While life inside and outside the parish may be a bit slower and less intense during the summer, that doesn't mean that growth and learning needs to take a break, either. At the same time, summer is also a time when many of us choose to break loose from the intensity of the other months of the year, and simply let loose. The following books --- recently named recipients of Catholic Press Association Book Awards for the year 2003 --- provide ample reading opportunity for growth and leisure.
Popular presentation of the Catholic faith
First: "John Paul II: A Light for the World", Sister Mary Ann Walsh, RSM (Sheed & Ward).
Second: "Selecting The Pope", Greg Tobin (Barnes & Noble Publishing).
Third: "A Gathering of Angels", Katherine Valentine (Penguin Group USA).
Honorable Mention: "Warriors of the Lord: The Military Orders of Christendom", Michael Walsh (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing); "Catholicism in the Third Millennium", Thomas P. Rausch, SJ (Liturgical Press).
Spirituality: Soft cover
First: "Teilhard in the 21st Century", Arthur Fabel and Donald St. John (Orbis Books).
Second: "The Holy Way: Practices For A Simple Life", Paula Huston (Loyola Press).
Third (tie): "Flannery O'Connor: Spiritual Writings", Robert Ellsberg (Orbis Books); "Dynamics of Spiritual Direction", Adrian van Kaam & Susan Muto (Epihany Books).
Spirituality: Hard cover
First: "Biblical Foundations of Spirituality," Barbara E. Bowe (Sheed & Ward).
Second: "Lost In Wonder: Rediscovering the Spiritual Art of Attentiveness," Esther De Waal (Liturgical Press).
Third (tie): "The Other Side of the Altar," Paul E. Dinter (Farrar, Straus & Giroux); "Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope", Joan D. Chittister (Wm. B. Eerdmans).
Theology
First: "The Liberation of the Laity," Paul Lakeland (Continuum International).
Second: "Truly Our Sister," Elizabeth A. Johnson (Continuum International).
Third (tie): "Christianity With An Asian Face," Peter C. Phan (Orbis Books); "The Didache," Aaron Milavec (Paulist Press).
Scripture
First: "Biblical Foundations of Spirituality," Barbara E. Bowe (Sheed & Ward).
Second: "Language of the Heart: How To Read The Bible," Noel Cooper (Novalis).
Third (tie): "James (Sacra Pagina)," Patrick J. Hartin (Liturgical Press); "Pontius Pilate: Portraits of a Roman Governor," Warren Carter (Liturgical Press).
Honorable Mention: "Genesis (Berit Olam)," David W. Cotter, OSB (Liturgical Press).
Liturgy
First: "Worship: A Primer in Christian Ritual," Keith F. Pecklers, SJ (Liturgical Press).
Second (tie): "Living Liturgy," Joyce Ann Zimmerman, C.PP.S., Thomas A. Greisen, Kathleen Harmon, S.N.D.de N., Thomas L. Leclerc, M.S. (Liturgical Press); "How To Go To Confession When You Don't Know How," Ann M.S. LeBlanc (St. Anthony Messenger Press).
Third: "Signs of Freedom: Theology of the Christian Sacraments", German Martinez (Paulist Press).
Honorable Mention: "Full, Conscious and Active Participation", Michael R. Prendergast (OCP Publications).
Pastoral ministry
First: "New Beginnings Curriculum Kit: A New Way of Living as a Catholic", Paul Wilkes (New Beginnings).
Second: "Credible Signs of Christ Alive", John P. Hogan (Sheed & Ward).
Third (tie): "Fostering Leadership Skills in Ministry: A Parish Handbook", Jean Marie Hiesberger (Liguori Publications); "Stations of the Banquet: Faith Foundations for Food Justice", Cathy C. Campbell (Liturgical Press).
Honorable Mention: "Taking Back Our Lives: Reflections for Survivors of Childhood Abuse", Patti Sherlock (ACTA Publications).
Professional books
First: "Evolving Visions of the Priesthood: Changes from Vatican II to the Turn of the New Century", Dean R. Hoge, Jacqueline E. Wenger (Liturgical Press).
Second: "Sex, Priestly Ministry, and the Church", Len Sperry (Liturgical Press).
Third: "Artisans of Peace", Mary Ann Cejka and Thomas Bamat (Orbis Books).
Educational books
First: "We Believe (K-6 Series) Student & Teacher Texts" (William H. Sadlier).
Second: "Catholics, Politics, & Public Policy", Clarke E. Cochran and David Carroll Cochran (Orbis Books).
Third (tie): "Stations of the Banquet: Faith Foundations for Food Justice", Cathy C. Campbell (Liturgical Press); "What Catholic Teens Should Know", Jean Larkin (Pflaum Publishing Group).
Honorable Mention: "Encountering Jesus in the New Testament", Michael Pennock (Ave Maria Press).
Children's books
First: "Can You Find Saints? Introducing Your Child to Holy Men and Women", Philip D. Gallery (St. Anthony Messenger Press).
Second: "God Created", Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones (Augsburg Fortress).
Third: "When Should I Pray?", Nancy Elizabeth Pharr (Pauline Books & Media).
