In Praise of Life

In Praise of Life

In Praise of Life

by Dr. Donald DeMarco

This book illustrates how ten different factors can improve our appreciation of life: Evolution prepares it, Meaning justifies it, Love enhances it, Truth directs it, Freedom crowns it, Virtue strengthens it, Sexuality promotes it, Marriage shelters it, Gratitude honors it, and Christmas celebrates it.
 
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TESTIMONIALS

“Don DeMarco has once again provided his reading audience with a strong testimony in support of human life, not just in this part or in that part of our existence, but in all of it. He models within this book the famous observation by St. Irenaeus, that ‘the glory of God is man fully alive, but man fully alive is man when he sees God.’” – Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Holy Apostles College & Seminary

Professor DeMarco is a national Catholic treasure.  His work gives witness to our faith in a world which is increasingly seeking to exclude Christian perspectives from the public square.” – Phil Horgan, President of the Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Donald DeMarco, author of 28 books, including most recently How to Flourish in a Fallen World and Ten Major Moral Mistakes and How they are Destroying Society, is a Senior Fellow of Human Life International. He is professor emeritus at St. Jerome’s University in Waterloo, Ontario, and an adjunct professor at Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut. He is a regular columnist for St. Austin Review and has written over a hundred articles for the website Truth and Charity. He is a board member of the NY Social Justice Review for Our Lady of Wisdom College in Ontario, Canada, and Corresponding Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life. In June, 2015, he was awarded the prestigious Bishop Exner Award for “Catholic Excellence in Public Life.”

 

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The Jesus Code: In the Beginning was the Word

The Jesus Code: In the Beginning was the Word

The Jesus Code: In the Beginning was the Word

by Roger Skrenes

Jesus is the only person in the history of the world whose biography was known before he was born! He wanted everyone on earth to know of this miraculous Old Testament portrait of himself (Luke 24:27), and that is the starting point for this book.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Roger Skrenes studied science as an undergraduate and history as a graduate. He holds a master’s degree in religion and has taught high school in Los Angeles, California, for over thirty years, including six summers in the California Youth Authority (a prison for teenage boys in Whittier, CA). He is the father of three adult children, Mary, Mark and Therese.

 

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The Way of Love: The Path of Inner Transformation

The Way of Love: The Path of Inner Transformation

The Way of Love: The Path of Inner Transformation

by Dr. Ronda Chervin

A reprint of Dr. Ronda’s The Way of Love: The Battle for Inner Transformation, this new edition under a new subtitle puts back in front of the world the nature of human love alongside human passion as told from the perspective of a woman who has deeply experienced both.

All of us hope that others think of us as loving persons. But do we really have nothing but love in our hearts: how about anger, anxiety, despair, annoyance, the blahs…? Learn from Dr. Ronda’s The Way of Love how to understand different types of love, how to overcome obstacles to love with the grace of God, and how to make loving moral decisions. Respond to the challenge of becoming more loving day by day as a spiritual marathon runner.

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FROM THE AUTHOR

“I wanted to write something that would deal with a passionate concern of mine about myself and others – how is it that I, and many of my closest friends, long and yearn to be holy, defined by me as having nothing but love in our hearts, and yet it doesn’t happen. As well as love, we find pockets of anger (the bad kind), anxiety, discouragement, disgruntlement… and other unloving emotions. And how is it that these don’t yield to the graces of daily Mass, the rosary, liturgy of the hours, adoration, or talking to Jesus all day?

“My diagnosis was that our prayers and thoughts are often too vague so that we can be in denial of our worst patterns of thought, word, and deed in spite of general prayers to be more loving. My remedy was to write for my blog-readers a 100-day book, not of sweet meditations but, instead, of challenges. I wrote it. I tested out each one on myself ,with ardent prayers for God’s help, in the writing and the practicing, with the result that some of my nearest and dearest thought I had improved greatly.

