In 1975, the 25 Catholic bishops of the Appalachian region wrote a poetic document entitled "This Land is Home to Me – a pastoral letter on powerlessness in Appalachia". It has been described as:

• “certainly the most remarkable document of the post-conciliar American Church” (David O’Brien, Church historian)
• “the finest ever written” (Bishop Walter Sullivan, Richmond Va.)

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Photo Essay: This Land is Home to Me

• 187 original Appalachian color photos reflecting the text
• supporting graphics
• 8 1/2 x 11 format, 160 pages with full document text
• additional cultural references and Appalachian themes
• Photos by Edwin Daschbach, SVD, Artwork by Anna Jean Maddix Rogucki copyright 1999
• ISBN 0-9664525-0-X $13.00 plus shipping/handling

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Is God an evolutionist? Is the Antichrist still comin’round the mountain/ Is the Rapture in the Bible? Which came first: Bible or Church? What value is celibacy? Were humans ever 969 years old? Is Noah and the ark real history? Why confess to a priest as well as God? Will my dog go to heaven?

• “This book is a significant contribution to a more accurate understanding of the Truth of Sacred Scripture among the Christian faithful, and I am happy to endorse it.”

(Bishop Emeritus Bernard W. Schmitt, Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston)

• “An interesting, well-written, clear, warm and humorous explanation of Catholic traditions…The author bases his short essays on the best of Protestant and Catholic Scripture studies.” (Father David Mayer, SVD, Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan).
• 160 pages with b/w photography
• 77 topics, 5 1/2 x 8 copyright 2004
• ISBN 0-9664525-1-8 $8.95 plus shipping/handling