Catholic Thought discussion

Welcome, Catherine.

Welcome Catherine. Thank you for sharing that about your name. It sounds like you will fit right in with us. Glad you joined. We are currently voting for our next read. You can find the poll here:
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/4...

Clara wrote: "Hi!! I'm Clara from the Philippines. I am a Religion Teacher of High School students. Looking forward to this group :)"

Hi Clara. I missed your introduction. Welcome. If you wish to participate, we are currently voting for our next read, here:
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/4...

Welcome Casey and Catherine!

Thanks all for the kind welcome

Thank you all for the welcome! I’m looking forward to learning much from everyone.

Hola a todos. Soy Alejandra, escribo desde Chile.
No hablo inglés, ocupo traductor de google y otros.
Uso Goodreads desde el año pasado y me ha gustado mucho. Siempre me ha gustado mucho leer, pero lo habia dejado, ya que no me quedaba mucho tiempo y prefería ver programas de Tv.
He retomado la lectura y ha sido maravilloso, la mejor decision que pude tomar. Esta aplicación me ha ayudado mucho. Leo de varios temas, pero la literatura cristiana catolica ha sido fundamental en mi vida, y fué una de las cosas que me hizo volver a la Iglesia. Me encanta. Y este grupo parece muy interesante para compartir y aprender.
Soy casada y tengo 3 niños pequeños.
Saludos a todos.

Aleieen wrote: "Hola a todos. Soy Alejandra, escribo desde Chile.
No hablo inglés, ocupo traductor de google y otros.
Uso Goodreads desde el año pasado y me ha gustado mucho. Siempre me ha gustado mucho leer, pero..."

Bienvenida Alejandra. Estudié español durante muchos años pero lo he olvidado todo. ¡También estoy usando el traductor de Google! Es maravilloso tenerte en el club de lectura. Haremos lo mejor que podamos para comunicarnos. ¿Qué edad tienen tus hijos?

This is what I said in English:
Welcome Alejandra. I studied Spanish for many years but I have forgotten everything. I am also using google translator! It's wonderful to have you in the book club. We will do our best to communicate. How old are your children?

Hola Manny, mis niños tienen 7, 5 y 3 años. Asi que no me queda mucho tiempo para leer, pero lo intento. Saludos para todos.

Aleieen wrote: "Hola Manny, mis niños tienen 7, 5 y 3 años. Asi que no me queda mucho tiempo para leer, pero lo intento. Saludos para todos."

Oh que maravilloso. Dios los bendiga. Gracias.

Good afternoon!

My name is Patrick, and I love the Church and its Magisterium.

I love to read spiritual books and one of my favorites is “The Life of Christ” by Arbp. Fulton Sheen.

I have a wife and 3 kids under 3. I look forward to contributing more!

Welcome Peej! We are glad to have you.

I made Fulton's book my Lent reading this year, and I must say, I've not been as good about reading a chapter a day as I had planned. I am enjoying it, though.

Welcome Patrick. I hope you enjoy our book club.

Hi. My name is Renee. I found my way here by snooping at Kirsten’s groups list. I am a non-Catholic, but have great respect for the church and have attended Mass many many times with friends. (Attending church with friends is one of my favorite things!) I was delighted to notice you have a discussion thread on the 365 Bible Study with Father Mike. I have been listening faithfully and look forward to it every day. :)

Hi Renee!! What a pleasure to see you here!!

For everyone, Renee is the head moderator in the Victorians! group, where I help moderate as well.

Ha! you're probably way ahead of me in the podcast. :-)

Welcome Renee. Our book club is not limited to just Catholics. Please join us in our reads when you can. We have a cycle of four types of Catholic reads, and one of the four is a book of Catholic fiction. I think that's coming up after our next read.

Hello everyone,
I am Adelino and I love to read Catholic writers, or listen to them, specially those known as mystics, I love poetry, like Angelus Silesius; and I also love Saint Pius V mass.

Welcome Adelino!
We're currently finishing up one of the masterpieces Dark Night of the Soul. Feel free to join in. The discussion thread will remain open, even if we officially move on. We have also done poetry in the past and will do so again.

Welcome Adelino. As Kerstin said, we're just finishing up the very mystical Dark Night of the Soul.

Hi
I'm Normand Thomas, catholic priest, Canada.

I really love what Popes write.

Welcome Father Normand!
We read our share of papal writings, especially encyclicals, et. al. which we designate as short reads between our rotation of classics, regular, long reads (we break these up into segments) and catholic fiction. We've also read Pope Benedixt XVI's Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives before, but that's been a while.

Normand wrote: "Hi
I'm Normand Thomas, catholic priest, Canada.

I really love what Popes write."

Welcome Father! We also read encyclicals too. We have just started Archbishop Chaput's new book, Things Worth Dying For: Thoughts on a Life Worth Living. Perhaps you can join us if if doesn't take you too long to acquire the book.

Hello! I'm Terry and I'm a wife, mother, and grandmother, living in Arlington TX USA. I attend an Ordinariate parish, where I am the business manager and one of the RCIA teachers. I always "intend" to read more Catholic books, but somehow that intention gets lost in the rush of everyday life. I think that having someone to discuss with will help keep me more on track!

I found the group by reading booklady's review of Archbishop Chaput's book.

Glad to meet you all!

Terry wrote: "Hello! I'm Terry and I'm a wife, mother, and grandmother, living in Arlington TX USA. I attend an Ordinariate parish, where I am the business manager and one of the RCIA teachers. I always "intend"..."

Welcome, Terry! You will love this book club. I just joined last month, and it has helped me read more with a critical, faithful mind, as well as remaining close to Jesus in the midst of his Church.

