What to Read

From the White House to the White Cross: Confessions of a TV News Correspondent
Peggy Stanton
Marian Press, 280 pages

Peggy Stanton was a groundbreaker in television news as ABC-TV’s first female news correspondent in the nation’s capital during the 1960s. Throughout her career, she kept a journal of her experiences, her travels, and the interesting people and situations she encountered. Her journal also records her deepening appreciation for her faith over those years that took her, in her words, from "a cultural Catholic to a committed Catholic." Culled from those journals, her book is an observant tiptoe through history from a journalist’s perspective and an uplifting look at one woman’s rediscovery of the beauty of Catholicism.

Walking the Way of the Cross for Caregivers: How to Cope Practically, Emotionally, and Spiritually When a Loved One Has a Serious Illness
Michelle Laque Johnson
Maria Teresa Publications, 264 pages

When Michelle Laque Johnson’s husband, Stu, entered his long struggle with cancer, she became his caregiver. For the next eight years until his death, she was at his side as he endured repeated bouts of cancer, leg amputation, and quadriplegia. The EWTN communications director knows quite a bit about suffering, disability, and accompaniment, and the necessity of uniting those sufferings with those of Christ, and she shares her story in this new book. What is more, her story reveals something about the sacramental grace of marriage and the power of suffering to strengthen the love of husband and wife. It provides touching reading with special relevance to the Passion and Holy Week.

Two Patients: My Conversion from Abortion to Life-Affirming Medicine
Dr. John Bruchalski with Elise Daniel
Ignatius Press, 185 pages

There are many stories and books written about doctors who once performed abortions and later came to realize the horror of what they were doing, leading them to make a full 180-degree turn to become powerful advocates for unborn human life. This is one of them. Dr. John Bruchalski’s conversion began after he sought to save a one-pound baby who had survived one of his abortions. With further spiritual experiences, he not only become a firm opponent of legal abortion, he also went on to practice life-affirming "merciful medicine" through his pro-life medical clinics. It’s a powerful witness to the true dignity of women, children, and all human life.