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