Summer Book Groups at HNOJ are back! A Good Summer Read continues in Summer 2025 with two fantastic Catholic fiction classics. Register today for either (or both!) of these great summer books groups and dig into Catholic fictions you won’t soon forget.
All participants are asked to obtain their own copy of the work. We have an link below to make sure you get a copy of the the right book. But feel free to source your copy from wherever you wish.
See you in the pages of a new favorite book!
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Morning Group
Elijah in Jerusalem
By Michael D. O’Brien
Elijah in Jerusalem, the long-awaited sequel to the acclaimed, best-selling novel Father Elijah: An Apocalypse, is the continuing story of the Catholic priest called to confront a powerful politician who could be the Antichrist foretold in the Bible. In this sequel, now-Bishop Elijah, wanted for a murder he did not commit, tries again to meet the President. Accompanied by his fellow monk Brother Enoch, he enters Jerusalem just as the President arrives in the holy city to inaugurate a new stage of his rise to world power. This time Elijah hopes to unmask him as a spiritual danger to mankind. As the story unfolds, people of various backgrounds meet the fugitive priest, and in the encounter their souls are revealed and tested.
Elijah perseveres in his mission even when all seems lost. The dramatic climax is surprising, yet it underlines that God works all things to the good for those who love him.
Book Link: https://a.co/d/hauNQDI
Meeting Dates: June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 25, 22
Meeting Time: 9-10 a.m. on Tuesdays
Evening Group
The Spear: A novel of the Crucifixion
By Louis de Wohl
This panoramic novel of the last days of Christ ranges from the palaces of imperial Rome to the strife-torn hills of Judea-where the conflict of love and betrayal, revenge and redemption, reaches a mighty climax in the drama of the Crucifixion. For this is the full story of the world's most dramatic execution, as it affected one of its least-known participants-the man who hurled his spear into Christ on the Cross.
Among his many successful historical novels, Louis de Wohl considered The Spear the magnum opus of his literary career.
Book link: https://a.co/d/7ARX70Z
Meeting Dates: June 11, 25, July 2, 9, 16, 23
Meeting Time: 7-8 p.m. on Wednesdays