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61) Basilica
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
Brother Paul, formerly a Miami homicide cop, is brought to Rome to investigate the death of a priest who fell from the top of St. Peter's Basilica.
Publisher
Last Chance Video
Pub. Date
[2022?]
Language
English
Description
New seminary graduate Reverend Sam Whitehead receives his first assignment as pastor of his own church in Wood Falls, Kansas, and moves to the small town with his family, including his mother-in-law and brother-in-law, only to discover a building in need of major renovation and a town divided by a long-running feud between two important families; all Sam's effort to fix these problems only makes them worse.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Handsome appearance counts for naught unless matched by good character and actions. That's the firm opinion of not-so-meek minister's daughter Lavinia Ellison. So even though all the other villagers of St. Hampton Heath are swooning over the newly returned seventh Earl of Hawkesbury, she is not impressed. If a man won't take his responsibilities seriously and help those who are supposed to be able to depend on him, he deserves no respect from her....
65) Glamorous powers
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
English
Description
Jon Darrow, a man with psychic powers, is a man who has played many parts: a shady faith-healer; a naval chaplain, a passionate husband, an awkward father, an Anglo-Catholic monk. In 1940 Darrow returns to the world he once renounced, but faced with many unforeseen temptations he fails to control his psychic, most glamorous powers. Corruption lies in wait for him, and threatens not only his future as a priest but his happiness with Anne, the young...
66) Remember me
Author
Publisher
Center Point Publishing
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Sam Tibbits is a pastor with a broken spirit who must confront his lack of faith before he can be whole again.
Publisher
Kino International Corp
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
Swedish
Description
Gösta Berling, a defrocked priest , encounters a series of adventures and loves in his tumultuous journey to redemption. Along the way, he encounters the beautiful Elisabeth, played by Greta Garbo in her first major screen role.
Author
Language
English
Description
Perhaps Willa Cather's most autobiographical work, The Song of the Lark charts the story of a young woman's awakening as an artist against the backdrop of the western landscape. Thea Kronborg, an aspiring singer, struggles to escape from the confines her small Colorado town to the world of possibility in the Metropolitan Opera House. In classic Cather style, The Song of the Lark is the beautiful, unforgettable story of American determination and its...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Father Tim Kavanagh has been asked to "come up higher" more than once. But he's never been asked to do the impossible-until now. The retired Episcopal priest takes on the revival of a mountain church that's been closed for forty years. Meanwhile, in Mitford, he's sent on a hunt for hidden treasure, and two beloved friends are called to come up higher. As Father Tim finds, there are still plenty of heartfelt surprises, dear friends old and new, and...
Author
Series
Duke's sons volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Lord Randolph Gresham has an up and coming career in the Church, and has come to London for the season to find a wife. A feisty and dangerously attractive young woman who insists she'd never marry a clergyman keeps distracting him. This shouldn't be a problem--they'll just avoid each other. When they're forced to sing together, though, the duet is a deeply sensual experience. Verity Sinclair, daughter of the Dean of Chester Cathedral, hasn't changed...
74) The Englisher
Author
Series
Annie's people volume 2
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Annie Zook, the preacher's daughter, struggles to keep her promise to her father--to abandon her art for a full six months, but her intention to join the Amish church may be derailed by the attention of a handsome Englisher.
75) Vatican
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
c1986.
Language
English
Description
It is the world's oldest political power, a vast financial empire, and a maze-like bureaucracy -- and yet its sole purpose is to proclaim and effect Christian salvation. It is the Vatican, and only an insider could reveal its complex secrets; only a bestselling author could weave its many strands into the novel that captures its full sweep and drama. Vatican is a rich and monumental saga with a scope and daring that slice through the protective secrecy...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Proud first lady of a Southern Baptist megachurch, Trinitie Childs carries immense responsibility on her shoulders. After a scandal involving her husband, the church is forced to temporarily close, leaving Trinitie struggling to manage the aftermath. Now, she and her spouse must rebuild their congregation and reconcile their faith by all means necessary to make the biggest comeback that commodified religion has ever seen.
78) Adam Bede
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in the early nineteenth-century English countryside, an English squire yields to the temptations of an innocent country girl and crime, remorse, and suffering are the consequences.
79) Twist of faith
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of Tony Comes, a Toledo, Ohio, fireman, husband, and father, as he comes to terms with his molestation by a Catholic priest when he was a teenager.
Author
Series
Blackie Ryan mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Bishop Blackie Ryan is feeling more than a bit out of place on the USS "Langley, " an aircraft carrier on duty hundreds of miles from the nearest dry land. But the ship is in trouble - several of her crew have disappeared without explanation, and one dead officer has seemingly reappeared. The captain has a major problem on his hands. And the captain happens to be a relative of Blackie's boss, Cardinal Cronin. So Blackie, troubleshooter and problem...
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