Deacon James Keating Collection

The Deacon James Keating Collection

Silencio Diaconal por Diácono James Keating, Ph.D.

Silencio Diaconal: Guía para realizar un retiro por Deacon James Keating, Ph.D.; Editora de la traducción: Dra. Kathleen Spinnenweber En el Silencio Diaconal, el diácono James Keating ofrece una guía profunda y práctica para los diáconos que buscan una auténtica...

Veritatis Splendor Thirty Years Later: Pastoral Insights, edited by James Keating

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Diaconal Silence: A Guide for Making a Retreat by Dcn. James Keating

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Spiritual Fathers: A Workbook for Priests and Dads, ed. by Deacon James Keating, Ph.D.

Spiritual Fathers: A Workbook for Priests and Dads Ed. by Deacon James Keating, Ph.D. Spiritual Fathers invites priests and fathers into a shared mission of forming holy men and families. Drawing on Ignatian spirituality and rich pastoral wisdom, this workbook offers...

Book Publications of the Very Rev. Peter S. Kucer, MSA

Very Rev. Peter S. Kucer’s Book Publications

This is a collection of books that approach reality from a distinctly Christocentric, Catholic perspective through different lenses: faith and morals, history, and Scripture.

Faith and Morals

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Eastern and Western Civilizations and the History of the Church

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Very Rev. Peter Samuel Kucer, MSA, STD is President-Rector at Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, CT. He received degrees from Middlebury College, Holy Apostles College and Seminary, the Dominican House of Studies, and the Catholic University of America. He is intent on putting his educational background at the service of the New Evangelization promoted by the recent popes.

The Works of Francis Etheredge

Francis Etheredge’s Publications

What makes a writer? Writing. But about what? What matters. And so while I came out of a multi-talented family, which was well read, artistic, academic and practical, it was not automatic that I would be a writer; indeed, my first thoughts were very varied, including many failed attempts to find a course or a skill that I wanted to pursue, even abandoning early attempts at writing, all of which died or dwindled to nothing and were overtaken, year in year out, by the wearying search for an identity which, in the end, was the Christian identity of being a child of God, a sinner and loved by a redeeming love which made it possible for me to marry and found a family. Over many years of writing essays, for a variety of courses, the words of a one-time director of studies came home to me: that I was not the best student but that I had something to say and that, to put it simply, a book is a collection of essays. So, over the years, that search that is God searching for His lost sheep, those unanswered questions concerning the moment of our first beginning to exist, what constitutes an adequate account of the wholeness of human personhood, drawing on the culture of a country to see what it can contribute to welcoming life, that widening awareness of being married, a parent and all the facets of a Christian family life, pilgrimages, prayers and the society in which our young people grow up – has led to a body of work which, while relatively late in life, draws on that mixture of life experience, learning, the help of others, the word of God and the life of the Catholic Church, all of which in the providence of God is drawn upon.

Coming to the Catholic Faith is not an abstract process but arises out of the reality of living

Bioethics is rooted in the human person, not as an isolated being but as a being-in-relationship

The deeper we go into individual questions of life and love the more we encounter the mystery of God

Books to which Contributions have been Made

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.”

See Francis’ other books, too, entitled Scripture: A Unique Word, From Truth and truth: Volume I-Faithful Reason, From Truth and truth: Volume II: Faith and Reason in Dialogue, From 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:

Gerard Verschuuren’s Publications with En Route

Gerard Verschuuren’s Publications

Our Catholic beliefs have come more and more under attack. Sometimes, it is a matter of simple misunderstanding, sometimes of confusing misinformation, sometimes of vicious misrepresentation. Whatever the reason is, it damages and harms what makes the Catholic faith so precious and worthwhile. In all his books, Dr. Gerard Verschuuren tries to highlight this from different angles and perspectives – ranging from science to philosophy to history. The Catholic faith is more than just a “faith.” It also and necessarily requires reasoning and thinking. I hope that my books help you with that, as they confirm the beliefs Christians have always held. It is a perpetual confrontation with the Father of Lies, through the harmony of faith and reason.

Gerard M. Verschuuren is a human geneticist who also earned a doctorate in the philosophy of science. He studied and worked at universities in Europe and the United States. Currently semi-retired, he spends most of his time as a writer, speaker, and consultant on the interface of science and religion, faith and reason.

