Two new books set out to find Gerard Manley Hopkins.

The Duty of Delight The Diaries of Dorothy Day Edited by Robert Ellsberg Marquette Univ. Press. 700p $42 This first edition of the collected diaries of Dorothy Day is bound to become a modern spiritual classic. Many Catholics already know some basic facts about the American-born founder of the Catho

Remembering Jon Hassler, the author of grace-filled Catholic fiction.

The world stands out on either side/No wider than the heart is wide.   —“Renascence” Edna St. Vincent Millay Recently, a friend of mine, a professional woman, sent me an e-mail message that she was going to Spain for vacation. Knowing that Spain was almost contiguous to Afric

Known for decades as the best-selling author of erotically charged vampire novels, Anne Rice spent nearly 40 years as a “card carrying atheist” before returning to the Catholic Church in 1998. Having sold more than 100 million books worldwide, Rice ultimately decided to leave “the

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