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If you were to buy a Catholic book to encourage a young woman who's just graduated college and is feeling kind of lost and anxious about her future, what would you get her?
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Posted 19 June 2012 - 04:27 PM
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Posted 19 June 2012 - 05:08 PM
Need a quick response on this, pham...
If you were to buy a Catholic book to encourage a young woman who's just graduated college and is feeling kind of lost and anxious about her future, what would you get her?
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A hug.
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Lil Red
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Posted 19 June 2012 - 06:23 PM
Need a quick response on this, pham...
If you were to buy a Catholic book to encourage a young woman who's just graduated college and is feeling kind of lost and anxious about her future, what would you get her?
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time. love. affection. rinse and repeat.
failing that.... hand written letters, full of love and affection. (who doesn't love a hand-written letter??)
once i'm at my bookshelf, i will look at some of my favorite reads.
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Posted 19 June 2012 - 06:34 PM
as far as books, i'm not sure exactly what you'd like recommendations for? 
Bible study or reflective or motivational?
Bible study or reflective or motivational?
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Posted 19 June 2012 - 06:42 PM
Swimming with Scapulars was good, I think, for both genders.
that's a good one.
there's also a set of Bible study books that I have, if that might interest her. (are purchased separately) they're pretty low-key. They are:
-Courageous Women: A study on the Heroines of Biblical History
-Courageous Generosity: A Bible study for women on heroic sacrifice
-Courageous Virtue: A Bible study on moral excellence for women
-Courageous Love: A Bible study on Holiness for womens
other good books:
-The Cost of Discipleship by Bonhoeffer
-What's Wrong with the World by Chesterton
-Even Unto Death: Wisdom from Modern Martyrs
-The Journey to Peace by Cardinal Bernardin
-Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
-Rediscover Catholicism by Matthew Kelly
-The Mystery of Faith: Meditations on the Eucharist by Fr. Tadeusz Dajczer (This one is short but VERY amesome!)
-Seek that Which is Above by Ratzinger
-Our Lady of the Lost and Found by Diane Schoemperlen
-May Crowning, Mass and Merton by Liz Kelly
-The Catholic Mystique by Jennifer Ferrara and Patricia Sodano Ireland
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Posted 19 June 2012 - 08:15 PM
I heard great things about these two books,
I can personally attest to the goodness of these two books,
- The Abbess of Andalusia – Flannery O’Connor’s Spiritual Journey by Lorraine V. Murray and Joseph Pearce
- Extreme Makeover – Women Transformed by Christ, Not Conformed to the Culture by Teresa Tomeo
I can personally attest to the goodness of these two books,
- A Pocket Retreat for Catholics: Thirty Steps to Holiness in Just Ten Minutes a Day by F. Maucourant
- The Art of Loving God by St. Francis de Sales
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Posted 19 June 2012 - 09:36 PM
Wow, such great recommendations here! The initial request was a gift for a friend, but I'm going to have to check out some of these, especially the ones you mentioned, Papist.
...That is to say if I ever finish the huge stack of stuff I've been wading through!
(Brian, are you paying attention? I will never, ever tire of books.
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...That is to say if I ever finish the huge stack of stuff I've been wading through!
(Brian, are you paying attention? I will never, ever tire of books.
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Posted 20 June 2012 - 05:38 AM
Wow, such great recommendations here! The initial request was a gift for a friend, but I'm going to have to check out some of these, especially the ones you mentioned, Papist.
...That is to say if I ever finish the huge stack of stuff I've been wading through!
(Brian, are you paying attention? I will never, ever tire of books.
The Art of Loving God is a surprising easy read. It is a collection of talks by St. Francis de Sales at a conference he delivered to nuns. The conference was titled The Spiritual Conferences
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Posted 20 June 2012 - 10:48 AM
Anything by C.S. Lewis
I still read the Narnia books and they still inspire me, and my sister loves them too
I still read the Narnia books and they still inspire me, and my sister loves them too
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Posted 20 June 2012 - 03:03 PM
Not specifically Catholic... but Christy by Catherine Marshall
