SEE WHAT’S NEW THIS SPRING!
Inspirational Lenten reflections for your parish community.
Pages 4-8
Revised ritual and study editions of Order of Christian Initiation of Adults
Pages 10-11
Resources for understanding and using the new Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharistic Mystery outside Mass
Pages 12-13
Transformative liturgical formation for your parish community
Page 16
Resources on synodality reflect the communal nature of our faith
Pages 17-18
Rich resources of Catholic Social Tradition for the practical work of justice
Page 21
Excellent guides for introducing the Gospels and Paul’s Letters to beginners—or a fresh approach for seasoned Bible study readers
Pages 24-25
Cover art: Go On, Thomas (detail) by Jack Baumgartner
Dear Friends,
In Chapter 48 of his Rule, Saint Benedict encourages monastics to see sacred reading as part of their daily “manual labor,” including committing to a particular book each Lent. Sister Judith Sutera, OSB, notes that sacred or divine reading (lectio divina) is “not an add-on that one does when there’s spare time around other responsibilities, it is something that has its own designated slot on the agenda” (St. Benedict’s Rule: An Inclusive Translation and Daily Commentary, Liturgical Press, 2021).
As a parish minister, I have always considered it a responsibility and privilege to connect (busy) parishioners with books and resources to help them reflect and grow, not unlike what Saint Benedict envisioned. While the needs of parishioners are diverse, our Spring 2025 Parish Resources Catalog contains a variety of possibilities to help parishioners read, pray, share, and grow in faith.
For biblical reflection and spiritual growth, don’t miss our popular pocket-sized daily reflection books for Lent and Easter or our books from Amy Ekeh, Bonnie Thurston, Virginia Herbers, Micah Kiel, Patrick Hartin, Friar Daniel Chowning, OCD, and Isaac Slater, OCSO. Each in their own way, these resources break open the healing ministry of Jesus, the passion narratives, the lives of our biblical friends, and our own longing for personal and social transformation in our polarized world.
This catalog also showcases important new resources to support parish ministers and ministries, including liturgical and initiation ministries (from Living Liturgy to our recent ritual books), communication ministries, trauma-informed pastoral care, and social concerns ministries; as well as continued reflection on synodality, the abuse crisis, and analysis of our ever-changing church and social life.
God bless you in your ministry with all God’s People,
Justin Huyck Editor, Pastoral and Parish Resources
Not by Bread Alone
Daily Reflections for Lent 2025
Daniel P. Horan
978-0-8146-6799-6 Pocket-sized 978-0-8146-6800-9 Large-Print
No sólo de pan
Reflexiones diarias para Cuaresma 2025
Daniel P. Horan
Traducido por Luis Baudry-Simón
979-8-4008-0044-3 De bolsillo
979-8-4008-0046-7 Letra grande
Daniel P. Horan, is the director of the Center for the Study of Spirituality and professor of philosophy, religious studies and theology at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana. He is a contributor to Give Us This Day.
5.0 of 5 stars
“I absolutely love this daily reflection for Lent! Perfect length! It has become one of my favorite parts of the day!”
Katlyn
5.0 of 5 stars
“Compact size is great for traveling with very good content.”
Wannamae
5.0 of 5 stars
“Great devotional for Lent.” Autumn
Rejoice and Be Glad
Daily Reflections for Easter to Pentecost 2025
Catherine Upchurch
978-0-8146-6869-6 Pocket-sized 978-0-8146-6870-2 Large-Print
Alégrense y regocíjense
Reflexiones diarias de Pascua a Pentecostés 2025
Catherine Upchurch
Traducido por Luis Baudry-Simón
979-8-4008-0047-4 De bolsillo 979-8-4008-0049-8 Letra grande
Catherine (Cackie) Upchurch served for many years as the director of Little Rock Scripture Study Cackie is also the author of several short Scripture studies, and is a regular contributor to Give Us This Day (Liturgical Press).
“This series builds bridges—personal, thoughtful, inviting—between our ordinary lives and Scripture, setting us on new paths to conversion.”
Genevieve Glen, OSB, Abbey of St. Walburga, Virginia Dale, Colorado
“Love this book! Very inspiring and interesting.”
