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Libro Catolico De Oraciones
$17.00Add to cartGiant Type – Spanish translation of today’s most popular general prayer book. Contains a summary of our Faith and many favorite prayers – for every day, to the Blessed Trinity, to Mary, and to the Saints.
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Daily Companion For Married Couples
$9.95Add to cartIn a few short minutes, the Scripture quotes, passages from Church documents, and thoughts from the Saints which begin the days in this book will provide comfort and guidance for married couples to live their vocation to the fullest. A brief reflection and prayer complete this dynamic daily practice. Continue Reading Daily Companion For Married Couples
Mary Day By Day
$9.95Add to cartMinute Marian meditations for every day of the year, including a Scripture passage, a quotation from the Saints, and a concluding prayer. With an introduction by Rev. Charles G. Fehrenbach, C.SS.R. Printed in two colors with over 300 illustrations. Includes ribbon marker.
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Spider Who Saved Christmas
$17.95Add to cartThe Spider That Saved Christmas tells the tale of what happened to the Holy Family on their way to Egypt after receiving the message of the angel. When Joseph, Mary, and Jesus are in danger of being discovered and harmed by Herod’s murderous soldiers, a cave-dwelling spider named Nephila risks her and her children’s safety to help her hallowed visitors.
Majestically illustrated by artist Randy Gallegos, EWTN host Raymond Arroyo’s moving story sheds new light on a family of Golden Silk Orb Weavers, whose silk is considered the most precious of all and is displayed at Christmastime in the sparkling tinsel that glints from evergreen trees the world over. After reading this book, you’ll always remember Nephila in the twinkling tinsel. Though small and feared, she met divinity and reflected His light as only she could.
Like each of us … she was there for a reason. Continue Reading Spider Who Saved Christmas
Little Saint Adventures Activity Book
$14.99Add to cartPerfect for children ages 3 to 8, this beautifully illustrated activity book leads children into an exciting exploration of the Catholic Faith in an active, fun way.
Packed with more than a hundred learning activities such as coloring pages, word searches, and crossword puzzles, children are sure to grow in love and knowledge of God.
The easy-to-understand activities have been carefully organized to bring the Faith alive. With the saints as their guide, children will be led to learn about:
-The fascinating story of creation from St. Francis
-The story Jesus and His Family from St. John the Baptist
-The life-altering teachings of Jesus and His Ministry from St. Peter
-The role of the Church with St. John Paul II and St. Faustina
-The mysteries of the Trinity with St. PatrickNo other activity book can claim to combine the talents of the most gifted illustrators with accomplished catechists. Here’s the one book you’ll want to give to every child you know. Continue Reading Little Saint Adventures Activity Book
How To Heal Your Marriage
$19.95Add to cartGod has put you and your spouse together for a reason and it’s not to argue. You are bonded together to cultivate in each other those virtues that lead to sanctification. That’s why this book isn’t just about saving your marriage it’s about transforming it into a joyful, loving relationship.
In these pages, acclaimed author and psychotherapist Gregory Popcak shows you how to heal the hurt in your marriage and develop the crucial habits necessary to resolve conflicts, renew the love you once had, and discover the passion you always wanted.
Dr. Popcak’s clinical experience and recent research show that the difference between happy and unhappy marriages lays in the habits both good and bad that are practiced in the home. Here you’ll discover the simple steps needed to root out behavior that leaves you resentful and demoralized, and to begin practicing positive habits that facilitate mutual respect and cultivate admiration.
Even if you feel lonely and abandoned in your marriage, Dr. Popcak offers sensible ways you can work alone at resolving conflict, repairing damage, building rapport, and maintaining intimacy. Because of the graces given to husbands and wives, you have tremendous untapped power to be a catalyst for change even if your spouse isn’t participating.
By following the wise advice in How to Heal Your Marriage, you’ll take the guesswork out of building a stable, healthy marriage. You’ll also learn:
-Eight marriage-friendly habits that couples in healthy relationships exhibit
-How to identify those areas of your marriage that require the most attention
-What to do when you feel your spouse is out to get you
-How to make God part of healing your marriage
-How your mind handles feelings and emotions and what you can do about it
-How to see each of your spouse’s faults as an opportunity for you to grow in holiness
Family Of Faith Childrens Activity Book 4
$19.99Add to cartWe created A Family of Faith to help develop strong Catholic families in which children learn the joys of following Jesus Christ and the truths of our Faith through the witness of Christian life given by their parents. Although individual families can easily use A Family of Faith independent of the parish, we designed this program to be used by parishes as an alternative to CCD classes.