Currently, while semi-retired, he writes about issues at the interface of

science and religion,
science and creation,
faith and reason.

All his books can be found at: www.where-do-we-come-from.com

Sad Songs: A View from the Front Lines of the Spiritual Battle between the Culture of Death and the Culture of Life–A Sidewalk Counselor’s Journal

Sad Songs: A View from the Front Lines of the Spiritual Battle between the Culture of Death and the Culture of Life–A Sidewalk Counselor’s Journal

By David E. Dowd with a commentary by Ronda Chervin

As a volunteer pro-life sidewalk counselor, the author recorded these reports over six months of praying and counseling outside an abortion clinic. Based on observations, conversations, quotations, and personal reflections, they reveal the fear, hardship, denial, and desperation of the 20–30 women who entered the clinic each day—stories seldom heard in public discussions of abortion.

The surgical and chemical abortion of unborn children remains an ongoing national tragedy. Abortion clinics are the front lines of an unseen spiritual battle, where a small band of volunteers representing the Culture of Life stands against the Culture of Death. These pages bear witness to that daily struggle and invite readers to confront its reality before seeking God’s consolation and hope.

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“David E. Dowd’s splendid new book—Sad Songs, A Sidewalk Counselor’s Journal—is a revealing and compelling first hand account of the struggles and challenges of pro-life counselors outside the killing centers, as they try to rescue innocent children from the ‘primordial evil of our time’, legal abortion. David Dowd’s testimony is a reminder of the passage from Saint Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and power, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places. Sidewalk counselors understand the spiritual nature of this warfare. They seek not only to save the life of the child, but the soul of the mother. Even the abortionists and their collaborators are not beyond their prayers and ministrations. Reading David Dowd’s book, one apprehends the vital necessity for spiritual preparation and grounding on the part of the sidewalk counselor. Their unique apostolate requires all of the Theological, Cardinal and Capital Virtues and the many Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Ghost. Armed with all of these, and in a state of sanctifying grace, they are ready to do battle against this Luciferian evil. They are the heroes of our time.” – C.J. Doyle, Executive Director, Catholic Action League of Massachusetts

“This book is a great read for those who pray outside of abortion clinics or are considering it. The best parts are the factual descriptions of what actually happens outside a clinic. It introduces all of the characters you are likely to meet: clinic workers and volunteers, other prayer warriors and counselors, and, most importantly, women who are considering abortion. Dowd offers excellent examples of how to engage with these and others in calm, empathetic dialogue.” — Jennifer Hurt, Pro-life Ministry Leader, Philosophy MA Holy Apostles

“Like watching a trainwreck, you won’t be able to tear your eyes away. You won’t be able to unsee the story David Dowd, a sidewalk counselor, has put together for you. Yet, an essential story for everyone on the right side of life, a story that will resonate with anyone who’s ever tried to save an unborn child.” — Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, a Lay Dominican of the Province of St. Albert the Great

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

David E. Dowd, a self-described repentant Catholic poet and former insurance underwriter, is a Pro-Life Activist who has been involved in street preaching in Boston. He is the author of Love, Life, Family & the Boston Red Sox: A Book of Poetry and Always a New Beginning!

ABOUT THE COMMENTATOR

Ronda Chervin, PhD, is a professor of philosophy, widow, grandmother, and great grandmother. She has taught at Loyola Marymount University, St. John’s Seminary of Los Angeles, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Our Lady of Corpus Christi, and Holy Apostles Seminary and College. She is the author of numerous books about Catholic living and presents on EWTN and Catholic Radio. Most well-known of her books are The Way of Love, Treasury of Women Saints, Avoiding Bitterness in Suffering: How our Heroes in Faith Found Peace amid Sorrow, Escaping Anxiety on the Road to Spiritual Joy, Talkaholics, and, with David Dowd, Always a New Beginning.

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Mysteries: Quantum and Theological by Robert Kurland

Mysteries: Quantum and Theological

by Robert J. Kurland

This book endeavors to engage the reader in a qualitative understanding of physics basic to quantum mechanics (QM — wave motion, momentum, work, and energy) by walking the reader through how the field developed historically by scientists Planck, Einstein, DeBroglie, Heisenberg, Schrodinger, Schwinger, Feynman, and Bell. The reader will come to appreciate the strangeness of basic QM concepts (superposition, the EPR paradox, entanglement, and measurement selection) and be able to view intersections of QM with theology (superposition and the Trinity, entanglement and Divine Action, many worlds/minds and Free Will, quantum logic and Resurrection).

