I Like Being Catholic Treasured Traditions, Rituals, and Stories

Name: I Like Being Catholic Treasured Traditions, Rituals, and Stories
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ISBN: 9780385508063

ISBN-10: 0385508069

ISBN-13: 9780385508063

Edition: N/A

Authors: Michael Leach, Therese J. Borchard

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A celebration of the treasured traditions, rituals, and stories that run through the bloodstream of American Catholics For Andrew Greeley, it is the reverence of Christmas night and the exultation of Easter morn. Martin Scorsese, like many others, remains grateful for the nuns who rapped his knuckles but built his self-esteem. Mary Gordon recalls the sense of lightness that follows confession; Vince Lombardi, the strength he derived from Mass; and Christopher Buckley, the role St. Thomas More plays in his writing. I Like Being Catholic brings together the memories, thought, and hopes of famous Catholics and ordinary parishioners, lapsed and "good-enough" Catholics, and those who have…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/19/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.23" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English

Michael Leach, a founder and the president of Continuum Publishing and president and publisher of Crossroads/Continuum Publishing, is the executive editor of Orbis Books. He lives in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Illustrator Sarah Peterson is a photographer and graphic designer who is forever searching for that next adventure. She believes in using each day to the fullest and loves encouraging others to get out of their nest!