Overview

How did Sunday become the ""Sabbath Day?"" Why did St. Valentine become the patron saint of lovebirds? Most people happily participate in Mardi Gras, Halloween, St. Patrick's Day and Valentine's Day with very little knowledge of the origins and meanings of those days. Here, in these witty and accessible chapters, Greg Tobin explains the often unknown and untold origins of the holidays and annual celebrations - inside and outside church - that bind our society and give color and spiritual content to our lives.

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Praise for Greg Tobin's previous books: 'Tobin is a skillful writer who makes ecclesiastical protocol easily understood to the general reader. --Library Journal 'Tobin's vigorous dramatization of papal politics will generate interest among those who enjoy thrillers ripped from the headlines.'--Booklist

Praise for Greg Tobin's previous books: 'Tobin is a skillful writer who makes ecclesiastical protocol easily understood to the general reader. - Library Journal 'Tobin's vigorous dramatization of papal politics will generate interest among those who enjoy thrillers ripped from the headlines.' - Booklist

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GREG TOBIN The author of several books on the Catholic Church, Tobin was the editor of The Catholic Advocate, the 115,000-circulation biweekly newspaper of the Archdiocese of Newark, and for the past five years he has been the senior adviser for communications at Seton Hall University, USA. During the April 2005 papal transition, Tobin appeared frequently on national radio and TV programs as an expert commentator on the popes and the papal election process. His book Selecting the Pope was widely used as an authoritative resource on the subject by journalists and quoted in the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times, as well as the Associated Press and other news outlets.

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