Sam
Stretch Out Your Hand
Reflections on the Healing Ministry of Jesus
Amy Ekeh; Introduction by Thomas D. Stegman, SJ
In times of need, find refuge in the healing ministry of Jesus. These forty reflections take us deep into the heart of powerful Gospel stories, helping us hear and experience them anew so we too may stretch out our hands—to receive and to extend the remarkable healing ministry of Jesus.
“This beautifully written and marvelously conceived book provides a rich resource for those seeking to pray with the Scriptures.”
Frank J. Matera, Professor Emeritus
The Catholic University of America
“An insightful, thought-provoking, soul-stirring look at the stories of healing in the Gospels that ends up being a kind of ongoing, heartfelt prayer.”
Deacon Greg Kandra Journalist and author of A Deacon Prays
978-0-8146-6981-5 Paperback, 192 pp., 5 x 7, $15.95 | e eBook
The Stones of the Last Week
Impediments to Easter
Bonnie B. Thurston
Reflect on the Passion narratives in Luke 19-24, and explore the many references to stones, both literal and spiritual, that impeded Jesus’s last week with a view to their significance for our own journey to the fullness of life that resurrection offers.
“Especially helpful during Lent, this little gem of a book is one I will return to again and again.”
Barbara E. Reid, OP, President Catholic Theological Union
978-0-8146-6945-7 Paperback, 104 pp., 5 x 7, $12.95 | e eBook
Come to Me, All of You
Stations
of the Cross in the
Amy Ekeh; Art by
Voice of Christ
Gabrielle Rowell
Walk the familiar path of Jesus’ passion and death by imagining it in intimate detail. Meditations by Amy Ekeh and artwork by Gabrielle Rowell guide us from station to station, helping us to stop and listen, to hear the voice of the suffering Christ and respond to his unceasing invitation: Come to me, all of you.
“Fresh, new, and surprisingly revelatory.”
Paula Huston, author of One Ordinary Sunday
pricing if you order 10 or more copies!
979-8-4008-0063-4 Paperback, 40 pp., 5 x 7 1-9 copies $5.95
10-19 copies $4.95 net
20-49 copies $3.95 net
50-99 copies $2.95 net 100 or more copies $2.50 net e eBook
Gifts from Friends We Never Wanted Biblical Journeys of Grace
Virginia Herbers
“In a world that continues to encourage us to be perfect, Virginia writes about the graces received through the times and seasons that we may want to ignore. Instead of wishing our struggles away, she invites us, through our heroes of Scripture, to consider how we are ‘blessed in the mess’ of our daily lives.”
Danielle Harrison, retreat director and principal, Mission Faith Equity Consulting
“This book is a warm conversation with a wise friend who helps us notice in the gospels, our own lives, and everyday challenges, how much the gifts of love and grace abound.”
Melody S. Gee, author of We Carry Smoke and Paper: Essays on the Grief and Hope of Conversion
979-8-4008-0018-4
Paperback, 136 pp., 5½ x 8½, $19.95 e eBook
Be Transformed A Biblical Journey toward a More Just World
Micah D. Kiel
“If you were to ask a scripture scholar, a storyteller, a teacher, and a faithful Catholic how we are called to live as disciples of Christ, this book is the energetic and hopeful response.”
Alison M. Benders, Emerita Jesuit School of Theology Santa Clara University and author of Just Prayer
“Dr. Kiel has given a great and prophetic gift to the whole church, a calling to be more audacious in our personal and social commitments to peace and justice, to be less comfortable in our certainty and material wealth, and to be compassionate especially to those deemed untouchable or marginal by society.”
Michael J. Sanem is the author of Becoming the Good News: A New Approach to Parish Evangelization
979-8-4008-0020-7
Paperback, 156 pp., 6 x 9, $24.95
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MARCH 5, 2025
Order of Christian Initiation of Adults
of the revised translation of the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults combines ease of use with durability and liturgical elegance.
• carefully formatted for readability in various environments.
• includes three elegant ribbon markers for easy reference.
• features a simple silver-stamped image by Br. Martin Erspamer, OSB, that beautifully reflects the sacraments of initiation.
Ritual Edition 978-0-8146-8958-5
Hardcover, Sewn, Ribbon, 432 pp., 7¼ x 10½ $59.95
Study editions in English and Spanish: convenient for sacrament prep!
