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BOOK PICK: The Long Loneliness – The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist

By Dorothy Day A compelling autobiographical testament to the spiritual pilgrimage of a woman who, in her own words, dedicated herself “to bring[ing] about the kind of society where it is easier to be good.”

BOOK PICK: Ignatius of Loyola – Personal Writings

By Ignatius of Loyola St. Ignatius of Loyola (c. 1491-1556), founder of the revolutionary Jesuit Order, is one of the key figures in Christian history. These Personal Writings reveal the intense inwardness and devotional depths of the private man. His Reminiscences give a vivid account of his conversion and psychological turmoil, of his pilgrimage to Jerusalem, [...]

BOOK PICK: St. Francis and the Foolishness of God

By Marie Dennis, Joseph Nangle, Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, Stuart Taylor To those who long to do something about inequity and poverty, about consuming consumerism and spiritual emptiness. The mystical and the earthly, liberations and faithfulness, literal poverty as well as the blessed poverty of the spirit.

BOOK PICK: Salted with Fire: Spirituality for the Faithjustice Journey

By Fred Kammer, S.J. Salted with Fire blends the realities of social injustice and the burdens of working for justice and peace with a hopeful spirituality, all brewed in the cauldron of the 1960s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. The book is for the young, who dream dreams of a more just world, and for their elders, [...]

BOOK PICK: Jesus Before Christianity

By Albert Nolan Nolan’s portrait introduces readers to Jesus as He was before He became enshrined in doctrine, dogma, and ritual, a man deeply involved with the real problems of His time, which are the real problems of our time as well. In a new preface, Nolan reflects on recent work in Christology and how [...]

MY NATION AND THE CYCYLE OF FAITH – SEPTEMBER 12, 2001

BY JIM KEADY, EFJ DIRECTOR I stood this evening on the beach looking up at the American flag flying half-mast atop the Berkley Carteret Hotel in Asbury Park, NJ as the sun was setting in the background, the moment was surreal. It has been nearly 36 hours since a disaster of biblical proportions struck our shores. [...]