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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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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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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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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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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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The New Liturgy: A Documentation, 1903-1965
R. Kevin Seasoltz OSB
A collection of documents on the liturgy from the Holy See in the twentieth century.
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Readings in Science and Spirit
Don Talafous OSB
The problem of evil / Yves Congar --
The race to create life / Leonard Engel --
Spontaneous generation and creation / William Schmitt --
The time of man / Loren Eiseley --
The phenomenon of man / Martin Brennan --
The origin of the universe / A.S.B. Lovell --
Man and faith / Paul Tillich --
Some views upon the nature of the relationship between the mind and brain / Sir Fancis Walshe --
Is the concept of self necessary? / Gordon Allport --
The origin of religion / Henri De Lubac --
Relearning symbols / Gerald Vann --
Christianity and the world religions / R.C. Zaehner --
Selections / Blaise Pascal --
Selfections / Soren Kierkegaard --
Selections / Albert Camus --
The existence of God and conteporary materialism / Albert Dondeyne --
Foundations of the faith / Jean Danielou. -
Homilies for the Year and Prayers of the Faithful
Emeric Anthony Lawrence OSB
"All my priestly life I have had a distaste for 'canned' sermons and have never used them except for an occasional idea. Then I write a book of homilies! This calls for justification and an explanation. One the one hand, not all priests share my antipathy to other men's sermons and sermon outlines. In fact, most of the encouragement I needed to finish this book came from fellow priests who found these homilies useful. I do not think, however, that any of the priests to whom I gave copies actually preached (or read) them word for word. It would have been most unfortunate if they had. I am strongly convinced that a sermon should be preached, not read. And it should be one's very own. If a preacher uses ideas he finds elsewhere, as almost everyone does, he should absorb the ideas, apply them to his personal life, add to them from his own experience and meditation so that when he speaks them they actually belong to them. It is in this way that I hope this book might be helpful to my fellow priests." [from the book's Introduction]
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Sunday Mass Book: A Missal in Simple Wording
Catholic Church and Placid Stuckenschneider OSB
"This is an 'in-between' missal. It is especially for older boys and girls who have been using a child's missal, and who are now ready for all the prayers of the Mass, as in the adult missal. This missal aims to give the complete Mass, but the prayers and the parts from the Bible have been made shorter and easier to follow." [from the Introduction, "This Missal and You"]
