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What it means to be a man or a woman is questioned today like never before. While traditional gender roles have been eroding for decades, now the very categories of male and female are being discarded with reckless abandon. How does one act like a gentleman in such confusing times? The Catholic Gentleman is a solid and practical guide to virtuous manhood. It turns to the timeless wisdom of the Catholic Church to answer the important questions men are currently asking. In short, easy- to-read chapters, the author offers pithy insights on a variety of topics, including How to know you are an authentic man Why our bodies matter The value of tradition The purpose of courtesy What real holiness is and how to achieve it How to deal with failure in the spiritual life

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More than ever we need a book to reflect on, challenge, and guide men in authentic masculinity--and this is it. I highly recommend it! -- Fr. Larry Richards, Author, Be A Man! Becoming the Man God Created You to Be Sam Guzman has given us something we desperately need: a valuable, readable guide to help make our young men into true men. -- Dale Ahlquist, From the Foreword; Author, Knight of the Holy Ghost: A Short History of G.K. Chesterton Very well written, direct, and packed with spiritual insight. Our culture isn't suffering from toxic masculinity; it's suffering from a toxic lack of it. This book seeks to remedy that. -- Matt Fradd, Host, Pints with Aquinas; Author, The Porn Myth Sam Guzman hits the nail on the head about what it means to be a real man. -- Bas Rutten, Actor and Former U.F.C. Heavyweight Champion The Jordan Peterson phenomenon confirms that men are still hungry for moral leaders, men with integrity who call others to greatness. That's what this book does. -- Brandon Vogt, Founder, ClaritasU; Author, Why I Am Catholic (And You Should Be Too) Guzman provides an amazing collection of those little things essential to becoming both gentle and manly, like Christ. He is re-presenting gentlemanliness to a generation hungry for something more than sentimentality and cliche. -- Jason Craig, Author, Leaving Boyhood Behind; Editor, ThoseCatholicMen.com This book is filled with spiritual wisdom based on reason, common sense, and Gospel faith. In a secular world so often constructed on the sand of illusion, here we find the rock of reality upon which life can be built. -- Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto An absorbing, motivational primer on manhood, presented in the truth, goodness, and beauty of the Catholic tradition. --Matthew Christoff, Founder, The New Emangelization Project

More than ever we need a book to reflect on, challenge, and guide men in authentic masculinity--and this is it. I highly recommend it! -- Fr. Larry Richards, Author, Be A Man! Becoming the Man God Created You to Be

Author Information

Samuel Guzman is the founder and editor of The Catholic Gentleman blog and a marketing professional. His writing has appeared in various faith-based publications and websites, such as Catholic Exchange, Aleteia, and the Christian Science Monitor, and he is a frequent guest on radio programs. He and his wife have four children and live in the rolling hills of the Oklahoma Ozarks. Dale Ahlquist is president of the American Chesterton Society. Through his long running television series, The Apostle of Common Sense, as well as his books and lectures, he has helped bring about a great renewed interest in the works of G.K. Chesterton for contemporary readers. He has authored and contributed to several books on Chesterton, including Common Sense 101: Lessons from G.K. Chesterton, G.K. Chesterton: The Apostle of Common Sense, and In Defense of Sanity: The Best Essays of G.K. Chesterton.

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