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Behind the Pine Curtain: Portraits of Peter Prep
Simeon Thole OSB and Placid Stuckenschneider OSB
A series of pen portraits examines the personalities of several members of the faculty and student body of St. Peter's Prep involved in two related incidents.
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Charismatic Renewal and Ecumenism
Kilian McDonnell OSB
This present document is directed to those in positions of pastoral leadership in the church. It seeks to clarify the main theological issues which determine ecumenical attitudes and actions. Mainly its purpose is to indicate what norms should guide ecumenism at the local level, and therefore it is pastoral in character. [from the book's Acknowledgements section]
Contents:
Acknowledgments; Astonishment and Evangelization; Churchless Christianity and the Vaporization of the Church; Communion: The Self-Understanding of the Church; Conciliar and Roman Ecumenical Norms; The Ecumenical Point of Contact; Pastoral Suggestions; Epilogue; Notes -
Polyhedron Models
Magnus J. Wenninger OSB
Models of the regular and semi-regular polyhedral solids have fascinated people for centuries. The Greeks knew the simplest of them. Since then the range of figures has grown; 75 are known today and are called, more generally, 'uniform' polyhedra. The author describes simply and carefully how to make models of all the known uniform polyhedra and some of the stellated forms. Fully illustrated with drawings and photographs, this is the first practical guide to making these intricate and beautiful solids
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Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution : Selected Letters and Papers, 1776-1790
Stanley J. Idzerda and Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier Lafayette marquis de
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A New Meditating the Gospels
Emeric Anthony Lawrence OSB
"Twenty years ago I wrote Meditating the Gospels, a series of conversations with our Lord about the Sunday and feast day gospels. Many changes have taken place in twenty years[....]The one element that not only remains but has become much more intense is the constantly-growing interest in prayer and meditation by Christians of all denominations.[...]I hope that this book will be of some help to all who wish to grow in loving awareness of their personal relationship with God as well as their own personal fulfillment." [from the Introduction]
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Bicentennial Convocations at Sage Chapel
Stanley J. Idzerda, Robert Neelly Bellah, and Milton R. Konvitz
"Three sermons on the nation's bicentennial delivered at Sage Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York."
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Charismatic Renewal and the Churches
Kilian McDonnell OSB
The major portion of the book is a review of the psychological research on Pentecostals and charismatics. The research is in large part a study of people who speak or pray in tongues. I also study the reaction of the churches from the psychological perspective. The other chapters in the book, that on the theological understanding of charism as a human experience, that on social theory as applied to the Pentecostal-charismatic movement, have as their function making understandable the dilemma of the churches as they were confronted with the phenomenon in their midst. [adapted from the Introduction]
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France and the American War for Independence
Stanley J. Idzerda and Roger Everett Smith
Discusses the moral, financial, and military support of the American Revolution by France which, after being ejected from North America in 1763, became an ally of the new nation.
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The Holy Spirit and Power : The Catholic Charismatic Renewal
Kilian McDonnell OSB
In a theological sense [the charismatic renewal movement] touches what is central to the gospel and to the mystery of the Church. The renewal raises substantive theological issues. The present volume of essays is an attempt to clarify some of these issues at the level of serious theological reflection but in a language which is nontechnical. [from the Preface]
Contents:
Preface; The Person of the Holy Spirit; Baptism in the Holy Spirit in the New Testament; The Holy Spirit and Christian Initiation; Baptism in the Holy Spirit: Pastoral Implications; The Charismatic Renewal as Experience; The Ecclesiological Context of the Charismatic Renewal; Liturgy and Charisms; Ecumenical Problems and Possibilities -
Polyhedron Models for the Classroom
Magnus J. Wenninger OSB
The study of polyhedra is an ancient one, going back to the dawn of history. It is especially those polyhedra called uniform that have evoked the greatest interest and provided the most fascination. It should therefore be of special usefulness in classrooms today for students to see and handle paper models they have made. Making models is a genuine outlet for the creative spirit, and it can also stimulate interest in the study of mathematics. The cube, the tetrahedron, the cone, the cylinder, the sphere, shown on the front cover, are basic objects in such a study. This booklet gives instructions on how to make models like the cube and the tetrahedron. The cube has six square faces and the tetrahedron has four triangular faces. Models with faces that are other polygons, such as pentagons, hexagons, etc., are also shown in this booklet. The cone with a circular base and the cylinder with circular top and base and the sphere belong to higher mathematics. The models in this booklet when made will enhance the appearance of the classroom.
