What I was delighted to find was Canticle Magazine. Canticle Magazine is geared toward all Catholic women...not just stay at home moms. Canticle is not preachy, angry, or "holier than thou". Instead, I found it to be a joyful and intelligent magazine. Canticle feeds my mind and my soul, plus challenges me to grow in my vocation as a Catholic woman. I can confidently give gift subscriptions to all the women I know.

"Faith and Family" is very pretty looking, but very shallow.


FLASHY AND FLUFFY AND SHALLOW   May 2, 2002
 2 out of 10 found this review helpful

I was hoping for a magazine that was steeped with how to live my life as a Catholic woman. Instead I found a fluffy, glitzy, and superficial magazine that didn't deliver. All this magazine does is to take the same old tired recipes, decorating ideas and craft suggestions that you can find in any secular magazine and sprinkle a tiny bit of Catholicism over them in order to appeal to Catholics. I was insulted and greatly disappointed. You can get better (and more) "Catholic living" ideas from the website domestic-church, which is free.

What I was delighted to find was the website Canticle Magazine. Canticle Magazine is geared toward all Catholic women...not just stay at home moms. Canticle is not preachy, angry, or "holier than thou". Instead, I found it to be a joyful and intelligent magazine. Canticle feeds my mind and my soul, plus challenges me to grow in my vocation as a Catholic woman. I can confidently give gift subscriptions to all the women I know.

"Faith and Family" is very pretty looking, but very shallow.


Leaves me searching, still...   May 1, 2002
 5 out of 9 found this review helpful

This magazine leaves me searching - for something deeper, something more meaningful than how I should decorate my table and my house. Some of the advertisements are for companies that support very anti-Church, anti-Christian-Catholic companies and organizations. The articles seemed dumbed-down in language and word usage and rarely had anything to do with Catholic teaching and how to raise a Catholic faith filled family and how to be a Catholic woman in today's secular society.


My favorite magazine   April 1, 2002
 6 out of 8 found this review helpful

Let me first tell you what this magazine is not. It is not preachy or a pious publication that only prints articles directly on the faith. It is not for intellectual articles on the faith (try Homiletic and Pastoral Review or Catholic Dossier if this is what you want), or just politics, culture and the Church (this describes Crisis Magazine to a T). It is not aimed solely at apologetics (there are many such publications, Envoy, and This Rock are two), nor is it a strictly a prayer/liturgical publication (for example Magnificat). Nor is it just a "Martha Stewart" knock off. So if you want one of the above-described publications you can subscribe to all of them on the web, I believe.

This magazine combines a variety of subject areas to be truely a "magazine of Catholic living." The articles are from real life experiences, and show the Catholic faith being lived at home by real people. It contains information on the liturgical seasons and ideas on how to celebrate different feasts of Our Lord, Mary and the saints. It gives great ideas for recipies, decorations, and crafts that have meaning, and tie into the faith. Poor Martha doesn't have such good reasons for her good ideas. It has great articles by Catholic psychologists that give answers to questions about marriage and child-rearing that are in accord with the teachings of Christ. It has great resources for those trying to teach the faith to their children, which should include all of us, not just "stay at home" moms. It has articles about real people who live their faith, from medical missionaries to Hollywood actors. I even love the ads; they tell me where I can get good Catholic books, videos, etc.

I skim a lot of books and magazines, but when this comes in the mail, I sit down and read it cover to cover!


A Catholic Martha Stewart I Am Not...   January 31, 2002
 5 out of 10 found this review helpful

I signed up for this magazine and found it to be somewhat belittling of my place as a woman in the Catholic Church. Since I am a Catholic mom and I work part-time, I felt a bit out of touch with the editorial slant toward full-time, stay-at-home moms. Besides, I can find all the "decorating" ideas I want in Martha Stewart's magazine. I guess I wanted more challenging Catholic material and not all this "fluff." I've decided to not renew my subscription. I'm still looking for a Catholic magazine for me...