A CATHOLIC CONVERT SPEAKS OUT

John Bentley Mays became a Roman Catholic in 1998.In this article, the former Globe and Mail and National Post journalist writes about the current scandals in his church;” Has my faith in Christianity been ungrounded by these recent events? Not even slightly.”

But he also says the time of “face-saving, image management and avoidance”

is over. And that it is a time both of danger and of hope.

This article appeared in The Globe and Mail Easter weekend; Sat. April 3^rd, 2010.

(To access the article, simply put your mouse over the link below, and click.)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/one-catholic-in-the-darkest-hour/article1521519/?cmpid=rss1

For reading in our church library, we have selected works by Catholic writers, both of our time, and of old:

Saint Thomas Aquinas, Basic Writings of Saint Thomas Aquinas ( 1215-1274)

208.1 Tho

Aquinas is considered one of the greatest and most influential theologians of all time.

Nouwen, Henry J. Can You Drink the Cup? 248.48 Nou

Described as “a series of reflections on life to help your prayers become a joy,”

written by the Catholic priest who taught at Yale and Harvard, was a friend of Jean Vanier, and worked with the mentally handicapped at L’Arche in Toronto.

Richards, David Adams. God Is. 212.1 Ric

The Giller prize novelist’s defense of his Catholic faith, and critique of popular culture’s narrow-minded attacks on religion.