Book of the Month
July and August 2025
The stories that we read can often change our perspective of our day-to-day lives. Whenever you hear about a professional baseball player who decides to become a Catholic priest, this is one of those types of stories! The Book of the Month for both July and August 2025 is A Grand Slam for God: A Journey from Baseball Star to Catholic Priest by Fr Burke Masters. Father Burke Masters is now a Catholic priest in Illinois, but his life story has lots of ups and downs, including his conversion to the Catholic faith as well as the struggle of hearing God’s call to become a Catholic priest. When we take the time to enter into some else’s story and testimony of their encounter with Christ and journey of discipleship, it can change us and allow us to more fully follow Jesus in our lives as well. Please consider purchasing this book in order to read it during July and August of 2025, and we will have the Book Summary and Discussion on Wednesday, September 3rd from 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm in the parish social hall. You will have to purchase this book individually (we are not able to purchase this for everyone and give it away), but even if you don’t get a chance to read it over these two months, please still come to the meeting on September 3rd!