Honorable Mention: "Dominga's Wonderful Year", Sandi Yonikus, Annika Marie Nelson (Liturgical Press); "The Wondrous Adventures of St. Francis of Assisi", Tricia Gray (St. Anthony Messenger Press).
First time author
First: "Preaching The Poetry of the Gospels: A Lyric Companion to the Lectionary", Elizabeth Michael Boyle (Liturgical Press).
Second: "No Room at the Table: Earth's Most Vulnerable Children", Donald H. Dunson (Orbis Books).
Third (tie): "Seven Lonely Places, Seven Warm Places", April Bolton (St. Anthony Messenger Press); "Consuming Religion", Vincent J. Miller (Continuum International).
Family life
First: "Expecting a Miracle: A Companion Through Pregnancy", Jaymie Stuart Wolfe (Pauline Books & Media).
Second: "A Christian Theology of Marriage and Family", Julie Hanlon Rubio (Paulist Press).
Third: "The Gift of Grandparenting", Thea Jarvis (Ave Maria Press).
Honorable Mention: "Simple Wonders: A Book of Reflections", Christopher de Vinck (St. Anthony Messenger Press); "Getting Along Almost With Your Adult Kids", Lois Leiderman Davitz, Ph.D. & Joel R. Davitz, Ph.D. (Ave Maria Press).
History/biography
First: "The Life You Save May Be Your Own", Paul Elie (Farrar, Straus & Giroux).
Second: "My Struggle For Freedom: Memoirs", Hans Küng (Wm B. Eerdmans).
Third: "John Paul II: A Light for the World", Sister Mary Ann Walsh, RSM (Sheed & Ward).
Gender issues
First: "In My Mother's Closet", Eugenia Zukerman (Ave Maria Press).
Second: "Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth", Fernando F. Segovia (Orbis Books).
Third (tie): "Sor Juana: Beauty and Justice in the Americas", Michelle A. Gonzalez (Orbis Books); "Women & Christianity Volume III", Mary T. Malone (Orbis Books).
Honorable Mention: "She Said...He Said...: Teens Speak Out on Life & Faith", Laurie Delgatto (Saint Mary's Press).
Spanish language titles
First: "Camino a Emaús: Compartiendo el ministerio de Jesús", Ada María Isasi-Díaz, Timoteo Matovina, Nina M. Torres-Vidal (Liturgical Press).
Second: "Palabra de Dios", Alberto Martín Jiménez (Liturgy Training Publications).
Third: "Mis 15 Años", Diocese of San Bernardino (Pauline Books & Media).
Honorable Mention: "Acerca de la Oración: Una carta a mi ahijada", Phyllis Zagano (Liguori Publications).
Reference books
First: "Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible", James D.G. Dunn, John W. Rogerson (Wm. B. Eerdmans).
Second: "The Historical Atlas of Eastern and Western Christian Monasticism", Juan María Labao (Liturgical Press).
Third: "Global Catholicism: Portrait of a World Church", Bryan T. Froehle and Mary L. Gautier (Orbis Books).
Honorable Mention: "Documents of the Baptismal Liturgy: Revised and Expanded Edition", E.C. Whitaker, Maxwell E. Johnson (Liturgical Press); "Butler's Lives of the Saints: New Concise Edition," Paul Burns (Liturgical Press).
Best book by a small publisher
First: "Appreciative Inquiry In the Catholic Church," Susan Star Paddock (Thin Book Publishing).
Second: "Three Minutes a Day: Vol. 38," Stephanie Raha, editor (The Christophers).
Third: "Walk As Children of Light," Edward J. Furton, M.A., Ph.D., editor (National Catholic Bioethics Center).
Honorable Mention: "What Think You of Christ?", Bishop John A. Marshall (Ambassador Books).
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PUBLISHERS
ACTA Publications, Chicago, IL
Ambassador Books Inc., Worcester, MA
Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, MN
Ave Maria Press, Inc., Notre Dame, IN
Barnes & Noble Publishing, New York, NY
The Christophers, New York, NY
Continuum International, New York, NY
Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY
Cowley Publications, Cambridge, MA
The Crossroad Publishing Company, New York, NY
Epihany Books, Pittsburgh, PA
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, NY
Fortress Press, Minneapolis, MN
Liguori Publications, Liguori, MO
The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN
Liturgy Training Publications, Chicago, IL
Loyola Press, Chicago, IL,
National Catholic Bioethics Center, Boston
New Beginnings, Wilmington, NC
Novalis, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
OCP Publications, Portland, OR
Orbis Books, Maryknoll, NY
Pauline Books & Media, Boston, MA
Paulist Press, Mahwah, NJ
Penguin Group USA, New York, NY
Pflaum Publishing Group, Dayton, OH
St. Anthony Messenger Press, Cincinnati, OH
Saint Joseph's University Press, Philadelphia, PA
Saint Mary's Press, Winona, MN
Thin Book Publishing Co., Plano, TX
Viking Books, New York, NY
Viking Compass Books, New York, NY
Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, KY
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, MI
William H. Sadlier, Inc., New York, NY |