Saturday, September 20, 2014

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?



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.


Encouraging news about EWTN's Fr. Anthony

Fr. Anthony hopes to be back on the air in the near future.  Oh, HOW I'm praying for that to happen! https://franciscanmissionaries.c...