Life is Worth Living

Edition

Publisher: Ignatius Press

ISBN: 9780898706116

eBook (provided by FORMED.org): watch.formed.org/life-is-worth-living-by-fulton-j-sheen

Discrepancies in Editions:

There are eight chapters missing from the Ignatius Press edition that appear in the original 1953 printing: Death of Stalin, Comparison of the Soviet and the American Constitutions, Peace Tactics of the Soviets, The Role of Communism and the Role of America, Pax Sovietica, Why Some Become Communists, How Traitors are Made, and Brainwashing. These are NOT included in the schedule below.

Schedule

  • 01/27 - Introductory meeting (no reading necessary)

  • 02/03 - Chapters 1-3: Life Is Worth Living? || War As a Judgment of God || Science Relativity, and the Atomic Bomb

  • 02/10 - Ch. 4-6: The Yearnings of the Pre-Christian World || The Infinity of Littleness || How Mothers are Made

  • 02/17 - NO MEETING (Ash Wednesday)

  • 02/24 - Ch. 7-9: The Philosophy of Communism || Knowing and Loving || Conscience

  • 03/03 - Ch. 10-12: "For Better or Worse" || Teenagers || Fears and Anxieties

  • 03/10 - Ch. 13-15: Communism and Russia || Character Building || Tolerance

  • 03/17 - TBD (St. Patrick's Day)

  • 03/24 - Ch. 16-18: Something Higher || The Psychology of the Irish || The Woman at the Well

  • 03/31 - Ch. 19-21: Pain and Suffering || Not as Queer as We Think || Fatigue || Reparation

  • 04/07 - Ch. 22-24: Three Degrees of Intimacy || Children: Burdens or Joys || Nurses and Doctors

  • 04/14 - NO MEETING (go the Frassati spiritual talk instead!)

  • 04/21 - Ch. 25-27: Liberal or Reactionary || Misplaced Infinite || How to Talk

  • 04/28 - Ch. 28-30: Inferiority Complex || Fatima || Content with Sawdust Brains

  • 05/05 - Ch. 31-33: Altruism: The Evolution of Love || Nice People || Why Work is Boring

  • 05/12 - Ch. 34-36: Man, Captain of His Destiny || The Liberation of Sex || The Philosophy of Communism

  • 05/19 - Ch. 37-39: Education || Regressive Education || Women Who Do Not Fail

  • 05/26 - Ch. 40-42: Social Problem || Suffering || Prayer || Three Times in a Nation's History