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Christopher Dawson, the greatest Catholic historian of
the twentieth century, remains the final authority on
the relation between religion and culture and is one of
the most original thinkers of the modern era.
The Annotated Quotable Dawson is a gateway to his work, offering
the reader a glimpse of the astonishing breadth
and depth of his learning and wisdom. Dawson’s
comments on a wide range of subjects confirm
Frank Sheed’s opinion that while Dawson had not
read everything, there was nothing it was safe to
assume he had not read.
Footnotes from the writings of Dawson’s contemporaries,
G.K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc, provide further insight
and perspective on matters of enduring importance to any reader
with a concern for the past and future of humanity.
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The rights of conscience are under increasing attack in Canada and the world from public authorities acting in the name of a debased conception of human freedom. This volume addresses issues of freedom of conscience from a medical perspective which also has general and universal significance. The four essays included here deal with historical, practical and theological aspects of the present crisis in the defense of rights of conscience. They originated in papers delivered at the first annual meeting of the Canadian Federation of Catholic Physicians' Societies held in Ottawa in May 2009.
The authors include:
- Dr. John Haas, president of the National Catholic Bioethics Centre, named by Pope Benedict XVI to serve as an Ordinary Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV).
- Dr. Douglas Farrow, associate professor of Christian Thought at McGill University, where he teaches theology and ethics and works also on religion and public policy issues.
- Dr. François Pouliot, medical doctor and Roman Catholic priest. He is the chair of the Research Ethics Committee at the Centre Hospitalier Affilé Universitaire de Québec.
- Dr. Maria Kraw, staff endocrinologist at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. She is the Bioethics coordinator for the Postgraduate Endocrine Training Program and an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.
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Canadian Converts is the first collection of conversion stories in Canadian literature.
Eleven contemporary Canadians relate the stories of their conversion to the Roman Catholic Church in brief, yet intimate and vivid self-portraits. From very diverse religious and social backgrounds those men and women trace their paths to Rome through a secular environment of indifference or hostility. Their courage is a testimony to the liberating power and unchanging attraction of the truth.
The authors include
- Conrad Black, financier and founding publisher of the National Post
- Kathy Clark, mother of six children and author of two novels for children
- Douglas Farrow, Professor of Christian Thought at McGill University and the father of five children
- Ian Hunter, Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Law at Western University and the author of biographies of Malcolm Muggeridge and Robert Burns
- Amy Lau, science teacher and the mother of five children
- Richard Neuhaus, priest and founding editor of the magazine First Things
- Eric Nicolai, priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei and an art historian
- Jonathan Robinson, founder and superior of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Toronto and the author of several works in philosophy and theology
- Jasbir Singh, software engineer and father of two children
- Lars Troide, Professor of English Literature at McGill University and father of two children
- David Warren, founding editor of The Idler, and columnist for the Ottawa Citizen
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Remembrance of the Future is a collection of essays on a wide range of topics by the foremost of Canadian catholic writers.
Michael D. O’Brien is a writer of penetrating spiritual insight and prophetic clarity. He is the author of Father Elijah and Island of the World.
In Remembrance of the Future, O’Brien addresses the manifold aspects of the mystery of evil as it afflicts the lives and religious practice of Catholics in Canada and the world. The stories are suffused with a transcendent hope, which has its grounds in the author’s unshakable faith.
According to Ralph McInery “This amazing writer has an elegiac style seasoned with wit and erudition and a mesmerizing vision of where we are and where we are going.”
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John Paul II was being called John Paul the Great even before he died. His life was amazing and his story has filled the pages of many books. This book is different. It is a collection of anecdotes about the man from the time he was a boy. Many readers have said they laughed out loud. They've cried. Find out why in this expanded second edition. Find out how the pope prayed. What were his high school grades? How did he escape death five times? What happened to one man who touched him?
According to Father Jim Whalen, former Canadian National Director of Priests For Life in Canada, "This was the best book for youth at the World Youth Day in Toronto. It was wonderful."
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Book Launch
November 3, 2009
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Justin Press held its first book launch at St. Patrick's Basilica in Ottawa on November 3, 2009 in a crowded hall of about one hundred people, including Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast.
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Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney also attended. Here he speaks with National Post columnist Fr. Raymond DeSouza, the evening's guest speaker.
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Justin Press publisher John Gay speaks with Fr. Raymond DeSouza, who wrote the introduction to Catholic Converts.
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Fr. Raymond DeSouza and Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast join Justin Press publishers Richard Bastien, John Gay and Patrick Meagher. Justin Press's Bill Craig was in England.
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