Most people happily participate in Halloween, St. Patrick's Day and Valentine's Day with very little knowledge of the origins and meanings of those days. Greg Tobin explains the often unknown and untold origins of holidays and annualcelebrations that bind our society and give color and spiritual content to our lives. . GREG TOBIN The author of several books on the Catholic Church, Tobin was the editor of The Catholic Advocate , the 115,000-circulation biweekly newspaper of the Archdiocese of Newark, and for the past five years he has been the senior adviser for communications at Seton Hall University, USA. During the April 2005 papal transition, Tobin appeared frequently on national radio and TV programs as an expert commentator on the popes and the papal election process. His book Selecting the Pope was widely used as an authoritative resource on thesubject by journalists and quoted in the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times , as well as the Associated Press and other news outlets. INDICE: Preface - PART I: WINTER - Advent - Christmas - New Year's, Epiphany, and Presentation - St. Valentine's, St. Patrick's, and St. Joseph's Days -Essay: The Liturgical Year - PART II: SPRING - Lent - Holy Week and Easter Triduum - Easter Sunday and Season - Mother's Day and Month of Mary - Essay: TheGregorian Calendar - PART III: SUMMER - Ascension, Pentecost, and Father's Day - Ordinary Time - Secular and Sacred Summer Holidays - Essay: Sundays and Weekends - PARY IV: FALL - Halloween - All Saints and All Souls Days - Thanksgiving and Christ the King Sunday - Essay: Post-Vatican II Changes in Calendar - Afterword - Appendices - Bibliography - Acknowledgments - Index -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-10487-7
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha Publicación: 15/03/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido