J.R.R. Tolkien, Flannery O'Connor and others. Keane discusses O'Connor in his chapter on Fr. William Lynch, a Jesuit Catholic intellectual and one of O'Connor's favorites. Both shared the idea ...

The Battle of the Five Armies is another box office hit based on J.R.R. Tolkien's book The Hobbit. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was a British writer, poet, philologist and a teacher who was known for his ...

From the Shire to Mount Doom, Frodo’s path was mapped with the Church calendar in mind — a quiet testament to Tolkien’s Catholic imagination. Illustration of Mary and Gabriel from Agostino ...

As a teen, authors C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien opened up worlds for me that were both fantastic and faith-filled. I wouldn’t come to understand the deeper Catholic motifs in The Lord of the ...

J.R.R. Tolkien is easily one of the greatest writers in history, perhaps the greatest fantasy writer of all time. The history he created spans literally thousands of years, with layers and layers ...

JRR Tolkien spent almost 18 months in Hull and East Yorkshire recovering from trench fever after World War One. The landscape of the area is said to have been the influence of some of his stories ...

Amazon has some superb deals on collectible editions of J.R.R. Tolkien's three most beloved books: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. Specifically, Amazon is offering $100 ...

A Catholic school in Middlesex County will permanently close in June due to declining enrollment, according to the local parish. The Immaculate Conception School in Spotswood enrolls students in ...

When the pope formally proclaimed the Holy Year dedicated to hope, he had said that "the need for peace challenges us all, and demands that concrete steps be taken." One concrete step is the gift ...

The set also comes with three removable art cards and two foldout maps of Middle-earth drawn by Christopher Tolkien. A few extra features are also new to this edition. All three books come with ...

The St. Rose boys basketball team lost the Non-Public B state championship to Roselle Catholic 55-51. St. Rose had a 51-50 lead with less than a minute remaining but costly turnovers cost them the ...