Catholic Thought discussion

Let's take nominations for our next read. In our cycle of reads (Recurring Long Read, Inexpensive Catholic Classic, Catholic Fiction, Any Catholic Genre) we are up to Any Catholic Genre. That means all Catholic books are allowed to be nominated.

Let's take this week to nominate, take next week to vote on the books, and the following week to acquire the book. That means we will be reading the week of 26 September.

Let me nominate Elizabeth Lev's How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art

This sounds like a really interesting book, Manny!

Kerstin wrote: "This sounds like a really interesting book, Manny!"

Something different.

I would like to nominate The Shepherd Who Didn't Run, the biography of Blessed Father Stanley Rother, by Maria Scaperlanda,
because it might make an interesting counterpoint to The Power and the Glory. Fr. Stanley was an Oklahoma farm boy who felt he had an early vocation, but was not a good student and flunked out of seminary after failing Latin and Theology. But with the help of his bishop and others, was accepted into another and was ordained. He served his home parish for a time, but then was sent to Guatemala, where he not only became a much loved pastor, but also mastered both Spanish and the indigenous language and translated the Bible and other works for the native people of his parish. He was martyred by the local police in 1981, and beatified in (I think) twenty or so years later. My husband and I visited his home parish last year and left our request for a miracle, lit a candle and prayed together. Henri Nouwen also wrote about him, after a visit to Guatemala after his martyrdom, in Love in a Fearful Land.

This is a history book but it's dealing with Catholic stuff. I nominate The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580 which is about English religious practice leading up to and going through the Reformation.

I've been wanting to read this one for a long time, Joseph. It is long though, lol!

Good selections from both. Thanks.

Also, I'm not getting email notifications when people post on Catholic Thought. Is anyone else having trouble?

I have my settings set to not email, did you check those?

Joseph wrote: "I have my settings set to not email, did you check those?"

They as they have always been in the past.

Manny wrote: "Also, I'm not getting email notifications when people post on Catholic Thought. Is anyone else having trouble?"

Every so often you seem to have trouble with those. They must have a bug there. I don't use email notifications. Mine are set for the notification bell which I see when I sign in.

Kerstin wrote: "Manny wrote: "Also, I'm not getting email notifications when people post on Catholic Thought. Is anyone else having trouble?"

Every so often you seem to have trouble with those. They must have a b..."
Notification bell? What's that?

Manny wrote: "Notification bell? What's that?"

The bell symbol on the top bar, right side. It will show the number of comments posted.
In the settings I follow all discussions by notification only. Most of the time I use my laptop for goodreads, and so I have no need to double up with emails.

Kerstin wrote: "Manny wrote: "Notification bell? What's that?"

The bell symbol on the top bar, right side. It will show the number of comments posted.
In the settings I follow all discussions by notification onl..."

Oh yes. I get both notifications and emails. No problems with the bell. It tinkles...lol.

So three nominations so far.

How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art

The Shepherd Who Didn't Run: Fr. Stanley Rother, Martyr from Oklahoma

The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580

One more day to nominate.

The Pope has recommended we read Dante.
If we do, IMHO, maybe we should read the entire trinity rather than just the Inferno.
As an added bonus, there are dozens of paintings in wikimedia/wikipedia that illustrate the various cantos!
https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-...

Another suggestion is the truly excellent books by Father John O'Malley:
What Happened at Vatican II?
Trent, What Happened at the Council?
He also has lectures for these topics at:
https://www.learn25.com/?s=o%27malley...

Using Vatican sources for Trent that have only become available in the past few decades, Father O'Malley argues that Trent was actually the reform council that preceded Vatican II, and that Vatican II adopted the moral positions from Trent with very little modification.

For a book review on his book on Trent, these are my videos/blogs:
Council of Trent, The Reform Council Foreshadowing Vatican II
https://wp.me/pachSU-qJ
https://youtu.be/Thq1blvzWHs
Script for this video:
https://www.slideshare.net/BruceStrom...

One of St Augustine's most influential works is On Christian Teaching, aka On Christian Doctrine, and historically it has been a key work in how to read and interpret scripture. Like most of his works, St Augustine teaches us that we should interpret scripture in light of the two-fold love for God and for our neighbor.

My book reviews on this:
https://wp.me/pachSU-s9
http://www.seekingvirtueandwisdom.com...
https://youtu.be/uQCnAJMPoos

Bruce wrote: "The Pope has recommended we read Dante.
If we do, IMHO, maybe we should read the entire trinity rather than just the Inferno.
As an added bonus, there are dozens of paintings in wikimedia/wikipedia..."
Bruce, we already did all three cnticas of the Divine Comedy. You can look through all the comments here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

Bruce wrote: "Another suggestion is the truly excellent books by Father John O'Malley:
What Happened at Vatican II?
Trent, What Happened at the Council?
He also has lectures for these topics at:
https://www.lear..."

Hmm, that lecture series on Vatican II looks interesting. I've bought a number of courses from Learn25. I have to say, it's hit and miss. Some courses are very good but a few are not. The majority are good though.

I don't really see a book Bruce nominated, so I think we just have those three I summed up above. Nominations are closed and I'll set up the poll.

Manny wrote: "Bruce wrote: "Another suggestion is the truly excellent books by Father John O'Malley:
What Happened at Vatican II?
Trent, What Happened at the Council?
He also has lectures for these topics at:
ht..."

These are two books I nominated, plus the book by St Augustine.

Manny wrote: "Bruce wrote: "Another suggestion is the truly excellent books by Father John O'Malley:
What Happened at Vatican II?
Trent, What Happened at the Council?
He also has lectures for these topics at:
ht..."

His lectures cover the same topics as his books, but my recommendation is read the books and listen to the lectures.

I'm sorry Bruce. (1) It wasn't very clear, (2) you posted more than one nomination (only allowed one), and (3) you posted after the Saturday night deadline. You will have to wait until next time to nominate these books.

Everyone, the poll is up, but for some reason it's on page 2 of the polls. You can find the poll here:
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/4...

In the meantime I will see if can change some of the defaults so the poll is on top.

I fixed it. Poll is now at top of Polls list here:
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/4...