Studies tell us that parental involvement in the faith-life of their child is by far the most important element in ensuring that a child develops into a practicing Christian. A Family of Faith provides both the parish catechist and the parent with an easy-to-use, turnkey solution to catechizing the whole family and helping parents lead their children to heaven. Continue Reading Family Of Faith Childrens Activity Book 4
Family Of Faith Parents Guide 4
$19.99Add to cartWe created A Family of Faith to help develop strong Catholic families in which children learn the joys of following Jesus Christ and the truths of our Faith through the witness of Christian life given by their parents. Although individual families can easily use A Family of Faith independent of the parish, we designed this program to be used by parishes as an alternative to CCD classes.
Studies tell us that parental involvement in the faith-life of their child is by far the most important element in ensuring that a child develops into a practicing Christian. A Family of Faith provides both the parish catechist and the parent with an easy-to-use, turnkey solution to catechizing the whole family and helping parents lead their children to heaven. Continue Reading Family Of Faith Parents Guide 4
Family Of Faith Leaders Guide 4
$19.99Add to cartWe created A Family of Faith to help develop strong Catholic families in which children learn the joys of following Jesus Christ and the truths of our Faith through the witness of Christian life given by their parents. Although individual families can easily use A Family of Faith independent of the parish, we designed this program to be used by parishes as an alternative to CCD classes.
Studies tell us that parental involvement in the faith-life of their child is by far the most important element in ensuring that a child develops into a practicing Christian. A Family of Faith provides both the parish catechist and the parent with an easy-to-use, turnkey solution to catechizing the whole family and helping parents lead their children to heaven. Continue Reading Family Of Faith Leaders Guide 4
Family Of Faith Childrens Activity Book 3
$19.99Add to cartWe created A Family of Faith to help develop strong Catholic families in which children learn the joys of following Jesus Christ and the truths of our Faith through the witness of Christian life given by their parents. Although individual families can easily use A Family of Faith independent of the parish, we designed this program to be used by parishes as an alternative to CCD classes.
Studies tell us that parental involvement in the faith-life of their child is by far the most important element in ensuring that a child develops into a practicing Christian. A Family of Faith provides both the parish catechist and the parent with an easy-to-use, turnkey solution to catechizing the whole family and helping parents lead their children to heaven. Continue Reading Family Of Faith Childrens Activity Book 3Family Of Faith Parents Guide 3
$19.99Add to cartWe created A Family of Faith to help develop strong Catholic families in which children learn the joys of following Jesus Christ and the truths of our Faith through the witness of Christian life given by their parents. Although individual families can easily use A Family of Faith independent of the parish, we designed this program to be used by parishes as an alternative to CCD classes.
Studies tell us that parental involvement in the faith-life of their child is by far the most important element in ensuring that a child develops into a practicing Christian. A Family of Faith provides both the parish catechist and the parent with an easy-to-use, turnkey solution to catechizing the whole family and helping parents lead their children to heaven. Continue Reading Family Of Faith Parents Guide 3
Family Of Faith Leaders Guide 3
$19.99Add to cartWe created A Family of Faith to help develop strong Catholic families in which children learn the joys of following Jesus Christ and the truths of our Faith through the witness of Christian life given by their parents. Although individual families can easily use A Family of Faith independent of the parish, we designed this program to be used by parishes as an alternative to CCD classes.
Studies tell us that parental involvement in the faith-life of their child is by far the most important element in ensuring that a child develops into a practicing Christian. A Family of Faith provides both the parish catechist and the parent with an easy-to-use, turnkey solution to catechizing the whole family and helping parents lead their children to heaven. Continue Reading Family Of Faith Leaders Guide 3
40 Anti Catholic Lies
$19.95Add to cartBy refuting forty common errors about the beliefs of Catholics, this book shows that Catholicism makes more sense than modern media would lead us to believe, not only theologically, but also in its actual teachings about the Bible, other religions, history, science, and society. Addressing forty modern anti-Catholic notions ranging from alleged Mary-worship to the claimed suppression of Galileo, author Gerard Verschuuren here carefully teases apart truths from falsehoods, with results that often prove surprising for both those who damn the Church and those who love Her. Continue Reading 40 Anti Catholic Lies
Why God Hides
$18.95Add to cartWhy God Hides is a nearly 300-page, comprehensive Summa of the Search for God that extends its roots into all of the major, pertinent thinkers from St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Teresa of Avila to Charles Darwin and Richard Dawkins, plus countless other greater and lesser sages and saints. In clear, cogent ways that are easily accessible to laymen, it answers the question that troubles seekers and believers alike: Why, if God loves us, does he seem always to hide Himself? The answers found in these pages will prove a major source of spiritual understanding and comfort to all who hear them. Continue Reading Why God Hides
Art Of Spiritual Warfare
$17.95Add to cartCalls for believers to engage in direct battle with Satan fill the pages of the Bible. But few Christians today know how to do so and why it is more important than ever before. In these pages, the Nigerian Catholic Priest Venatius Oforka makes a powerful case for the necessity of this struggle and teaches readers how to engage in it. Rich in Biblical quotations and filled with the passion eloquence of a pastor who in his native land has faced many forms of the devil and devil worship, this book is an eye-opener and a clarion call to our generation of complacent Western Christians. Continue Reading Art Of Spiritual Warfare
Devotional Journey Into The Mass
$14.95Add to cartIf you’re unhappy because the Mass has become for you routine – or even boring and tedious – these pages are for you. They teach you eight simple ways to make your every Mass a joyful time of piety and intense devotion.
