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  • Episode 243: Dr. Marianne Siegmund on her book The Metaphysics of Martyrdom (January 21, 2026)

    Episode 243: Dr. Marianne Siegmund on her book The Metaphysics of Martyrdom (January 21, 2026)
    Jan 22 2026
    In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Dr. Marianne Siegmund on her book The Metaphysics of Martyrdom (January 21, 2026)

    In The Metaphysics of Martyrdom, J. Marianne Siegmund explores the mystery of witness through death as a metaphysical act of fidelity to truth, goodness, and beauty. Drawing upon Scripture, St. Thomas Aquinas, and St. John Paul II, she reveals martyrdom as a profound participation in being itself—where the human person’s free will, grace, and dignity converge in love. A luminous philosophical-theological meditation on suffering, sanctity, and divine reality.

    The Metaphysics of Martyrdom by J. Marianne Siegmund | En Route Books and Media
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    58 m
  • Episode 242: Judy Foy on her book Comfort: Meeting God in Grief (January 20, 2026)

    Episode 242: Judy Foy on her book Comfort: Meeting God in Grief (January 20, 2026)
    Jan 21 2026
    In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Judy Foy on her book Comfort: Meeting God in Grief (January 20, 2026)

    Find Hope and Healing Through Contemplative Prayer After LossWhen grief leaves you questioning everything, including your faith, Comfort: Meeting God in Grief offers a gentle way back to spiritual connection. This unique 52-week devotional combines contemplative prayer practices with grief healing principles, creating space for both mourning and spiritual growth.What makes this book different:
    • Addresses God's presence in grief—often missing from secular grief support
    • Emphasizes moving forward and healing, not just surviving loss
    • Integrates Visio Divina and Lectio Divina with creative expression exercises
    • Written by a certified Grief Educator who understands loss personally
    Author Judy Foy believes that nature points us toward understanding God, and that true healing comes from integrating our losses into our lives rather than trying to overcome them. Each weekly reflection includes practical prayer guidance, spiritual exercises, and creative prompts designed to help you process grief while deepening your relationship with God.Perfect for those new to contemplative prayer or returning to faith after loss, this book provides a structured yet gentle approach to spiritual formation during one of life's most challenging seasons.

    Comfort: Meeting God in Grief: Foy, Judy: 9798286913442: Amazon.com: Books
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    1 h y 2 m
  • Episode 241: Suzanne Cruz on her book The Schoolie (January 20, 2026)

    Episode 241: Suzanne Cruz on her book The Schoolie (January 20, 2026)
    Jan 20 2026
    In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Suzanne Cruz on her book The Schoolie: Observations on Life through the Window of a School Bus (January 20, 2026)

    Have you ever loved your family deeply and still wondered how any of you survived each other?The Schoolie is a warm, witty, and deeply reflective coming-of-age memoir told through the “window” of a schoolie (the nickname for a converted school bus). In Becca’s big Italian Catholic family, that bus becomes “Camp-a-lot”: part road trip machine, part rolling family circus, part accidental classroom for everything you do not learn at Mass.Inside Camp-a-lot, faith and chaos share the same bench seat.One minute you are having a genuine spiritual moment as the Grand Canyon rolls past in all its glory. The next minute, someone is sticking their head out the window screaming “Help me!” just to watch Mom panic and Dad hit the brakes. One minute you are trying to be holy. The next you are discovering that “urban navigation language” (also known as Dad’s creative profanity) is apparently required to drive a bus-sized beast through America.This is family life as it really is: noisy, loving, ridiculous, and formative.The name Camp-a-lot is no accident. It playfully echoes Camelot, King Arthur’s shining ideal of honor, loyalty, and righteousness. Camelot was beautiful, and yet it still fell. And as Becca grows up and looks back from adulthood, she begins to notice the same pattern closer to home: families can be built with noble intentions, then slowly worn down by human weakness, irresponsibility, spite, and time.Which leads to the question at the heart of this book: If goodness gets torn down so often… why bother building anything at all?The Schoolie answers with the kind of hope that does not deny reality. It offers refreshing, family-oriented humor alongside hard-earned insight, and it lands on a simple truth echoed by Pope John Paul II: you bother because it matters. You love, you create, you try, even when you know life can be messy.Who this book is for
    • Readers who love funny, heartfelt family memoirs that still go somewhere meaningful
    • Anyone raised with faith, tradition, and big personalities (especially Catholic families)
    • Readers who want humour with substance, not trauma for shock value
    • Anyone who has ever thought, “My family should come with a user manual”
    Why this book is unique
    • A converted school bus is not just a setting; it is a brilliant metaphor for growing up
    • It blends nostalgic comedy with spiritual reflection (without preaching)
    • It captures the universal: sibling chaos, family legends, and the strange holiness of ordinary life
    • It tells the truth with warmth, including the kind of laughter you need in a too-serious world
    The Schoolie isn’t really about a bus. It is about what carried you then, what shaped you, and what still carries you now: memory, faith, family, and the stubborn decision to keep building even when things fall apart.If you are craving a memoir with heart, meaning, and genuinely refreshing family humor, come aboard. The journey matters.

