June 29, 2025 
The next Parish Book Club meeting will be on Thur., Aug. 21, at 1 p.m., in the education wing of the St. Paul campus.
The book selection is “Beneath a Scarlet Sky” by Mark Sullivan. Here’s a preview:
Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He’s a normal Italian teenager—obsessed with music, food, and girls—but his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps, and falls for Anna, a beautiful widow six years his senior.
In an attempt to protect him, Pino’s parents force him to enlist as a German soldier—a move they think will keep him out of combat. But after Pino is injured, he is recruited at the tender age of eighteen to become the personal driver for Adolf Hitler’s left hand in Italy, General Hans Leyers, one of the Third Reich’s most mysterious and powerful commanders.
Now, with the opportunity to spy for the Allies inside the German High Command, Pino endures the horrors of the war and the Nazi occupation by fighting in secret, his courage bolstered by his love for Anna and for the life he dreams they will one day share.
This book is available on Amazon and on the Barnes & Noble website. If you need assistance getting a book, please email barbara.tyczkowski@gmail.com.
PLEASE NOTE: Even if you have attended a book club meeting in the past, please sign up for this event using the form below so that we can plan for the correct number of attendees. If you are new to the group, further information will be sent to you.
