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Discovering St. Alphonsus Liguori, by Casey Chalk – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Discovering St. Alphonsus Liguori, by Casey Chalk

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The spiritual writings of St. Alphonsus Ligouri (1696-1787) are the focus of two new books by Dan Burke and Stephen Kokx. (Image of St. Alphonus: Wikipedia)

By Casey Chalk, Catholic World Report, Aug. 1, 2024

Casey Chalk is a contributor for Crisis Magazine, The American Conservative, and New Oxford Review. He has degrees in history and teaching from the University of Virginia and a master’s in theology from Christendom College.

 

Two new books aim to bring the brilliance of St. Alphonsus—Doctor of the Church, founder of a religious order, writer, composer, musician, artist, philosopher, theologian—to contemporary Catholics.

When my wife and I moved our young family to Thailand almost ten years ago, the most obvious choice for our church was an English-speaking Redemptorist parish in downtown Bangkok, a stone’s throw from the U.S. Embassy, and thus attracting many American expats. I knew nothing about the Redemptorists, nor their founder St. Alphonsus Liguori. Yet it did not take long to appreciate the charism of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, as the Redemptorists are otherwise known. There was confession directly before (and during) every single Mass, meaning the penitent (if he so desired) could always receive the Eucharist, and the parish was admirably invested in ministering to the large asylum-seeker population. …

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