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Oct 23, 2023 12:35PM
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Hello, my name is Matt. I’m in the US Army and am currently in Bulgaria. Nice to meet y’all
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Oh I imagine the food in Bulgaria is amazing!
Come join us in reading Quo Vadis together. We're just starting. We'll have a Christmas read coming up in a few weeks too.
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The food is pretty good here, better than MREs at least lolLooking forward to reading it
Welcome, Matt. And thank you for your service.
Have y’all read the catechism yet? I’m trying to read it myself, curious if anyone wants to read along
Hi, Matt, and welcome. I'm a member who pops in and out as time allows. Not doing the current read but I would be interested in doing a group read of the catechism or group reads of different segments at a time. Manny or Kerstin, has the group read the catechism in the past?
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The way we run this book club is to cycle through four categories of reads, which are:
Catholic Fiction
Regular Read
Long Term Read
Catholic Classic
A Regular Read is anything Catholic with the emphasis on more recent to distinguish it from Catholic Classic. A Catholic Classic read is something that has stood the test of time and is older than published a 100 years ago. Catholic Fiction is what it says, and we are currently reading a Catholic fiction, Quo Vadis as commented above. Now we tend to limit these reads to 300 pages or so with the exception of Catholic Fiction which we expand to 400+ since fiction reads faster than books on topics. The Long Term read was established to capture reads that are much longer, but what we do is break it up into segments of 300-ish pages, stop, and return when Long Term Read cycles back. Our recent Long Term Read, which we just finished after four segments, taking a year and a half I think, was St. Augustine's City of God. People would not have sat through the whole City of God (almost some 1400 pages) if we had read it straight.
Now I believe I once nominated the CCC for one of those long term reads but it did not win the vote. Long term read will be coming up soon. I hope you nominate it yourself. What we do here is nominate four to five books and then set up a poll for the members to vote and the winner gets selelected. We also have had short reads in between while we nominate and vote, and we do have our annual Christmas read which will be coming up.
Now there is nothing to stop individuals from doing their own reads on the side. I would love to read the CCC but frankly I am swamped. Perhaps others will join you. I just can't, but I do refer to it every so often. Let us set up a folder for discussions on the CCC. We should have one given it's such an important part of Catholic life and discussion. I'll let you know when Kerstin or I set that up. It should only be a day or so.
Matt wrote:“Have y’all read the catechism yet? I’m trying to read it myself, curious if anyone wants to read along.”
Yes, Matt. I am reading and listening to "Catechism in a Year" with Fr. Mike Schmitz, published by Ascension Press. I am now on day 324. Fr. Mike is great, so warm and friendly. Here it is if you’re interested:
https://ascensionpress.com/pages/cate...
In 2021 and 2022, I read and listened to "The Bible in a Year," which took me almost 2 years, also with Fr. Mike. These are great resources.
I listened and read both of these through the Hallow app, which has a wonderful selection of prayers and meditations as well as the above-mentioned. You can find it here:
https://hallow.com/
I’ll vote for the catechism when the time comes then 👍
For the most part, I have been lurking in the background.Vatican II decrees state that you no longer need to be Catholic to be saved.
I have had many studies on the Catechism, and very few people view or read them (I also have blogs that are the scripts).
Warning, I also consult the rabbis, Dr Laura, the Philokalia, Luther and other Protestants, although I favor the Catholic Catechism.
Also, people get upset when I promote my channel, so my apologies in advance.
Catholic Catechism
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
Do Not Covet
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
Do Not Slander
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
My approach is to scan the footnotes to the Catechism, and first read the Church Fathers quoted, then read the Catechism, it is a great study guide for the Church Fathers, balanced between the Eastern and Western Church Fathers.
Hey! I'm Jacinta. I may have already joined this group and then left in the past but I am back again 😂I've been attending the Latin Mass for 12 years and am infatuated with tradition. So very glad to find more Catholics on here!
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Peace and good :) Thank you for allowing me to be a part of this dear group. I am just learning about this site and it seems nice because it gives me opportunity to learn about Gods love and abandonement to Him, like a little quiet corner. Currently I am reading about saint Joseph and purity. Wishing you a blessed week in the hearts of Jesus and Mary+
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Greetings and Salutations all ...I imagine that after lurking for sometime, I should probably introduce myself. My name is Kris. I am a PK that converted from Disciples of Christ via RCIA. I have enjoyed the discussion here, although I have not had much time to engage ... I hope that changes soon once I have finished my classes.
It is good to meet you all :-)
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So now, we have a Kerstin, we had a Kristen, though she doesn’t stop by any more, and we have a Kristjan. You guys are going to confuse the heck out of me. 😂
Welcome Kris, in more ways than one!
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Just out of curiosity, is this the Dutch spelling of your name?
Manny wrote: "Welcome Kristjan! That’s wonderful you converted and I thank you for the nice comments of our book club. Make yourself at home and peruse our discussion boards. You probably have seen we are in the..."Manny, this reminds me of a long time ago. At my job there were three of us named Michelle. The boss dubbed two of us with the nickname of either Shelly or Mickey. Since the first Michelle had seniority she was able to keep her name :)
Kerstin wrote: "Welcome Kristjan!Just out of curiosity, is this the Dutch spelling of your name?"
Technically it is sort of Norwegian form of Christian (the J is pronounced like a Y).
Welcome, Christy! If I recall correctly, Charles Finch's mysteries were clean. I haven't read them in many years, but I remember them that way.
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You reminded me of a project I had where there were three guys named Gary on the project. It started with two, and that was distinct enough, but when we added the third and we went to brief the director and introduced him, her reaction was "You're killing me!" LOL.
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Welcome Christy Q! We've talked before. It's nice to know a little more about you. When I see your name, I have to admit I think of the song, Susie Q. :-)
I just thought about what you said about non-fiction and fiction books. I think we have a nice balance here between the two.
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Welcome Mo. We’re glad you found us. Look around the discussion and if you have any questions please ask. We’re in the process of nominating our next book. So we’ll be starting a new read soon. Perhaps you can join us.
Mo wrote: "Hello, I am Mo, a Roman Catholic living and studying in Poland, and I am originally from China. I was baptized in the US. I am a book lover and have a degree in philosophy (though I am not good at ..."Hi Mo! Welcome here. It would be nice to talk about philosophy. I know very little about it, but it has always fascinated me. Maybe I'll ask you for some reading tips. ;-)
Welcome, Mo. I think we can learn a lot from you as well.
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Here's a suggestion Mo. Get yourself the Catechism of the Catholic Church in whatever language you feel most comfortable to read. The Catechism is wonderfully written and has everything the average Catholic needs to know.
Hello everybody! My name is Ellie and I am from the Czech Republic, right in the heart of Europe. I will hopefully go on to study archival studies at a university in september! I was born a Catholic and I am getting confirmed next month after reverting to the faith. I am an avid reader, but I've only just dipped my toes into the waters of theology and Catholic literature. So thrilled to be here and thank you for having me!
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Welcome Ellie! So glad you found us. We'll be voting for our next read shortly. Feel free to join us in a read. If you have any questions either about Catholicism or this book club, please ask.
Hi!I am a Croatian living in Chile.
I like Aquinas and Aristoteles, of course I am a Catholic, although not completely following the teachings.
I am into Catholic speculative fiction, besides OBrien and Tolkien I wanna learn about some other authors in that field.
Welcome to the group! We're reading The Lord of the Rings together right now.
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