Growing Up Catholic [Paperback]

Mary Jane Frances Cavolina (Author), Maureen Anne Teresa Kelly (Author), Jeffrey Allen Joseph Stone (Author), Richard Glen Michael Davis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 10, 2000

The original edition of Growing Up Catholic, along with its sequels, struck a heavenly chord with a generationof Catholics of all persuasions. Now, to commemorate the Great Catholic Jubilee of the Year 2000, the authors bless us with an updated and expanded version of this beloved national bestseller. Filled with a witty, poignant, and downright hilarious potpourri of essays, lists, games, drawings, photos, and quizzes, it includes the best of all three Growing Up Catholic books.

For Catholics of all ages--from those who lived through Vatican II to those who've never seen a nun's habit except in a movie--Growing Up Catholic celebrates in a lighthearted way the funny and sublime side of day-to-day Catholic life.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

The authors of Growing Up Catholic have fully 17 names among them. Here goes: Mary Jane Frances Cavolina Meara, Jeffrey Allen Joseph Stone, Maureen Anne Teresa Kelly, and Richard Glen Michael Davis. If this merits a smirk, you'll love Growing Up Catholic. First published in 1985, this classic collection of essays, games, lists, quizzes, drawings, and photos inspired two sequels (More Growing Up Catholic and Still Catholic After All These Years) and has now been updated for the millennium. ("After all, let's not forget where this whole millennium thing came from," the Introduction explains.) The many new features of this edition include "Que Sera, Sera: Who Will Be the Next Pope?" and "Ansubstantiation-tray: Can't Anybody Here Speak Latin?" Growing Up Catholic is bubbly but never blasphemous--just irreverent enough to be interesting, but not so irreverent as to be an inappropriate confirmation gift. --Paul Power --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Publisher

Over 700,000 Copies in print! This hilarious look at the glorious mysteries of Growing Up Catholic is a riotous review for all who lived it and an irreverent revelation for those who wonder what the Catholic Church is all about.

B & W photographs and illustrations throughout. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Image; Cmv edition (October 10, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0767905970
• ISBN-13: 978-0767905978
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,841 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I re-read this book whenever I need a good laugh!, December 8, 1999

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Mary Suzanne Glespen (Paris, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Growing Up Catholic: An Infinitely Funny Guide for the Faithful, the Fallen, and Everyone In-Between (Paperback)

If you're a baby-boomer who went to Catholic school, you'll love the humor and nostalgia in Growing up Catholic. I laughed until I cried and then yearned for the good old days when all you had to do to get through the day, the week, the schoolyear was obey the rules and listen for the sound of Sister's clicker. I first read this book a few years ago - a copy that I had borrowed from my sister. This year I ordered one for myself, and this Christmas, I'm giving a copy to several friends.

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Funniest Book I Have Ever Read, July 3, 2002

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WickedLady (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Growing Up Catholic (Paperback)

You really do have to be a Catholic to truly appreciate this wonderful book. As a Catholic schoolgirl entering her eleventh year in Catholic school (scary, isn't it?), I can fully relate to this. I honestly don't think I've ever laughed so hard in my entire life.

You know what the funniest thing about this book is? Everything in it is true...from the different kinds of nuns to Father What-a-Waste (sigh); from the description of mortal and venial sins to the purchasing of pagan babies. Well, they don't sell pagan babies anymore, but they did in my mother's day.

Even a staunch Catholic like my grandmother would have to crack a smile at the descriptive, colorful language and the abfab portrayal of the sometimes ridiculous traditions of the world's most scandalous, under-fire church. This book is a must-read for all Roman Catholics, practicing or no.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It doesn't matter how old you are..., October 2, 2000

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Aislinn09 "Cathi" (Omaha, Ne United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Growing Up Catholic (Paperback)

...because if you went to Catholic school, you can relate. I first read this book ten years ago when I was in Catholic school, and the nuns didn't take it away from me (amazing!). I laughed my a** off. For those of you who have read it and aren't Catholic, yes, we do practice for everything, yes, the nuns are that bad (but they don't have clickers anymore). This book is hilarious. Please, please get it and read it, cover to cover. You will laugh every time you read it.