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The 'Just Right' Anthropic Coincidences of Our Goldilocks Universe: Part III

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Bob Kurland is a retired, cranky, old physicist who converted to Catholicism in 1995. He is a Graduate of Caltech (BS, with honor, 1951), Harvard (M.S. 1953, Physics; Ph.D. 1956, Chemical Physics), academic career, Carnegie-Mellon, SUNY/AB, MRI (Geisinger), best scientific work: search Kurland-McGarvey equation. He also served as a volunteer to federal prison and hospital; lector, EOMHC, and is a sometime player of bass clarinet, alto clarinet, clarinet, bass, tenor bowed psaltery for parish instrumental group and local folk group. He has been married 54 years and has 5 children, 11 grandchildren (eldest to graduate from Penn State Schreyer’s Honor College (grandfathers are allowed to brag!). For the story of his conversion, click here. For other blog posts about his faith as a convert from Judaism and a scientist, see here, here and here. His current effort is to show that there is no contradiction between what science tells us about the world and our Catholic faith. Intermittent blogs and adult education classes to achieve this end are available at http://rationalcatholic.blogspot.com/ and http://home.ptd.net/~rkurland)

Bob’s motivation comes from St. Augustine of Hippo, who wrote in The Trinity, 1.8:

It is also necessary may God grant it that in providing others with books to read I myself should make progress, and that in trying to answer their questions I myself should find what I am seeking. Therefore at the command of God our Lord and with his help, I have undertaken not so much to discourse with authority on matters known to me as to know them better by discoursing devoutly of them.

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Brain, Soul, Artificial Intelligence, and Quantum Mystery: The Neurophysics of Consciousness, Free Will, Reasoning, and Synergistic Brain-Soul Interaction

Brain, Soul, Artificial Intelligence, and Quantum Mystery: The Neurophysics of Consciousness, Free Will, Reasoning, and Synergistic Brain-Soul Interaction by Terrence D. Lagerlund, MD, PhD This book presents a discussion of the many facets of human consciousness and...

Pro-Life, Pro-Woman, Pro-Science: An Integrative Guidebook by Bonita Pratt

Pro-Life, Pro-Woman, Pro-Science: An Integrative Guidebook by Bonita Pratt Feel passionate about defending unborn life, but intimidated by loud pro-choice arguments? This guidebook has over 125 responses to both common and rare pro-choice objections! Read either front...

Donum vitae: Instruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation–Replies to Certain Questions of the Day by The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Donum vitae: Instruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation--Replies to Certain Questions of the Day by The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Donum vitae ("The Gift of Life") addresses moral questions surrounding human...

Dignitas personae: On Certain Bioethical Questions by The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (Dec. 8, 2008)

Dignitas personae: On Certain Bioethical Questions (Dec. 8, 2008) by The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Dignitas personae ("The Dignity of the Person") addresses contemporary bioethical issues in light of Church teaching. Issued by the Vatican's...

The Zygote of Christ & The Mystery of Man by Francis Etheredge and Elizabeth Rex

The Zygote of Christ & The Mystery of Man by Francis Etheredge and Elizabeth Rex A profound exploration of human ensoulment and personhood at the moment of conception, this bioethical and theological work reveals how the mystery of Christ's incarnation as a...

Science of the Day versus Everlasting Science by D.G. Boland

Science of the Day versus Everlasting Science by Dr. Donald G. Boland Science of the Day versus Everlasting Science explores the profound difference between the timeless, Aristotelian understanding of science-rooted in certainty through causes-and the modern,...

Teenager Science and the Curse of the Creative Imagination: Preliminary Survey of Series on Works of St. Thomas Aquinas AND of second Series of Assessments & Refutations of Works of Modern Authors by Donald G. Boland

Teenager Science and the Curse of the Creative Imagination: Preliminary Survey of Series on Works of St. Thomas Aquinas AND of second Series of Assessments & Refutations of Works of Modern Authors by Dr. Donald G. Boland This book highlights the stark contrast...