Explaining the spiritual meanings behind the signs and symbols, words and actions of the Mass, author Christopher Carstens teaches you spiritually-enriching ways to enter the church building, make the Sign of the Cross, pray the Opening Prayer, listen to the Readings, prepare your soul at the Offertory, participate in the Eucharistic Prayer, receive Communion, and even respond to the Dismissal.
Soon – with the help of author Carstens wise suggestions – you will be surprised to find each Eucharistic Celebration a fountain of peace for you, a profound refreshment for your soul.
Among other things you’ll learn from these pages:
-The meaning of the sacramental principle: if you don’t understand it, then Mass is almost surely flat for you
-How each element of the Liturgy has a sacramental quality about it, and can be for you a grace-filled encounter with Jesus
-How to transform your prayers at Mass into a conversation with God
-Why silence – both within the liturgy and outside of it – is a necessary element of that conversation with God
-There’s a proper spiritual way to make the Sign of the Cross (do you know what it is?)
-How the Creed can be for you the highpoint of the Liturgy of the Word
-Why, during the collection, you should also explicitly offer Christ your heart
-The best way in the Mass to participate in Jesus’ saving work: do you know what it is?
– What you should desire in order to receive the Eucharist most efficaciously (and what that desire presupposes in you)
-Coming and going through the church doors: what, each time, it should mean for you spirituallyPlus, at the end of each chapter, a list of action items for the next time you go to Mass, and much, much more to awaken in you the bright spirit of joyful devotion that we are all called to have at Mass. Continue Reading Devotional Journey Into The Mass
Force For Good
$18.95Add to cartWritten by the Assistant Dean of the School of Business and Economics at the Catholic University of America, this fast-paced, thought-provoking book argues that the creation of integrity-infused organizations is the key to long-term success, personally and in the marketplace. Through sound explanations, detailed examples, and personal stories, it shows business leaders how to infuse integrity and bring success into their organizations by implementing the four core principles of Catholic Social Doctrine. Continue Reading Force For Good
Inquizition Whats Your Catholic IQ
$14.95Add to cartInQUIZition takes you into the wonderful and sometimes quirky world of Catholic Trivia, testing your knowledge with quizzes about all things Catholic. Along the way, youll learn hundreds of fun facts about Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, and about the angels, the saints, the Bible, the Apostles, Christian history, Catholic customs and doctrines, and even apologetics. Perfect for all ages, InQUIZition is a great way for families to spend time together, laughing and learning. Continue Reading Inquizition Whats Your Catholic IQ
By Dawns Early Light
$18.95Add to cartThis book is for every woman associated with the military, whether on land, on sea, or in the air and for all those at home who are waiting for their loved one to return or who are living on military bases, or struggling with the myriad of demands connected with military life.
Catholic military women are very special Soul Sisters. There’s a certain military pride shared amongst them they are in solidarity in a common goal to defend human life, to fight injustice, to protect their country, and support their military husbands, brothers, sons, daughters, cousins, nieces and nephews [or their military family]. They have heroically placed their lives on the line on battlefields, as well as in battling military issues on the home front too.
Best-selling and award-winning author Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle, an honorary lifetime member of the Military Council for Catholic Women (MCCW) shines a light on these gallant, heroic women who carry on with great faith, hope, humility, and love and whose heroism doesn’t remain on the battlefield, but is woven into the very fabric of their lives.
Traditional and original prayers, as well as teachings and inspiration from Jesus, Mary, and the Saints are woven throughout the entire book to give a powerful shot in the arm and to uplift spirits. This book will surely speak to the hearts of military mothers, wives, and women who are serving or have served in the military. It will also be a source of prayer and inspiration for anyone connected to the military the patriotic, and for anyone who would like to learn more about these courageous military women. Continue Reading By Dawns Early Light
Last Hours Of Jesus
$18.95Add to cartHere for the ordinary reader is an unforgettable moment-by-moment account that brings to vivid life the powerful events that transpired between Jesus’ Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane and His death on the Cross at Golgotha.
Told accurately and in a manner interesting and intelligible, it actually provides a fuller treatment of the Passion than is found in the Gospels. You see, those Gospels were written for first century readers already familiar with many of the persons, places, parties, and politics that colored events in those long-past days. Not so modern readers, twenty centuries later! Which is why Fr. Ralph Gorman has here crafted for us a single detailed narrative out of the four Gospels, weaving into his narrative relevant Old Testament passages and prophecies, and facts from Jewish and Roman history, laws, beliefs, traditions, and practices, plus helpful first century military, political, geographical, and archaeological information.
