Center Camaraderie

by Angelyn Spignesi Kopylec Arden

REVIEW

“Center Camaraderie specially belongs to a psychological genre that includes Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams (1900/1953) and Jung’s The Red Book (1930/2009).  Like those of Augustine and Dante, these works address a journey from being lost (confronting the unconscious) to being found (insight into the unconscious, healing)…

 

This review cannot encapsulate the Essay, which is a treasury of insights into psychodynamics… I have learned how to look at my own life anew now that I have become aware in a new way of the importance of circuits in experience, leading from past to present to future, from traumas and symptoms and all the ways that preoccupation with myself prevented me from seeing the working of the Holy Spirit in metaxy. It is that kind of book.

 

Psychotherapists and counselors who find much of the theorizing in psychology wanting – and not only in its lack of sensitivity to spiritual and religious themes, but also in its lack of reflection on how a therapist must be present in the counseling hour – will benefit from this book, with its weave of theological, philosophical, and psychological reflections, especially in the ways that therapist and client speak about themselves and the worlds they inhabit.

 

This book is not a philosophical or a theological treatise, although it draws upon those disciplines. It addresses the soul in suffering and healing. Because it grounds itself in the unconscious, in the ‘creative imagination’ (Arden, 2023, p. 39), it keeps us attuned to the reality that we do not know ourselves…”

 

— Robert Kugelmann, University of Dallas, excerpt from his book review in the December 2025 issue of Integratus: The Journal of the Catholic Psychotherapy Association. To read the full review, click here.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Angelyn Arden holds a doctorate in cognitive psychology from the University of New Hampshire and did postdoctoral work in depth psychology, literature, and phenomenology.  She has written books and articles on the interface of these areas.  She had a depth psychology practice for 25+ years.  She recently retired from Holy Apostles College and Seminary where she has the title Professor Emeritus, and where, since 2006, she taught courses in literature and psychology to undergraduates and Human Formation to seminarians and sisters.

The Devil-ution of Society: From a Civilization of Life to a Culture of Death to an Age of Insanity

by Paul Murano

​TESTIMONIALS

“What would our current culture look like to a very ordinary believing Catholic who was cryogenically frozen in 1965 and awakened in 1999? And what would we in 2024 look like to someone in 1999? Paul Murano’s highly imaginative and shockingly realistic answers are, respectively, ‘a culture of death’ and ‘an insane asylum.’ This book is both a delightful thought experiment and a deeply disturbing challenge. It reminds me very much of Hans Christian Anderson’s famous fairy tale The Emperor’s New Clothes.” — Peter Kreeft, Professor of Philosophy, Boston College

“In a very compelling style, Paul Murano reignites the reality of a warning another Paul, Fr Paul Marx OSB, issued decades earlier. Our modern civilization has been on the path of moral implosion, and we would all do well to take to heart and seriously reflect upon not just the implications of what Murano has written, but the reality of where we are and how it all began.” — Fr Stephen Imbarrato, LifeMinistriesUS, Masters of Bioethics

“This dialogue between friends spans the generations between the rise of the contraceptive mentality and the present day and explains the rapid slide into the current state of our social degradation where the promise of Lake Wobegon gets turned on its head and the men are not beautiful, the women are not strong, and the children are not all above average.” —Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, co-author with Ronda Chervin of Catholic Realism

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

A life-long truth seeker, Paul Murano hosts the Beneath the Surface podcast, has taught philosophy and theology at colleges and universities, has led adult catechesis and pro-life groups, and writes for various publications. He holds two Master of Arts degrees (one in philosophy from Boston College, the other in theology from Providence College) and a bioethics certification from National Catholic Bioethics Center. Paul will be awarded a Ph.D.  in Philosophy from the University of South Africa in March, 2024, following his post-graduate work at Duquesne University.

OTHER CATHOLIC LITERARY WORKS

The Guilty: A Man is Stabbed to Death and a Community Examines its Conscience

This book revolves round a fatal stabbing but is not about the three dagger thrusts that killed a man. It is a whodunnit of another kind–a social and psychological sleuthing that may well take our readers to the confessional. An introspective reading into the makings of personal and collective guilt, The Guilty is a metaphor concerning our voluntary mutism in the face of injustice, our silence as an unspoken lie.

Paperback: $14.95 | Kindle: $9.99

TESTIMONIALS

“A page-turner for our souls!” – Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, author of The Narrative Spirituality of Dante’s Divine Comedy

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ivan Arthur is the author of eight previous books:

1. The Fourteen Stations (Official book on Pope John Paul’s visit to India)
2. Pavement Prayers. Theological fiction. A prequel to Saynt Lachmi
3. A Village Dies. A novel about social change
4. Once More Upon a Time. Biography
5. Jossie. A biography
6. Brands Under Fire
7. The Chef Executive Officer
8. Saynt Lachmi. Theological fiction. A sequel to Pavement Prayers.

