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Five Books for Catholics

Welcome to the Five Books for Catholics podcast, where experts explain their pick of five outstanding books on an aspect of Catholic life, doctrine, or culture. Visit the website at ⁠www.fivebooksforcatholics.com

  1. 5D AGO

    Episode 105: Fifth Week of Lent 2025 - Duccio di Buoninsegna's Paintings of the Passion

    The book recommended in this episode is: Duccio di Buoninsegna by Cecilia Jannella Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed. Read the article at ⁠www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/duccio-of-buoninsegnas-paintings-of-the-passion/ For more interviews like this, visit ⁠www.fivebooksforcatholics.com⁠ ⁠Sign up ⁠to receive updates on the latest interview. ⁠Become a premium subscriber⁠ to listen to the full interview and have access to complete archive on the website. If you have enjoyed this episode, please give the podcast a top rating. You can also support this podcast by making a one-off tip or donation. Just click here.

    16 min

  2. MAR 31

    Episode 104: Fourth Week of Lent - Lenten Music by Palestrina

    This week's recommendation is  Palestrina 6 performed by the The Sixteen. Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed. Read the interview at ⁠www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/lenten-music-by-palestrina/ For more interviews like this, visit ⁠www.fivebooksforcatholics.com⁠ ⁠Sign up ⁠to receive updates on the latest interview. ⁠Become a premium subscriber⁠ to listen to the full interview and have access to complete archive on the website. If you have enjoyed this episode, please give the podcast a top rating. You can also support this podcast by making a one-off tip or donation. Just click here.

    12 min

  3. MAR 24

    Episode 103: Third Week of Lent 2025 - Alexander Schmemann's Great Lent

    The book discussed in this episode is Great Lent: Journey to Pascha by Alexander Schmemann. Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed. Read the interview at ⁠www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/alexander-schmemanns-great-lent/ For more interviews like this, visit ⁠www.fivebooksforcatholics.com⁠ ⁠Sign up ⁠to receive updates on the latest interview. ⁠Become a premium subscriber⁠ to listen to the full interview and have access to complete archive on the website. If you have enjoyed this episode, please give the podcast a top rating. You can also support this podcast by making a one-off tip or donation. Just click here.

    10 min

  4. MAR 17

    Episode 102: Second Week of Lent 2025 - T.S. Eliot's Ash-Wednesday

    The book discussed in this episode is:  Ash-Wednesday by T.S. Eliot. Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed. Read the interview at ⁠www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/t-s-eliots-ash-wednesday/ For more interviews like this, visit ⁠www.fivebooksforcatholics.com⁠ ⁠Sign up ⁠to receive updates on the latest interview. ⁠Become a premium subscriber⁠ to listen to the full interview and have access to complete archive on the website. If you have enjoyed this episode, please give the podcast a top rating. You can also support this podcast by making a one-off tip or donation. Just click here.

    10 min

  5. MAR 10

    Episode 101: First Week of Lent 2025 - St. Bernard's Sermons for Lent

    The book discussed in this episode is: Sermons for Lent and the Easter Season by St. Bernard of Clairvaux Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed. Read the interview at ⁠www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/lent-st-bernard/ For more interviews like this, visit ⁠www.fivebooksforcatholics.com⁠ ⁠Sign up ⁠to receive updates on the latest interview. ⁠Become a premium subscriber⁠ to listen to the full interview and have access to complete archive on the website. If you have enjoyed this episode, please give the podcast a top rating. You can also support this podcast by making a one-off tip or donation. Just click here.

    13 min

  6. MAR 7

    Episode 100: St. John Cassian - Interview with Thomas Humphries

    The books recommended in this episode are: The Institutes by St. John CassianThe Conferences by St. John CassianOn the Incarnation of Christ: Against the Heretic Nestorius by St. John CassianCassian the Monk by Columba StewartJohn Cassian by Owen Chadwick Five Books for...

    31 min

  7. FEB 28

    Episode 99: Learning Latin - Interview with Charles G. Kim

    The books discussed in this episode are: Biblia Sacra VulgataDe imitatione Christi (The Imitation of Christ) by Thomas À KempisCollationes in orationem dominicam (Sermon-Conferences on the Our Father) by St. Thomas AquinasSermones de tempore (Sermons for the Liturgical Year) by St. AugustineEpitome Historiae Sacrae by Fr. Charles François Lhommond...and for a Latin textook....Ecclesiastical Latin: A Primer on the Language of the Church by Charles Kim Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed. Read the interview at ⁠www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/learning-latin/ For more interviews like this, visit a href="https://www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

    30 min

  8. FEB 21

    Episode 98: Creation and Evolution - Interview with Matthew Ramage

    The books discussed in this episode are: Faith, Science, and Reason: Theology on the Cutting Edge by Christopher T. BaglowThomistic Evolution: A Catholic Approach to Understanding Evolution in the Light of Faith by Nicanor Pier Giorgio OP et al.Creation through Evolution: New Perspectives from Thomistic Philosophy and Theology edited by Nicanor Pier Giorgio OPTheistic Evolution: A Contemporary Aristotelian-Thomistic Perspective by Mariusz Tabaczek OPFrom the Dust of the Earth: Benedict XVI, the Bible, and the Theory of Evolution by Matthew Ramage Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed. Read the interview at a href="https://www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/evolution-and-creation/"...

    33 min
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Welcome to the Five Books for Catholics podcast, where experts explain their pick of five outstanding books on an aspect of Catholic life, doctrine, or culture. Visit the website at ⁠www.fivebooksforcatholics.com

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  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    106
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