Faithful to the Gospels while drawing on the best commentaries on them in English, Latin, French, German, and Italian, these rich pages provide you a refreshing reading of the Gospels supplemented by reliable archaeological, historical, and theological information about the period, places, and persons involved. Plus, you have the benefit of Fr. Gorman’s keen depictions of the Gospel places based on his three years’ residence there.
You can read this book straight through, or one chapter a day as spiritual reading before Mass or during Lent. Either way, you’ll come to understand better the malice of the crowds, the dismay and confusion of Christ’s friends, and the speed with which the deadly events unfolded. Most of all, you’ll come to grasp anew the depths of Christ’s love for you, awakening in you greater devotion to Him than ever before. Continue Reading Last Hours Of Jesus
Holy Confidence : The Forgotten Path For Growing Closer To God
$14.95Add to cartIn often surprising pages written three centuries ago, esteemed Jesuit Father Benedict Rogacci (1646-1719) grants that fear of God may be the beginning of wisdom, but argues that confiding and familiar love of the Lord alone sustains it.
Relying heavily on Scripture, Fr. Rogacci reminds us that time and again the Lord insists we be at ease with Him. To this, Fr. Rogacci adds cogent and persuasive reasons why loving familiarity with the
Lord is the best way to promote both His glory and our own happiness. Continue Reading Holy Confidence : The Forgotten Path For Growing Closer To God
Benedict And Francis
$12.95Add to cartPope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis have each approached the papacy in strikingly different ways, yet they share the same fundamental vision of the world and man. In these pages, Cardinal Muller, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, explores the differences and commonalities of these two popes, showing how the challenge for the Church’s hierarchy remains the same, and how these two popes are leading the Church to resist worldly infections and to heal the spiritual diseases of our time.
He also provides a succinct and fascinating look into the universal ministry of the Church, showing how the popes, as successors to Peter, are the visible head of the pilgrim Church and are tasked with carrying out the pastoral ministry of Christ. Continue Reading Benedict And Francis
Our Ladys Message
$14.95Add to cartIn this warm retelling of the story of Our Lady of Fatima, Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle unfolds vividly before the eyes of children the mysterious radiant holy Lady who suddenly appeared to three peasant farm children in Portugal.
At a tumultuous time when the First World War was at its height and Portuguese farm families were devastated by the horrors of the Great War, miraculous events mysteriously occurred in 1916 and again in 1917. By reading this beautifully-illustrated chapter book, children will walk in the footsteps of Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta and learn the important message Our Lady delivered to these little shepherd children and to the whole world. Continue Reading Our Ladys Message
Saint Catherine Of Siena And Her Times
$16.95Add to cartSt. Catherine of Siena and Her Times tells the moving tale of Catherine, whose call to live a cloistered life of prayer and penance was trumped not only by the social needs of her day (poverty, plague) but by the explicit orders of the Pope, who, hearing of her remarkable powers of reconciliation of enemies, called her out of obscurity to mediate between the warring parties, sometimes even at the risk to her life. Continue Reading Saint Catherine Of Siena And Her Times
Total Consecration Through The Mysteries Of The Rosary
$14.95Add to cartIn his 18th century masterpiece, True Devotion to Mary, St. Louis de Montfort tells us that the quickest, easiest, and most efficacious path to Jesus is through the Blessed Virgin Mary. In her 1917 appearances at Fatima, Mary repeatedly urged us to pray the Rosary daily.
Since Mary is the best path to Jesus and since she herself insists on daily recitation of the Rosary, Fr. Ed Broom has developed this powerful do-it-yourself retreat that culminates in the total consecration to Jesus through Mary by focusing on the Mysteries of the Rosary and the Seven Sorrows of Mary – and all it takes is a few moments each day!
For years Fr. Ed Broom has transformed lives by leading this five-week retreat in Southern California. Now, for the very first time, that retreat is available in book form for those who cannot attend one of Father’s retreats in person. Here you’ll find the entire retreat program to bring you closer to Our Lady and to Our Lord: Scripture readings keyed to each Rosary decade, Fr. Broom’s succinct meditations on each Mystery, daily prayers, and wise but practical steps to help you gain the most from each meditation as you draw daily closer to your retreat’s culmination in the fifth week: your own Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary.
Why not spend the next five weeks with Fr. Broom meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary and the words of Scripture? Do so, and you’ll quickly come to appreciate as never before the beautiful prayer that is the Rosary as well as Jesus and Mary, whom you will soon know better and love more. Continue Reading Total Consecration Through The Mysteries Of The Rosary
House Of The Virgin Mary
$15.95Add to cartCome to know the house of the Virgin Mary which, according to numberless saints, scores of popes, and many official documents of the Vatican (and to protect it from the depredations of the Saracens) was in the late 1200s miraculously transported from Mary’s village of Nazareth to a hillside in Italy.
