The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene - 12/5/2014 - Fr. Bill Barron

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church

Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger, plus The Way of the Pilgrim optional reading - 10/31/2014 - Zeb Bartels

Pray without ceasing

Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor - 09/12/2014 - Joseph Burkett

 (A comment on the modernist.  To those who would prefer belief in Christ to not be a matter of life and death..)

Manalive by G.K. Chesterton - 07/25/2014 - Corey Morgan

 (Innocent Smith versus the Dr. Live life with gusto)

Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry - 06/20/2014 - Joe Kolesar

(A Catholic Membership is central to life. )

Hannah Coulter (2004)[edit]

Berry's seventh novel presents a concise vision of Port William's "membership." The story encompasses Hannah's life, including the Great Depression, World War II, the postwar industrialization of agriculture, the flight of youth to urban employment, and the consequent remoteness of grandchildren. The tale is told in the voice of an old woman twice widowed, who has experienced much loss yet has never been defeated. Somehow, lying at the center of her strength is the "membership"—the fact that people care for each other and, even in absence, hold each other in a kind of presence. All in all, Hannah Coulter embodies many of the themes of Berry's Port William saga.

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh - 05/09/2014 - Clint Hepler

 (God is present in every aspect of our life.)