Mas alla de las cosas

“Mas alla de las cosas” by Carlo Carretto on ‘Paulina Editions’

Open dialogue, focusing on the issues of faith, prayer and apostolate and contemporary social issues. The author intends to contrast his experience with men and women living in the commitments and problems of the world and of today’s society, which are not rarely fenced by such commitments.

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Carlo Carretto (1910 – 1988) activist writer, Born in a peasant family from the Langhe, Carretto was the third of six children, four of whom went on to join religious orders. Early in his life, the family moved to a suburban neighborhood in Turin, where there was a Salesian oratory which would have much influence on the formation of the whole Carretto family. He became a teacher and worked with Italian Catholic youth.

One notable book is the Small Family Church which provoked controversy in the Catholic world over whether the ideas it expressed align with Christian morality. A man of the word and of the pen, he used these two means very effectively to communicate to others his “discoveries” and his experience of faith.

His books have been translated into many languages creating a group of readers in many countries around the world. Consequently, he was often invited to bring his word to conferences and spiritual meetings.