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The Savior's Healing: Sermons for the New Rites of Penance and the Anointing of the Sick
Emeric Anthony Lawrence OSB
"The years since Vatican II have witnessed a revision or an updating not only of the Mass but of the ritual of all the sacraments. It is no secret that these changes have not met with the approval of many Catholics. I join some of my fellow priests in the belief that the main reason for the dismay of many of the laity was insufficient catechesis -- or no catechesis at all -- on our part. We simply did not prepare our congregations for the changes. To remedy this situation at least in part, now that the American Catholic Church gets ready to implement the latest and final ritual revision, is the purpose of this series of sermons on Penance and the Anointing of the Sick. The changes are not very drastic, but there are some innovations which, if they are not explained beforehand, will seem strange to our people." [from the book's introduction, "To My Fellow Priests"]
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Upon These Rocks: Catholics in the Bahamas
Colman J. Barry OSB
Comprehensive history of Catholics in the Bahamas.
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Famine in China and the Missionary: Timothy Richard as Relief Administrator and Advocate of National Reform, 1876-1884
P. Richard Bohr
“The most disastrous famine in recent Chinese history took place between 1876 and 1879, afflicting all five provinces of North China [Shantung, Chihli, Honan, Shensi, and Shansi] and claiming no fewer than nine and a half million human lives [….] The hunger, pestilence, and violence brought about by the famine presented an overwhelming challenge to government and foreign relief efforts [.…] Despite these obstacles, however, Timothy Richard of the Baptist Missionary Society succeeded in organizing an effective, systematic scheme of relief distribution in several districts of Shantung and Shansi. His work on the scene in turn stimulated the foreign community to organize the China Famine Relief Fund Committee, and his method of rendering aid set the pattern of foreign almsgiving which did much to ease the suffering of thousands [….]
“This study analyzes Richard’s role in the North China famine and evaluates his contribution to the relief effort. It concentrates on Richard’s initial distribution attempts in Shantung, 1876-1877, and his more extensive activities in Shansi, 1877-1879. By comparing Richard’s relief measures with those of the Ch’ing government as well as with those of the foreign distributors supported by the China Famine Relief Fund Committee, the study attempts to describe the various approaches to the problem of famine relief and to illuminate the many difficulties encountered by Chinese and foreigners in the relief work.
“However, it is not only Richard’s relief program that must be considered. The impact of the famine on the subsequent course of Richard’s missionary career forms an important part of the whole famine story. For Richard emerged from the calamity convinced that he must urge China’s leaders to eradicate the basic causes of famine and similar natural disasters and to elevate the physical as well as the spiritual welfare of the rural masses. In the years during and immediately following the Great Famine, Richard evolved the basis of a broad scheme of national reform which aimed at China’s modernization for the purpose of rooting out the poverty and misery of Chinese life. The study will assess the early reform proposals which Richard put forth between 1876 and 1884, the year he returned to England on furlough. The groundwork of his reform ideas will be examined along with his actual attempts to promote national reform and economic developments, from his first conversations with Chinese officials to his decision to appeal to the Chinese literati at large through the Chinese-language press.”
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The Baptism in the Holy Spirit as an Ecumenical Problem : Two Essays Relating the Baptism in the Holy Spirit to Sacramental Life
Kilian McDonnell OSB and Arnold Bittinger
Includes Arnold Bittlinger's "Baptized in Water and Spirit: Aspects of Christian Initiation" and Kilian McDonnell's "Baptism in the Holy Spirit as an Ecumenical Problem."
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The Death Peddlers: War on the Unborn
Paul Marx OSB
A commentary on the Symposium on Implementation of Therapeutic Abortion, Los Angeles, 1971.
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Catholic Pentecostalism : Problems in Evaluation
Kilian McDonnell OSB
"The author bases his observations [of Catholic Pentecostalism] on four years of research.[...]The method used in research was that of participatory observation. Therefore the conclusions are based not only on printed documents, which in Pentecostalism are often misleading, but on extensive field research.[...] The chief concern here is to show why an objective evaluation of Pentecostalism within Catholicism is difficult."
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Growing up in Christ: The Glad News of God's Presence
Jeanne Beaumont and Placid Stuckenschneider OSB
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John Calvin, the Church, and the Eucharist
Kilian McDonnell OSB
In the past, Calvin’s Eucharistic doctrine was studied almost exclusively against the background of the Lutheran and Zwinglian controversies. However his initial Eucharistic position and his initial polemics are more specifically anti-Roman than anti-Lutheran. Therefore one cannot understand Calvin’s Eucharistic doctrine, even in its definitive form, if one confines oneself to the anti-Lutheran and anti-Zwinglian writings, even if these writings, taken quantitatively, far exceed those of his anti-Roman polemics. It goes without saying that neither can the controversies with the Lutherans and the Zwinglians be neglected in any appraisal of Calvin’s Eucharistic doctrine. The 1559 edition of the Institutes gives the definitive form of Calvin’s doctrine. This book limits itself to Calvin’s doctrine as found in this edition. [adapted from the Introduction]
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