In this house, the Virgin Mary herself was born, she was saluted by the angel Gabriel, and Jesus himself became flesh. There he spent the first twelve years of his life.
Rev. G.E. Phillips’ book, The House of the Virgin Mary, is the comprehensive tale of the Holy House in Nazareth, and its miraculous transport to Loreto, Italy a delightful book that carefully lays out the evidence for the miracle and affords you detailed, convincing answers to those who have challenged it. Continue Reading House Of The Virgin Mary
My Daily Visit With The Saints
$19.95Add to cartRescued from obscurity after a full century out-of-print, My Daily Visit with the Saints brings you the sure, strong voices of over 65 saints and servants of God, spiritual giants who guided the Faithful from the time of the Apostles to the late 1800s and will help guide you today.
In their days, soundbites had not yet drowned out the authentic voice of the Church and saints could preach boldly and without compromise Her unadulterated, perennial teachings.
Rare are such occasions today, which is why, for your spiritual well-being (and for ours!), we have rescued from obscurity this grand collection of brief but telling passages from so many saints and servants of God, gathering them into 139 vital topics that serve not only as material for daily meditation but also constitute a monumental compendium of Catholic faith and life.
In its nearly 400 eloquent pages, the strong, clear voices of the saints clarify doctrine and instruct in the authentic ways of devotion those who yearn to serve God wholeheartedly.
Before your regular prayers, open for just a few moments My Daily Visit with the Saints or turn to it anytime you can carve out a moment or two for God. Therein you will find prayerful meditations, sure protection against sudden temptations, and lucid answers to sharp questions about the Faith. In a word, this one rich volume will serve you as a deep catechism, a spur to conscience, and a call to prayer.
Let your daily visit with God’s faithful servants breathe into you a strong new spirit of piety and devotion, and bring you the everlasting consolation known only to those who stay close to Jesus in all that they do.
8 Large Sections that cover all major aspects of our Faith:
The God’s Attributes, Gifts, and Graces
God the Son and God the Holy Spirit
The Blessed Virgin Mary and Her Feasts
The Holy Mother Church and Her Sacraments
The World and Sin
The Vices We Should Flee from
The Virtues We Should Practice
The Last Four Things139 topics that include scores of Scripture quotations and concise meditations on each of the following topics:
Abstinence * Ambition * Anger * The Annunciation * The Ascension * The Assumption * Atheism * Avarice * Baptism * Blasphemy * The Catholic Church * Chastity * The Commandments * Communion * Confession * Confidence in God * Conscience * Dangers of the world * Death * Discord * Envy * The Epiphany * The Eucharist * Fashion * Fasting * Fear of God * Flattery Continue Reading My Daily Visit With The Saints
Priest Answers 27 Questions You Never Thought To Ask
$14.95Add to cartDo ghosts really exist?
Do I have to give money to every beggar who comes along?
Is it okay to be cremated?
In these pages, Fr. Michael Kerper has collected and answered over two dozen questions that most of us have asked, but rarely took the time to seek an answer. With wit and enthusiasm, Fr. Kerper tackles each question head-on, relying on Scripture, tradition, the Catechism, and the writing of the saints to provide us with answers.
Fast-paced and thoroughly enjoyable, this book provides you with a treasure trove of little-known knowledge to share with your family and friends. Continue Reading Priest Answers 27 Questions You Never Thought To Ask
Vision Of Fatima
$17.95Add to cartFew books can provide such a penetrating, close encounter with a major Catholic event as Fr. McGlynn’s Vision of Fatima. In these fascinating pages, Fr. McGlynn tells the remarkable story of his time with Sr. Lucia one of three witnesses of Our Lady’s apparition near Fatima as she directed him in his sculpting the famed statue we know as Our Lady of Fatima.
Fr. Tom’s first encounter with Sr. Lucia was in 1947, thirty years after she and two other shepherd children witnessed the apparition of our Blessed Mother. He brought to her his initial sculpture which he had created in the United States, asking for her blessing and approval. But she refused, claiming it was all wrong. Fr. McGlynn protested that he be allowed to show artistic expression in the statue, but Sr. Lucia would have none of it. Continue Reading Vision Of Fatima
Unbelief Its Causes And Cure
$12.95Add to cartOriginally published under title: Why men do not believe, 1869.
In this classic work praised by Pope Pius IX himself, Fr. Nicolas J. Laforet lays out the spiritual causes of unbelief, and shows the antidotes necessary to remedy each of those failings.
Noting that unbelief is not a particularly modern phenomenon (after all, many people refused to believe in Jesus even after having witnessed his miracles), Fr. Laforet uncovers the common roots of unbelief as well as the sure remedies that finally bring men and women to have faith in God.
