Novels and Stories

The Mind of the Maker and the Art of Liturgy: A Poet’s Eye View

…the mind of the maker and the Mind of the Maker are formed on the same pattern, and all their works are...

Five Books about Fallen Angels

Fallen angels, those beings of a higher order than humans who rebelled against their Creator, have captivated storytellers, audiences, and readers alike...

Dante in Indiana-and in D.C.

There couldn’t be a work of literature more “medieval” than Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. It’s suffused with the scholastic philosophy of the...

“Can we break out of this prison of self?” The CAT interview with Phil Klay

Phil Klay is a novelist and a Marine Corps veteran. His short story collection Redeployment won numerous important prizes: the 2014 National...

Willa Cather and St. John Paul II: The Missionary Way

In spite of great differences, novelist Willa Cather and St. John Paul II show uncanny agreement as to the nature and validity...

The Mystery of Vocation: Katy Carl’s “As Earth Without Water”

Katy Carl’s debut novel is structured like a mountain path that rises steeply by switching back, at times moving closer to the...

“Are We Not Interested in the Cosmos Anymore?” James Matthew Wilson, Katy Carl, Glenn Arbery and More: A Contemplative Realism Symposium

In February 2022 the Benedict XVI Institute published Joshua Hren’s Contemplative Realism: A Theological-Aesthetical Manifesto, by Joshua Hren, founder of Wiseblood...

Auschwitz: from Miracles

Editors Note: We are proud to publish an excerpt from this English translation of the Japanese novel Miracles, by the Catholic convert...

St. Maximilian Kolbe in Japan

ST. MAXIMILIAN KOLBE HOLDING COPIES OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE IMMACULATA IN POLISH AND JAPANESE [Editor’s Note: It is with great pride...

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Mr. Tanner (A Short Story by T.M. Doran)

“MR. TANNER!” an eager voice called out from behind a dense Buttonbush in its red and green glory. Mr. Tanner knew Betty’s...

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