Father Adrian Fortescue's Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described was the standard ceremonial manual for almost 50 years from 1917. Revised several times by Canon J. B. O'Connell after Fortescue's early death in 1923, the last edition was published in 1962. The Saint Austin Press has republished this edition to meet the growing demand for this authoritative guide to the celebration of the traditional Roman Rite.

The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described

History

Fortescue, Adrian

O'Connell, J.B.

World

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Catholicism has traditionally embraced both a clearly delineated belief in God and an unique view of human nature. Over the past half century, the traditional Catholic concept of man as a creature in an individual relationship with his Creator ("vertical man") has been challenged by many dissatisfied theologians and writers. For many people today, even within the Catholic Church, man is now defined predominantly by a nexus of social relationships. He has become "horizontal man," obsessed with himself and distant from God. 
In reply to this prevailing ideology, Whitehouse, a Reader in Comparative Literature in the University of Bradford, provides detailed interpretations of the human being in the works of three major twentieth-century Catholic novelists. His interpretations suggest a fruitful alternative and antidote to the dissent that is now so prevalent in the Church, and offer a richer view of humanity and its potential.

Vertical Man: The Human Being in the Catholic Novels of Graham Greene, Sigrid Undset, and Georges Bernanos

Literature & Fiction

Whitehouse, J. C.

History & Criticism

This first novel from the author of the internationally best-selling biography of Chesterton, Wisdom and Innocence, is best described as a tale in the tradition of Chesterton or Belloc, or possibly as "Terry Pratchett meeting Umberto Eco in a journey through Sophie's World in the hunt for Thomas Aquinas." It charts a journey across Sussex in the company of three mysterious ghosts - Yore, the Ghost of Sussex Past (the thinly disguised ghost of Hilaire Belloc); Yo!, the Ghost of Sussex Present; and Yet, the Ghost of Sussex Future. En route, the three spirits have many misadventures and can seldom agree on anything, constantly arguing about the relative merits of tradition and modernity in relation to time and eternity. There is a surprise appearance by Tim, the Ghost of Time Uncompleted (the thinly disguised ghost of H.G. Wells) and the final chapter culminates in several twists of the tale. If you are adventurous enough to follow in the footsteps of the Three Ys Men, you are cordially invited to accompany them on their journey. It is quite possible that you will awake from the dream, step out from the night and disappear into the sunrise.

The Three Ys Men

PEARCE, JOSEPH

This is the first complete and unabridged translation into English of this key text from one of the most important masters of the spiritual life. Cassian's teaching underlies that of St. Philip Neri and St. Francis de Sales and was also one of the major influences on St. Benedict. Newly translated by Fr. Jerome Bertram of the Oxford Oratory. Includes "On the training of a Monk" and "The Eight Deadly Sins." A spiritual classic with practical advice on how to become holy.

The Monastic Institutes : On the Training of a Monk and The Eight Deadly Sins

St. John Cassian

For the last decade of his life, Evelyn Waugh experienced the changes being made to the Church's liturgy to be nothing short of "a bitter trial." In Cardinal Heenan he found a sympathetic pastor and a kindred spirit. This volume makes available the previously unpublished correspondence between these prominent Catholics, revealing in both an incisive disquiet.

A Bitter Trial: Evelyn Waugh and John Carmel Cardinal Heenan on Liturgical Changes

WAUGH,EVELYN

Heenan, John Carmel Cardinal

Religion & Spirituality

Welcomed into the intimacy of a monastic community where the Abbot shares these reflections with his monks, the reader discovers the profound riches contained in the liturgy; how the Church's prayer, marvellously fitted to the rhythm of creation and the great heavenly liturgy, is the most effective means for man to grow in the spiritual life. Includes beautiful illuminated capitals and other embellishments by the Atelier de la Sainte-Espirance.

The Sacred Liturgy

A Benedictine Monk

The liturgy is the mystical school for the soul, formed during the course of sixteen centuries of Christian spirituality. In this collection of meditations, the author develops four themes relating to the liturgy: The primacy of adoration the splendour of the liturgy the sense of the Church The formation of the interior man.

Four Benefits of the Liturgy: A Benedictine Monk

When wrote this book in 1555, his world was torn by new religious divisions and on the brink of annihilation by the Turks. Blosius makes no mention of the problems of his age at all. He sets out to speak nothing but words of encouragement, to make his readers cheer up, persevere, and find hope in God. Above all, he proclaims the unconditional love of God, Who is on our side, not against us, and Who wills all men to be saved and works ceaseless miracles to ensure it.

Comfort for the Faint-Hearted

Blosius, Ludocivus

The local tradition in Stratford is that Shakespeare "died a Papist," having sent for a Catholic priest to give him the last rites. It is clear from his plays that he was against the strictures of Puritanism, but in The Catholicism of Shakespeare's Plays, Professor Peter Milward argues that the whole of Shakespeare's work reveals a common thread of sympathy with the plight of the suffering persecuted Catholics under Queen Elizabeth and King James I.

The Catholicism of Shakespeare's Plays (Saint Austin Literature & Ideas Series)

Milward, Peter

A History of the Archdiocese of Southwark from 1850 to the Present Day

Clifton, Michael

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