Fr. Laforet shows that although many think otherwise, unbelief is not merely a matter of the intellect; on the contrary, where unbelief prevails we almost invariably find bad will: souls who have either not seriously considered the claims of Christianity or who simply refuse to admit truths that are evident to anyone who inquires with an open mind. Continue Reading Unbelief Its Causes And Cure
From Star Wars To Superman
$19.95Add to cartStories of heroism and self-sacrifice dominate popular media and are often based on the Greatest Story Ever Told: that of the savior, Jesus Christ. In this exciting new book, author James Papandrea plunges into the Matrix, Batman, the Terminator, Spider Man, Dr. Who, and scores of other modern movies, discovering in each powerful images of Christ and Salvation. Papandrea argues convincingly that hunger for Christ is encoded into the human spirit, and that when cultures such as ours toss Jesus out one door, He comes in albeit disguised through another. Christians who enjoy popular culture will greet this book with acclaim. Continue Reading From Star Wars To Superman
When Women Pray
$14.95Add to cartInspired by the Parable of the Ten Wise Virgins (Matt 25: 2-13), this book affirms the wealth of grace entrusted to praying women. Through poignant stories and teaching, eleven Catholic women, single, widowed, married, mothers and grandmothers, magnify the Marian vocation of living as contemplatives in action.
Learn how, amidst the noise of a secular culture, the authors were formed in joy and sorrow, and discovered the transformative power of prayer. Each chapter ends with spiritual reflections: Ponder, Practice, Pray, and Feminine Wisdom from women saints. Eucharist, Scripture and Mary are prominently highlighted. Here is a book that can inspire the new outpouring of the oil of prayer for healing and holiness. Continue Reading When Women Pray
Roman Catacombs : A History Of The Christian City Beneath Pagan Rome
$14.95Add to cartEnter into the shadows of the Roman catacombs where early Christians attended Mass and hid in fear from Roman soldiers seeking their death for refusing to renounce the Christian Faith.
You’ll read dramatic acts of faith and courage as Fr. James Spencer Northcote, the world-renowned 19th-century expert on the catacombs, relates the intense belowground life of the catacombs.
For over three centuries, Christians buried their dead in often elaborate crypts hollowed out for them underground by fossors designated diggers whose status was just below that of deacons and priests.
With scores of maps and illustrations in these pages, you’ll see that the architecture of many crypts was as elaborate as buildings above-ground, creating under the streets and fields of Rome a second-cityindeed, a Christian city in the very heart of pagan Romegraced with broad underground tunnels and large rooms where assemblies could be held. Continue Reading Roman Catacombs : A History Of The Christian City Beneath Pagan Rome
Elizabeth Of The Trinity
$14.95Add to cartAvailable in English for the first time, this short book is a powerful introduction to the spiritual wisdom of one of the Church’s newest saints: Elizabeth of the Trinity.
There was nothing extraordinary in Elizabeth of the Trinity’s life. There were no ecstasies. She didn’t work miracles. She didn’t communicate heavenly messages through visions or words she heard.
Instead, she presented a message to modern man through her own life of fidelity, showing us that the true road to contemplative prayer is not an ascent to grasp God, but a descent into the depths of one’s heart.
She teaches us that only by drawing our souls inwardly can we move toward bold abandonment and achieve immersion in God, thereby connecting our spiritual lives to the eternal praise of the saints in heaven.
In our noisy culture, Elizabeth of the Trinity reminds us of God’s power to establish in us a profound and peaceful stillness. She reminds us that that the Trinity is our home, and that God has created us in order to be united to Christ.
In these pages, Sister Giovanna della Croce presents a brief and readable introduction to the teachings of Elizabeth of the Trinity, showing us the truth path to contemplative prayer.
St. John Paul II considered Elizabeth of the Trinity to be one of the most influential mystics in his spiritual life. Now you, too, can begin incorporating in your own spiritual life the mystical wisdom of Elizabeth of the Trinity. Continue Reading Elizabeth Of The Trinity
Unmasking Mother Teresas Critics
$14.95Add to cartMother Teresa’s canonization has brought fresh attention to her critics who malign her for the politicians she knew, for how she handled the enourmous sums of money she raised, and for the quality of care she offered those she served.
Christopher Hitchens claimed she was less interested in helping the poor than in using them . . . to fuel the expansion of her fundamentalist Roman Catholic beliefs.
A group of Canadian academics criticized her in their study for her rather dubious way of caring for the sick, her questionable political contacts . . . and her overly dogmatic views regarding abortion, contraception, and divorce.
Now comes Bill Donohue, the indefatigable President of the Catholic League, who is fighting back.
In this carefully researched book, Donohue pulls the curtain back on Mother Teresa’s critics, showing that virtually all of them shared an abiding disdain for Catholicism.
Her critics were militant atheists, Donohue explains, and strongly embraced socialism, viewing Mother Teresa’s work as a deterrent to government-controlled programs.
In these pages, Donahue responds point-by-point to all of her critics claims, and proves that their attacks on her are motivated almost entirely by her conviction that life begins in the womb.