Terry wrote: "Hello! I'm Terry and I'm a wife, mother, and grandmother, living in Arlington TX USA. I attend an Ordinariate parish, where I am the business manager and one of the RCIA teachers. I always "intend"..."

Welcome Terry. You sound perfect for our book club. That's exactly how I started here and eventually it became that Catholic books are about the only thing I read now. Right now we're reading Archbishop Chaput's brand new book, Things Worth Dying For: Thoughts on a Life Worth Living and we have a few more weeks to go. If you think you can catch up, it might be worth you trying. It's a fast read actually. If not, we'll be nominating and voting for our next read immediately after we finish it.

Happy Ascension Thursday!

Hi Manny!

Yes, I ordered the book today - hoping to profit from your previous discussions as I read. I'm excited!

Terry wrote: "Hi Manny!

Yes, I ordered the book today - hoping to profit from your previous discussions as I read. I'm excited!"

Fantastic. You know, a number of us are behind. I'll ask everyone if they wouldn't mind giving us an extra week to help as a catchup. And that will give you a little more time.

Terry wrote: "Hi Manny!

Yes, I ordered the book today - hoping to profit from your previous discussions as I read. I'm excited!"

Welcome Terry!
Don't worry about rushing to catch up, we tend to be a little more relaxed here :-) We tend to run a week or two past schedule most of the time. We also keep all of our discussion threads open, so no matter if you need a little extra time to finish or wish to immerse yourself in a book we've read in the past, you will have access.

So yes, we'll take an extra week. I'll mention it on the discussion thread.

Hi, I’m Mary. I enjoy reading and discussing good books. I look forward to book recommendations and following along on some of the discussions.

Mary wrote: "Hi, I’m Mary. I enjoy reading and discussing good books. I look forward to book recommendations and following along on some of the discussions."

Welcome Mary. It's great to have you! I'll be laying a reading schedule shortly.

Welcome Mary! So glad you found us.

Hi, I'm Eva. I'm trying to get back into reading. I used to be an avid reader, but then college hit and I got so wrapped up in reading by obligation that I stopped reading books for fun!
Now, post-college (and post-newborn child), it's time to come back.
I especially need to read more Catholic books, because I'm surrounded by Baptists here in rural AL!! Sanctuary, sanctuary!

Welcome Eva! and congratulations to your precious child!

Welcome Eva. You joined just at the right time. We will be starting our next read on Sunday. You can read about our the next read here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I'll get out a reading schedule shortly.

Congratulations on your new born! Well, if you live in Alabama maybe you can go visit EWTN. ;)

Hi I’m Olivia!!
I am so glad I found this group because where I live is a more Baptist community and so it would be great to find more Catholic friends. And also find some gold books to help me deepen my faith!!!

Olivia wrote: "Hi I’m Olivia!!
I am so glad I found this group because where I live is a more Baptist community and so it would be great to find more Catholic friends. And also find some gold books to help me dee..."

Welcome Olivia! I'm glad you found us. This is our little Catholic sanctuary. We've just started our next read. In fact, here at this link is our schedule for the next two reads.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

See comment 105. I hope you will join us.

Glad to have you with us, Olivia.

Thank you!!
I will try and read with y’all this month!!

Addilyn wrote: "Hello! I'm Addilyn Faustina. I love reading and writing, and I especially love deep theological reads. Wonderful to have a group like this!"

Fantastic Addilyn, welcome. We are in the middle of our current read, Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory. You can find the discussion here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

We still have a couple of weeks left in the read. You may have already read it or you could even catch up if you start now. It's a pretty fast read.

Welcome Addilyn!

Ron wrote: "Well, I am not sure if this group is active, but I will introduce myself anyway; my name is Ron, I am Catholic and interested in reading and discussion."

Ron, we are very active. Welcome! We have just started our next read, which is How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art.

You can find the discussion page here.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Hi! My name is Sinai -- I'm a cradle Catholic from NYC and I'm looking to read more books about Catholicism this upcoming year, as well as meeting more people! :)

Welcome, Sinai. So glad you found our group.

Welcome Sinai! So glad you joined. We're currently reading Mystery of the Magi: The Quest to Identify the Three Wise Men, feel free to join us! We keep all book threads open.

Sinai C. wrote: "Hi! My name is Sinai -- I'm a cradle Catholic from NYC and I'm looking to read more books about Catholicism this upcoming year, as well as meeting more people! :)"

Welcome Sinai. As Kerstin said, we are reading The Mystery of the Magi. We still have a few weeks left and it is a fast read. If you get the book I bet you could catch up. Here is the folder with our discussion:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

Hey, my name is Patrick. I am a devout Catholic and Book Reader. Looking to see others bookshelves and expand my own

Hello, Patrick. How nice that you sought us out. I think you’ll find what you are looking for here: we have read spiritual classics like Dark Night of the Soul; outstanding fiction like Brideshead Revisited, Death Comes for the Archbishop, and The Power and the Glory; and are currently reading Augustine’s City of God.

Discussions are candid and lively. Join right in!

Welcome Patrick!

Patrick wrote: "Hey, my name is Patrick. I am a devout Catholic and Book Reader. Looking to see others bookshelves and expand my own"

Hi Patrick. Welcome. Look around our boards to see our previous reads. We are in the middle of St. Augustine's City of God but in three to four weeks we'll be voting on a new read. Actually we just had an interesting discussion on a work of Catholic art titled, "Winter Landscape with Church." Perhaps you can join in. You can find that discussion here starting at Comment #10:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...