Going Solo? Encouraging Single Catholics by Anne Stokes

Going Solo? Encouraging Single Catholics by Anne Stokes

Going Solo: Encouraging Single Catholics

by Anne Stokes

In a world that often equates fulfillment with marriage and family, Going Solo: Encouraging Single Catholics offers a refreshing and faith-centered perspective on the joys, challenges, and spiritual purpose of living as a dedicated single Catholic.

Drawing from her personal journey, Anne Stokes shares heartfelt reflections, scriptural insights, and practical wisdom to uplift those navigating life outside the traditional expectations of marriage.With warmth and honesty, she explores themes of faith, purpose, loneliness, and devotion, providing encouragement for those who have chosen—by circumstance or by calling—to embrace a life of singleness in Christ. 

Through a combination of theological discussion and real-life experiences, Stokes challenges the notion that singleness is a lesser path. Instead, she illuminates how this unique vocation can lead to a deeper relationship with God, a richer understanding of self-worth, and a fulfilling, purpose-driven life. 

Whether you are single by choice, waiting for God’s plan to unfold, or seeking to understand the single life from a faith perspective, Going Solo serves as an inspiring guide to finding contentment, strength, and spiritual fulfillment in every season of life.

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Going Solo is a heartfelt and inspiring guide for single Catholics seeking purpose and faith. Anne Stokes beautifully affirms that a dedicated single life is a path of joy, strength, and spiritual fulfillment.” — Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, co-author with Ronda Chervin of Catholic Realism: A Framework for the Refutation of Atheism and the Evangelization of Atheists

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

​Anne Stokes is a retired Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Finance Executive turned free-lance writer.  She has written over eighty articles for Catholic365.com and is the author of Will the Real Church Please Stand! and St. Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage: A Synopsis of His Complete Works by Anne Stokes (En Route Books and Media).  She holds a BA (history) from California State University, Fullerton, CA, an MBA from the University of Redlands, Redlands, CA and a Master of Arts in Theology (concentration in Church History) from Holy Apostles College and Seminary, Cromwell, CT. Ms. Stokes is an adult convert to Roman Catholicism from Fundamentalist Baptist.

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The Victim Soul in the Dark Night of Nosferatu by Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP

The Victim Soul in the Dark Night of Nosferatu by Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP

The Victim Soul in the Dark Night of Nosferatu

by Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP

 

This book is a ChatGPT-illustrated theological retelling of Nosferatu (1922), portraying Ellen as a Christ-like victim soul. As her husband, Hutter, departs for Orlok’s castle, she offers herself in prayer and fasting. Orlok’s arrival brings plague and terror, and Ellen, through self-sacrifice, lures him until dawn, destroying him with divine light. Her martyrdom redeems the town, emphasizing themes of faith, sacrifice, and triumph over evil.

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“Redemptive suffering and the victim soul are pillars of Catholicism in the understanding of the cross. This belief and action in life distinguishes Catholicism from other religions like Buddhism (which focuses more on compassion and relinquishing attachment than suffering), as well as some Christian religions (which focus more on the resurrection than the cross). So, it’s important to get a story such as this in a book by Dr. Mahfood, using the original Nosferatu script, of redemptive suffering in a form that even young people can understand and to which they will be drawn. In this age, young adults and children are presented with overwhelming numbers of stories/movies/video games with horror themes focusing on violence for violence’s sake and retaliation. Instead, in a compelling fashion, this book, using the 1922 script of Nosferatu, integrates a horror story with the victim soul tenet of Catholicism. This book raises interesting issues. Since the story is from 1922, we can understand that it is a female who is the victim soul.  But one would wonder today how that could be misunderstood by those experiencing self-harm and harm from others (domestic violence, human trafficking) so rampant with particularly young adult females today. Even male victim souls often are seen as effeminate. Also, the story shows how even faithful men and husbands can be lured into evil for the sake of money and without discernment in Christ. The husband didn’t listen to his wife’s warnings. Dr. Mahfood’s presentation of this story summons others to continue creating stories in the horror genre that have Catholic themes.” – Dr. Angelyn Arden, author of “Empty Nest” and Other Stories, Figures in Orbits of Symphony, Center Camaraderie

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, is a distinguished scholar, educator, and member of the Dominican Order of Preachers. With an extensive academic background, he has earned multiple advanced degrees in fields such as English, philosophy, and theology. He is particularly known for his contributions to Catholic education and his leadership in promoting intellectual and spiritual growth.

