There be Hope: Islands of Hope, My Memoir of Haiti, & The Hopeful Coconut

authored by Kiki Latimer; illustrated by Franceska Schifrin

TESTIMONIALS

“The 15-year Haiti mission of St Joseph’s parish family in Hope Valley, Rhode Island, has been a beautiful act of generosity, charity, and justice. I am deeply grateful to Kiki for this book and the way in which she shares the beauty of that mission with all who read her testimony.” – Archbishop Richard Henning, Archdiocese of Boston, MA, and co-author of Missionary Priests in the Homeland: Our Call to Receive

“Kiki Latimer’s There Be Hope is a heartfelt testament to faith, resilience, and community efforts in Haiti. It powerfully reminds us how hope transforms lives, even amidst immense challenges. A must-read for anyone inspired by humanity’s enduring spirit.” – Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, co-author with Ronda Chervin of Catholic Realism

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kiki Latimer is the author of Islands of Hope, The WaterFire Duck, Bubble Butt, Heal of the Hand, Seeing God’s Face, Home for the Homily, co-author of Philosophy Begins in Wonder, and host of The Catholic Bookworm. She lives in Hope Valley, Rhode Island, with her husband Jim.

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When Heart Speaks to Heart: My Ongoing Communion with St. John Henry Cardinal Newman

by Deacon Jack Sullivan

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“Once again Deacon Jack Sullivan has opened up for us his close relationship with St John Henry Newman, who has entered and changed his life in such a remarkable way. Now Jack also unfolds the wonder of intercessory prayer and the impact of the role of saints in the plan of God for each one of us. I hope many will be deeply touched by the accounts given in this book and, like Jack, will entrust themselves to the intercession of the saints, and to St John Henry Newman in particular. I thank Deacon Jack for this work of love and devotion.” – Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, UK

“The Catechism of the Catholic Church reminds us that the saints share in the living tradition of prayer by the example of their lives. In his book When Heart speaks to Heart: My Ongoing Communion with St John Henry Cardinal Newman, Deacon Jack gives witness to this truth of faith through a deeply personal and moving account of his own encounter with God’s miraculous grace through the intercession of St John Henry Newman. Amid the numerous challenges that Deacon Jack has experienced on his journey of faith, his reliance and trust in the friendship of St John Henry Newman reveals evermore the profound beauty of the late Cardinal’s motto, Heart speaks to Heart – words which offer a greater insight and understanding as to the depths of God’s love, and which draws us further into our life with God. As Deacon Jack shares with us his remarkable stories of others who have also experienced God’s grace through the intercession of St John Henry Newman, these reflections remind us of our communion with the saints and their joyful witness to the presence of God for our world today.” – + Bernard Longley, Archbishop of Birmingham, UK 

“Attributing powerful physical healings, including his own, to his communion with Cardinal Newman, in these pages, Deacon Jack will invite you into a heart-to-heart relationship with Jesus, through the holiness and sometimes miraculous intercession of St John Henry Newman.” – Robert P Reed, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, President of the Catholic TV Network

“The history of our faith has many examples of those whom the Lord has chosen as his mouthpiece for the people of their day, quite often those who didn’t know why they were chosen, but who spoke profoundly of their encounter with the Lord. Deacon Jack Sullivan and his wife Carol have encountered the Lord in a very particular way through Jack’s healing through the intercession of Cardinal John Henry Newman. Deacon Jack has embraced this favor from the Lord and grown in love of the Lord through the ongoing Communion with St John Henry Newman. He has spent his life sharing the joy that this encounter has given him. To learn of the Lord’s goodness through a recipient of it is very special.” – Bishop Timothy Menezes, Bishop of the Archdiocese of Birmingham, UK

“It is rare indeed to find a book that can name and testify to such a full range of God’s loving action in the ordinariness and simplicity of everyday life, but this is such a book! The chapters are reflections, meditations, contemplations and finally conversations regarding the interaction of time and eternity. It speaks of the Lord’s election of Cardinal Newman to become the intercessor for Deacon Jack Sullivan’s prayers for healing and the mediator of God’s miracle in answer to those prayers. This begins their communion, and one that continues to bring healing, physical and spiritual, to numerous others as Deacon Jack evokes the intercession of St John Henry Newman on those who suffer.” – Bishop Arthur L. Kennedy, PHO, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus, Archdiocese of Boston

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Vietnam: an Elegy of Love & War

by James A. Erlinger

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“James Erlinger’s Vietnam: an Elegy of Love & War pulls you in right from the start. Erlinger does a superb job of unfolding his Vietnam experience, jumping back and forth in time to keep the reader on their toes but always remaining tight and unified. The book stands out among veterans’ memoirs, not only for the beauty of Erlinger’s writing, but also for the amazing true love story it contains. I highly recommend it.” — Mark Piper, PhD, Professor of Philosophy, James Madison University

“Vietnam: an Elegy of Love & War is the cathartic memoir of an aimless young man who gets drafted during the Vietnam war. Every soldier from that war has a story to tell, and Erlinger tells his brilliantly. He explores the depths of his experiences and brings them to life for his readers. He does not apologize for his flaws but instead reveals his humanity openly and honestly. He finally finds Lee and realizes the hope for his future.” — Gregory Hempen, PhD, Geological Engineer, PE, RG

