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Bookwomble I'll be expecting a selfie with tonsured hair! 😄 (I'm naturally developing a monkish hairstyle! 👴) 2w

bibliothecarivs @Bookwomble I dress as Friar Tuck each Halloween and once my wife helped shave a tonsure, which is kind of difficult because I don't have much hair to begin with 😆 2w

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BethM

Good Enough Is Good Enough: Confessions of an Imperfect Catholic Mom | Colleen Duggan

so-so

This came highly suggested in a Google search. While I‘ve reconnected with my faith, That wasn‘t the draw. Just trying to learn to be a more present, less anxious and triggered mom. Just out here trying to break generational trauma- no easy task. This was honestly only ok. Pretty mediocre as parenting books go.

Avanders There‘s this book re breaking generational trauma I was looking at… have you read it?

It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle

BethM @Avanders I have not, but The body keeps the score has been referenced in a lot of my trauma informed trainings. 3w

Avanders Yes that‘s another one — I have it in the house somewhere but haven‘t read it yet either… 3w

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CourtneyA

Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust | Immaculee Ilibagiza

Started this book a couple of hours ago and I‘m more than halfway through. Absolutely cannot put it down. Man‘s inhumanity to man is beyond comprehension but so too can be man‘s resiliency when anchored in faith ❤️

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Bookwormjillk

If Nuns Ruled the World: Ten Sisters on a Mission | Jo Piazza

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Finished this one on the beach today and loved it. It‘s about nuns and their various social justice initiatives. I‘ve been pretty heavily involved with an environmental ministry this year and I am going to recommend all my tree hugger ladies read this empowering and motivating book.

(Beach is Cumberland National Seashore in Georgia. So worth the logistics involved!)

TheBookHippie I loved this book! 2mo

Bookwormjillk @TheBookHippie it was so good! I was surprised at how relatable it was. 2mo

TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk one of the social justice nuns we protest with recommended it to me. 2mo

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BethM

Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism | Scott Hahn

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Saw this recommended a bunch. Engaging and pretty solid.

MaureenMc I haven‘t read this one yet but it‘s on my shelf. 2mo

BethM @MaureenMc it definitely held my attention. I was raised Catholic and left, but am now coming back to my faith. Until recently I‘d never experienced anti Catholic sentiment so this perspective really captivated me. 2mo

MaureenMc @BethM I‘ve read Hahn‘s The Lamb‘s Supper & would recommend it. It seems that many of the current “famous” Catholics are converts who grew up with, or were at least surrounded by, anti-Catholic beliefs. I find their stories quite fascinating, actually. Godspeed on your journey. ❤️ 2mo

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GingerAntics

God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything | Christopher Hitchens

Sad but true.
#GodIsNotGreat #ChristopherHitchens #ireland #sectarianism #catholic #protestant #religion #atheism #belfast

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mobill76

Holy Moments: A Handbook for the Rest of Your Life | Matthew Kelly

This was my gift from the local church. It passed the censors by being an unimaginative tattoo of the idea that "the Messiah is among you. Choose to make each moment holy." That's not how it works. Nobody cares. I am evil but I could choose to be good. So what? Tell me a story, like... The Five People (YMiH). Give me a vision of how life might work and how my choices affect things. This is a common flaw in "inspirational" literature. No story.

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