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Angel Food #1
Angel Food for Boys & Girls, Volume III
These
Angel Food
books, filled with Christ-like charm, simplicity, and attractive truths, are here served for the additional delight of the many who have enjoyed other Father Brennan books.
Angel Food for Boys & Girls, Volume III,
has over two dozen short stories, including: "Is God Very Big," "Jesus! Are You There?" "A Mother\s Note", and many more. Each volume also has a topical index relating various subjects in the stories to chapters in the Baltimore Catechism.
116 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1939
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About the author
Gerald T. Brennan
27 books2 followersRev. Fr. Gerald T. Brennan attended Rochester’s St. Andrew’s and St. Bernard’s seminaries and was ordained in 1923. After serving as an assistant for nine years, he became pastor of Mount Carmel Church and later of St. Bridget’s.
He had a wonderful rapport with children, teaching those in his parish schools, as well as hundreds of public'school children. During the weekly children’s Mass at his parish, he preached directly to the children, modeling his homilies on Christ’s example of telling a story and drawing a moral from it.
A friend insisted repeatedly that Fr. Brennan publish the stories from his homilies, and when he finally dared Fr. Brennan to do so, Fr. Brennan accepted the challenge and wrote his first book: Angel Food, a book of stories with practical lessons intended to help priests to teach the Faith to children.
His next book, Angel City, written specifically for children and at the request his friend and his publisher, was so popular that Fr. Brennan received letters from children all over the world, asking him to write more books. And more books followed: The Ghost of Kingdom Come, The Man Who Dared a King, The Good Rad Roy, and others.
Like Christ, who used words and images familiar to his hearers, Fr. Brennan spoke the language of children in his books. Full of simplicity and a sense of wonder, his words continue to bring the Faith alive for today’s young readers.
He had a wonderful rapport with children, teaching those in his parish schools, as well as hundreds of public'school children. During the weekly children’s Mass at his parish, he preached directly to the children, modeling his homilies on Christ’s example of telling a story and drawing a moral from it.
A friend insisted repeatedly that Fr. Brennan publish the stories from his homilies, and when he finally dared Fr. Brennan to do so, Fr. Brennan accepted the challenge and wrote his first book: Angel Food, a book of stories with practical lessons intended to help priests to teach the Faith to children.
His next book, Angel City, written specifically for children and at the request his friend and his publisher, was so popular that Fr. Brennan received letters from children all over the world, asking him to write more books. And more books followed: The Ghost of Kingdom Come, The Man Who Dared a King, The Good Rad Roy, and others.
Like Christ, who used words and images familiar to his hearers, Fr. Brennan spoke the language of children in his books. Full of simplicity and a sense of wonder, his words continue to bring the Faith alive for today’s young readers.
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dnf
November 20, 2021Dnf. Nice stories, but the theology was so flawed I didn’t want to continue listening to it.
December 9, 2019
86/100 (= 5.1/6) ≈ 5 Stars
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Some really great stories here. There are a few similar series-es -- this one certainly stands out just for the style of the language. It's the easiest for little kids to understand, and the stories are actually really really good ones. Certainly some better than others, but the weaker ones are still ok -- the good ones are excellent! Looking forward to the other installments. (Neuman Presses numbering system is weird -> we listened to Book 1, which Neumann Press published as Vol. III ---> Series: https://www.goodreads.com/series/2675...).
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Some really great stories here. There are a few similar series-es -- this one certainly stands out just for the style of the language. It's the easiest for little kids to understand, and the stories are actually really really good ones. Certainly some better than others, but the weaker ones are still ok -- the good ones are excellent! Looking forward to the other installments. (Neuman Presses numbering system is weird -> we listened to Book 1, which Neumann Press published as Vol. III ---> Series: https://www.goodreads.com/series/2675...).
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