Talks on Devotion

I'm excited about this discovery. At EWTN, we can download a series of audio talks by Fr. Benedict Groeschel on the subject of Devotion to Christ.

Here is where you find them:
http://www.ewtn.com/vondemand/audio/file_index.asp?SeriesId=6120&pgnu

Sr. Pat of Joy Notes

Sister Patricia, who writes a daily post called Joy Notes, gives a link today to a short radio interview in which she is asked how families can deal with things like the Virginia Tech shootings, and let go of anger. She is also asked about how she decided to become a nun. You can enjoy this brief interview at the link below. The volume is a little low, so you may need to crank up the volume on your own sound system.
http://confession101.com/radio/flradio.mp3

To read Sister's daily blog, using your screen reader or screen magnification, you can go to:
http://franciscancards.com/carday.shtml

Saint Francis - from the Library of Congress

Here are some books from the Library of Congress about the great and gentle St. Francis of Assisi. (The URL for the Library of Congress is: http://www.loc.gov/nls/)

The books I myself have read and liked are the Little Flowers of Assisi, and Francis, the Poor Man of Assisi (both of which I read too long ago to give a book review at the moment). But I've certainly also heard good things of Louis De Wohl. And G.K. Chesterton is one of the greatest English-speaking writers. Deep, but excellent.

The Joyful Beggar, by Louis De Wohl, Tape: RC54405;
The Little Flowers, by St. Francis of Assisi, Braille: BRA13113;
The Wolf of Gubbio, by Michael Bedard, Braille: BRA18868;
Francis, the Poor Man of Assisi, by Tomie De Paolo, (Grades 3-6), Tape: RC21779;
St. Francis of Assisi, by G.K. Chesterton, Tape: RC13594;
St. Francis of Assisi, by G.K. Chesterton, Braille: BRA09718.

If you are a print-reading parent of a visually impaired high school student, you might be interested in a study guide for Chesterton's book about St. Francis of Assisi. There is a guide written by Mrs. Nancy Brown available through her blog at:
http://mrsnancybrown.blogspot.com

Xavier Society for the Blind

Xavier Society for the Blind provides free Catholic magazines and Catholic books on loan to people who are blind or legally blind. These are available in Braille or on tape. They do not have a website. You may call to get a form to use to get enrolled.

Xavier Society for the Blind
1-212-473-7800
154 East 23rd St
New York NY 10010

Free Catholic E-Books

If you have Acrobat Adobe reader (or if you want to download it), you can use any of the books on this new site. It looks like they have about 100 books to offer. It's very easy. You just click on a book and the pdf file pops up.

Included are the Douay Rheims Bible, Butler's Lives of the Saints, The Story of a Soul (the autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux). There are also books by G. K. Chesterton and Thomas Aquinas, and many others.