The portable, paperback study editions of the revised Order of Christian Initiation of Adults, available in English and Spanish-language editions, offer presiders, lay ministers, and ministry students, convenient access to the text at any time. Perfect for preparing the liturgical rites and for parish staff on the go as they accompany candidates and catechumens.
Study Edition 978-0-8146-8954-7
Paperback, 448 pp., 6 x 9, $39.95
Edición de Estudio 978-0-8146-8955-4
Paperback, 448 pp., 6 x 9, $39.95
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Highlights of the revised edition of Order of Christian Initiation of Adults:
• retains the same arrangement and paragraph numbering as the previous Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, while simplifying the numbering of chapters
• moves the National Statutes for the Christian Initiation of Adults from an appendix to the front of the book, so that all relevant legislation concerning the rites are more properly grouped together
• includes refined terminology to correspond better and consistently with pastoral practice, including the use of the terms catechumens and candidates
• and much more!
Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharistic Mystery Outside Mass
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to propose to theApostolic See the adaptations that they judge to be useful or necessary, and, after they have been accorded the recognitio, to introduce them. b) to prepare translations of texts, so that they may be truly adapted to the character of the different languages and to the character of the cultures, and also to approve them, once their decisions have been accorded the confirmatio of the Apostolic See; to prepare and approve other texts according to the norm of law, especially for singing.
N.B. The liturgical texts which refer to males may be adapted to females, changing the gender, or to several people, changing the number. 11
Roman Missal and liturgical guidelines within Mass, this revised ritual book contains the Church’s rites and guidelines necessary for Catholics to receive communion and participate in worship of the Eucharist outside of Mass. Priests, deacons, and pastoral leaders will find the Liturgical Press edition of Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharistic Mystery outside Mass combines ease-of-use with durability and liturgical elegance. Carefully formatted for readability in various environments, this resource includes:
• a fuller celebration of the Word of God, as well as a briefer form when pastorally necessary.
• rites for administration of Communion and Viaticum to the sick by an extraordinary minister.
• an abundance of Scripture readings, antiphons, responsories, and prayers before and after Communion, allowing for a deepened Eucharistic spirituality.
• two ribbon markers for easy reference.
• And much more!
978-0-8146-8921-9 Hardcover, 136 pp., 7 ¼ x 10 ½, $39.95
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Resources for understanding and using the new Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharistic Mystery outside Mass
Eucharistic Reservation
Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharistic Mystery outside Mass
Paul Turner
In eucharistic adoration, the faithful spend time in the presence of Christ, who in turn is present to them. In communion services, the faithful unable to participate in the sacrifice of the Mass can still receive its fruit. In Eucharistic Reservation, Paul Turner explains the new translation of these guidelines and refreshes all those who find delight in the eucharistic presence of Christ even when Mass is over.
979-8-4008-0089-4 Paperback, 192 pp., 5½ x 8½, $24.95 eBook also available
Communion of the Sick
Revised Edition
New Commentary Guide by Paul Turner!
Communion of the Sick contains—in a portable and easy-tofollow format—the official rites needed by every extraordinary minister of Communion in visiting and bringing Communion to the sick. Sick or confined persons will also benefit from having this book for their prayer. This classic resource has been revised in accordance with Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharistic Mystery outside Mass.
978-0-8146-8970-7 Paperback, 56 pp., 4 x 7, $4.95
Administration of Communion to the Sick by an Extraordinary Minister
Revised Edition
A portable liturgical card for extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion, newly revised with text from Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharistic Mystery outside Mass, presented in an accessible format for ministers and printed in two colors on a heavy paper stock.
978-0-8146-8969-1 Notecard, 8 pp., 4 x 7, $1.95
One Ordinary Sunday
A Meditation on the Mystery of the Mass
Paula Huston
“It would be hard to imagine an easier and more attractive introduction to the Eucharist. Highly recommended.”
Jerome Kodell, OSB, Subiaco Abbey
“Part meditation. Part testimony. Part catechesis. Paula Huston reminds us that at each Sunday at Mass, and at every Eucharistic celebration, our personal and communal stories are seamlessly intertwined with the story of Jesus and the stories of the many who have believed in him throughout history. Truly inspiring.”
