Letters to a Young Catholic

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In this remarkable exploration of the Catholic world, prominent Catholic author and papal biographer George Weigel offers a luminous collection of letters to young Catholics, not-so-young Catholics, and curious souls who wonder what it means to be Catholic today. Weigel takes readers on an epistolary tour of Catholic landmarks—from Chartres Cathedral to St. Mary's Church in Greenville, South Carolina; from the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem to G.K. Chesterton's favorite pub in Oxford; and from the grave of a modern martyr in Warsaw to the Sistine Chapel. Weaving together insights from history, literature, theology, and music, Weigel illuminates the beliefs that give Catholicism its distinctive texture and explores the theological importance of grace, prayer, vocation, sin and forgiveness, suffering, and—most importantly—love. Revised and updated with five new “tour stops,” Letters to a Young Catholic will inspire not only the young generation of Catholics whose World Youth Day celebrations have launched an era of renewal for the Church, but also the faithful, the doubtful, and the searchers of every age.;Baltimore and Milledgeville : acquiring the "habit of being" -- The Papal Basilica of St. Peter's, Rome : the Scavi and the grittiness of Catholicism -- St. Catherine's Monastery, Mt. Sinai / the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem : the face of Christ -- The Dormition Abbey, Jerusalem : Mary and discipleship -- The Oratory, Birmingham, England : Neuman and "liberal" religion -- The Olde Cheshire Cheese, London : Chesterton's Pub and the ladder of love -- The Sistine Chapel, Rome : body language, God-talk, and the visible invisible -- St. Mary's Church, Greenville, South Carolina : why and how we pray -- St. Stanislaw Kostka Churchyard, Warsaw / the Metropolitan Curia, Krak̤w : how vocations change history -- The North American College Mausoleum, Campo Verano, Rome : the hardest questions -- The Hill of Crosses, `iauliai, Lithuania / the Basilica of St. Bartholomew on Tiber Island, Rome : the new martyrs and us -- Cell 18, block11, KL_Auschwitz : the mystery of evil -- Chartes Cathedral, France : what beauty teaches us -- King's College Chapel, Cambridge / Ely Cathedral : the secularization puzzle -- The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City : inculturation and the new evangelization -- The Old Cathedral, Baltimore : freedom for excellence -- St. Patrick's Church, Soho, London : why orthodoxy, liturgy, service, and work for justice go together -- The Basilica of the Holy Trinity, Krak̤w : on not being alone.