The Blessed Virgin Mary is uniquely associated with Catholicism, and the century preceding the Second Vatican Council was arguably the most fertile era for Catholic Marian studies. In 1964, Pope John Paul VI published the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, or Lumen Gentium (LG), the eighth chapter of which presents the most comprehensive magisterial teaching on the Blessed Virgin Mary. As part of its Marian Initiative, the Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame invited scholars to a conference held at Notre Dame in October 2013 to reflect the rich Marian legacy on the eve of the Second Vatican Council. The essays unanimously stress that the Blessed Virgin Mary is not merely a peripheral figure in Christian faith and in the panorama of theology. More than fifty years after Lumen Gentium, students of theology as well as Marian devotees take their bearings from this document in order to promote the person of Mary and the study of Mariology, as well as grow in authenti...
A Grave Business is a mystery set in The French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. Xavier and Lincoln are teenage street entertainers, tap dancing for tourists to earn extra cash in the school holidays. When Xavier's dad is accidentally sent an email that contains a cryptic code, the boys set out to unravel the mystery. They uncover a series of clues leading them across the famous Mississippi River to the local cemetery where they suspect a major crime is about to take place. The teenage detectives soon attract the attention of the notorious Neville brothers who do their best to scare them off, but Xav and Linc are determined to solve the case. The story has some mildly creepy moments with references to voodoo and midnight adventures amongst the crypts and graves. Xav's habit of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time puts them in danger on more than one occasion, and almost reveals their investigations to the crooks behind the scam. Can the boys figure out the connection between the red pick-up truck, the local antique shop and a series of odd advertisements in the newspaper before it's too late? A Grave Business hums along nicely, with short chapters and a number of plot twists and hair-raising chase scenes to keep older readers interested. Reviewed by Jane O'Connell
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- Paperback | 116 pages
- 128.52 x 198.37 x 6.6mm | 127.01g
- 25 Jan 2018
- EJH Talent
- Australia
- English
- 0994457928
- 9780994457929
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