A Book Review .. Virtuous Or Charitable Friendships Dispel Loneliness
By MITCHELL KALPAKGIAN The Catholic Guide to Loneliness, by Kevin Vost, Psy.D. (Sophia Institute Press: Manchester, NH, 2017), 161 pp. $16.95. Available through www.Sophia institute.com or 1-800-888-9344. This timely book addresses a universal problem that all persons suffer at some point in their life but one that has become a matter of grave concern for social scientists in this century. While “It is not good for man to be alone” as God declared in Genesis when He instituted marriage, man at various stages in the course of a lifetime needs to prevent, overcome, and alleviate the burden of loneliness that oppresses the human spirit and robs life of its joy. However, as many recent studies have shown, the problem has…Continue Reading