The St. Austin Review
The St. Austin Review (StAR) is an international journal of Catholic culture, literature, and ideas. In its pages, printed every two months, some of the brightest and most vigorous minds around meet to explore the people, ideas, movements, and events that shape and misshape our world.
Saints, Sinners, & Suffering
September/October Issue
Saints, Sinners, & Suffering Sample Content from Our Latest Issue September/October Table of Contents Sample Article John Bradburne’s Journey “Is this the way you want me to pray?” – Sr. Carino Hodder “Bound by the hands and held at gunpoint, John Bradburne addressed this question to the guerrillas who had taken him from his hut in the leper settlement of Mutemwa in Mashonaland, northern Zimbabwe. It was the night of…
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Tolkien
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Lenten Illuminations: The Light of the Cross
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The New Puritans and the War on Comedy
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Accepted Suffering and Heavenly Rewards
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Defending the Church in China
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