What Should Be Done With “Orphaned” Frozen Embryos? by Dr. Alicia Thompson and Dr. Elizabeth Rex

What Should Be Done With "Orphaned" Frozen Embryos?: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) with Magisterial Answers Quoted Directly from Donum Vitae and Dignitas Personae by Dr. Alicia Thompson and Dr. Elizabeth B. Rex Written in clear language, this book meets an urgent...

Theology in Music by Kenneth Francis

Theology in Music: How Christian Themes Permeate Classic Songs by Kenneth Francis Kenneth Francis reveals the hidden grammar in classic popular songs theologically marinated in existential narratives, featuring idolatry, sin, love, pathos and meaning. And what better...

AI and Sin: How Today’s Technology Motivates Evil by Dr. Christopher Reilly

AI and Sin: How Today's Technology Motivates Evil by Christopher Reilly, Th.D. Artificial intelligence technology (AI) motivates persons’ engagement in sin. With this startling argument drawn from Catholic theology and technological insight, Christopher M. Reilly,...

A Handbook on the Moral Arguments in the Embryo Adoption Debate

A Handbook on the Moral Arguments in the Embryo Adoption Debate by Dr. Elizabeth B. Rex and Dr. Charles Robertson The possibility of embryo adoption has existed for over two decades and raises some questions that people really do not know how to answer. Over half a...

The Poupard “Solution” of the Galileo Case by Frits Albers

Assertions and Refutations VI: The Poupard “Solution” of the Galileo Case, or As a True Elect, the Holy Father will Never be Deceived, nor will he ever be a Deceiver--An Historical Analysis by Frits Albers, edited by Frank Calneggia Those who have followed the...

In Quest of Science: Historical Examples of Understanding What Science Is and Cannot Be and What to Do and Not to Do to Acquire and Preserve It

In Quest of Science: Historical Examples of Understanding What Science Is and Cannot Be and What to Do and Not to Do to Acquire and Preserve It by Dr. Peter Anthony Achilles Redpath Peter Redpath’s In Quest of Science delves into the role of Christian philosophy,...

La visión cristiana de la ciencia y la tecnología en Teilhard de Chardin por Agustín Udías, S.J.

La visión cristiana de la ciencia y la tecnología en Teilhard de Chardin por Agustín Udías, S.J. La ciencia y la tecnología ejercen hoy una gran influencia en la vida humana, aportando la ciencia la visión del universo y condicionando la tecnología el progreso de las...

A Christian Vision of Science and Technology in Teilhard de Chardin by Agustín Udías, S.J.

A Christian Vision of Science and Technology in Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. by Agustín Udías, S.J. Science and technology today exert a great influence on human life, with science providing the vision of the universe and technology conditioning the progress of life in a...

Theology in Film: How Christian Themes Permeate Classic Movies by Kenneth Francis

Theology in Film: How Christian Themes Permeate Classic Movies by Kenneth Francis Kenneth Francis reflects on deconstructing the narrative and on a more nuanced cinematic theology with Christian themes and subtle undertones on the spiritual dimensions in the subtext....

Natural Philosophy, Modern Science and Saint Thomas Aquinas by Donald Boland

Natural Philosophy, Modern Science and Saint Thomas Aquinas by Dr. Donald G. Boland This book is an attempt to rescue the reputations of Aristotle and Aquinas in the area of science and philosophy where they are subject to most criticism and even ridicule in modern...

Logic, Science, and St. Thomas Aquinas by Donald G. Boland

Logic, Science, and St. Thomas Aquinas by Dr. Donald G. Boland The primary aim in this book is to contrast the notions of logic in Aristotelian terms, including its use in Metaphysics, with the peculiar sense which it has taken in modern times, tied to a materialist...

Follow the Science: A Catholic Physician’s Contemplations on Faith, Medicine, and the Catholic Church

Bishop James D. Conley, Diocese of Lincoln, and Dr. Jere Palazzolo, President, Catholic Healthcare InternationalFollow the Science: A Catholic Physician's Contemplations on Faith, Medicine, and the Catholic Church by Dr. George Mychaskiw II with forewords by Bishop...

Science, Psychology and Saint Thomas Aquinas by Donald G. Boland

Science, Psychology and St. Thomas Aquinas by Dr. Donald G. Boland An opposition does exist between Aristotle’s psychology and today’s modern psychology, but it is not as clear-cut as most think. This book, grounded in the wisdom of Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas,...