Dr. Mahfood was the Vice President at Holy Apostles College and Seminary from 2013-2021, where he played a pivotal role in expanding online educational programs and fostering a global community of learners. As an advocate for accessible education, he has worked to integrate traditional Catholic teachings with innovative digital learning platforms.

In addition to his administrative work, Dr. Mahfood is an accomplished author, publishing works on theology, philosophy, technology, and literature. His writing reflects his passion for language and cultural history, aiming to inspire intellectual curiosity and appreciation for the richness of the English language.

A dynamic speaker and teacher, Dr. Mahfood is deeply committed to his vocation, blending academic excellence with his spiritual calling to serve as a Dominican. His work continues to inspire and educate people worldwide.

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The Host of Gethsemane: Eucharistic Hospitality in the Gethsemane Narratives by Dr. Annabelle Moseley, Th.D.

The Host of Gethsemane: Eucharistic Hospitality in the Gethsemane Narratives by Dr. Annabelle Moseley, Th.D.

The Host of Gethsemane: Eucharistic Hospitality in the Gethsemane Narratives

by Dr. Annabelle Moseley, Th.D.

Discovering the Garden of Gethsemane as an Invitation to Deeper Prayer, Obedience to the Will of God, and Deeper Love of the Eucharist

The Host of Gethsemane is a deeply researched field guide to the profound significance of the Garden of Gethsemane. But it is more. It is a labor not only of study, but of love—a defense of Jesus of Gethsemane in every sense of the word. There have been very few books written which are dedicated entirely to the vitally important subject of Gethsemane… until nowThe Host of Gethsemane remedies this abandonment of Our Lord’s Agony. This is a journey you will be grateful to be part of, as your very readership will contribute to advancing the understanding of Gethsemane as the Sanctuary that it is, in every sense of the word.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Annabelle Moseley is an award-winning American poet, author of nine books, including Sacred Braille: The Rosary as Masterpiece through Art, Poetry, and Reflections, Our House of the Sacred Heart, and Awake with Christ: Living the Catholic Holy Hour in Your Home, Professor of Theology and host of the Catholic radio shows and podcasts on Sacramental Living: “Then Sings My Soul,” and “Destination: Sainthood — Journey to the Great Cloud of Witnesses,” on WCAT Radio. Moseley’s work as a poet is featured as one of five artists profiled in the 2019 Documentary Film, Masterpieces, about the vocational call of the arts. This film is available to view through Amazon Prime and Formed On Demand (formed.org).

Moseley has won the titles of Walt Whitman Birthplace Writer in-Residence (2009-2010) and 2014 Long Island Poet of the Year. She teaches at St. Joseph’s College in New York and at St. Joseph’s Seminary (Dunwoodie, NY) where she specializes in the field of Theological Aesthetics with an emphasis on the intersection between theology and literature. Moseley has led various retreats and workshops for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York, and is the founder of Desert Bread (desertbread.org), a series of lectures on faith and the arts that concludes with sharing a meal and taking a collection of canned food donations for local food pantries. Moseley is a frequent columnist for the Catholic online magazine, Aleteia.

Born on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, Annabelle Moseley was baptized at the Church of St. Louis de Montfort (a saint known for his special devotion to the Rosary). Raised on the North Shore of Long Island, Moseley continues to reside there, grateful for the domestic church she has built with her husband and their children.

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Covid 19 and the War Against Reality by Thaddeus J. Kozinski, Ph.D.

Covid 19 and the War Against Reality by Thaddeus J. Kozinski, Ph.D.

Covid 19 and the War Against Reality

By Thaddeus Kozinski, Ph.D.

This book puts into spiritual, theological, philosophical, psychological, moral, historical, cultural, and political perspective the incredible evil we have witnessed and suffered over the past four years, amounting to the greatest crime against humanity ever committed. The plandemic was not only an all-out assault on every human being on the planet, but also an assault on reality itself. Though its most obvious effects were economic and political, at its core it was a spiritual and psychological-terror operation knowingly and deliberately orchestrated by a small global elite of unspeakably evil and psychopathic people. It was executed by a larger group of lower-tier cooperators ignorant of the master plan but vicious enough to use their power and influence to inflict untold harm on those in their charge. And it was enabled by the masses of idolatrous, fearful, alienated, rootless, selfish, and cowardly men, the rotten fruit of godless and decadent liberalism. How did this happen, where are we now, and how should we prepare spiritually for what is coming? Why did God allow such evil? How can we best dispose our souls to be in union with and conduits of God, Who alone can defeat this diabolical evil? This book tries to answer these questions.