    The Schoolie: Observations on Life through the Window of a School Bus by Suzanne Cruz | En Route Books and Media
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  • Episode 240: Suzanne Bilodeau on her book She Loved: Resting in the Beauty of Motherhood (January 14, 2026)

    Episode 240: Suzanne Bilodeau on her book She Loved: Resting in the Beauty of Motherhood (January 14, 2026)
    Jan 20 2026
    In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Suzanne Bilodeau on her book She Loved: Resting in the Beauty of Motherhood (January 14, 2026)

    Motherhood is a beautiful vocation, rich in love and mercy, where little souls are nurtured and guided to intimately know the source of love himself. But what if mothers are not shown how to guide these little souls? After turning to source after source offered by the world, mothers can feel depleted, isolated, and insecure, leaving them unsure of how to love well as they lose sight of motherhood's profound and eternal impact.

    She Loved: Resting in the Beauty of Motherhood offers mothers something different. Here, women will find the words and experiences of seasoned mothers— Catholic women who are living witnesses of God's love. Each contributor has composed a letter as if she were writing it to her younger mother self, offering powerful lessons learned and vulnerable experiences shared. Guided by the description of love in 1 Corinthians 13, these mothers' words provide solidarity, hope, and inspiration in the vocation of motherhood.

    This beautiful coffee table book is filled with stunning photographic images that capture the beauty and the reality of motherhood alike. As mothers read through this beautiful book, they will find hope and encouragement from contributors:

    • Alicia Hernon
    • Beth Sri
    • Bonnie Landry
    • Carrie Daunt
    • Christine Dudley
    • Christine Hanus
    • Debbie Herbeck
    • Dorothy Pilarski
    • Elizabeth Foss
    • Emily Jaminet
    • Heather Voccola
    • Heidi Bratton
    • Laura Phelps
    • Lisa Brenninkmeyer
    • Mary Lenaburg

    You do not have to journey through motherhood alone.

    Take heart, and rest in the beauty of motherhood alongside a village of Catholic women who have gone before you.

    She Loved: Resting in the Beauty of Motherhood: Suzanne Bilodeau: 9781935940418: Amazon.com: Books
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    1 h y 1 m
  • Episode 239: Ed Uszynski on his book Away Game: A Christian Parent’s Guide to Navigating Youth Sports (January 14, 2026)

    Episode 239: Ed Uszynski on his book Away Game: A Christian Parent’s Guide to Navigating Youth Sports (January 14, 2026)
    Jan 20 2026
    In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Ed Uszynski on his book co-authored with Brian Smith entitled Away Game: A Christian Parent’s Guide to Navigating Youth Sports (January 14, 2026)

    Transform the competitive sports field into a discipleship opportunity as you help your young athlete become not just a better player but a devoted follower of God.

    If we don’t own the process of discipling our kids as they play sports, sports culture will do it for us. But as parents, we can get so consumed with our young athletes’ physical development that we miss the opportunities athletics provide to help them grow spiritually. Away Game challenges us to be more than spectators on the sidelines of our kids’ spiritual lives. Discover how to:

    • Leverage sports as a platform for instilling biblical values in kids and teens.
    • Keep joy, play, and gratitude at every level of your child’s athletic experience.
    • Use sports involvement as an opportunity to strengthen your relationship with your child—from car-ride conversations to post-game processing.
    • Spark faith-based discussions about sport-culture challenges such as handling pressure, dealing with failure, and being a next-level teammate.
    • Counter the toxic elements of today’s youth sports culture by cultivating kingdom virtues like self-control, humility, and peace—in yourself and your kids.

