The Catholic Bookworm

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Roger Skrenes on his book Signs of Resurrection (January 17, 2023) 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 an end in itself but rather a new beg...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Dr. Jane Adolphe and Dr. Robert Fastiggi discuss the book Clerical Sexual Misconduct (January 9, 2023) In 2018, as accounts of clerical sexual misconduct in Chile, Honduras, and the United States roiled the Catholic Church, an international meeting of experts in journalism, law, pastoral care, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and theology, was convened t...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Michael Brinda talks about his book Parish Management and Operations: The Buck Stops Here (December 15, 2022) How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Dcn. Charlie Durban talks with Kiki Latimer on his book Adventures with the Holy Spirit. This book is dedicated to and is about the merciful and at times semi-miraculous consolations and interventions of the Holy Spirit, without which neither this book nor perhaps even the author would still be traversing the crooked path that God weaves through our broken...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer talks with Ben Bongers and Courtney Boatwright about their book The Farmer, The Miner, and the Artisan. We are all puzzle pieces—some too short, some too tall, some missing pieces of ourselves. Yet we all bring special gifts to others in our lives. In this Nativity story, you will meet 3 people, a Farmer, a Miner, and an Artisan, whose common...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Dr. MaryRuth Hackett on her book Daughter by Design (November 29, 2022) Discovering Your Identity as God’s Beloved Daughter What is my purpose in life? Who am I, really? These are questions that every woman will find herself asking in a culture swirling with increasing confusion around meaning and identity. Struggle, failure real or...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer speaks with Dcn. Bob Evans on his book Walking the Parables of Jesus: A Journey into the Words, Life and Times of Jesus Christ (November 15, 2022) Walking the Parables of Jesus is a unique treatment of Jesus’ parables. Drawing on the work of many scholars, the author takes those who seek a deeper understanding of the Christian faith on a “jour...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Fr. Chris Seith on his book Rekindling Wonder: Touching Heaven in a Screen Saturated World (November 7, 2022)

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Catholic author and evangelist Kiki Latimer speaks with Ben Bongers on his books The Saint Nicholas Society and True Love (October 14, 2022) The Saint Nicholas Society Fred went from having it all—the girl, the car, the mansion—to being on the street. After being taken in by a kindly priest, he is diagnosed with cancer and begins to question what’s left fo...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer talks with Daniel Fitzpatrick and Timothy Schmalz on the 701st Anniversary of the Death of Dante Alighieri (September 14, 2022) http://www.helpdantehelpitaly

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Dr Perry Cahall talks with Kiki Latimer about his book Living the Mystery of Marriage: Building Your Sacramental Life Together (September 14, 2022) This unique book will assist those called to marriage to live out the wonderful, beautiful, and challenging mystery of married love by presenting a theology, spirituality, and morality of marriage at a widely a...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Prof. Kiki Latimer interviews Msgr. Walter R. Oxley and Fr. John P. Cush on their book Theology as Prayer: A Primer for the Diocesan Priest (September 7, 2022) Theology as Prayer: A Primer for the Diocesan Priest describes how theology can be integrated in prayer and holiness of life. Monsignor Oxley and Father Cush encourage the necessity of the intellect...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Miles Christie talks with Kiki Latimer about his graphic novel _Moment: A Novel_ Rare are the moments when a force of good rises up in everyday life to confront a prevailing evil. Here, the arena is a college classroom, where a rogue bioethics professor challenges common thinking about the beginning of human life. He makes a scientific case for life's star...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, host Kiki Latimer interviews Edward Foley, Capuchin, about his book Preaching as Paying Attention. Author Ed Foley, priest, preacher, and teacher, invites preachers to an awareness of the world and the people around them as a lens for preaching God’s Incarnate Word and inviting people into the Paschal Mystery. He maintains that paying attention is a key to...

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Grace Bourget on her book Vale of Hope (August 10, 2022) In 15th-century Spain, a reckless youth finds himself grounded with the worst punishment he can imagine: volunteering in a leper camp. Working amongst those the world has proclaimed as dead to society, Paul finds that there is more to life than his rebellion. Will the leper ma...

Healing the Culture and Family: According to John Paul II http://aroucapress.com/healing-the-culture-and-the-family It is evident that the culture and the family need healing, but before we can offer a cure, we need to know the spiritual disease ailing us. Pope John Paul II offers a diagnosis in his Letter to Families: the human family is experiencing a “New Manichaeism,” a variant of an ancient h...

Healing the Culture and Family: According to John Paul II http://aroucapress.com/healing-the-culture-and-the-family It is evident that the culture and the family need healing, but before we can offer a cure, we need to know the spiritual disease ailing us. Pope John Paul II offers a diagnosis in his Letter to Families: the human family is experiencing a “New Manichaeism,” a variant of an ancient h...