Paraclete Press Blog

A Mother’s Love and Witness are Powerful! By Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle, author of Feeding Your Family’s Soul and A Catholic Woman’s Book of Prayers When we think of a mother’s love we might get a warm and fuzzy kind of feeling inside, … Continue reading →

Today’s guest blogger is Laura Alary, author of Make Room: A Child’s Guide to Lent and Easter I am getting ready to go out. It is only for the day, but I require a lot of gear. By the front … Continue reading →

This month something amazing is happening. My second book is being published and brought into the world. Which is pretty amazing. Maybe even more amazing than when my first book was published. You see, At Home in this Life; Finding … Continue reading →

Many thanks to Angela Doll Carlson of Ancient Faith for today’s review and guest blog post featuring Scott Cairns’ book Short Trip to the Edge.   “And then I was standing at the edge. It would surprise you how near … Continue reading →

by Mark S. Burrows In her marvelous recent collection of essays on poetry, Jane Hirshfield suggests that “the desire of monks and mystics is not unlike that of artists: to perceive the extraordinary in the ordinary by changing not the … Continue reading →

“Once I began reading these stories I couldn’t stop. Each writer is a strong woman who has learned much from life and God. Gritty, funny, painful, affirming. No punches are pulled, but grace abounds.” —Luci Shaw, poet and author From … Continue reading →

“Once I began reading these stories I couldn’t stop. Each writer is a strong woman who has learned much from life and God. Gritty, funny, painful, affirming. No punches are pulled, but grace abounds.” —Luci Shaw, poet and author From … Continue reading →

Booklist Online Exclusive: March 10, 2017 The Paraclete Poetry Anthology: New and Selected Poems. Burrows, Mark S. (Editor) Dec 2016. 224 p. Paraclete, paperback, $20. (9781612619064). 811. Paraclete Press stands out from other small religion publishers by maintaining a poetry … Continue reading →

In my teens, I discovered a poet named Gregory Orr when my friend loaned me her copy of his New and Selected Poems.  I read constantly, usually books from the library, but this book wouldn’t accrue fines if I kept … Continue reading →