Hosffman
Ospino, PhD
Boston College, Clough School of Theology and Ministry
979-8-4008-0109-9 Paperback, 288 pp., 5½ x 8½, $21.95 | e eBook
978-0-8146-8902-8
Paperback, 282 pp., 5½ x 8½, $26.95 e eBook
Sacred Times
A Guide to the General Roman Calendar and the Table of Liturgical Days
Paul Turner
In Sacred Times, Paul Turner offers a practical commentary on the General Roman Calendar and the Table of Liturgical Days that explains what the calendar honors, how it came to be, and why these celebrations matter.
“Once again, Fr. Paul Turner invites his readers to break open the rites of the Church with care. This volume offers clear distinctions and principles for those in professional church ministry as they prepare for worship.”
Katharine E. Harmon, Obsculta Preaching Initiative, School of Theology and Seminary Saint John’s University
Also by Paul Turner
Liturgy and Life Study Bible
Edited by Paul Turner and John W. Martens Foreword by Abbot Primate Gregory J. Polan, OSB
“A remarkable resource and certainly something that every preacher should have close to him as he’s preparing his homily.”
Cardinal Arthur Roche, Vatican Chief Liturgist
978-0-8146-6435-3 Hardcover with dust jacket, 2,312 pp., 6 3⁄8 x 87⁄8, $119.95
Uses the New American Bible, Revised Edition | Cover art by Jan Richardson.
Recently released!
Desiderio Desideravi
Rita Ferrone
“It should be required reading for every presider—and everyone who wants to deepen their grasp of what we do at Mass, and why we do it.”
Father Michael G. Ryan, St. James Cathedral, Seattle
978-0-8146-6983-9 Paperback, 88 pp., 5 x 8, $16.95 e eBook
LIVING LIT URGY™
Living Liturgy™ Spirituality, Celebration, and Catechesis for Sundays and Solemnities, Year C (2025)
978-0-8146-6944-0
Paperback, 328 pp., 8½ x 10 7⁄8
$24.95 (1 copy)
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Living Liturgy™ for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Year C (2025)
979-8-4008-0056-6
Paperback, 160 pp., 5¼ x 8¼ $16.95 (1 copy)
$13.95 net (2-4 copeis)
$11.95 net (5-19 copies)
$9.95 net (20 or more copies)
Living Liturgy™ for Lectors, Year C (2025)
979-8-4008-0058-0
Paperback, 360 pp., 5¼ x 8½ $16.95 (1 copy)
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Living Liturgy™ for Music Ministers Year C (2025)
979-8-4008-0057-3
Paperback, 224 pp., 5¼ x 8½
$16.95 (1 copy)
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Living Liturgy™ Sunday Missal 2025
979-8-4008-0059-7
Paperback, 464 pp., 5¼ x 8¼ $14.95 (1 copy)
$11.95 net (2-5 copies)
$8.95 net (6-49 copies)
$4.95 net (50-499 copies)
$3.15 net (500 or more copies)
The Future of Synodality
How We Move Forward from Here
Kristin M. Colberg and Jos Moons, SJ
How can the church continue to grow in a more synodal— more participative, open-minded, inclusive, and spiritual— ecclesial style? Now that the Synod on Synodality (2021–2024) has ended, Kristin Colberg and Jos Moons begin to answer this key question in essential ways.
“The best single volume out there for understanding and advancing Pope Francis’ vision of a more participatory, collaborative, and hopeful church.”
Edward P. Hahnenberg, John Carroll University
“An indispensable resource that should be required reading for bishops, pastors, deacons, lay leaders, and all those preparing for ministry in the church today.”
Catherine E. Clifford, Saint Paul University, Ottawa
979-8-4008-0016-0 Paperback, 224 pp., 5½ x 8½, $29.95 | e eBook Available February 2025
Listening Together
Meditations on Synodality
Timothy Radcliffe
Experience the full collection of conference talks from Pope Francis’s appointed retreat master, Timothy Radcliffe, heard first during the historic October 2023 General Assembly of the Synod on Synodality.
“This is one of the most important spiritual books of the year and possibly the best insight any of us will get into the meaning of the Synod on Synodality.”
Catholic Library World
The Legacy and Limits of Vatican II in an Age of Crisis
Edited
by Catherine E. Clifford Kristin M. Colberg Massimo Faggioli, and Edward P. Hahnenberg
Based on work presented by leading scholars contributing to a new phase of research on Vatican II, The Legacy and Limits of Vatican II in an Age of Crisis enacts the living tradition of the church by proposing a richer history to be told sixty years from its celebration, and a broader theology to inspire our work today.
