Open Letters to Catholic Graduates is unique in its emphasis on the transition between college and the secular world, an emphasis sorely needed for the young Catholic today. Graduates are confronted with the task of facing the world and making something of themselves, which can be simultaneously exciting and perilous.

Graduates today will certainly feel the strong pull of the secular world and its allurements, but Dr. Lavin reminds them to not lose focus. Open Letters to Catholic Graduates exhorts graduates from high school and college to reaffirm their essential mission in life: to get to heaven.

In his Open Letters, Lavin writes on topics of taking salvation seriously, forming true friendships, the dangers of capital sins, using psychology as a helpful aid, one’s final end, and more.

Anyone transitioning from their stage in life into a morally ambiguous environment should read this book.

PAUL LAVIN was a traditional Catholic psychologist, a rare breed in a field largely dominated by secular liberals. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 1971. He has published seventeen professional books and numerous articles in professional journals. He was a full-time faculty member at Towson University, Maryland, where he taught for 30 years. He also had a private practice for more than 30 years.