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When was the last time you read a good book?

ben — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:00:47 +0000

Hey there! We wanted to share a couple of great reading programs for you to enjoy this summer.

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Aquinas and More is also the official sponsor of the Catholic Summer Reading Program. We are excited to announce that after months of voting and a heated contest, the winners have been decided! The three books in the 2009 summer reading program are:

1. The Confessions of St. Augustine

2. The Fulfillment of All Desire

3. The Angels and Their Missions

Buy the books and join the conversation today!

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The Confessions of St. Augustine $20.00	The Fulfillment of All Desire $17.95	The Angels and Their Missions $13.95

This Race is Too Close to Call!

Ian — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:40:28 +0000

With only a few hours left to vote, Confessions and Fulfillment of All Desire are neck and neck and third place is a virtual tie between The End of the Present World, Angels and Their Missions and Quo Vadis?. If you haven’t voted, go do it now! The top three books are the ones we will be providing study guides for and holding discussions for in our store and online.

Don’t forget to download summer reading coloring sheets for your kids as well! Our sheet this year is for the Year of the Priest.

Catholic Summer Reading Winners

Ian — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:46:09 +0000

The votes are in and we have our winners:

Swimming With Scapulars

The Man Who Was Thursday

Canticle For Leibowitz

We are working on study questions for Swimming With Scapulars but questions for the other two winners can be downloaded at Catholic Summer Reading.

If You Don’t Vote, You Can’t Complain!

Ian — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:45:16 +0000

Here are the latest voting results for the summer reading program. If you haven’t voted, you have until Sunday morning! So what are you waiting for? Vote now.

A Good Summary of Cosmas, or the Love of God

Ian — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:27:36 +0000

Over at People of the Book.

And some information on the author.

Let People Know!

Ian — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:47:40 +0000

If you are planning on holding a book discussion at your store, parish or other location, you can now enter it at the Summer Reading Site. People can also search for locations in their area.

If you haven’t voted yet for the three books you want to read this summer, what are you waiting for?

Summer Reading Interview on EWTN

Ian — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:48:42 +0000

You can listen to the interview here.

Choose the Official Catholic Books of Summer

Ian — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:08:49 +0000

Don’t forget to vote!

Organize a Summer Reading Group

Ian — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:29:17 +0000

Okay folks, we now have a form on the Catholic Summer Reading site that will let you submit your group’s location. Later this week people will be able to search for groups in their vicinity and see them on a Google map. Once we know what the winning books are, you will be able to add a schedule to your location so people know when you will be holding discussions.

Catholic Summer Reading For Bloggers

Ian — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 02:13:15 +0000

The summer reading site has been updated with blogging tools. You can now submit a feed if you are planning on discussing the books on your site. Our site will display the last fifty posts. You can also subscrib e to an aggregate feed of all the sites involved in the discussion. Have fun!