978-0-8146-8882-3
Paperback, 200 pp., 5 x 7, $14.95 e eBook
978-0-8146-8928-8
Paperback, 336 pp., 6 x 9, $29.95 e eBook
Available April 2025
The Soul Also Keeps the Score
A Trauma-Informed Companion to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius
Robert McChesney, SJ
In this pioneering work, McChesney interprets the classic sixteenth-century mystical text of the Spiritual Exercises as born in violence to the body and soul of their author, the traumatized, battle-wounded-turned-saint, Ignatius of Loyola. Whether you are a spiritual, pastoral, or mental health professional, member of the care circle, or wounded seeker, The Soul Also Keeps the Score unlocks a treasure trove of fresh insight and hope.
“Fr. McChesney has crafted a sturdy and engaging vessel, navigating the turbulent waters among disciplines in the service of that most Ignatian of goals: to help souls.”
Christine Marie Eberle, author of Finding God Along the Way: Wisdom from the Ignatian Camino for Life at Home
978-0-8146-8975-2 Paperback, 216 pp., 6 x 9, $29.95 | e eBook Available May 2025
Healed by Love
Contemplation as a Path of Healing according to St. John of the Cross
Daniel Chowning, OCD
God has planted in our hearts an insatiable longing to love and be loved, that is, to love God, others, and creation with the very love of God. We know, however, from our human experience, that we fail to love as we desire with all our heart. In Healed by Love, Carmelite Friar Daniel Chowning, urges those in need of healing to seek refuge in the spiritual doctrine of St. John of the Cross.
“Healed by Love is a masterpiece of the integration of our Lord’s healing ministry captured in Catholic biblical theology, St. John of the Cross’s Carmelite mysticism, and solid contemporary psychology grounded in the truths of Catholic anthropology.”
Bishop John O.
Barres, Diocese of Rockville Centre
979-8-4008-0012-2 Paperback, 248 pp., 5½ x 8½, $29.95 | e eBook Available April 2025
From the Enacting Catholic Social Tradition series
Dwelling with Dignity
Catholic Social Teaching and Homelessness
Suzanne Mulligan
“Suzanne Mulligan offers us her splendid response to homelessness by raising up the dignity of one’s dwelling. Here in your hands is a powerful contemplation as well as a practical how-to guide for accompanying those who have been left behind.”
James F. Keenan, SJ Canisius Professor, Boston College
978-0-8146-6985-3 Paperback, 168 pp., 5½ x 8½, $19.95 e eBook
Available March 2025
Virtue in Virtual Spaces
Catholic Social Teaching and Technology
Louisa Conwill, Megan Levis, and Walter Scheirer
In this book, readers will engage with the philosophies behind their favorite social media platforms, examine how the design features in these platforms shape habits and imagination, and gain dialogue-based skills to bring virtue back into virtual spaces.
979-8-4008-0026-9 Paperback, 138 pp., 5½ x 8½, $19.95
e eBook
Counting the Cost
Financial Decision-Making, Discipleship, and Christian Living
Clemens
Sedmak and Kelli Reagan Hickey
“Counting the Cost is a source of great inspiration and practical ideas for everyone looking to lead their company or organization to create value through values.”
Andreas Widmer, The Catholic University of America
978-0-8146-6933-4 Paperback, 192 pp., 5½ x 8½, $19.95
e eBook
Cultural Catholics Who They Are, How to Respond
Maureen K. Day
“A very readable and engaging look at that half of the U.S. Catholic Church on the margins or totally outside of parish life.”
Tom Gaunt, SJ, Executive Director of Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA)
“For anyone who cares about the Catholic faith surviving; for anyone willing to imagine a new way of defining ‘a lived faith’; for anyone enthused by the idea that there is a new path forward for Catholic identity; this book is for you!”
Nicole M. Perone, National Coordinator ESTEEM, Chair of the Board of Members National Institute for Ministry with Young Adults
Speak Lord, Your Servant Is Listening Reflections on Faithful Communication in a Digital Age
Daniella Zsupan-Jerome
“With this collection Dr. Zuspan- Jerome offers a rehumanizing invitation to practice pausing, lingering with the word of God, and reorienting the way we communicate toward building up the Body of Christ.”