“Let us step forth on the way of love with this Scripture as our challenge: ‘You are the temple of the living God, just as God has said: I dwell with them and walk among them. I will be their God and they shall be my people. Since we have these promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from every defilement of flesh and spirit, and in the fear of God strive to fulfill our consecration perfectly.’ (2 Corinthian 6:16b; 7, 1)” — Ronda Chervin

TESTIMONIALS

I was the first Catholic that Ronda met, and we became friends immediately. She could be called ‘the Apostle of the Confused’ because, through grace, she is making good use of her atheistic background to reach many of those who live in darkness and confusion. The water of atheism (and other dirty water) is changed into the wine of faith. – Dr. Alice von Hildebrand, author of Man and Woman: A Divine Intervention

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

chervinRonda Chervin has a Ph.D. in philosophy from Fordham University and an M.A. in Religious Studies from Notre Dame Apostolic Institute. She is a convert to the Catholic faith from a Jewish but atheistic background. She has been a professor at Loyola Marymount University, St. John’s Seminary of the Los Angeles Archdiocese, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Our Lady of Corpus Christi, and presently teaches at Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Connecticut. More than fifty books of hers have been published by Catholic presses in the area of philosophy and spirituality. Dr. Ronda presents on EWTN and Catholic radio. She is a dedicated widow and grandmother. Her many books include Quotable SaintsHealing Meditations from the Gospel of St. JohnCatholic RealismVoyage to InsightWeeping with Jesusand Healing of Rejection

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On the Third Part of the Secret of Fatima

On the Third Part of the Secret of Fatima

For ongoing updates to this discussion, please visit Kevin’s website at https://kevinsymonds.com/


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In addition to those named within the book as translators, En Route Books and Media would like to give a special thanks to Dr. Michela Ferri, who proofed the translations against the video interviews. Dr. Michela Ferri is the author of Sacro Contemporaneo, Dialoghi Sull’artecoming soon in English translation from En Route Books & Media.


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Sr. Lucia and the Seventh Apparition: https://kevinsymonds.com/2017/05/24/lucia-seventh-apparition/

On the Third Part of the Secret of Fatima

by Kevin J. Symonds

For several decades, there has been much discussion on the famous third part of the secret of Fátima. Originally communicated to the three seers of Fátima in July, 1917, it was not written down until January, 1944. It was then kept under lock and key first in Portugal, then in the Vatican until its eventual release in June, 2000. The long years of its remaining unpublished was accompanied by a desire by various Church officials not to discuss the matter. These two facts and others led to much speculation on the content of the third part of the secret as well as to accusations of a cover-up on the part of the Church hierarchy.

The seemingly endless speculations and accusations have been more prominent since the release of the text in the year 2000. To date, there has been no comprehensive refutation of specific arguments in response to the speculations and accusations.

That fact has now changed. Kevin J. Symonds of Menominee, Michigan has performed some groundbreaking research on the matter in his latest book On the Third Part of the Secret of Fátima.

Utilizing material in six foreign languages, including information from the archives of the Sanctuary of Fátima itself, Kevin weighs many of the arguments in support of conspiracy theories on the third part of the secret. He takes the arguments head-on, explores the sources and critiques the conspiracies. Symonds’ findings produce some truly astonishing results that are sure to cause many to re-think their understanding of the message of Our Lady of Fátima.

In this centennial year of Fátima, many of the faithful are renewing their interest in or discovering for the first time the message of Our Lady of Fátima. On the Third Part of the Secret of Fátima is not an introductory book, but will be an excellent source for people already familiar with the topic.

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Revisiting the Vision: Alternative Perspectives on the 3rd Part of the Secret of Fátima, Part 2 (June 13, 2021)

INTERVIEWS

Iota Unum Talk 5 in two parts – Joseph Shaw in Conversation with Kevin Symonds (February 18, 2021)

Iota Unum Talk 5 Part 1- Joseph Shaw in Conversation with Kevin Symonds

Iota Unum Talk 5 Part 2- Joseph Shaw in Conversation with Kevin Symonds

Catholic Answers Interview (Aired March 19, 2018) – Fatima’s Secrets in Context | Catholic Answers

TESTIMONIALS

“I’m an amateur researcher, working on the subject of Fátima for years now, and Kevin’s book is outstanding. It is the best and up-to-date book on the subject of the secret of Fátima.” – Bernardo Motta, author of O Milagre do Sol

“Many strong devotional Catholics are confused because of conflicting interpretations of the prophecies coming from the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima. Since some of these accuse Popes of concealing certain prophecies, we have long felt a need to read a balanced account.  On the Third Secret of Fatima by Kevin J. Symonds, is just what is needed.  Why?  Because in Symonds’ treatise you will find meticulous research, based on writings in many different languages, in a style understandable to the non-theologian.  I highly recommend On the Third Part of the Secret of Fatima.” – Ronda Chervin, Ph.D., Emerita Professor of Philosophy, Holy Apostles College and Seminary.

This book by Kevin J. Symonds provides a well-researched and fascinating study of the many questions and controversies concerning the third part of the secret of Fátima. This study includes many new insights gathered from the 2013 biography of Sister Lúcia written by the Carmelite Sisters of Coimbra, Portugal. Symonds treats the critics of the Holy See’s account of the Fátima secret…with respect and fairness, even though he does not hesitate to expose the flaws of their scholarship. Symonds’ book also contains some valuable texts in the appendix…. For those wishing an in depth examination of the third part of the Fátima secret—and one not based on suspicion and conspiracy theories—this is the book to read. — Robert L. Fastiggi, Ph.D. Professor of Systematic Theology, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit Michigan, former President of the Mariological Society of America https://www.shms.edu/content/dr-robert-fastiggi

In his latest work, On the Third Part of the Secret of Fátima, Kevin J. Symonds offers a valuable contribution to the literature about this aspect of the message given by Our Lady to Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta one hundred years ago. With so much interest in the Third Part of the Secret (or “The Third Secret,” as some writers employ), our author presents a useful summary and analysis as well as pertinent documents that are not often seen in English. This reviewer is grateful for those sources, the recommendation concerning the Biography of Sister Maria Lucia of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart penned by the Carmelites of Coimbra entitled, A Pathway Under the Gaze of Mary and Mr. Symonds’ plausible contention and exhortation: “We are entering into a new period of the history of Fátima and we ought to be celebrating this fact, not engaging in seemingly endless controversies.” – Monsignor Charles M. Mangan, Office of the Marian Apostolate, Diocese of Sioux Falls, http://jmjmorningstar.blogspot.com/ 

Symonds has done a very thorough job in getting to the bottom–insofar as it is possible–of the various confusions and conspiracy theories on the subject of the Third Secret, making a compelling case that what the Vatican published in 2000 was the whole text of it as written by Sr Lucia. No doubt the debate will continue, but the clarity and intellectual honesty of Symonds’ work, with copious reference to the relevant sources in their original languages, will be of enormous assistance for scholars in the future who wish to understand this tangled affair. –Dr. Joseph Shaw, England, http://www.lmschairman.org/

In his ground-breaking work, On the Third Part of the Secret of Fatima, Kevin Symonds shines the light of his careful research on the most fundamental elements of conspiracy theories that claim the existence of a yet-undisclosed text that is sometimes called the “fourth secret of Fatima,” clarifying “facts” that are not so factual as they seem and offering reasonable explanations in place of unreasonable conjectures. Symonds’ dispassionate and exacting analysis offers a very useful counterbalance to the often hysterical claims of a cover-up regarding the Fatima secret which have distracted many faithful Catholics in their struggle to resist the very real onslaught of neo-modernism in the post-Vatican II Church. This contribution to the literature on Fatima will be welcome to all who are seeking the truth about Sister Lucia de Jesus dos Santos’ “third secret.” — Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Catholic journalist and author and translator of The Book of Gomorrah and St. Peter Damian’s Struggle Against Ecclesiastical Corruption

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kevin Symonds was born and raised in Massachusetts. He attended Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio where he obtained his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Theology with a background in the classical languages. He has worked with the Church’s theology of private revelation since 2002 and has published Internet and magazine articles. He is also the author of Refractions of Light: 201 Answers on Apparitions, Visions and the Catholic Church (En Route Books and Media, 2015) and Pope Leo XIII and the Prayer to St. Michael (Preserving Christian Publications, 2015). He lives in Michigan. For more information or to arrange an interview with Kevin, contact him at: spirituskevin@gmail.com or visit him on his web site: www.kevinsymonds.com.