Science Under the Microscope: A Philosophical Investigation

Science Under the Microscope: A Philosophical Investigation by Gerard Verschuuren Every culture has its own sacred cows. In our culture, that sacred cow is science. What scientists claim—in the name of science and with the authority of science—is oracular. This book...

Mysteries: Quantum and Theological by Robert Kurland

Mysteries: Quantum and Theological by Robert J. Kurland This book endeavors to engage the reader in a qualitative understanding of physics basic to quantum mechanics (QM -- wave motion, momentum, work, and energy) by walking the reader through how the field developed...

Signs of Resurrection by Roger Skrenes

Signs of Resurrection by Roger Skrenes This book is written to show that in our world there are many signs of resurrection. Life beyond death is demonstrated or modeled in many ways within the world around us. This fact should teach us to believe that our death is not...

A Science Primer for the Faithful

A Science Primer for the Faithful by Robert J. Kurland A Science Primer for the Faithful is a book that explains how science developed, demonstrating how the "truths" of science change as new data appears and new theories arise to explain that data. Unlike the truths...

The Deacon and The Doctor: A Prescription for Navigating Child Loss

The Deacon and The Doctor: A Prescription for Navigating Child Loss by Deacon Gerard-Marie Anthony and Dr. Sabine Heisman The Deacon and the Doctor: A Prescription for Navigating Child Loss provides a spiritual, medical, psychological guide to help families...

A Beautiful Mind and Soul by Dr. Gerard Verschuuren

A Beautiful Mind and Soul by Gerard Verschuuren How can a Catholic scientist speak about "a beautiful mind and soul"? Dr. Gerard Verschuuren does so as a Catholic who knows that science has nothing to say about mind and soul, but also that science has nothing to say...

The Human Equation: Cosmogenesis + Biogenesis + Anthropogenesis = Christogenesis

The Human Equation: Cosmogenesis + Biogenesis + Anthropogenesis = Christogenesis (C + B + A = C) by Roger Skrenes This book is an attempt to trace the footprints of the Creator since the event of the Big Bang. It is a snapshot in one volume of the movement and work of...

Science and the God Elusion: A Reflection on the Conundrums of Life

Science and the God Elusion: A Reflection on the Conundrums of Life (Revised Edition) by Robin Arthur This intelligent and wise book demonstrates that the so-called conflict between science and religion is fundamentally misconceived. Seen in their proper...

Everywhen

"The eternal now of God is definitely the underpinning of the Eucharist and your theory in Everywhen – absolutely correct." - from a personal email to Dr. Thomas Sheahen from Fr. Robert Spitzer, SJEverywhen: God, Symmetry, and Time by Dr. Thomas P. Sheahen Have you...

The Fallen Angel Model: Deeper into the Mysteries

The Fallen Angel Model: Deeper into the Mysteries by Joe P. Provenzano, Ron D. Morgan, and Dan R. Provenzano Modern science tells us that our “physical” universe began in a highly ordered, but unstable, non-physical state where even the laws of physics were not fully...

Discovering the Fullness of Reality by Dr. David J. Keys

David Keys reading from his book at Catholic Gifts and Books at 13397 Olive Blvd., Chesterfield, MO 63017. See https://catholicgiftsandbooks.com/Discovering the Fullness of Reality: How Partial Truths Obscure the Union of Faith and Science by Dr. David J. Keys “Is...

Can Science and Religion Live Together? What Science Can and Cannot Do by Gerard Verschuuren

Can Science and Religion Live Together? What Science Can and Cannot Do by Gerard M. Verschuuren Undoubtedly, science has one of the most impressive track records in human history. It is a success story that keeps persistently adding new achievements to the list, with...

New Paths to God and the Soul by Roger Skrenes

New Paths to God and the Soul by Roger Skrenes Much of what we receive through media of social communications does not concern itself with either God or the soul. So it is up to each of us to make ourselves aware of the pathways to God and the evidence for the...

Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology

The Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (ITEST) is an association of theologians, scientists and others committed to a world view in which faith and science collaborate in exploring the truth. ITEST explores truth theologically in the...

The Eclipse of God: Is Religion on the Way Out?

The Eclipse of God: Is Religion on the Way Out? by Gerard Verschuuren This book was specifically written for all those who feel lost in a world dominated by ideologies that obscure God. It is hard to pinpoint one particular cause of how we feel in such Godforsaken...

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