Arthur was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Communication Arts Guild, Mumbai, and is a three-times recipient of the WPP Atticus Award for original writing. He lives in Goa, India, with Ingrid, his wife.

OTHER CATHOLIC LITERARY WORKS

Things Beloved: Two Short Novels

by Glenn Morrow

TESTIMONIALS

“I was happily blown away by the tight, smart prose, especially in the second of the two novellas, which is about a boy who finds a sailboat half buried in the sand and restores it. I found the story spare and intensely moving. This book is like a secret treasure—a real find.” – Christina Lynch, author of The Italian Party and Sally Brady’s Italian Adventure

“These stories are imbued with justice and in the end, comfort. I laughed and sighed and recognized myself. Morrow writes with grace and clarity. In his assured, unfolding stories, I was carried in his wisdom. He respects and loves his characters. I can’t wait to see whatever else Morrow turns his pen to.” – Cynthia Linkas, author of Vows and Tumbled Time

“What do an obsolete observatory and a rudderless sailboat have in common? Or a handful of middle-aged university alumni with an eager twelve-year-old boy? Both of the objects face demolition; both are beloved. The former undergraduates remain awed by their old discoveries under the observatory dome; young Anthony, his heart racing, is spellbound by the wonders of his boat. Consummate story-teller Glenn Morrow roots his characters in compassion and spikes his words with grace and wit. This is a book for those of us who hunger for stories that celebrate our innate generosity and goodness, while we greedily turn the pages. Two stories, one slim book for everyone’s bedside table.” – Sally Ryder Brady, author of A Box of Darkness: The Story of a Marriage

“If you want tales that intrigue, surprise, amuse, and move you, look no further than Things Beloved. Morrow’s work brings you close to real people in extraordinary situations facing challenging moral choices. He writes with engaging skill and resonant empathy.” – R.C. Binstock, author of What You Can’t Give Me and Tree of Heaven

“The heart and the intellect dance an intimate tango of wit and wisdom in Glenn Morrow’s stories that allow us the hope of personal and communal justice and redemption in the ordinary and extraordinary circumstances of life.” – Kiki Latimer, author of Seeing God’s Face and co-author of Philosophy Begins in Wonder

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Crafting prose has always been Glenn Morrow’s delight and his occupation. He has worked as a teacher, advocacy journalist, editor of Storytelling Magazine, and software technical writer. He learned from his Ukrainian grandmother long ago that life is too precious to be taken entirely seriously. This is his second work of imaginative fiction. He believes that good fiction is a gift that offers hope and clarity. All characters and situations in this book are entirely the product of his imagination. He resides in coastal Rhode Island with his wife Deborah – when they are not on vacation.

OTHER CATHOLIC LITERARY WORKS

Nkar: The Village of Myths and Legends

by Fr. Eugen Nkardzedze

TESTIMONIALS

“What a great piece of work! It places the education and information of the reader as the priority of its entertainment with such professional expertise that makes one to learn and to laugh at the same time. The author himself is a legend, not only in storytelling and literary prowess, but in many other aspects. This is a story book, not only for the people of Nkar, but for the world at large.” — Fr. Jude F. Nkwawir, a son of Nkar

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Eugen Nkardzedze, PhD, is a Cameroonian priest from Nkar Village in the Diocese of Kumbo, but presently serving as fidei donum in the Diocese of Beaumont in Southeastern Texas. He is also author of The Spirituality of Humor and Laughter: Why Good Things Happen to Bad People, and his recent bestseller Keep the Basket away from the Casket: Seven Indictments against the Collection of Mass Offerings in Church.

OTHER CATHOLIC LITERARY WORKS

Masters of Interior Space: A Novel about the Spiritual Life

by Fr. Lawrence Tucker, SOLT

Back cover and interior artwork by Emiliano Gil

DEDICATION

 This book is dedicated to the happy memory of  Fr. Joseph C. Henchey, CSS, STD (6/2/1930 – 4/7/2021), a teacher, and a true Master of Interior Space. Two of his retreats are below: By His Wounds, about the wounds of Christ, and Duc in Altum, about the life of St. Peter.

TESTIMONIALS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Fr. Tucker was born on May 26th, 1955, in Manhattan, New York City. He is a bilingual missionary priest in The Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity and has served in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, England, Texas, and New York.

Fr. Tucker holds an A.A. in Liberal Arts from Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY; a B.A. in Human Relations from St. Joseph’s College, Patchogue, NY; and a Master of Divinity, as well as an M.A. in Theology, From Holy Apostles College and Seminary, Cromwell, CT.