Reviews for Catholic Youth Ministry: The Essential Documents

The average rating for Catholic Youth Ministry: The Essential Documents based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-06-15 00:00:00 Timothy Golba I read 1933 edition of this book. I understand that it was reprinted. The current publisher of this book removed sections from another book that I read; so, I do not know whether the current edition of this book is the same as the one I read. I found it interesting that the problems in Fr. Leen's days (disconnect between faith and secular life/no use of faith in aspects other than religion) are the same problems we still have today. Here is one quote from the book that has stuck with me: "There is always continuity in God's plan. He could not have meant that the life of man in time and the life of man in eternity should be of two distinct patterns artificially joined together.... As long as man is man, what makes him happy *as man* must always be the same thing essentially. If a rational creature whilst on earth, must live something of the same life or be unhappy. Men cannot be happy in two specifically distinct ways. He is certainly happy in heaven. There is, then, no possibility for him of achieving happiness on earth, unless he can anticipate in time the conditions of eternity."

Review # 2 was written on 2010-05-06 00:00:00 Morlene Cohn I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!