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In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Donna Marotto on her book Love Changes Everything: An Invitation to Knowing the Healing Power of God (June 3, 2024)

Donna L. Marotto is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Connecticut. She is also a Faith Formation Director and Youth Minister. She is a practicing Third (Lay) Order Franciscan and is part of the Korban Fraternity in Rockville. She lives in CT with her husband and two boys, Nathan and Luke, ages 16 and 12. If you want to contact her, please do so by visiting her website at Youarelovedministry.com


Love Changes Everything: An Invitation to Knowing the Healing Power of God: Marotto Ofs Lfmt, Donna L: 9781664244757: Amazon.com: Books

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Jane Adolphe, Fulvio Di Blasi and Robert Fastiggi on Politics, Law & Religion in Times of COVID (May 31, 2024)

After two years of anti-COVID-19 policies, an international group of Catholic scholars and lawyers gathered in Rome under the auspices of the International Catholic Jurists Forum to reflect on how society has handled the crisis in the fields of law, politics and religion. The purpose of the meeting was to highlight what needs to be done in the future to better safeguard subsidiarity, fundamental human rights, especially freedom of religion and conscience, expression, assembly and movement as well as democratic processes per se and the unity of family life. Scholars and jurists, authors of this book, discussed how the pandemic has affected the functioning of Western political systems, how it has changed our thinking about democracy, and how it has affected the life of the Church.

The publication of this book comes at a time when United Nations Member States are set to complete negotiations on the World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic Treaty, and on the WHO International Health Regulations. Both documents raise a number of concerns related to the global biosecurity governance regime that is envisioned and the correlative limits on fundamental human rights that it entails. This book offers an examination of a number of related issues and concerns that reflect upon and bravely engage the evidence to offer clear thinking for scientists, politicians, and clergymen in light of faith and right reason with respect for the natural moral law and for religious believers, with assistance from divine revelation.

Politics, Law & Religion in Times of COVID, ed. by Jane F. Adolphe, Fulvio Di Blasi, Robert L. Fastiggi | En Route Books and Media

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Steven Thomas on his book Catholic Joe Superhero (May 29, 2024)

This is the first in the Catholic Joe series. Lieutenant General Joseph Salvatore, husband and father of a large family, is a man’s man. At age 48 he is still considered one of the deadliest men on the planet, able to kill an enemy with his bare hands, and with the same hands tenderly caress his wife and children. Joe brings this same lethal intensity as he fights to save his youngest brother Vinny’s marriage. In fighting for his brother, Joe, later deemed Catholic Joe by a reporter, uncovers corruption in the government and his church. You will feast on courage while you accompany Joe as he is targeted in a raid on his home by the FBI, secretly placed in Cook County Jail to be “Epsteined,” and targeted by Freemasonic assassins before he can share with the world what he has uncovered.

https://catholicjoesuperhero.com/

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews John Wood on The Chronicles of Sir Rolland Paterlot and the Seven Deadly Dragons. (May 29, 2024)

FACING, FIGHTING, & DEFEATING The Red Dragon of Pride: The Chronicles of Sir Rolland Paterlot (The 7 Deadly Dragons) THE ADVENTURE BEGINS as young Sir Rolland enrolls in the secret Woodshire Academy of Dragon Slaying in his quest to become a Knight of Light. In this first chronicle, Sir Rolland comes to discover what a real dragon is, and he is badly wounded by the first and deadliest of all dragons. With the help of his guild master and a legendary Lady of Grace, he must find healing and learn the weapon and armor needed to obtain the greatest and only real power to slay a dragon. 

