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Offline Cera

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Any ideas for a good book for a Catholic teen? Against our wishes, he has been put in a public school and has told me he is unhappy with the anti-Catholic bias in his history and other classes. He's 15 and wants to defend his faith. He is aware of the lies about the Crusades and Saint Junipero Serra.
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Re: idea for a good book for bright Catholic 15 year old boy in public school
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2018, 12:15:30 PM »
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  • First:  My Catholic Faith.  My niece was in the same "boat" at age 18 and we gave her this book, and she testifies to this day at age 40, that it was a great help.  Can be found with books on Amazon.com  Also Forgotten books, there is an archive of books to read for free on computer.



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    Re: idea for a good book for bright Catholic 15 year old boy in public school
    « Reply #3 on: November 24, 2018, 06:30:17 PM »
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  • Thank you Songbird and Mater Dominici, I will look into these books.
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    Re: idea for a good book for bright Catholic 15 year old boy in public school
    « Reply #4 on: November 24, 2018, 08:14:20 PM »
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  • Catholic Apologetics by Fr. John Laux, M.A.:
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    No Catholic should pass beyond the age of 16 without being able to answer clearly, both to himself and to others, the challenges of those who do not believe in the existence of God, of Christ or the teachings of the Catholic Church. In this compact book, Fr John Laux gives both the student and the adult reader dozens of excellent, well reasoned answers to the classic objections against the Catholic Faith. He covers all the fundamental truths of the Faith. Providing both facts and sound logical reasoning for every question he considers. Every Catholic should have a firm grounding regarding the reasonableness of his beliefs, lest he fall victim to the superficial objections of of the world which have been refuted over and over again for years, even for centuries. From this book, the reader will derive the confidence that there are not only answers, but excellent, thought provoking, logical answers to any and all difficulties abut the Faith which may arise. Fr Laux's presentation is thus a powerful tool to help souls hold fast with firm confidence to their Faith which time and again has proved to be the bulwark of sanity in this world, as well as the inestimable Pearl of Great Price for which true believers will sacrifice anything to possess.
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    Re: idea for a good book for bright Catholic 15 year old boy in public school
    « Reply #5 on: November 24, 2018, 09:45:19 PM »
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  • Radio Replies (3 vols)

    Or suggest the Radio Replies and That Catholic Church texts from:
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120208080927/http://jloughnan.tripod.com/portal.htm

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    Re: idea for a good book for bright Catholic 15 year old boy in public school
    « Reply #6 on: November 24, 2018, 11:17:35 PM »
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  • Radio Replies (3 vols)

    Or suggest the Radio Replies and That Catholic Church texts from:
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120208080927/http://jloughnan.tripod.com/portal.htm
    As a child I and the rest of the family used to sit glued to the radio on a Sunday evening to listen to Dr Rumble. He was brilliant. 
    But a word of warning about this particular collection. Would that it consisted only of Dr Rumble's talks. Unfortunately Dr Rumble's legacy is in the hands of ʝʊdɛօ-christians. 
    Observe the collection on Islam, none of which are by Dr R, then compare with the section
    on judaism.
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    Let it be what God has planned, His new Eden where You reign.

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    Re: idea for a good book for bright Catholic 15 year old boy in public school
    « Reply #7 on: November 24, 2018, 11:24:45 PM »
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  • Lectures for Boys 

    By Rev. Francis Cuthbert Doyle, O.S.B.
    3 volumes.
    If anyone says that true and natural water is not necessary for baptism and thus twists into some metaphor the words of our Lord Jesus Christ" Unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Spirit" (Jn 3:5) let him be anathema.


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    « Reply #8 on: November 24, 2018, 11:51:26 PM »
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  • Directing Boys and Students

    Imprimatur: James A. McNulty, Bishop of Paterson, 1956
    If anyone says that true and natural water is not necessary for baptism and thus twists into some metaphor the words of our Lord Jesus Christ" Unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Spirit" (Jn 3:5) let him be anathema.

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    Re: idea for a good book for bright Catholic 15 year old boy in public school
    « Reply #9 on: November 25, 2018, 01:21:44 PM »
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  • The very fact that he has asked for such a book is a good sign.  He is a young man with a backbone, a rare commodity in our time.

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    Re: idea for a good book for bright Catholic 15 year old boy in public school
    « Reply #10 on: November 25, 2018, 09:03:01 PM »
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  • As a child I and the rest of the family used to sit glued to the radio on a Sunday evening to listen to Dr Rumble. He was brilliant.
    But a word of warning about this particular collection. Would that it consisted only of Dr Rumble's talks. 
    I found that page from the library section of this site.
    For just Dr. Rumble's books:
    https://web.archive.org/web/20140818155109/http://jloughnan.tripod.com/rumblemain.htm


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    Help of Christians, guard our land from assault or inward stain,
    Let it be what God has planned, His new Eden where You reign.