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Mike Aquilina is an American Catholic author and journalist working in the area of Church history, especially patristics. He is executive vice-president of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, a Catholic research center based in Steubenville, Ohio. Aquilina is also a contributing editor of Angelus, and general editor of the Reclaiming Catholic History series from Ave Maria Press. He hosts Way of the Fathers, a podcast produced by CatholicCulture.org. Early life and education Aquilina was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania in 1963. He received his elementary and secondary education in Catholic schools in Pittston, Pennsylvania. He is a 1985 graduate of Pennsylvania State University, and he received that university's Oswald Award for Achievement in Journalism and Mass Media. Professional career Aquilina is the author or editor of more than seventy books, including: What Catholics Believe (1999), Living the Mysteries (2003), The Fathers of the Church (2006), The Mass of the Early Christians (2007) and The Resilient Church (2007). His books have been translated into many languages, from Croatian and Portuguese to German and Braille. The Grail Code has appeared in ten languages since its publication in 2006. Critics have praised Aquilina's work for making the Fathers accessible to non-academic readers: "Most scholars … study the paper trail — homilies, letters, teaching manuals, works of theological disputation … Aquilina loves the words, too. But he also finds the sermon in the stuff, the theology expressed in the little things that the first Christians left behind — fading murals on catacomb walls, pottery and dishware, pieces of coinage, ancient hymns and mass prayers, common household items … The point is that for Aquilina, the little things matter — because they tell us big things about what Catholics believe and how they look at the world". Dr. John Grondelski said in the National Catholic Register: "Aquilina has made a vocation and career out of, in many ways, single-handedly popularizing patristics." Aquilina's book Ministers and Martyrs (2015), was an official companion volume to the NBC series A.D. The Bible Continues. A year later, he published The World of Ben-Hur, as a guide to MGM's remake of the Lew Wallace classic Ben-Hur. Aquilina is also a poet and songwriter. His poems, collected in the volumes Terms and Conditions (2014) and The Invention of Zero (2020), have appeared in U.S. literary journals and in Polish and Spanish translations. His collaborations with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame artist Dion include the book Dion: The Wanderer Talks Truth and four albums: Tank Full of Blues (2012), New York Is My Home (2016), Blues with Friends (2020) and Stomping Ground (2021). The title song of New York Is My Home was recorded as a duet by Dion and Paul Simon, launched by Rolling Stone magazine, and released as a single in 2015. It was used in episode 5 of season 1, in the drama series Horace and Pete. It was also chosen by clothing designer Ralph Lauren, as the catwalk theme for his 50th-anniversary show in 2018. The song also appears in the Deluxe Edition of Simon's album Stranger to Stranger. Dion's album Blues with Friends (2020), which included twelve songs co-written with Aquilina, debuted at number one on Billboard and U.K. charts. It was also the number one Billboard Blues Album for 2020. American Songwriter magazine honored "Song for Sam Cooke (Here in America)", a single from Blues with Friends, as the "Greatest of the Great 2020 Songs". DiMucci-Aquilina songs have also been recorded with or performed by Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, Jeff Beck, Amy Grant, Mark Knopfler, Joe Bonamassa, Brian Setzer, Joe Louis Walker, Billy F. Gibbons, Peter Frampton, Rickie Lee Jones, and many others. Bob Dylan praised these songs for their craft. In recent years, Aquilina has hosted eleven television series on EWTN and hosted two independently produced feature documentaries, one on St. Perpetua and another on St. Augustine. He is a frequent guest commentator on Catholic radio, especially Relevant Radio and EWTN. His journalistic work has appeared in many periodicals. Aquilina is the past editor of New Covenant magazine (1996–2002) and Pittsburgh Catholic newspaper (1993–1996). Personal life He and his wife, Terri, have been married since 1985. They live in the suburbs of Pittsburgh with their children, who are the subject of his book Love in the Little Things (2007). Bibliography Fathers of the Faith: Saint Athanasius (2023), ISBN 978-1-6819-2397-0 Fathers of the Faith: Saint John Chrysostom (2023), ISBN 978-1-6819-2540-0 Africa and the Early Church: The Almost-Forgotten Roots of Catholic Christianity (2023), ISBN 978-1-6458-5259-9 Rhymes' Reasons (2022), ISBN 978-1-5941-7454-4 Fathers of the Faith: Saint Augustine (2022), ISBN 978-1-6819-2707-7 Fathers of the Faith: Saint Irenaeus (2022), ISBN 978-1-6819-2705-3 How the Fathers Read the Bible: Scripture, Liturgy, and the Early Church (2022), ISBN 978-1-6458-5170-7 Friendship and the Fathers: How the Early Church Evangelized (2021), ISBN 978-1-6458-5112-7 The Holy Mass: Sayings of the Fathers of the Church (2021), ISBN 978-0-8132-3335-2 St. Joseph and His World (2020), ISBN 978-1-5941-7393-6 History's Queen: Exploring Mary's Pivotal Role from Age to Age (2020), ISBN 978-1-5947-1987-5 The Invention of Zero: An Accumulation of Poems (2020), ISBN 978-1-7354-4040-8 Work Play Love: How the Mass Changed the Life of the First Christians (2020), ISBN 978-1-6406-0425-4 The Eucharist Foretold: The Lost Prophecy of Malachi (2019), ISBN 978-1-6458-5003-8 The Church and the Roman Empire (301–490): Constantine, Councils, and the Fall of Rome (2019), ISBN 978-1-5947-1789-5 How Christianity Saved Civilization: And Must Do So Again (co-author with James L. Papandrea) (2019), ISBN 978-1-6228-2719-0 Villains of the Early Church: And How They Made Us Better Christians (2018), ISBN 978-1-9490-1306-1 A Joyful Noise: Praying the Psalms with the Early Church (2017), ISBN 978-1-9477-9229-6 The Healing Imperative: The Early Church and the Invention of Medicine as We Know It (2017), ISBN 978-1-9451-2569-0 A History of the Church in 100 Objects (co-author with Grace Aquilina) (2017), ISBN 978-1-5947-1750-5 The Apostles and Their Times (2017), ISBN 978-1-6228-2460-1 How the Choir Converted the World: Through Hymns, With Hymns, and In Hymns (2016), ISBN 978-1-9451-2521-8 The World of Ben-Hur (2016), ISBN 978-1-6228-2317-8 Take Five: On the Job Meditations With St. Ignatius (co-author with Fr. Kris Stubna) (2008/2016), ISBN 1-59276-403-7 Sharing Christ's Priesthood: A Bible Study for Catholics (2009/2016), ISBN 1-59276-678-1 The How-To Book of Catholic Devotions (co-author with Regis J. Flaherty) (2016), ISBN 978-1-6127-8965-1 Praying in the Presence of Our Lord: with St. Thomas Aquinas (2002/2016), ISBN 0-87973-958-4 Something More Pastoral: The Mission of Bishop, Archbishop, and Cardinal Donald Wuerl (co-author with Ann Rodgers) (2015), .... Discover the Mike Aquilina popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Mike Aquilina books.