OurSundayVistor's Catholic Almanac

Our Sunday Visitor's Catholic Almanac 2008 (Our Sunday Visitor's Catholic Almanac) The one-stop shopping for a thumb-nail sketch of the Catholic faith. Includes biographies of saints, and lay/clerical persons, the world's nations and percentage of Catholics in each. Also serves as a "World Almanac" key to catholics and their beliefs and cross-generational materials for non-catholics. Describes in enough detail clerical and religious orders, their founders and mission fields. And the outreach of the faith in relation to other Christian and non-Christian belief systems. artemus@temple.

an extremely helpful church encyclopedia, including up-to-date information on people, the pope's writings, encyclicals, and curia, travels, etc.

it is just what I wanted, an up todate review of the Catholic Church

This book is filled with historical information as well as current information for Catholics. I am going to try to get one every year.

Need the name or biography of an American bishop or a cardinal? How about a list of Beatifications by Pope John Paul II? Or perhaps information on Catholic colleges, religious movements, or the Catholic Press? How about a Reader's Digest-condensed version of Pope John Paul II's encyclicals?Whatever Catholic bit of information you are seeking, the chances are pretty good that Our Sunday Visitor's 2001 Almanac will have what you are looking for.Next to my dictionary it is one of the most used books sitting on my shelf. Updated annually, it provides addresses, phone numbers, and web addresses to all things Catholic.The 2001 edition also features special Jubilee year coverage, in-depth coverage of the revelation of the "Third Secret" of Fatima, extensive coverage of the Pope's trip to the Holy Land, articles in defense of Pope Pius XII, the Vatican list of the greatest films, and much more.Whether you're a Catholic student, writer, professor, or lay person you will find this small book indispensable in your work.