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March Book Madness 2024 celebrates popular YA Book Series from significant Eras of the past 18 years. Visit the library to vote for your favorite YA series! The winner will be announced on March 27.

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Today is Apply2College Day! Visit the library to check out these titles recommended by the College Board for college bound students:

Free Comic Book Day started in 2002 to attract new readers to comic book stores. It is now the single largest event in the comic book industry! Founded in the belief that for every reader out there, there’s a comic book they’ll love, the annual event offers a huge selection of free titles that will

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is the winner of the 2023 Pius X March Book Madness tournament title! When a willing victim had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the table would crack and Death itself would start working backward. – The Lion, the Witch and the

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It’s Election Day!  Check out these titles to learn more about voting in America.

The Scriptures are shallow enough for a babe to come and drink without fear of drowning and deep enough for theologians to swim in without ever reaching the bottom.  – Saint Jerome St. Jerome is best remembered for his revision of Latin translations of the Gospels and Psalms and translation of the Old Testament into

Word of the Day:  abdicate – v: to renounce a throne, high office, dignity or function; to relinquish; to cast off; discard Quote of the Day: “When you cease to dream you cease to live.”-Malcolm S. Forbes This day in History: August 16, 1896 – Prospectors discovered gold in Rabbit Creek, a tributary of the

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Thank you for joining the Pius X Puzzle Club in celebrating National Morse Code Day.  The answer to yesterday’s coded message is: “What God Hath Wrought” This statement was the first message ever sent on a telegram.  The statement was transmitted from Baltimore, MD to Washington D.CL on My 24, 1844.  The line is a

A MOVIE is the winner of March Book Madness 2022: Books vs. Movies If there is any consolation in a movie winning popularity contest between books and movies it’s that William Goldman, the author of The Princess Bride, also wrote the screenplay based on the novel and described the screenplay as “my favorite thing I’ve

The church calls us to grow closer to Christ during Lent through prayer, fasting and almsgiving.  We are also encouraged to deepen our faith and love for Christ through spiritual reading.  In monastic communities, Lent is a time of dedicated, purposeful reading.  Saint Benedict writes in the Rule: “during this time of Lent each one

Congrats Team Bibliophile – winners of 2022 Fat Tuesday Trivia Night!!  

There are a still a few Blind Date Books available:   Come check them out in the library!

Each year the American Library Association (ALA) honors books, videos, and other outstanding materials for children and teens. The ALA Youth Media Awards (YMA) include the prestigious Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, and Coretta Scott King Book Awards. The nominees and winners are determined by committees composed of librarians and other literature and media experts who award the creators of

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Teens’ Top Ten is a Choice List is a program of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). The list is created by teens who nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year. Be a part of the selection process by casting your votes HERE before midnight tonight! 2021 Teens’ Top Ten Nominees

Visit the library today and Apply to College! While you are here, check out some of these titles from the College Board List of 101 Great Books for College-Bound Readers: Beowulf Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe A Death in the Family byJames Agee Pride and Prejudice byJane Austen Go Tell It on the Mountain byJames Baldwin