The Handbook for Confused Catholics, by Raymond Kowalski

By Raymond Kowalski, OnePeterFive, May 21, 2024

Raymond Kowalski is from Rochester, New York. He is a product of parochial elementary schools and The Aquinas Institute. He holds a bachelor’s degree from St. Bonaventure University and a law degree from The George Washington University. After a forty-year career in communications law, he is retired and living with his wife in Gainesville, Virginia. They are the parents of three and grandparents of five.

Editor’s note: adults can sign up for the summer adult Credo Catechism course at the Avila Institute. The high school program starts again next spring semester. -TSF

Catholics of a certain age know things about their religion that many — if not most — Catholics today have never been taught. We now have a resource, however, that points today’s Catholics toward a more rich and fulfilling experience of their religion.

Since it’s release late last year, most reviews that I have read regard the book as a catechism for our present circumstances. Indeed, Part I is about faith (Lex credendi, the law of belief) and Part II is about morals (Lex vivendi, the law of living). But Part III is about worship and acts of worship (Lex orandi, the law of prayer). This Part of the book can be a significant source of enlightenment and enrichment for Catholics who were born after 1970, when ritual began to be systematically restrained. …

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