Saint John Paul II:

A Centenary Celebration

The May/June issue of the St. Austin Review is at the printer. Highlights of this issue:

Barbara J. Elliott offers an overview of “John Paul II and the Spiritual Victory over Communism”.

Tomasz Rowinski discusses “John Paul II and the Rediscovered Essence of Polish Identity”.

Jaymie Stuart Wolfe reveals “a newly discovered manuscript” by St. John Paul II.

Susannah Pearce reveres “John Paul the Great: The Superhero Saint”.

Donald DeMarco delights in John Paul II’s “Holiness and Humor”.

Igor Babailov recalls the painting of his portrait of St. John Paul II.

Bradley J. Birzer includes John Paull II in “The Great Triumvirate” that precipitated “the Fall of the Evil Empire”.

Fr. Benedict Kiely is inspired by the greatness of John Paul II.

William Fahey focuses on “Fear and the Purpose of Catholic Learning in Time of Pestilence”.

Daniel Mitsui sees “The Vocation of the Catholic Artist” as “Participating in Tradition”.

John Beaumont admires “Elizabeth Anstice Baker: An Anglo-Australian Convert”.

Kevin O’Brien on Jordan Peterson and “The Making of Self-Made Men”.

K. V. Turley watches Triumph of the Will and find “The Culture of Death on Screen”.

Manuel Alfonseca defuses misperceptions about the Big Bang.

Melvin S. Arrington, Jr. reviews Communion with Christ according to Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross.

Rachel Ronnow reviews Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture by Anthony Esolen.

Diarmaid Ó Conghaile reviews Give Us Back the Bad Roads by John Waters.

Joseph J. Reidy reviews The Church and the Roman Empire by Mike Aquilina.

Debra Stellato reviews Twenty Poems to Pray by Gary M. Bouchard.

Plus new poetry by Chad Chisholm, Daniel J. Heisey, Sr. Lou Ella Hickman, Dennis Johns, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Dominic Mosley and Denise Sobilo.

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