Robert Royal (President of the Faith & Reason Institute in Washington DC) wrote a review of "Catholic Laity in the Mission of the Church") for the 9 December 2005 NCR(eporter). Unfortunately susbscription is needed to view the column entitled, "Pondering the meaning of lay vocation." It does not appear that RequiemPress is mentioned as the publisher (from the copy I received-I am not a subscriber). However this may explain (along with the December crisis Magazine excerpt of the book) why since Friday, Russell Shaw's "Catholic Laity" has twice climbed on the Amazon.com sales rank from the several hundred thousand range to the lofty heights of the low 20 thousands....

Anyway, here's a couple of lines from the review:

One of Mr. Shaw's rare qualities is that he does not fit into any neat ideological framework...There is much to ponder in the story he tells and the recommendation he makes. If you are truly interested in light, rather than heat, on these difficult questions, it is worth spending a few contemplative hours with Russell Shaw.