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The Human Person: A Bioethical Word

The Human Person: A Bioethical Word

The Human Person: A Bioethical Word

by Francis Etheredge

Is bioethics a technical specialization or a profound expression of human being? Wonderfully answering this question, the book is beautifully enriched by eight Forewords. Beginning again and again, Etheredge searches old and new sources that help us to understand who we are: both personally and objectively – gazing into the mysterious depths of human personhood. Why are we “from” relationship, “in” relationship and “for” relationship? He then goes on to explore the specific difficulties that make it urgent that we formally recognize that the gift of human being founds our equal dignity before God and each other.

The foreword to the book is written by Dr. Mary Anne Urlakis. Seven other contributors provide valuable introductions to individual chapters: Joseph Meaney, Adriana Vasquez, Anthony Williams, Elizabeth Rex, Kathleen Sweeney, Richard Conrad, OP, and Ralph Weimann.

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Contents

General Foreword: Dr. Mary Anne Urlakis

General Introduction (I), a Comment on the Structure of the Work as a Whole (II) and a Particular Introduction to Each Chapter (III)

Foreword to Chapter One: Dr. Joseph Meaney

Chapter One…………………………………………………………………………….
A Vocation: A mixed Experiential, Scriptural and Theological Account of Being Open to the Gift of Human Life

Foreword to Chapter Two and Biography: Mrs Adriana Vasquez

Chapter Two……………………………………………………………………………..
Marriage is a Liturgical Act: A mixed Experiential, Scriptural and Catechetical Account of Marriage and Family Life

Foreword to Chapter Three: Dr. Anthony Williams

Chapter Three………………………………………………………………………….
Become the Philosopher You Are: An Introduction to Philosophy with Particular Reference to the Human Person

Foreword to Chapter Four: Dr Elizabeth Bothamley Rex

Chapter Four……………………………………………………………………………..
An Introduction to Genesis I-II: The Creation-Gift of Participation in the Mystery of the Blessed Trinity

Foreword to Chapter Five and Biography: Kathleen Sweeney

Chapter Five…………………………………………………………………
Part I: Philosophy is about Real Questions: Why the Pain if there is No One There from Conception? A Discussion involving Philosophical and Scriptural Terms Concerning the Conception of the Human Person; Part II: The Problem of the “Biologic” definition of Human Life; Part III: The Human Person is a Bioethical Word; Part IV: The Human Person: Being and Activity; and Part V: An Account of Human Masculinity

Foreword to Chapter Six and Biography: Rev. Dr. Richard Conrad OP, Director of the Aquinas Institute, Oxford

Chapter Six……………………………………………………………………
A Three Part Exploration of the Human Being as a Psychologically Inscribed Biology: Part I: An Indivisibly Psychosomatic Being from Conception; Part II: A Pilgrimage from Reality to Self-Knowledge and the Challenge of the “Inexpressibility” of the Human Person; Part III: Embodied Relationality and the Integral Nature of a Psychologically Inscribed Biology

Foreword to Chapter Seven: the Rev. Dr. Ralph Weimann

Chapter Seven…………………………………………………………………….
Part I: The Illumination of the Beginning of Personhood (I); Part II: “Who?” Is in the Laboratory: We Are in the Laboratory (II); Part III: The Need for a Universal Ethic and a World-Wide Authority; Part IV: Frozen and Untouchable – A Double Injustice to the Human Embryo; Part V: On the Development of the Catholic Church’s Prudential Judgments on Human Conception and an Ethical Response to the Plight of Frozen Embryos

Epilogue

NEWS

The Catholic Medical Quarterly has also published the article, “The Human Person is a Bioethical Word,” which developed into the book!

Joseph Meaney, Ph.D., one of the contributors to this book, has been named President of The National Catholic Bioethics Center. See here for the full story.

INTERVIEWS

WCAT Radio Interview with Cynthia Toolin-Wilson on “Author to Author” (April 20, 2020)
Listen to “Episode 29: Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Francis Etheredge, author of The Human Person: A Bioethical Word (April 20, 2020)” on Spreaker.

