A Retreat for Lay People Benedict XVI As the dawn of the

As the dawn of the twenty-first century looms

Return to the Future

First published in English in 1954

he received the Grand Prix du roman de l’Académie française

A Retreat for Lay People Benedict XVI As the dawn of theBy Ronald Knox The laityin the words of Lumen gentiumlive in the ordinary circumstances of family and social life, from which the very web of existence is woven. Where in that web is there room for anything resembling a retreat? Is a retreat for lay people practical, let alone possible? In these two dozen conferences, Monsignor Ronald Knox answers these questions resoundingly in the affirmative, addressing the foundations of the Christian life, the