“Erlinger’s conversational writing style in Vietnam: an Elegy of Love & War put me in the war with him and gave me a bit of understanding about things veterans never willingly talked about. His humor made it seem like he was telling me his stories. I’d often well up with tears feeling his sadness and loneliness without Lee. I’m not sure he would have returned from Vietnam had it not been for her.” — Larry Porschen, Managing Partner UHY LLP, CPAs (Retired)

“Great storytelling and a powerful reminder of the cruel futility of war. Vietnam: an Elegy of Love & War is the raw firsthand account of a teenage soldier drafted to serve in the Vietnam War. Rife with all of its fears and horrors, the story is one of survival, all intertwined with a fervent hope and endless prayer to get back home to the love of his life. You may cry. You may laugh. You will not forget the brutal honest look at a senseless war and its lasting impact on the men who were forced to fight it.” — Chuck Neff, Broadcast Journalist, Author

“James Erlinger is a master storyteller—insightful, entertaining, witty, and sensitive. As I read his memoir Vietnam: an Elegy of Love & War, I was back … in the Army … in Vietnam. Sometimes raw, sometimes elegant, Erlinger writes with one eye on the story and the other on the reader. He is a reader’s writer. His path to war and home again is a familiar one for most Vietnam veterans. He writes about the great paradox of war: Though the warrior leaves the war, the war never leaves the warrior.” — Tom Reilly, Sergeant, Vietnam 1969-70, author of Hope in the Shadows of War, Koehler Books

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Saturdays with Father Schall: An Older Jesuit, A Young Jesuit, On Fatherhood, Intellectual Life, and Friendship

by Fr. Stefanus Hendrianto, SJ, PhD

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Meditations on My Life as a Brooklyn Existentialist, Philosophical Paladin, and Samurai Thomist

by Dr. Peter Anthony Achilles Redpath

An autobiography written as a pedagogical aid to help listeners and readers intellectually grasp how Peter Anthony Achilles Redpath came to arrive at his unusual way of viewing philosophy and science and their relationship to each other.

Paperback: $14.95 | Kindle: $9.99

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“I’ve been sharing a few of Peter Redpath’s Meditations with several of my undergraduate students. They are delighted to hear of a mobster discovering a new moral insight about his imprudence in having had an adulterous affair with his wife’s best girlfriend. Even gangsters and professional politicians want to be happy. Redpath communicates serious philosophical thought with a light anecdotal tone. Witty, engaging, and delivered in three- or four-page installments, these forty meditations each last one attention-span. Redpath introduces us to some very interesting people—Thomas Aquinas and Carlo Gambino, for example. Even the chapter headings catch our attention: “How ‘Augustinian-Sicilian, Political Prudence’ is an Essential First Principle of the Colorful and Unconventional Behavior of ‘Brooklyn Existentialist’ Friends from My Youth.” This unacademic and funny collection of essays turns out to be philosophically informative and free from stodginess.” – E. M. Macierowski, Benedictine College

“What has Brooklyn to do with Athens? A good deal, it turns out. In this intimate account, Professor Redpath teaches us what philosophy is really all about—and how even the “Wise Guys” he grew up with demonstrated more common sense than Descartes, Rousseau, Kant, or Hegel.” – Eduardo Bernot, Holy Apostles College and Seminary, Aquinas School of Leadership

“In weaving together his personal biography with his intellectual development, Peter Redpath offers a colorful blend of inimitable characters and philosophical meditations, which led him to define himself as a Brooklyn Existentialist, a Philosophical Paladin and a Samurai Thomist. Growing up in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, Redpath interacted with a ‘rogues gallery’ of Cosa Nostra figures, some lovable and others deadly. It was there that he first learned the uncommon common sense of Brooklyn Existentialism, which matured into his practice of philosophy as a Paladin – one who battles for an honorable cause – and as a Samurai Thomist, a member of a professional class of noble fighters after the fashion of St. Thomas Aquinas. Redpath’s Thomism is unconventionally scholastic as it focuses on organizational psychology and leadership, aiming to elucidate what is genuinely good leadership, so rare in today’s politicized, declining culture. This autobiography confirms that Redpath’s career is truly that of a noble, patriotic, and hopeful ‘knight without armor in a savage land.’” – Tom Michaud, Retired Dean of School of Professional Studies, West Liberty University, Wheeling, West Virginia, and author of After Justice: Catholic Challenges to Progressive Culture, Politics, Economics and Education