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John Waters, “Liberalism: The ‘god’ that failed” (March 23, 2025), John Waters Unchained. Click here to read the review.

TESTIMONIALS

“The book discusses the perceived rise of a global totalitarianism under the cover of the COVID-19 pandemic, framing it as a spiritual and moral crisis that challenges the concept of objective reality and sacred truth. The thesis is persuasive; the argument forceful; the writing colorful; and the diagnosis and cure provocative. Still, all this is not entirely new; indeed, the cure recalls the traditional idea of Catholic and liberal education which revolutionized European culture and progressively the world. For instance, Kozinski particularly stresses the reading of Plato and Shakespeare alongside the Bible. He proposes the founding on such a basis of a new university: RCU or Real Christian University. Such liberal arts education is crucial, he says, but it is not enough. There must also be an existential encounter with God; not with mere doctrine (secular or religious): the whole man, body and soul, must be formed.” – Peter Simpson, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Classics, City University of New York

“Everything, literally everything, they told us in 2020 and after was a lie, and these lies were aimed at the total subjugation of society and human souls.” So writes Thaddeus Kozinski in an uncompromising critique of the spiritual rot engendered by the Western Enlightenment and political liberalism, culminating in an unprecedented attack on human dignity by the governments of liberal democracies during the “Covid-19” debacle. The reason why populations allowed this to happen was their “obedience to the Sacred State and the demonic voice speaking through it.” Too many people have turned away from the Good, the True, and the Beautiful — from God — and are instead willing to live in a manufactured unreality. Only a reorientation of the social and political order around the truths revealed in the Catholic tradition and aspiration towards holiness of soul offer any hope of a remedy. Yet, with so many people choosing unreality, not least those hiding beneath a pious facade, and with the professions universally corrupted, Kozinski argues that we must prepare ourselves spiritually for the Great Tribulation and the arrival of Antichrist. This is a bold book that is unafraid to call out the evil in our world for what it is, and to consider what kind of education is required in the Age of Unreality.” — Dr. David A. Hughes, author of “Covid-19,” Psychological Operations, and the War for Technocracy, Volume 1 and Wall Street, the Nazis, and the Crimes of the Deep State

“Thaddeus Kozinski is a teacher who turns your thinking upside down, destroys the order of your thoughts and insists that there is a better way of putting them together.  What he deals with here is the question of evil, which he tells us is not a problem but a mystery. His laboratory sample is the plandemic of 2020. He takes apart this mystery, which so many us have pondered for five years, and shows us that our understandings have been tentative, partial. We need to go deeper into things, he plausibly insists, to go to the centre of all meanings, for that is where the truth about this, and everything, resides. He diagnoses the roots of what has happened in that perversion of freedom, liberalism, an ideology of counterfeit liberty. But he cuts deeper than sociological or ideological analysis, to expose why even Christ’s own Church became implicated in the evil-doing. These events, he outlines, are the culmination of Biblical prophecies and warnings, and are therefore to be seen as the inevitable outcome of man’s rejection of God. What is happening to the world now is, accordingly, being permitted by God as a means of restoring His authority over his creation. When, in the past five years, we have heard people speak of what has been happening as a ‘spiritual war’, it has not always been clear what this means. In this book we find the answer: it is ultimately a war declared by men against God, and which is therefore, ultimately, a war declared by man upon himself. This is a book for both the faithful and the faithless, for it speaks to the part of each of us that is eternal, even if in spite of ourselves.  When Thaddeus Kozinski proposes as the beginnings of a solution what he calls “existential Christianity,” he is acknowledging the linguistic trap into which man has painted himself: he is not God but has abolished God, and so must replace him, even in his total inadequacy.  Only in seeing this, can we perceive the error of the totalitarians, and grasp the formula by which to pursue their banishment.” — John Waters, Thinker, Talker, and Writer 

