria Press) by Timothy dedicated himself at a young age to The issue is John the Baptist (Mt 3:3) come Clayton shows us how many of the the care of the poor and most aban- huge: 128 pages quickly to mind, as does the tune challenges faced by the major char- doned. Allow St. Vincent’s wisdom in all, spread out from the musical Godspell: “Pre- acters in Luke are no different to guide your Advent meditations over four 32-page pare ye the way of the Lord!” than those we face today. The and inspire you to live as he did, sections, with New on the shelves of Catholic weekly reflections will guide the with true disregard for the things most pages hav- bookstores this fall are a number of reader from Advent through the of this world and a heart on fire ing a reproduc- books that will help you and your Twelve Days of Christmas. Continued on page 2... tion of a front family prepare the way for the page from each Credit: OSV Lord prayers, reflections and inspi- year of the ERLANDSON rational passages. weekly newspaper’s 100 years of “A Catholic Family Advent” John Michael Talbot Tours Nation publication. The special issue cov- (Franciscan Media) was written by ers the history of the newspaper Susan Hines-Brigger, a mother of With Multi-Night Parish Missions against the backdrop of key four. Her book offers a solution to events in Catholicism and society. BERRYVILLE, Ark. – Contempo- life in Christ if we will but accept busy family schedules with little Although the special OSV rary Christian music pioneer John it. We are rebuilding the church time for spiritual experiences. Each Newsweekly is what most Michael Talbot now adds “Motiva- one parish at a time, and renewing daily entry during Advent offers Catholics will experience from the tional Minister” to his many titles, hearts one life at a time!” Scripture for reflection, a short centennial, it has been far from traveling over nine months per Today, Talbot’s meditation, a fresh idea for an easy the only thing happening to mark year throughout the world renew- audiences are sur- family activity, and a short prayer. the anniversary, according to ing the faith of Christians of all de- prised to find he is “O Radiant Dawn” (Ave Maria Greg Erlandson, Our Sunday Vis- nominations. It is this new no longer the man Press), written by Lisa M. Hendey itor president and publisher. direction which he captures in his who simply sits (CatholicMom.com), is a small On the actual 100th anniver- new three DVD collection “Nothing with his guitar and booklet that features 5-minute sary date of the first issue, May 5, Is Impossible.” sings sacred songs. prayers to say around the Advent Our Sunday Visitor hosted an Talbot shares, “the old John Looking like a char- Wreath. Each of the 28 different open house at its headquarters in Michael has died and the new one acter out of scrip- Taylor Credit: Roger devotional services in this peren- Huntington, Ind. “We had all has been born again, and this DVD ture with long hair TALBOT sorts of things for the visitors,” captures the excitement and power and flowing beard, Talbot walks NEW CITY PRESS Erlandson recalled, with staff of that rebirth.” amid the crowd as he preaches of the Focolare thinking “maybe we’ll get 400 www.newcitypress.com Rebirth has been a theme for from…his iPad! Talbot openly people. A thousand ended up Talbot’s ministry these days. When states, “I am a cool Monk.” coming to components of it.” a fire devastated John Michael’s “We recorded this DVD collec- Where To From Here? Our Sunday Visitor also co- The Christian Vision monastery in April of 2008, John tion live to capture all the excite- of Life After Death sponsored this year’s Catholic Michael began a new format of ment we are seeing across America Brian Grogan, SJ Media Convention, held in Indi- itinerant ministry traveling from in our parish missions. I want to anapolis, with The Criterion, the parish to parish to raise money to reach as many as I can, and mak- Archdiocese of Indianapolis’ rebuild his community’s home. ing this DVD was the obvious an- newspaper. Concert tours were replaced by swer. Individuals to groups will The last big public part of the two- or three-night parish mis- benefit from the different topics centennial was a daylong affair sions. It became clear that God was covered and each of the three Sept. 28. First off was a sympo- not only using his ministry to re- DVDs contains teaching, prayer sium featuring Cardinal Francis build the monastery but to bring and, of course, sacred music. We E. George of Chicago speaking fulfillment to an original vision. wanted to provide this as a service about apologetics, author Scott Talbot reflects, “God gave me a for God’s people and keep the price Hahn talking about the new vision of itinerant ministry going as low as possible. We produced evangelization, and attorney “The next time anyone asks me about heaven, from parish to parish in a time of this from our own production and hell, purgatory, limbo, or anything related to what Helen Alvare discussing religious great need in our culture. I believe publishing company as part of our awaits us after our earthly lives have ended, I will liberty issues. The topics, Erland- recommend this excellent new book.” that our current ministry is fulfill- Not for Profit ministry. We pray son told Catholic News Service in James Martin, SJ ing that vision. The Catholic many will be blessed by it.” author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything a Sept. 26 telephone interview, Church has nearly died in recent For more information, please 978-1-56548-452-8, paperback, $17.95 years, but God is raising us to new visit: www.johnmichaeltalbot.com. Continued on page 2... Read more reviews and features at www.NewCatholicBooks.com Our Sunday Visitor... Continued from page 1. those gaps had been filled, some they themselves knew it,” such as strong ecumenical streak. All those are “things Archbishop (John) Noll bound volumes of the newspaper had introducing offertory envelopes, a tasks are still valid tasks,” he said. (Our Sunday Visitor’s founder) to be shipped to North Carolina, staple in “Even though we have a very would have been interested in.” where special scanning equipment Protestant well-educated Catholic populace, Following the symposium was to could produce a copy of the selected congrega- they’re not well-educated in terms be a “Mass of rededication and front pages with sufficient quality to tions, Er- of the faith,” he continued. “That’s thanksgiving” for Our Sunday Visi- be reproduced for the special issue, landson why Catholic News Service exists. tor’s work for the church, followed Erlandson told CNS. said. That’s why all the Catholic newspa- by a dinner and an after-dinner Erlandson noted how Archbishop “There pers exist. People would do well to talk on Catholic media and the new Noll saw the need for a Catholic are a lot keep in mind that Catholics need evangelization. newspaper in Indiana. He was a of fasci- resources that are other than main- “And after that we’ll all collapse parish priest at the time. In 1925, nating stream and secular.” from exhaustion,” Erlandson said he was named the bishop of Fort stories: him having one of the first Our Sunday Visitor has more with a laugh. Wayne. He was elevated to arch- radios in Fort Wayne, having one of than 1,700 Catholic book, pamphlet Planning for the 100th anniver- bishop in 1953; he died in 1956. the first televisions in Fort Wayne. and textbook titles in print, and it sary observances started about two (The diocese was re-designated Fort Primarily he was (publishing) delivers the OSV Newsweekly via years ago, Erlandson said, but the Wayne-South Bend in 1960.) books, pamphlets, periodicals. That print, the Web and now on e-devices. detail-oriented planning began in “Archbishop Noll was really a was the way. But he saw there was Will Our Sunday Visitor be earnest 12 to 18 months ago. quite remarkable guy. He’s an early a real need out there for some around in 2112 to celebrate a 200th The concept for a spanning-the- adapter. He was an entrepreneur. depth of coverage,” he added.
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