Dorothy Cummings McLean
Dorothy Cummings McLean is a Canadian writer living in Scotland. Her first novel with Ignatius Press is Ceremony of Innocence. She has been a regular contributor to The Catholic Register (Toronto). Her first book, Seraphic Singles: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Single Life, is a popular work of nonfiction.
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Propaganda is Someone Else’s Job
December 17, 2013 1:11 pm 8 Comments
The word “propaganda” now has a pejorative connotation, but once upon a time the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples was known as the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, or Sacro Congregatio de Propaganda Fide. I have seen its beautiful headquarters in Rome–designed by Bernini–and been shooed… Read more »
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Mater et….Magistrae?
December 10, 2013 11:19 am 4 Comments
Who is the most famous fictional Catholic detective? If I had to guess, I would guess that it was a certain Belgian layman named Hercule Poirot. Only 10% of the Christians in England-and-Wales are Roman Catholics, and only a million of those manage to get to Mass on Sundays, so… Read more »
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Who is a Catholic Novelist?
December 3, 2013 8:50 am 12 Comments
Among the many challenges of Roman Catholic life since 1963 is the tension between fidelity and inclusiveness. On the one hand, to be a Roman Catholic is to be faithful to Christ–not in some vague way, but in loving knowledge of Scripture, the sacraments and the teachings of His Church…. Read more »
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A Hermeneutic of Continuity
November 26, 2013 9:37 am 22 Comments
Hello! I’m honored to be writing to you from my attic sitting-room in Scotland. Ignatius Press has invited me, one of its most recent living authors, to post about Catholic literature. This I am delighted to do. Indeed, I have so much to write on the subject that I am… Read more »