“The world has nowhere come to full consciousness of what happened to us from 2020-2023 under the pretense of mastering the microbial kingdom. They targeted all human life in what amounts to a coup against civilization and its foundational moral and spiritual principles. This is where Thaddeus Kozinski comes in to offer an even deeper analysis that speaks to theological concerns, the replacement of an organic liturgy of life with a manufactured one straight out of the worst dystopian novel. It’s no wonder people are in denial. This book reveals the fullness of what happened as a path toward spiritual healing.” — Jeffrey Tucker, Founder and President, Brownstone Institute

“With clarity, urgency, and profound charity, Thaddeus Kozinski argues that liberalism is the ideological medium of totalitarianism, and correspondingly, that modernity is the historical vessel of the worldly west’s collective “perfect possession,” that starkest spiritual condition, marked by a hermetic severance (psychic as well as intellectual) from the Divine. From this unfolds the inevitability of an eschatological moment—our moment—looming with the horrors of anomos, the man of lawlessness: Antichrist, against whom there is no secular or political hope whatsoever. To the scapegoating bloodlust which anomos recently unleashed in the modern liberal leviathan, Kozinski responds with a vision of that mercy inhabiting (as he ventures to call it) “the Divine Revelation of evil.” In light of which anyone still capable of listening is summoned to observe the only Perfect Sacrifice, and this in humble submission to His cosmic authority and faultless love for us. Which alone reveal the profane blood rites of our satanic elite for what they are, and what they portend: the dread yawning of hell’s gates, amid which salvation beckons this last time.” —Thomas Breidenbach, poet, parapolitical researcher, and author of IX XI and the Mysteries of State (in manuscript)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Thaddeus Kozinski is an advocate of Catholic liberal education and the Socratic method of teaching, and has authored a number of articles and books, including The Political Problem of Religious Pluralism: And Why Philosophers Cannot Solve It and Modernity as Apocalypse: Sacred Nihilism and the Counterfeits of Logos. At present, he teaches philosophy for Memoria College and John Adams Academy. He is the author of Modernity as Apocalypse: Sacred Nihilism and the Counterfeits of Logos (Angelico Press) and Words, Concepts, Reality: Aristotelian Logic for Teenagers (En Route).

 

 

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Clarisse, or The Folly of Caprice

Clarisse, or The Folly of Caprice

Clarisse, or The Folly of Caprice

by Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP

This is a libretto inspired by Samuel Richardson’s novel Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady. Set in a fictionalized 18th-century backdrop, the work condenses Richardson’s sprawling narrative into a five-act operatic format, integrating themes of family conflict, romantic betrayal, and societal expectations. The protagonist, Clarisse Harlowe, navigates the turmoil of familial control, moral dilemmas, and the unwanted attentions of Ricardo Lovelace, a manipulative suitor.

Act One opens with Clarisse rejecting suitors amidst familial pressures and witnessing Lovelace’s shifting affections from her sister Francesca to herself. Subsequent acts explore escalating tensions, including Clarisse’s resistance to an arranged marriage with Signior Solmes, her escape with Lovelace, and his eventual betrayal through force. The narrative culminates in Act Five, where Clarisse’s despair leads her to seek resolution, resulting in her tragic demise.

The libretto, created in two weeks in the fall of 1992 as an academic project, reflects on the adaptation of literature to opera and explores the dramatic portrayal of power dynamics and individual agency. Mahfood also notes autobiographical elements and his artistic process, providing a lens on how classical literature informs modern creative expression. The work concludes by emphasizing the operatic blend of emotional depth and moral confrontation.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, is a distinguished scholar, educator, and member of the Dominican Order of Preachers. With an extensive academic background, he has earned multiple advanced degrees in fields such as English, philosophy, and theology. He is particularly known for his contributions to Catholic education and his leadership in promoting intellectual and spiritual growth.

Dr. Mahfood was the Vice President at Holy Apostles College and Seminary from 2013-2021, where he played a pivotal role in expanding online educational programs and fostering a global community of learners. As an advocate for accessible education, he has worked to integrate traditional Catholic teachings with innovative digital learning platforms.

In addition to his administrative work, Dr. Mahfood is an accomplished author, publishing works on theology, philosophy, technology, and literature. His writing reflects his passion for language and cultural history, aiming to inspire intellectual curiosity and appreciation for the richness of the English language.

A dynamic speaker and teacher, Dr. Mahfood is deeply committed to his vocation, blending academic excellence with his spiritual calling to serve as a Dominican. His work continues to inspire and educate people worldwide.

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