Towards Dawn: Essays in Hopefulness Cont-Stephen Smith the life of the Church

the life of the Church

where God has been abandoned and humanity itself has become the object of worship

Anthony of Padua

Lewis and success with The Hobbit were followed by another war and by turmoil in the Church that sternly tested Tolkien’s commitments

Towards Dawn: Essays in Hopefulness Cont-Stephen Smith the life of the ChurchDo we live in post Christian times? Or has secularization run its course, the sun of a new day breaking on both the Church and the world? In Towards Dawn: Essays in Hopefulness, Bishop Erik Vardena Trappist monk and the bishop of Trondheim in Norwayreflects on recent crises of the past and signs of hope for the future. Featuring essays on some of the most pressing subjects of the day for Catholicsevangelization, synodality, liturgy, blessings, the