    Away Game empowers you to embrace the role of spiritual mentor throughout your child’s athletic journey as you recognize—in the margins of every practice or game—winning opportunities for spiritual growth.

    Away Game: A Christian Parent’s Guide to Navigating Youth Sports: Smith, Brian, Uszynski, Ed: 9780830788361: Amazon.com: Books

    See also The Christian Athlete
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    47 m
  • Episode 238: Diane Owens on Walking with Jesus to Jerusalem: A Lenten Pilgrimage of Hope (January 13, 2026)

    Episode 238: Diane Owens on Walking with Jesus to Jerusalem: A Lenten Pilgrimage of Hope (January 13, 2026)
    Jan 14 2026
    In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Diane Owens on her book Walking with Jesus to Jerusalem: A Lenten Pilgrimage of Hope.

    Walking with Jesus to Jerusalem: A Lenten Pilgrimage of Hope is an invitation to deepen your relationship with Jesus during this jubilee year when Pope Francis calls us to be “Pilgrims of Hope.”

    Each day of this unique photographic pilgrimage you’ll gaze at a crucifix or sacred artwork from the U.S. and the Holy Land guided by spiritual director Diane Amento Owens. Included with each photo is a Scripture passage, reflection, prayer, and suggested action to deepen your spiritual journey from Ash Wednesday through the Easter Octave.

    Throughout this Lenten devotional, Owens weaves elements of her grief journey after losing her daughter to brain cancer. She also draws on her experience accompanying others who are grieving or struggling with life’s challenges.

    Whether you’re bearing your own cross or helping someone else carry theirs, this Lenten journey will remind you that Jesus accompanies you in your struggles, and you can rest in the hope that death is not the end of the story.

    This devotional can also be your companion of hope whenever you carry heavy burdens or your own cross seems unbearable. Gazing at Jesus on his cross is not just for Lent.

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DSCJQMDL

    Visit Diane online at https://dianeowens.com/
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    1 h y 7 m
  • Episode 237: Dr. Paul Fox on his book A Boy-Sized Cross: St. Louis Ibaraki (December 30, 2025)

    Episode 237: Dr. Paul Fox on his book A Boy-Sized Cross: St. Louis Ibaraki (December 30, 2025)
    Jan 9 2026
    In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Dr. Paul Fox on his book A Boy-Sized Cross: St. Louis Ibaraki, the Youngest of Nagasaki's Twenty-Six Martyrs.

    In a time when being Catholic in Japan could cost you everything, ten-year-old Louis Ibaraki has more questions than answers. Orphaned, proud, and struggling to trust, Louis is thrown into a world of strange Latin prayers, secret Masses, and quiet heroism. Then he meets Maxium Tayeka—a swordsmith's son with a steady heart and a quiet strength—and everything begins to change.

    As the two grow in faith and friendship, so does the danger around them. When Japan's rulers turn against the Church, Louis and Maximus must decide what they believe—and how far they are willing to go to stand for it.

    Based on the true story of St. Louis Ibaraki, the youngest of the Twenty-Six Martyrs of Nagasaki, A Boy-Sized Cross is a gripping historical novel of courage, sacrifice, and the surprising power of childlike faith.

    This is not just a story about dying for Christ. It's a story about living for him—even when the world tells you not to.

    https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Sized-Cross-Paul-Fox/dp/1594175640
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    49 m
  • Episode 236: Francis Etheredge and Elizabeth Rex on The Zygote of Christ & The Mystery of Man (December 30, 2025)

    Episode 236: Francis Etheredge and Elizabeth Rex on The Zygote of Christ & The Mystery of Man (December 30, 2025)
    Jan 9 2026
    In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Francis Etheredge and Elizabeth Rex on The Zygote of Christ & The Mystery of Man.

    A profound exploration of human ensoulment and personhood at the moment of conception, this bioethical and theological work reveals how the mystery of Christ’s incarnation as a one-cell zygote, from the first instant of His conception, can advance and illuminate the mystery of man. Drawing from Scripture, Tradition, Church documents, science, philosophy, and theology, The Zygote of Christ & The Mystery of Man defends human conception and embryonic life as an icon of the Mystery of God’s Creation and the Mystery of the Incarnation of Christ, emphasizing man’s (male and female) personal and relational identity with the Blessed Trinity as well as the mysterious co-participation of man (male and female) in God’s creative love at the conception of every human person.

    https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/zygoteofchrist/
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    55 m