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Contents - Sep 2003 - Buy a copy now Editorial: The future of the Anglican Church - Peter Westmore New auxiliary bishops appointed to the Sydney Archdiocese - Michael Gilchrist News: The Church Around the World - AD2000 Dissident US group establishing a foothold in Australian parishes - Mary-Ruth Monsour Catholic summer conferences in the United States: signs of hope - Richard Egan Culture: Second 'Carnivale Christi' Catholic arts festival scheduled for Melbourne - Michael Gilchrist Events: Hearts On Fire Vocations Congress for Melbourne Archdiocese - Joanne Grainger Understanding the Catholic Liturgy since Vatican II - Dom Alcuin Reid OSB Pope John Paul II calls for greater use of Latin - Denis Murphy Homosexual conduct: how Gospel teaching can be distorted - Bill Muehlenberg Letters: Not closing ranks (letter) - Alan Gill Letters: Hidden agenda (letter) - Dr Arthur Hartwig Letters: Liturgical choices (letter) - Marguerite Fennell Letters: New Mass (letter) - Philip Robinson Letters: Converts (letter) - Kevin Tighe Letters: Selfhood (letter) - Robert Prinzen-Wood Letters: Prophetic words (letter) - Errol Duke Letters: Freedom to be born (letter) - George F. Simpson Abridged Papal encyclicals available - Fr M. Durham Letters: Correction - Chris Hilder Books: OLD THUNDER: A Life of Hilaire Belloc, by Joseph Pearce - Scott J. Bloch (reviewer) Books: Some Fell On Rock, by Fr John O'Neill - Fr Peter Joseph (reviewer) Books: The Practical Preacher: Handy Hints for hesitant homilists, by Paul Edwards SJ - Anthony Cappello (reviewer) Books: Great books at the best prices! Reflection: A Christian response to bereavement: Jesus' ministry to the sick and dying - Fr Dennis Byrnes

Those Terrible Middle Ages
Regine Penoud
This is a persuasively argued book and a useful introduction to the subject which seeks to to bring more balance to a much-maligned period of history.
180 pages * Softcover * $27.95

Refractory Men, Fanatical Women
Edwin Bannon
What happened to the priests and religious who opposed the terms of the French Revolution's Civil Constitution of 1791? Here is their story based upon first hand accounts by French historians.
219 pages * Softcover * $24.95

Francis and Clare: Saints of Assisi
Helen Waiker Homan
An ideal book for teenagers, which tells the story of the saints who radicalised the Gospel's teachings.
190 pages * Softcover * $19.95

The Practical Preacher
Paul Edwards
Paul Edwards offers a step-by-step guide to all the technical factors involved in effective preaching.
161 pages * Softcover * $22.95

Love and Responsibility
Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II)
This is a book that may revolutionise the sexual revolution. It sets out the value and dignity of the human person, explaining the basis for the norms of Catholic social morality.
320 pages * Softcover * $29.95

A Concise Catechism for Catholics
James Tolhurst
In this concise catechism, a clear summary of the Church's documents is provided for the layperson in clear, straightforward language.
72 pages * Softcover * $9.95

Crossing the Tiber
Stephen K. Ray
An entertaining conversion story of a devout Baptist who overcame his hostility to the Catholic Church through Scripture study and extensive research into the writings of the Church Fathers.
284 pages * Softcover * $27.95

Jesus: According to the Gospel of Luke
A wonderful CD Rom that plays the entire movie on your computer, accompanied by a hardcover, full-colour book.
CD Rom and book * $19.95

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Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 16 No 8 (September 2003), p. 19