“Cleverly presented for widespread readership as a short series of wise and witty musings about the nature of philosophy by a street-smart cultural critic like Eric Hoffer, Peter Redpath’s Autobiography is much more than this. Calling upon his early childhood Brooklyn upbringing surrounded by organized crime bosses and their children (who were personal friends of his and his family) from whom he acquired many philosophical truths in the form of practical and productive common sense, Redpath extends his reflections to subsequent, philosophical truths he learned from lifelong experience working with students and colleagues ranging from sociopaths to saints. Doing this causes him completely to reinterpret the nature and history of philosophy and every species of higher learning whenever and wherever it exists. By nature, wherever and whenever they live, Redpath argues all somewhat psychologically healthy human beings are convinced that: (1) their lives are providentially guided by a prudent, commonsense, natural inclination to live a life of perfect virtue—a life of uncommon common sense; (2) all species of higher learning and cultural and civilizational development essentially grow out of this natural desire; (3) if this natural desire disappears from an individual, culture, or civilization that individual, culture, or civilization becomes sociopathic, and commits suicide. Peter Redpath’s Meditations are written in the form of a literary thriller that could easily become a best seller and produce an Oscar-winning movie. The truths they contain constitute a primer about how to survive and thrive in a contemporary world that is increasingly losing its common sense and going mad. For this reason alone, it is well worth reading.” – Dennis Bonnette, Retired Chairman, Philosophy Department, Niagara University, New York, and author of Rational Responses to Skepticism: A Catholic Philosopher Defends Intellectual Foundations for Traditional Belief

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Peter A. Redpath (retired Full Professor of Philosophy at St. John’s University, New York) is author, editor, co-editor of 22 books and many dozens of articles and book reviews. An internationally recognized scholar, since 1980 he has given over 200 invited guest lectures nationally and internationally. Among his many accomplishments, he is CEO of the Aquinas School of Leadership, LLC; former Founder and Chair of the Thomistic Studies Graduate Concentration in Christian Wisdom for Holy Apostles College and Seminary (USA); an Affiliate Scholar with the University Abat Oliba Graduate program (Barcelona, Spain). Peter is also co-founder of the Gilson Society (USA) and the International Etienne Gilson Society, the Adler-Aquinas Institute, and the Angelicum Academy and Great Books Academy homeschool programs (both founded with the help of Mortimer J. Adler); former executive editor of the Value Inquiry Book Series (VIBS) for the Dutch publisher Editions Rodopi, B.V., and special series editor for Rodopi and Brill/Rodopi. Presently, he is a member of the editorial board of Brill Publishing’s Philosophy and Religion (PAR) series, a member of the Advisory Board of the Lyceum Institute, and Officer in Charge of Medieval Christian Philosophy and Academic Liaison to the Holy See for Global Scholarly Publications. For a list of articles published on the Catholic World Report, see http://www.catholicworldreport.com/author/redpath-peter/

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Gifts of Providence: From Wyoming Pioneers to Vatican Diplomacy

by John Klink

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John Klink recounts some of the intriguing stories of his unique life of faith-based humanitarian service, diplomacy, finance, and politics which he attributes to gifts of Divine Providence that he would like to pass as a baton to future generations. 

The grandson of 19th-century emigrant pioneers from the Kingdom of Württemberg and Ireland, he was born on October 8, 1949, on one of Wyoming’s oldest ranches. His paternal German grandfather’s Flag Ranch near Laramie hosted three U.S. Presidents and served as the departure point for Teddy Roosevelt’s famous 60 mi. compulsory horseback ride to Cheyenne with his Cabinet, while his maternal Irish family’s scion served as the first foreign-born U.S. Senator from Wyoming, and a pallbearer for his close friend Buffalo Bill.  Following his father’s sales of the family ranches that ran from southern Wyoming to northern Colorado in 1952, his father made a precipitous move to a Bernard Maybeck home in Montecito near Santa Barbara which greatly influenced his love for architecture, art and music.

This move at a young age saw him growing up as a neighbor and friend to many luminaries of Hollywood, industry, and royalty where he says he felt strong similarities with the Beverly Hillbillies, but his family was steadied by his mother’s deep faith-life. During, and following a Jesuit education at Santa Clara University, Georgetown, and Loyola University in Rome, which sparked a lifelong devotion for the poor and refugees, he joined CRS, the Catholic equivalent of the Peace Corps, and served in North Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Caribbean.  This led to postings in some of the poorest countries of the world, collaborating with St. Mother Theresa of Calcutta, and being Director of a refuge Program in Thailand charged with the care of 400,000 traumatized Khmer during the Cambodian Crisis.

He was then recruited by the Vatican, and subsequently the White House, to serve as a diplomat/negotiator for scores of United Nations World Summits and Conferences during the critical period of the fall of the Soviet Union and the rise of the European Union,  became an advisor to Popes and Presidents, was elected President of the International Catholic Migration Commission, and with his wife Patricia began a sovereign securities firm on Wall Street.  

John is quick to note that his fascinating, and at times highly challenging, experiences had little to do with his personal talents, but to his willingness to make himself available to Divine Providence without which he would have been a dusty but happy sheepherder on the Wyoming prairie to this day and sadly would probably not have met his beautiful wife with whom he recently celebrated their 37th anniversary in their home in Umbria.

Honors: Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, Knight of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George, Knight of Columbus (3rd Degree), and a Knight of Sts. Maurice and Lazarus. Royal Thai Armed Forces Award for Humanitarian Assistance to Displaced Persons in Thailand; 41st CRS Anniversary Award for Humanitarian Assistance; Legatus Ambassador Award.

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