https://www.amazon.com/FACING-FIGHTING-DEFEATING-Dragon-Pride/dp/B0CW2TD658/ 

FACING, FIGHTING, & DEFEATING The Orange Dragon of Envy: The Chronicles of Sir Rolland Paterlot (The 7 Deadly Dragons) THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES as Rolland returns to the Woodshire Academy of Dragon Slaying for another year of training to become a dragon slayer. Rolland’s best friend Topher is excelling at all of his endeavors, and it’s making Rolland a prime target for a vicious orange dragon of envy. After being wounded badly, Rolland takes a lesson from a legendary terror of dragons from ages past. Using this ancient wisdom and a new weapon and armor from his guild master, Rolland strives to overcome this deadly dragon…but he is going to have to face his greatest fear to be victorious.

https://www.amazon.com/FACING-FIGHTING-DEFEATING-Orange-Dragon/dp/B0CZS71ZPT/ 

FACING, FIGHTING, & DEFEATING The Yellow Dragon of Sloth: The Chronicles of Sir Rolland Paterlot (The 7 Deadly Dragons) IN THIS THIRD CHRONICLE of the Seven Deadly Dragon book series, young Rolland is having trouble getting motivated to try his best. He is even considering that it may be time for him to drop out of the Woodshire Academy of Dragon Slaying. He comes to discover that it is the yellow dragon of sloth stealing his passion and covering him with the stench of dragon. With the help of his guildmaster, a famous slayer of ages past, and a new weapon that has more power than meets the eye, Rolland must find a way to persevere in slaying this silent but deadly dragon. 

https://www.amazon.com/FACING-FIGHTING-DEFEATING-Yellow-Dragon/dp/B0D2524CVZ/

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Lynda Rozell on her books Journeys with a Tin Can Pilgrim and Return to Me (May 29, 2024).

Three years ago, Lynda Rozell sold her house, quit her job, and began living on the road full-time in an Airstream travel trailer that she tows with a RAM 1500 truck. This book chronicles Lynda's transformation from her previous life to that of a Tin Can Pilgrim, including her ongoing spiritual growth and the practical skills she has acquired to live in and tow her Airstream trailer. Lynda seeks to live out her Christian faith in her ordinary, everyday life as she travels around the country visiting campgrounds, RV resorts, parks, and religious sites. Through engaging stories, she invites others into the communities she has found on the road and shares the beauty of Creation and spiritual signposts that continue to lead her to radical trust in God. 

https://tincanpilgrimbook.com/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09YJN5WTK

Return to Me: Visits to the Tabernacle discusses tabernacle images with reflections on their symbolism, encouraging devotion to Jesus in the tabernacle and drawing readers to adoration at the tabernacle outside of a formal holy hour. Organized under the themes of Nourishment, Sacrifice, Jesus, Spirit, Church, and Mission, this book helps readers deepen their devotion to Jesus in His Real Presence. In addition to reflections from Scripture and tradition, the book includes photographs of tabernacles visited by the author to help guide the reader’s prayer and meditation. In so doing, they show the reader how to use visual images as a starting point for prayer, teaching readers how to enter more fully into their personal conversations with Christ by prayerfully “reading” their own tabernacle and those they encounter in their busy lives. 

https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/returntome/

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews S.R. Crickard on her book Misshelved Magic. (May 29, 2024) 

Adelina is content to be a humble librarian with no magic, organizing ordinary books and leaving the magical section of the library to the management of the mysterious creature called a cervara…until she finds a misshelved spellbook that refuses to stay in its proper place.

Despite warnings from the College of Magic and her superiors, she decides to return the book to the magical section, where she befriends the mysterious creature. Contrary to what she’s been told, the cervara is trying to protect humanity from dangerous magic by hoarding it in the library. But is it also hiding an even greater danger? Leon is a mage in his final year at the college who needs to write something impressive for his final thesis. But when he meets the charming Adelina, and she confides her discovery to him, Leon’s world turns upside down. He’s forced to try to mediate between the mysterious creature and the power-hungry magi who surround him, all while trying to pursue his favorite librarian.

Can Adelina and Leon protect the cervara from the world—and the world from the dangers of the library? Or will both sides be destroyed by the secrets they hide and the greed that drives them to seek forbidden knowledge?

https://www.srcrickard.com/misshelved