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T. M. Gaouette
Feb 3, 20233 min read
God Loves Us Even in Our Ungodly Moments
Did you know that the most important holy day for Catholics is Easter? And that the Lenten season is an important journey of rediscovery...
Book Reviewer
Jan 18, 20234 min read
Hope for the Future. A review of pro-life novel "For Eden's Sake"
(The following review was posted in 2019 at LitbytheTree.com) "One of this year’s newest Catholic YA novels is difficult to describe. I...
Antony B. Kolenc
Jan 15, 20234 min read
5 Resolutions for a New Year
Have you already broken your New Year’s Resolution? Maybe you didn’t make one. It’s never too late… For many of us, the new year is a...
Book Reviewer
Jan 7, 20232 min read
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Have you read and enjoyed a CatholicTeenBooks novel? What did you like about it? Did you identify with one of the characters? Did the...
T. M. Gaouette
Dec 30, 20222 min read
Are You Sharing the Truth or Dividing the Church?
With the approach of a new year, my thoughts turn to how God makes all things new. And how we can learn from mistakes made in the past...
Corinna Turner
Dec 18, 20223 min read
Time to Triage the Traditions?
Advent is supposed to be the season of expectation, Christmas the joyful fulfillment of that expectation, but too often it's Christmas...
Theresa Linden
Nov 30, 20222 min read
God Moment
A teenage girl is the first to know God has come into the world. He enters human history through her, at the moment of her fiat. “Let it...
Leslea Wahl
Nov 15, 20222 min read
Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone
Stepping outside of my comfort zone has never been my strong suit. While I always admired those who possessed the confidence and faith to...
Marie Keiser
Oct 31, 20223 min read
Called to be Holy
When we think of saints we usually think of unusual people—popes, bishops, missionaries, miracle workers, Carmelite nuns, even the...
Cynthia T. Toney
Oct 15, 20222 min read
A Berry Sweet World
Strawberry farming. It gets into your blood, as it did me, a city child who visited her paternal grandparents’ strawberry farm during...
Amanda Purcell Lauer
Sep 30, 20222 min read
Common Ground in Times of Division
Even if we don’t actively seek out national news, it’s hard to ignore the headlines as we scroll through our phones. To say there’s...
Carolyn Astfalk
Sep 18, 20223 min read
Do-overs and Second Chances
For months, we’d been looking for a dog. Not a lost dog. A family dog. A mixed breed puppy that was affectionate, hypoallergenic, and...
Theresa Linden
Sep 13, 20223 min read
Reader book reviews wanted!
Have you read and enjoyed a CatholicTeenBooks novel? What did you like about it? Did you identify with one of the characters? Did the...
Susan Peek
Sep 1, 20223 min read
The Saints as our Friends
When you hear the word saint, what is the first thing that pops into your mind? Maybe you think of a statue in your church – a lifeless...
Ellen Gable Hrkach
Aug 14, 20222 min read
How to Keep the Faith When Heading to College
August and September are typically months when young adults start college and university. It may be the first time you’re away from home....
Carolyn Astfalk
Jul 31, 20223 min read
Where Do I Turn When Life Throws Me a Curve?
Have you heard it said that the only constant in life is change? It’s true. Change happens whether we want it to or not. It comes by...
Antony B. Kolenc
Jul 16, 20222 min read
“Catholic Teen Books” Author T.M. Gaouette Captures Two Prizes in the 2022 Catholic Media Book Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS: catholicteenfiction@yahoo.com July 15, 2022 – The Catholic Media Association’s (CMA) 2022 Book Awards has...
Antony B. Kolenc
Jun 30, 20224 min read
A Devotion for Underachievers
“Woe to me, my mother, that you gave me birth! a man of strife and contention to all the land! I neither borrow nor lend, yet everyone...
Amanda Purcell Lauer
Jun 15, 20222 min read
Overcoming Setbacks
You know it’s going to be a challenging week when you start it out by Googling, “What to do when you’ve taken a blow to your ego?”...
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