A link and a special offter...

There is an interesting article over at Godspy.com about Dorothy Day, her spirituality and lay apostolate, (here).

Requiem Press is running a 10-day special: Buy Russell Shaw's "Catholic Laity in the Mission of the Church" at regular price and get John Meehan's "Two Towers-the de-Christianizaton of America and a Plan for Renewal" at half price. These two book are really complimentary.

John Meehan considers first the crisis in the Church in America from a historical point of view- in his own words, "this book uncovers the deep-seated historical and cultural roots of the crisis in the Catholic Church in America". He then proposes, especially to the bishops, a three-step proposal which considers a reform and renewal of Catechesis, the Liturgy, and the vocation of the laity.

Of course Russell Shaw, in his book, considers in detail this last-that is the vocation of the laity. Mr. Shaw also takes a historical approach, tracing the role of the laity in the Church from apostolic times to the present, with a look and suggestion for the future.