Don’t let Mother Teresa’s critics win. Read this book, and be armed with all the evidence you need to put to rest those cruel myths that are being promoted by those who wish to destroy the legacy of one of the Church’s most admired saints. Continue Reading Unmasking Mother Teresas Critics
Surprised By Life
$18.95Add to cartThese eye-opening accounts by a dozen new Catholics reveal how these former Protestants and atheists came to view the Catholic Church’s teachings on life issues changed their minds about their old beliefs and led them to the Church.
Dramatic and thought-provoking, these intensely personal stories explain virtually every controversial issue surrounding life, including in vitro fertilization, abortion, contraception, and more.
If you’re an honest seeker for truth, you have to grapple with the issues raised here issues that could make an eternal difference in your life!
Continue Reading Surprised By Life
Let There Be No Divisions Among You
$14.95Add to cartWith clear, compelling logic bolstered by countless Scriptural confirmations, Fr. John MacLaughlin here considers the oft-heard claim that it doesn’t matter what Christian denomination you join, so long as you’re sincere.
Formally known as Indifferentism, this view has in recent centuries taken deep root among Christians. Indeed, indifferentism is the enemy not only of Protestantism and Catholicism, but of Christ Himself, who revealed to His apostles scores of truths about Himself and the way of salvation, never encouraging them to pick and choose among those truths.
Not only then, argues Fr. MacLaughlin, is one Christian denomination not as good as another; embracing the wrong one can lead a good-hearted soul into utter unbelief, jeopardizing his salvation. Continue Reading Let There Be No Divisions Among You
Temptations : Where They Come From What They Mean And How To Defeat Them
$11.95Add to cartThen reach for this modest book by Fr. P.J. Michel, S.J., a savvy professor of theology whose wisdom and common sense have been forged not only in the classroom, but by decades of ardent prayer and service to penitent souls in the confessional.
Here Fr. Michel explains where your temptations come from and helps rid you of them (and of your fear of them). He teaches you how to best respond to the different kinds of temptations that assail you, and he even shows you how to profit spiritually from your temptations, no matter how strong or frequent they may be! From these clear, succinct pages you’ll learn:
Why you, in particular, are still tempted (and why God allows it)
Whether your temptations show that you’ve turned away from God
Whether the evil thoughts and impulses that afflict you regularly are merely temptations . . . or sins to which you have somehow consented Continue Reading Temptations : Where They Come From What They Mean And How To Defeat Them
Love That Made Mother Teresa
$14.95Add to cartThe countless sweet photos of her smiling at babies showed Mother Teresa to be a single-minded advocate for the poor. But she was a woman with a will whose strength has been matched by few souls in history. Mother Teresa broke death’s stranglehold on the poor of Calcutta, and she showed us how to conquer the sin and darkness in what she called the slums of the hearts of modern man.
Part biography and part spiritual reading, these pages bring to light little-known stories from Mother Teresa’s life that will help you to grow in your love of God. You will learn her approach to reading Scripture, what enabled her to persevere through agonizing nights, and the remarkable some would say mystical events that led her to start the Missionaries of Charity. Continue Reading Love That Made Mother Teresa
How To Read Your Way To Heaven
$18.95Add to cartMany of us commit to some form of spiritual reading, but we find that our book choices are sporadic and often based on a whim rather than following a purposeful plan. Designed for individual or group settings, How to Read Your Way to Heaven will guide your quest to delve deeper into a relationship with Christ by meditating on the written word while organizing your reading around the four pillars of the Catholic Faith – the Creed, the sacraments, morality, and prayer. Continue Reading How To Read Your Way To Heaven
Spiritual Guidelines For Souls Seeking God
$12.95Add to cartHere is a brief, lucid, readable work that will help you finally not merely draw closer to Christ but abide in his presence today, tomorrow, and ever after.
In it, Fr. Basil Maturin, a holy priest wise in the ways of the soul, explains what you must do and what you must allow Christ to do in order to come to know Him as you should.
In chapters written for souls hungry to improve their spiritual lives, Fr. Maturin shows you how to move beyond the conquest of particular vices and develop true friendship with Christ. You’ll learn not merely how to pray but also how to combine prayer with the other spiritual virtues that are essential to sure progress in the spiritual life. With Fr. Maturin’s help, you’ll soon develop a strong and vigorous character that shines with the bright virtues and that lead you finally to an encounter face-to-face with Christ Himself. Continue Reading Spiritual Guidelines For Souls Seeking God
Anti Catholic Myths Debunked
$11.95Add to cartMany good people reject the Catholic Church for what they consider to be its absurd teachings. In these pages, Archbishop Patrick John Ryan shows that these souls are mistaken not in condemning absurd teachings, but in believing those teachings to be Catholic.
