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8/28/11 4:39 PM

Life Is Too Short: Stories of Transformation and Renewal After 9/11, by Wendy Stark Healy is a 14-chapter collection of personal narratives of how contributors lives were changed in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in New York City. Healys stories of renewal and faith, of the normal people who used the gifts they were given to make the world a better place, show readers the strength and power in helping one another and give a roadmap for building a future of tolerance and peace. To give a flavor of the volumes content, Chapter 10 tells the story of how the ministry of NY Fire Department Chaplain, Father Mychal Judge, OFM, transformed the lives of Lynch-Hickey family. Shannon Hickey, who received a liver transplant at the age of 11 months and was 11 years old when the WTC attack took place, initiated a ministry in 2002 called Mychals Message, a non-profit organization that provides socks and other needed items to the poor. Shannons mother, KellyAnn Lynch became a Secular Franciscan in 2009, and wrote a book about Father Judge, titled, He Said Yes. Available for $12.95 from iUniverse, 1663 Liberty Dr., Bloomington, IN 47403. Tel: (800) 288-4677. Web site: www.iuniverse.com.

In A New Introduction to the Synoptic Gospels, Jesuit Father Roland Meynet offers an entirely new perspective on the study of the Synoptic Gospels. Meynet utilizes the rhetorical method of analysis to study composition of the synoptic gospels as they were written and makes it possible to understand them in systematic and unexpected ways. This is a scholarly work that utilizes comparison charts and images to get its point across. Father Meynet is a leading proponent of the rhetorical method of biblical analysis. Available for a special Internet offer of $35.19 from Convivium Press, 7661 N.W. 68th St., Suite 108. Miami, FL 33166. Tel (786) 866-9718. Fax: (305) 887-5463. E-mail: sales@conviviumpress.com. Web site: www.conviviumpress.com.

In The Challenge and Spirituality of Catholic Social Teaching (Revised Edition), Marvin L. Krier Mich weaves together the biblical tradition and the wisdom of Catholic social teaching with the stories of saints and spiritual leaders, contemporary and historical. These witnesses and martyrs invite us into that same process of transformation and discipleship. The revised and updated edition focuses on key themes of Catholic social teaching: valuing all creationwhich we are part of human dignityhow it is intrinsic to all the need for communityand what it does for us the option for the poorwhat it is and why it is so important human rights and responsibilitiesto ourselves, one another, our world the dignity of workand fairness to all workers and the need for solidarityparticularly in issues of war and peace.

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