Joseph Karl Publishing was absolutely delighted, and also surprised, to welcome accomplished history author and painter Anthony Yanek to the team in the second half of 2013. At that time, Tony had just completed the manuscript for his first Catholic book, Conversion!
Not long after that, Jesus assigned the book Meditating on Christ's Passion which is being written by award-winning Catholic author Michele Bondi Bottesi. The Foreword for the book will be written by Father John Simoneau, Associate Pastor at Ss. Cyril and Methodius Slovak Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. Father John is an excellent homilist and is so profoundly Catholic; the team at JKP is thrilled to be collaborating with him as well.
Both both books have entered the publication process.
The "twins" are the precious fruit of Divine union and creation. To learn more, visit "Divine Union and Creation."
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CONVERSION AND MEDITATING ON CHRIST'S PASSION
Tony's first book of Catholic fiction, titled Conversion!, is a delightful and educational story the reader will savor from cover to cover. The book's eagerly anticipated arrival in print and electronic format is timely as the Lord calls His devout faithful to help restore His Church.
Joseph Karl Publishing is delighted to be expecting its second set of twins.
CONVERSION
The draft of the back cover text for Conversion!:
Imagine Father Rick Martin’s surprise, and dismay, when he learned that his very first parish assignment after his ordination was to temporarily replace the pastor of St. Francis, a small rural church in mid Michigan reported to be one of the more liberal parishes in the Saginaw, Michigan diocese. It appears the reputation was well earned thanks to a Sister Agatha, head of the parish Liturgical Commission, whose tinkering with the Mass liturgy with the pastor’s approval had resulted in a number of complaints to the bishop.
Father
Rick, a graduate of the prestigious Pontifical North American College in Rome,
had expected a much more noble assignment. A subsequent meeting with Bishop Ted
Krolick did little to calm his ruffled feathers. As the bishop explained, “I’m asking you to
go into a parish which has taken a number of wrong turns in the mass liturgy
and correct them , without alienating the pastor. I can’t afford to lose him or
others like him simply because they have been misguided. Well, how about it?”
“That’s a pretty tall order!” blurted the
young priest, hoping the bishop would not notice his grimace.
“Not
for the right man,” grinned Bishop Krolick.
Father
Rick’s enthusiasm sagged. So why do I
feel as if I had just been dropped
into a pit of vipers? he wondered. That
same feeling gnawed at him the following weekend as he said his first Holy Mass
at St. Francis and a handsome middle-aged couple brought up the gifts. To his
utter surprise they handed him a gold paten on which sat a large loaf of baked
bread. There were no unconsecrated hosts in sight.
Now what do I do? He wondered. This was only the first of several challenges the priest encountered Sister Agatha as the week progressed. Oddly enough, turning the tables on her was a game he was beginning to relish, until she suddenly pulled off the unexpected and God himself had to intervene.
Now what do I do? He wondered. This was only the first of several challenges the priest encountered Sister Agatha as the week progressed. Oddly enough, turning the tables on her was a game he was beginning to relish, until she suddenly pulled off the unexpected and God himself had to intervene.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TONY
Anthony
Yanik is the award-winning author of four books on Michigan history and a
member of the Catholic Writers Guild.
His last book, The Fall and
Recapture of Detroit in the War of 1812, was named Outstanding Michigan
History Publication for the year 2012.
Anthony is a
graduate of the University of Detroit and retired General Motors speech
writer. The offbeat liturgical practices
that he and his wife sometimes encountered at Sunday masses when on the road
prompted him to use those experiences as the basis of this novel of
confrontation and conversion involving a young priest and a parish with a
liberal nun and pastor.
MEDITATING ON CHRIST'S PASSION
From the tentative back cover of Meditating on Christ's Passion (it's way too long but we'll share the whole thing because it's so PROFOUNDLY Catholic):
Spend precious, intimate time every day
with Jesus meditating on His Passion and on your Redemption. Look
into the loving and merciful eyes of Christ as He offers His Sacred Body up for
us, and see things in a whole new way.
See
a pillar transformed into a pedestal, an execution rope into an alb's girdle, a
center isle into the Way of the Cross, bread into God, and wine into the cost
of our redemption.
See
a church transformed into Calvary, Communion into creation, chaos into order,
an impaled Heart into a refuge, our hearts into tabernacles, one drop of Blood
into salvation, silence into intimate conversation, and the daily Holy Sacrifice
of the Mass into every soul's wedding.
See
deep into eternity as words come to life.
See the gates of heaven open wide as the condemned are granted freedom
by an innocent Man nailed to a Cross. See adults transformed into
children, wounds into reparation, a valley of tears into heavenly joy, and a
prie-dieu into a place of mercy at the foot of the Cross.
See sorrow transformed into meaning, apathy into devotion, hate into love, darkness into light, pain into pleasure, time into forever, pride into humility, selfishness into charity, doubt into belief, the hungry into the satisfied, last place into the most coveted place, possessions into burdens, and a path lined with the Blood of a Lamb into a journey toward God.
See a chapel transformed into the Garden, Christ’s
Precious Blood into the seeds of faith, the faithless into farmers and
fishermen, profoundly Catholic teaching into nets, and petitions into keys,
which hands joined in prayer
use to unlock the chains of souls bound by the devil. .
See
sinners transformed into saints, the forgotten into the remembered, and those
considered by the world to be the most worthless, powerless, useless, and
penniless into phenomenal channels of grace for the massive conversion of
sinners.
Both books head to graphic design tomorrow morning as the authors team up with award-winning graphic designer Roseann Nieman of Niemanart Graphics in Rochester Hills, Michigan, U.S.A. to discuss images, text, bios, colors, placement, and fonts for two front and back covers and two spines.
The decisions for interior book layout and design have already been made for Conversion.
Profoundly Catholic audio meditations for you. Enjoy!
Recording in the studio for Apostolate Films, and for you.
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which our Lord, Jesus Christ called "the most beautiful work under the sun,"
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God is at work in you!!
In the studio.
From the meeting Saturday:
Discussing images of Baby Jesus for the back cover of 'Meditating on Christ's Passion.'
Roseann's notes for the cover of 'Conversion!' on the right,
Tony on the upper right, our Lord all around us.
From the meeting Saturday:
Tony on the upper right, our Lord all around us.
