Book Club!

Thursday, July 29th, 2021

MOUNT CARMEL BOOK CLUB

“Catholics live in an enchanted world, a world of statues and Holy water, stained glass and votive candles, saints and religious medals, rosary beads and holy pictures. But these Catholic paraphernalia are mere hints of a deeper and more pervasive religious sensibility which inclines Catholics to see the Holy lurking in creation. As Catholics, we find our houses and our world haunted by a sense that the objects, events, and persons of daily life are revelations of grace. The central symbol (of religion) is God. One’s “picture” of God is in fact a metaphorical narrative of God’s relationship with the world and the self as part of the world. …The Catholic “classics” assume a God who is present in the world, disclosing Himself in and through creation. The world and all its events, objects, and people tend to be somewhat like God. The Protestant classics, on the other hand, assume a God who is radically absent from the world, and who discloses (Himself) only on rare occasions (especially in Jesus Christ and Him crucified). The world and all its events, objects, and people tend to be radically different from God.” — The Catholic Imagination, Andrew Greeley

Hope everyone is enjoying summer weather and summer books! The votes are in and our picks for September are American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins and Via Negativa by Daniel Hornsby. Both books are available in the BCCLS library system.

Our Next Meeting: 

Tuesday, September 14th

9:15 AM & 7:30 PM

Titus Room/Conference Room/Zoom

Interested in joining?

Contact Elliot Guerra

or Mary Ann at the Church Office.

We’re reading . . .

Morning Group

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

Already being hailed as “a Grapes of Wrath for our times” and “a new American classic,” Jeanine Cummins’s American Dirt is a rare exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope. American Dirt will leave readers utterly changed. It is a literary achievement filled with poignancy, drama, and humanity on every page. It is one of the most important books for our times.

 

 

Evening Group

Via Negativa by Daniel Hornsby

This is a heartfelt, daring, divinely hilarious debut novel about a priest who embarks on a fateful journey with a pistol in his pocket and an injured coyote on his backseat. “A beautiful and meditative exploration of shattered faith.”—Brit Bennett, author of “The Vanishing Half.”

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