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Carolyn Astfalk
Jun 30, 20213 min read
How do Catholics Cope with Anxiety?
Have you ever read a book or watched a movie or TV program in which the hero or heroine was in mortal danger, in great peril, or enduring...
Antony B. Kolenc
Jun 15, 20213 min read
I Know What I Did Last Summer
Do you remember what you did last summer? Most of us don’t. Did you spend all morning in bed, waking after noon only to drag through the...
Leslea Wahl
Jun 1, 20214 min read
Refresh Your Spirit
Ah, June…the start of summer. Time to refresh your spirit from a long—possibly unusual—school year. Summer often means family vacations,...
Stephanie Engelman
May 10, 20213 min read
5 Ways to Make the Rosary a Family Affair
“…if you wish peace to reign in your homes, recite the family Rosary.” Pope Saint Pius The Blessed Mother and countless saints have...
Ellen Gable Hrkach
May 1, 20212 min read
Generosity in Service
In our modern world, it’s not unusual to interact with people (young and old) who are constantly staring at their phones or who have been...
Theresa Linden
Apr 15, 20214 min read
Come, Holy Spirit, Into My Life!
What does it look like to let the Holy Spirit into your life?
Corinna Turner
Mar 30, 20212 min read
New Life
The secular symbols of Easter—chicks, little bunnies, and eggs—may make us want to roll our eyes sometimes when they appear to be more...
Carmela A. Martino
Mar 1, 20214 min read
Celebrating Women’s History through Fiction
March is Women’s History Month, the perfect time to celebrate the two eighteenth-century Italian sisters who inspired the novel Playing...
Theresa Linden
Feb 27, 20214 min read
Authentic Manhood
The month of March is dedicated to St. Joseph. Did you know that Pope Francis declared 2021 as the Year of St. Joseph too? Maybe you’ve...
Corinna Turner
Feb 4, 20213 min read
Bookshelves to Heaven
The purpose of life is to reach God, so we want to make everything we own work towards this. Since what we read can have a strong...
Carolyn Astfalk
Jan 15, 20212 min read
Looking for a Bestie Between the Pages
Do you have any book friends? In other words, do you have fictional friends who inhabit books? The best writers, in my mind, are those...
T. M. Gaouette
Dec 9, 20203 min read
Sharing Gifts of Joy and Hope
Why does Christmas instill warmth in our hearts? Why are we so eager, especially this year, to dive into Advent and the Christmas season?...
Leslea Wahl
Nov 25, 20202 min read
Ideas to get your teens to read by Leslea Wahl
Are you having trouble getting your teen to read? Or maybe you have a book enthusiast at your home, but they only want books by certain...
Amanda Purcell Lauer
Oct 1, 20203 min read
Let’s Start A Movement!
I wrote this blog post in 2015, but the topic is more relevant today than it was even back then. In my novels, my protagonists are...
Carolyn Astfalk
Jul 23, 20202 min read
Start Your Own Book Club
The way we consume books may have changed from paperbacks and hard covers to electronic tablets, phones, and audiobooks, but one thing...
Leslea Wahl
Mar 30, 20203 min read
Helping Teens Navigate Through These Turbulent Times
As with all things in life, the key to getting through a difficult time is to focus on our faith. Faith is always the key. As parents,...
Cynthia T. Toney
Jun 25, 20192 min read
Match Books to the Issues Teens Face
and help them build their identities All educators of teens read today’s young-adult novels. Wait—what? You don’t? Well, I don’t blame...
T. M. Gaouette
Mar 15, 20192 min read
Starting or Stocking Your Classroom Library
Fiction can have a huge influence in a person’s life, but much more so in a child’s. Teens deal with a multitude of struggles, from...
Leslea Wahl
Mar 11, 20192 min read
CatholicTeenBooks.com: Harnessing the Power to Educate Minds & Souls
When I recall the beginnings of CatholicTeenBooks, one concept is at its origin – a search for value-based books. This search is how many...
Lizette M. Lantigua
Feb 20, 20194 min read
Ten Ways to Get your Students to Read for Fun
Finding ways to encourage students to read for fun is an age-old struggle. Today, ever-present distractions created by cell phones,...
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