Author Archives: AJ Cattapan
Cath-Lit Live! Episode #48 – Maria Riley
In Book 2 of Adventures with the Saints, Joshua, Luke, and Becca are enjoying summer when an elderly neighbor falls and hurts herself. The kids desperately want to help, but they are told over and over that they are too … Continue reading
Cath-Lit Live! Episode #47 – Amanda Lauer
A boy in ancient Israel, a girl in modern-day America, a young man in the far future; a dozen teenagers in different settings. What do they all have in common? Each of these otherwise unrelated young people is presented with … Continue reading
Cath-Lit Live! Episode #46 – Lisa M. Hendey
Embark on a whimsical journey to encounter and protect the majesty of Earth. With a call to simple but impactful action, this book invites young readers to serve as caretakers for the natural world around them. With a gentle, rhyming … Continue reading
Cath-Lit Live! Episode #45 – Stephanie Landsem
In the summer of 1933, a man named Adolf Hitler is the new and powerful anti-Semitic chancellor of Germany. But in Los Angeles, no-nonsense secretary Liesl Weiss has concerns much closer to home. The Great Depression is tightening its grip, … Continue reading
Cath-Lit Live Episode #44 – Kimberly Novak
Adventure awaits as Bella the caterpillar discovers hidden treasures in secret places! Bella the caterpillar leads a happy and content life in her tree in the Royal Forest. However, one terrifying night, Bella is uprooted by a sudden storm, carrying … Continue reading
Cath-Lit Live Episode #43 – Cathy Gilmore
The latest storybook in Cathy Gilmore’s Tiny Virtue Heroes series is now available. Parents will be delighted to meet the newest “character who empowers character in kids”! Buzzin’ About Cousins tells the story of Mary and Elizabeth at the Visitation … Continue reading
Cath-Lit Live Episode #42 – Allison Gingras
Allison Gingras shares how blessings, prayers, devotions, and objects such as rosaries and scapulars, also known as sacramentals—which prepare us to receive the grace of the sacraments— transformed her faith. In Encountering Signs of Faith, Gingras shares the story of … Continue reading
Cath-Lit Live Episode #41 – Andrea Bear
Two years after the death of her mother, forty-year-old Frankie Waters reluctantly joins a parish book club to prove to her family she is coming out of her grief-like state. While engaging with the eclectic women who drink wine and … Continue reading
Cath-Lit Live Episode #40 guest Marge Steinhage Fenelon
In 1859 on the Door County Peninsula of northeast Wisconsin, Mary appeared three times to a young Belgian woman named Adele Brise. She identified herself as the Queen of Heaven and gave Adele instructions to teach the children their catechism, … Continue reading
Cath-Lit Live Episode #39 guest Antony Barone Kolenc
In this thrilling installment of the award-winning Harwood Mysteries series, Xan leaves the Abbey for far-away Lincoln to apprentice with his uncle. But he quickly learns that all is not well. Uncle William has fallen in debt to a heartless … Continue reading