WCAT Interview with Bob Olson on “I Thought You’d Like To Know This” – June 5, 2017
Listen to “Francis Etheredge speaks on his new book by En Route Books and Media entitled The Human Person: A Bioethical Word” on Spreaker. Two Wings Seminar hosted on Friday, December 8, 2017, by Dr. Elizabeth Rex with Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP. Listen to “Dr. Elizabeth Rex – An Introduction to Genesis I-II: The Creation-Gift of Participation in the Mystery of the Blessed Trinity.” on Spreaker.

“I Thought You’d Like to Know” WCAT interview by Dr. Elizabeth Rex of Marlene and Hannah Strege. For more on Hannah’s story as the first snowflake adoption, see the program page here. January 15, 2018.

Listen to “Dr. Elizabeth Rex interviews Marlene Strege and Hannah Strege (snowflake baby # 1)” on Spreaker. “I Thought You’d Like to Know This, Too” WCAT interview by Dr. Mary Anne Urlakis of Nick Loeb. For more on this story, see the links on the page at http://www.wcatradio.com/liketoknowtoo.html. Listen to “Nick Loeb, producer of Roe v. Wade, shares the story of his upcoming film with Mary Anne Urlakis” on Spreaker.

Nary, Gordon. “Profiles in Catholicism.” (November, 2017) https://www.catholicprofiles.org/blog-1/an-interview-with-francis-etheredge

AUTHOR ARTICLES

“Conception: A Contradiction?” by Francis Etheredge, Homiletics and Pastoral Review (December 11, 2020), available here.

REVIEWS

 
Rev. Michael Baggot, LC (Autumn 2020), review in National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly.  Baggot_The Human Person (proofs)
 
Dr. Yoon Shin (April 2020), review in Homiletic and Pastoral Review
 
Dr. Eileen Quinn Knight (November 19, 2018), review in Profiles in Catholicism.
 

Dr. Pravin Thevathasan (February 27, 2018), review accepted for publication in November 2018 by the Catholic Medical Quarterly. Available on Reviewer’s Website and in CMQ (page 24).

Judith Babarsky (August 3, 2017), review on Amazon.com.

TESTIMONIALS

Book Announcement by the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology

A strikingly original set of essays in Catholic bioethics that emerge from a contemplative reflection upon what it means to say that the human person is a “created Word.” – Rev. Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P., Ph.D., S.T.D., Professor of Biology and of Theology, Providence College

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mr. Francis Etheredge is married with eight children, plus three in heaven.

Francis is currently a freelance writer and speaker and his “Posts” on LinkedIn can be viewed here. Poetry; short articles; autobiographical blog; excerpts from books; and “Philosophize: A Ten Minute Write.”

For a list of all of Francis’ books published by En Route Books and Media, click here.

See Francis’ other books, too, entitled Scripture: A Unique WordFrom Truth and truth: Volume I-Faithful ReasonFrom Truth and truth: Volume II: Faith and Reason in DialogueFrom Truth and truth: Volume III: Faith is Married Reason.

He has earned a BA Div (Hons), MA in Catholic Theology, PGC in Biblical Studies, PGC in Higher Education, and an MA in Marriage and Family (Distinction).

Enjoy these additional articles by Francis Etheredge:

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History of the Eucharist

History of the Eucharist

History of the Eucharist

by Roger Skrenes

The Eucharist is not a topic of the moment. Like any good teacher, God took “his time” in revealing the Eucharist slowly, step by step, throughout Biblical history. In this history there are two main tracks: 1) the history of bread and its use in the Old Testament and 2) the sacrificial lamb of the Old Testament Passover. These two tracks point to the Last Supper and the Cross. The story of the Lamb, of course, continues with the Resurrection and Eternal Life. This book tells this story.

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Roger Skrenes has produced a concise, reader-friendly history of the real presence of our Lord and Savior in the Eucharist that will carry special meaning for every Catholic seeking to know more about this mystery of our faith. – Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Holy Apostles, Cromwell, CT

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Roger Skrenes, author of The Jesus Code: In the Beginning was the Word (En Route Books and Media, 2016), studied science as an undergraduate and history as a graduate. He holds a master’s degree in religion and has taught high school in Los Angeles, California, for over thirty years, including six summers in the California Youth Authority (a prison for teenage boys in Whittier, CA). He is the father of three adult children, Mary, Mark and Therese.

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