Samuel Rahberg, author of Enduring Ministry: Toward a Lifetime of Christian Leadership
“A necessary addition to the growing library of communications spirituality!”
Sr. Nancy Usselmann, FSP, director of Pauline Media Studies
978-0-8146-8910-3
979-8-4008-0070-2
Paperback, 168 pp., 5½ x 8½, $21.95 e eBook
Paperback, 138 pp., 5 x 7, $19.95 e eBook
Spirituality of the Gospels
Patrick J. Hartin with Little Rock Scripture Study Staff
Within each of the four gospels there is a foundational spirit, a rich spirituality based on each gospel’s unique understanding of Jesus and what it means to be his disciple. In this study, Fr. Patrick Hartin gives us a deeper appreciation for the spiritual dimension of the gospels and helps us to be transformed in Christ by their message and vision. 6 lessons.
978-0-8146-6927-3
Paperback, 120 pp., 7 x 10
$17.95 (1-4 copies)
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978-0-8146-6928-0
DVD wrap-up lectures, $40.00 *net
New in April!
Spirituality of Paul
Patrick J. Hartin with Little Rock Scripture Study Staff
An excellent guide for those who are new to St. Paul’s letters as well as those who know them by heart, Fr. Patrick Hartin’s Spirituality of Paul explores the rich and influential spiritual tradition of the Pauline letters. Learn about Paul’s own encounter with the risen Christ and embrace his message about the transforming power of the cross and resurrection. 7 lessons.
978-0-8146-6924-2 Paperback, 144 pp., 7 x 10
$17.95 (1-4 copies)
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978-0-8146-6925-9 DVD wrap-up lectures, $40.00 *net
Reseeding Religious Life through Global Sisterhood
Edited by Susan Rose Francois, CSJP, and Juliet Mousseau, RSCJ
“An insightful and beautiful representation of the real experiences of modern Catholic sisters. This book ought to become required reading for anyone who is concerned about the shifts occurring in religious life. What a gift to the Church!”
Julia Walsh, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration
Messy Jesus Business podcast host and author of For Love of the Broken Body
“The future of the church, as of religious life, is unknowable, but is all the richer for hearing the honest and courageous voices of the sisters of today and tomorrow.”
Gemma Simmonds, CJ, director of Religious Life Institute Cambridge, UK, and co-author of God’s Call Is Everywhere
978-0-8146-8900-4 Paperback, 162 pp., 5 x 8, $19.95 | e eBook
“Do Not Judge Anyone”
Desert Wisdom for a Polarized World Isaac Slater, OCSO
In “Do Not Judge Anyone” Isaac Slater, OCSO, reflects on the desert fathers’ teachings and practice of not judging with a focus on contemporary life. Interweaving sources from East and West, ancient and modern, Slater offers a radical, refreshing, and deeply hopeful vision of the gospel for the twenty-first century.
“A beautiful and honest reflection on what it might mean to refrain from judging others. Never have we needed this vision of inclusive love more than we do now.”
Douglas E. Christie, professor emeritus, Loyola Marymount University and author of The Insurmountable Darkness of Love
“A jewel of a book. Read with attention, curiosity, and humility, this meditation on non-judgment becomes a kind of lectio divina, or holy reading.”
Vanessa Zuisei Goddard, author of Still Running: The Art of Meditation in Motion
978-0-8146-8973-8 Paperback, 168 pp., 5 x 8, $19.95 | e eBook Available April 2025
Accountability, Healing, and Trust
Interdisciplinary Reflections for Ministry in the Midst of the Catholic Sex Abuse Crisis
Edited by Kimberly Hope Belcher and David A. Clairmont
By carefully listening to the words and wisdom of survivors, this volume focuses on ways forward in the work of creating an atmosphere of accountability, healing, and trust in today’s church.
“Accountability, Healing, and Trust engenders hope, doing so through respect for the needs of survivors, honest confrontation with the sinfulness and failure that blight many aspects of the ecclesial community, and a commitment to the conversion that the church’s prayer and worship engender. This is a challenging book, but a necessary one.”
Richard Lennan, Professor of Systematic Theology Boston College—Clough School of Theology and Ministry