Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

It's time for Sunday Snippets over at RAnn's blog!  I've found some wonderful Catholic blogs here.  How about sharing yours?

Semper Gaudete! : Hair Ribbons

Semper Gaudete! : Kanye West Incident (with link to an old blog post)

Semper Gaudete! : Abortion Activists Vandalize and Ransack Pro-Life Group’s Office

Semper Gaudete! : Word Play

Semper Gaudete! : The Penguin John Lennon

Semper Gaudete! : TV Show Titles

Semper Gaudete! : New Magnet Ordered

Semper Gaudete! : Free Kindle Book Set Where I was Born

Semper Gaudete! : New MFVA Postulants

Semper Gaudete! : Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

Books are grouped by author
and not necessarily in the order read.

"Between Heaven and Mirth"#

by James Martin, SJ

[non-fiction]

(Kindle book)

"A Right to Be Merry" #
by Mother Mary Francis, P. C. C
[nonfiction]
"Travelers Along the Way"
by Fr. Benedict Groeschel
[collective biography]
"Kitty in the Summer"
(openlibrary.org loan)

"Kitty in High School"
by Judy Delton
[children's fiction]
(fast reads)

"The Story of a Soul"

by St. Therese of Lisieux

{Sunday books}

Bible books read this week:

"Isaiah"
"The Gospel According to Matthew"

"Intimate Practices: Literacy and Cultural Work in U. S. Women's

Clubs, 1880-1920" #

by Anne Ruggles Gere

{carried over from last week}

"grace under pressure"

"upsetting annie"

 "jazz off-key"
"storm warning"

by Dandi Daley Mackall

[children's fiction, Christian (Protestant, no denomination specified), "Blog On" series]



"A Summer's Lease"
by Marilyn Sachs
[children's fiction (older children)]
{carried over from last week}

"Chicken Little Jane" #
by Lily Munsell Ritchie 
[children's fiction]
(Kindle book)

"The Saturdays
by Elizabeth Enright
[children's fiction]
in The Melendy Family
three books in one volume
(openlibrary.org loan)
{carrying over into next week}
Started, rather appropriately, on Saturday!

New MFVA Postulants

Facebook message:
Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word added 2 new photos — at Eternal Word Television Network.
We welcome our new Postulants. Clark (left) from Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Canada and Andy (right) from Moreno Valley, California. May the Lord bless these young men as they begin their journey as Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word.

   Let's keep these young men in our prayers.

Free Kindle Book Set Where I was Born

I just added this book to my Kindle Cloud Reader for FREE!!!!

Thank God for free books!

It is set in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, where I was born and where I lived

for almost 60 years.  Of COURSE  I had to get it!

Warning: Don't read the reviews; at least one contains a spoiler.