Deacon Jim's Books

Deacon Jim's Books

    • Welcome to Deacon Jim’s Books
    • About Deacon Jim
    • Books
      • Make Your Marriage Unbreakable
      • Seeing God Through the Science Window
      • Praying the Gospel through the Rosary
      • The Benevolent Edge
    • Article Series for Parish Bulletins
      • Sample: Praying the Gospel Through the Rosary
      • Sample: Living an Unbreakable Marriage
      • Sample: Living the Ten Commandments in Today’s World
      • Sample: Virtuous Living
      • Sample: Death and Dying
      • Sample: Pope Francis Amoris Laetitia
      • Liturgy According to Pope Benedict
      • Pope Leo XIII to Leo XIV: 135 Years of Catholic Social Thought
        • Sample Article: Catholic Social Thought
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  • Catholic Social Thought: Pope Leo to Leo: 135 years in the making

    With the election of Pope Leo XIV, excitement abounds regarding where he will lead the Church. His choice of “Leo” as his name is significant in a living Church. The last Pope Leo, Leo XIII, in the late 19th century, began a new era in Catholic Social Thought. His 1891 encyclical, Rerum Novarum, brought the…

    July 30, 2025
  • Liturgy According to Pope Benedict: A 22-week Series

    Liturgy is important to every church-going Christian. Each faith tradition has a way of doing things that is comfortable for its followers. What happens during the weekend celebrations is the most powerful draw for bringing people into a particular way of living Christian worship. Vatican II reminded us that Christ is always present in His…

    July 30, 2025
  • Catholic Tribune Michigan draws from Deacon Jim’s Marriage Message

    Traverse City’s Saint Francis Church reminds that reaching ‘we’ point of marriage can be difficult

    August 13, 2024
  • Sample: Pope Francis Amoris Laetitia

    Love Through Our Ages: The Transformation of Love About a year ago, the U.S. Census Department released some statistics on marriage duration in this country. There is good news. In 2016, 76% of men and 77% of women were in their first marriage among all currently married adults. By 2014, over half of men and…

    August 9, 2024
  • Deacon Jim’s 25 years of ministry celebrated at Jubilarian mass in Honolulu

    August 8, 2024
  • Kirkus Review gives big “thumbs up” on Make Your Marriage Unbreakable

    The summary messages are: “Krupka offers marital advice from a Catholic perspective in this relationship guide.” and “A warmly worded, faith-based marriage preparation book.” See the full review on the Make Your Marriage Unbreakable page on this website.

    August 8, 2024
  • Seeing God Through the Science Window draws from Renowned experts

    The new book, Seeing God Through the Science Window draws from an amazing collection of experts including a Princeton/Bell Labs Physicist, Theologian, Humanities Professor and Neurologists. This team of experts validated the substance and accuracy of the descriptions of the wonders of science in this book.

    August 8, 2024
  • Make Your Marriage Unbreakable used in seminary education for priests.

    St. Meinrad Seminary in 2022 used Make Your Marriage Unbreakable as a text in their Theology of Marriage course for seminarians studied for the priesthood.

    August 8, 2024
  • Weekly Series for Parish Bulletins and Discussion Groups

    Over recent years I developed several article series that have been carried weekly in several faith communities with positive reception. Each article is approximately 425 words. The articles are complete, reader and church tested, and available to regularly add to your church community life. The series currently available are: • Praying the Gospel through the…

    January 23, 2024

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