Author: Richard Chonak

A book about young orthodox Catholics
Reviewed in the WSJ:

24-year-old David Legge seemed to have the world by the tail. Blessed with Tom Cruise-ish good looks, he had just finished his second year at Yale Law School and was a summer associate at a big New York law firm. Making more money than he could spend, he painted the town red four or five nights a week with lavish parties and big bar tabs. A bright future beckoned.
There was only one problem. He wasn’t happy….
The spiritual emptiness he was feeling that summer in New York led him to apply to his own faith the kind of intensity he had previously reserved for his legal studies. The result was a revelation.

(Thanks, Amy!)

Stories of faith among the fighters of World War II

The celebration of World War II veterans as “the greatest generation” for their courage and duty paid little attention to their Christianity, a vacuum filled by a new collection of war stories from a faith perspective.
The book, “Faith Under Fire,” recounts the Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox experiences of men on the front lines and how they and their families overcame the fear and bitterness of war — and in many cases took up religious work afterward.
“I could have filled five books with the stories,” said Colorado author Steve Rabey, who settled on 21 representative accounts….
Mr. Rabey said his research showed that while the young men and women of that era willingly took on the burdens of war, they were not necessarily a more pious generation.
“These young people had been raised with at least a minimal knowledge and respect for the teachings of the Christian faith before they had been plucked from the farm and sent off to serve in faraway places,” he said in an interview.
“For some, Christianity only became real to them when they faced the prospects of sudden annihilation,” he said.

Inquiry exonerates Abp. Pell; both sides claim vindication

Some men just know that marriage is good for them.
However, there’s a strict limit of one per person.

Rosary letter coming Wednesday
An e-mail from Catholic World News reports that Pope John Paul II will issue an apostolic letter on devotion to the Virgin Mary October 16.
Sources indicate that “the Pope will introduce five new mysteries to the Rosary”, focusing “on the public life of Jesus Christ…. They will be: the Baptism in the Jordan, the temptation in the desert, the proclamation of the Kingdom, the Transfiguration, and the entry into Jerusalem.”