I just found out that a new Catholic bookstore opened in my neighborhood this week! The amazing thing is that it also contains a lending library, which is an idea I have had for awhile. I mentioned this idea on this blog, here here and here. I visited and spoke to the owner and I hope she does well although it will be a challenge. The store is small and since it just opened there are not enough items for sale on the shelves. The lending library contains mostly older books which, although there are some out of print gems, might not be attractive enough to pull people in. I had thought of trying to start a lending library in a parish and had some ideas about how to keep it orthodox, but I also kept in mind the idea of starting a Catholic bookstore and then having a library within. Imagine my shock when this idea, which I only expressed on this blog, and to a few people, actually came into existence right in my own neighborhood. I bought 3 books and rented a movie. The movie was The Scarlet and the Black, starring Gregory Peck. The books were:

The Fathers of the Church An Introduction to the First Christian Teachers by MIke Aquilina
My Brother Pier Giorgio His Last Days by Luciana Frassati
Salvation Outside the Church? by Rev. Peter Stravinskas

Any locals who read this blog, please check out the store Faith & Reason, Inc. at 742 North Broadway in Massapequa. It is a wonderful apostolate to support and hopefully will grow and be successful.