And God Said, “Play Ball!” by Gary Graf
Faith and baseball have long been important factors in the life of author Gary Graf. “Each has taught me lessons about love, loss and life. Each has its own rewards and universal truths. I’m no theologian… But I do think there’s a symbiotic relationship between that which was heaven sent and the game which is heaven on earth.”
Graf, a story editor and publicist for Walt Disney Productions in Los Angeles and a lifelong Catholic, finds that to better understand one’s faith, one need not to look further than common things in life. What better place to start than on the baseball field, a place treasured by so many?
This delightful summertime reading can be found in our library in the Spiritual Reading section. “Get the pitch!”
The Parish Library is located on the first floor of the Parish Center building. Hours are Sunday 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Call Pat at 760-433-8433 for more information.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Padre Pio: The True Story by Bernard Ruffin
A second St. Francis, or a warlock in league with the Devil? Prophet, or fraud? Holy man, or mad man? Just who or what was St. Padre Pio?
His family remembered him as a child of gentle humor who loved to play practical jokes. His fellow friars knew him as a man who conversed with Jesus, the saints, and the angels and who, for the last fifty years of his life, bore in his own flesh the wounds of Christ. At least two popes said privately he was truly a saint.
In his fascinating book Padre Pio:The True Story, C. Bernard Ruffin presents the first full-length biography in English of Francesco Forgione-Padre Pio. Based on Pio’s correspondence, interviews with his associates, and letters and papers of those who knew him, Ruffin details the events, plot, and machinations that surrounded the controversial Capuchin friar of Gargano, Italy The result is a critical, sober, yet thoroughly engrossing look at perhaps at the 20th century’s most amazing religious figure.
This book is available for loan from our parish library. You can find it in Saints & Bibliographies.
The Parish Library is located on the first floor of the Parish Center building. Hours are Sunday 8:00am to 12 noon and Thursday 10:00am to 2;00pm.
Call Pat at 760-433-8433 for more information.
His family remembered him as a child of gentle humor who loved to play practical jokes. His fellow friars knew him as a man who conversed with Jesus, the saints, and the angels and who, for the last fifty years of his life, bore in his own flesh the wounds of Christ. At least two popes said privately he was truly a saint.
In his fascinating book Padre Pio:The True Story, C. Bernard Ruffin presents the first full-length biography in English of Francesco Forgione-Padre Pio. Based on Pio’s correspondence, interviews with his associates, and letters and papers of those who knew him, Ruffin details the events, plot, and machinations that surrounded the controversial Capuchin friar of Gargano, Italy The result is a critical, sober, yet thoroughly engrossing look at perhaps at the 20th century’s most amazing religious figure.
This book is available for loan from our parish library. You can find it in Saints & Bibliographies.
The Parish Library is located on the first floor of the Parish Center building. Hours are Sunday 8:00am to 12 noon and Thursday 10:00am to 2;00pm.
Call Pat at 760-433-8433 for more information.
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