Category Archives: Books

The Eye on the Movie (In Italian “Occhio al film”) manual by Franco Olearo and Cecilia Galatolo (Punto Famiglia publishing house, 2022) was recently released in bookstores and digital libraries. While it’s true that there are many books like this, Eye on the Movie has something special that makes it worth reading. The book, authored…

What is freedom? It is difficult to answer this question in just a few paragraphs. It’s a question that has kept philosophers, thinkers, writers, poets, politicians, and religious figures busy for centuries. We will not attempt to define it ourselves. We will simply share with you a story about a man who was able to…

Gaia, protagonist of “Everything proceeds as planned,” a tunnel became a bridge thanks to Gianna Beretta Molla , written by Cecilia Galatolo, is a good girl, who is quite serious and conscientious. She studies medicine, dreams of one day being married, and is firm in her pro-life beliefs. Then suddenly, everything she was so sure…

“Casti alla meta” (Chaste at the destination), published by Mimep-docete, is a narrative text that is part of practical life, and that applies to everyone, Christian and non-Christian. It is an audacious book in which the author, Cecilia Galatolo, a young woman, wife and mother of two children, talks about chastity, one of the most…

"Back when I met you, the simple word 'love' provoked in me a mocking laughter. I had been convinced that love didn’t exist. I was wrong. What could our lifelong relationship have been if not a great love story? Your Edith, who searched everywhere for happiness and found it at your side." Reading this dedication,…

The British High Court verdict (on past December) on the Keira Bell case has made headlines all over the world: “ruling that children are not competent to consent to being treated with puberty blockers is a victory for common sense”, says The Times English newspaper. For The Economist, a more liberal outlet, the verdict “could…

Reading is never a “duty.” This article is not meant to question the literary sophistication of the reader, nor is it a test to challenge you, like “let's see if my favorite books are there” or “let's see how many I miss.” It is rather a prompt, a suggestion of books that we (the Family…

Luca Muglia. The invisible garden. Psychospiritual therapy for young people in difficulty (Il giardino invisibile. Terapia psicospirituale per giovani in difficoltà). Aliberti, Reggio Emilia, 2020. Muglia bases his wide-ranging reflections upon his experience in the recovery of young people in a Juvenile Criminal Institute in Southern Italy. He advances in this book a proposal for…

We often talk about how to help young people to have public spirit. There are plans to enhance their education in schools, to develop projects that help young people to respect the others and the environment; to follow the rules of good behavior that life in society imposes for the common good. We should certainly…

If this year you want to treat yourself to something that has "value" and helps you both to progress on your journey together, we recommend a book that can be considered a hymn to true love between man and woman; a book that all couples should read in at least once in their life... Letters…