Archbishop Ryan considers the most common charges levied against Catholicism, showing that not only are those scorned doctrines not Catholic, they’re condemned by the Church! Here are just a few of the common misconceptions that are corrected in this book:
That the Church claims to endow its priests with the power of forgiveness a power reserved to God alone
That Catholics believe inanimate objects (such as relics and holy water) can perform miracles
That Catholics pray as well to statues, images, and relics, offering them worship that belongs to God alone
And a many more surprising charges! Continue Reading Anti Catholic Myths Debunked
My Little Hands Bible
$14.99Add to cartThis beautifully illustrated children’s Bible features 60 child-friendly images and simple text that make this a perfect book for children under five. This hardback book is perfectly sized for younger children to hold.
The Author, Bethan James, is a former teacher and youth worker from England who has years of experience in writing books for children. The beautiful illustrations by Krisztina Kallai Nagy, a native of Budapest, has been praised throughout the world.
For anyone who wants to help their young children understand and engage with the stories of the Bible, then My Little Hands Bible is a book you will want in your children’s library. Continue Reading My Little Hands Bible
What Catholics Are Free To Believe Or Not
$12.95Add to cartFatima, relics, miracles and more: about these and scores of other claims of the Catholic Faith, most people are simply wrong . . . including many Catholics!
They re mistaken about what the Church really requires believers to accept, and unclear about just what She s left to the discretion of the faithful.
To overcome these errors which can breed doubts and confusion in Catholics and non-Catholics alike the late Father Hughes here provides clear, succinct, detailed answers to what Catholics are bound to believe and practice, and what they re free to dismiss.
Without diluting or minimizing the obligations of Catholics, Fr. Hughes eliminates many obstacles to the conversion of Protestants who find troubling or even objectionable one or more non-essential beliefs or practices of the Church.
From these eye-opening pages, you’ll learn:
The real reason Catholics accept the doctrines of the Church: it’s simpler than you may think
The very minimum every Catholic must believe and do: do you know where the line is drawn?
The worship and services that all Catholics must render to God (Can you name them?) and the ones they are free to practice or not
How inquirers (and believers, as well) can assent to the Catholic faith without knowing each and every one of her teachings
Why the Church will not in fact, cannot ever ask the faithful to assent to a proven truth of reason
Which miracles all Catholics are required to accept and the ones they can legitimately doubt (plus, an easy way to tell the difference)
How revelation gives birth to and limits the reach of the Church’s doctrinal authority
That, contrary to popular belief, the Church since apostolic times has never taught a new doctrine and can
Where the Church has authority over the conclusions of science (and where She has none)
The religious obedience is due even to some non-infallible declarations of the Church
What, precisely, Catholics are required to accept in Church pronouncements about apparitions, relics, scapulars, shrines, holy images, and other popular devotions, and what they need not believeThese brisk, refreshing pages sweep away countless errors and confusions about the Catholic faith, showing Catholics and non-Catholics that it is far more reasonable and inviting than its critics claim: indeed, the only faith fully the respects the conscience and intelligence of creatures while conveying the full truth to them about the love of God for them and their obligations to Him. Continue Reading What Catholics Are Free To Believe Or Not
Knowing Gods Love
$14.95Add to cartIf you are confused by the array of conflicting teachings that claim to be Catholic, or have found the Catechism too difficult to read, then this book will give you clear, concise, and readable explanations of the foundational truths for living the Catholic faith.
Organized by topic, Dr. LaBarbara has pulled from countless Church documents to present a timely and compelling synthesis of not only what the Church teaches, but how those teachings
fit together perfectly in a true unity of faith and truth.Read these pages, and you’ll learn so much more about who God is and who you are, and how fully embracing the Church’s teachings will lead you to truly live the glorious freedom of the children of God. Continue Reading Knowing Gods Love
Little Book Of Holy Gratitude
$14.95Add to cartSharp penance for rememberd sins helps stouthearted Christians seize heaven, but gentler souls, like scores of saints, have trod a different path. Their souls are possessed by gratitude, inspired by the remembrance of past benefits, and filled with wonder at the abundant loving-kindness of God.
These wise pages reveal the critical role that gratitude plays in your sanctification, and they’ll remind you of the many things the Lord has given you for which you shoulc be grateful each moment of every day. Continue Reading Little Book Of Holy Gratitude
Practice For Heaven
$18.95Add to cartRemembered as a devoted and passionate defender of the Faith, Cardinal Edward Egan played a pivotal role in revitalizing the Catholic Church in New York. From strengthening parishes and schools to expanding religious education programs and inviting new religious orders to the City, he left an indelible mark on the faithful in New York and beyond.
In the year prior to his death in March 2015, Cardinal Egan collected and edited fifty articles he had written over several decades to be published in this single volume.
With an approachable yet elegant style, you’ll read about his interaction with a music store clerk who reluctantly sold him heavy-metal music he was buying as research for an upcoming talk to students. You’ll read how the books he gave to two pagans led them to pray together for the first time, and how he convinced a hotel manager to read a chapter from St. Francis de Sales’s Introduction to the Devout Life.
Cardinal Egan was an evangelizer and a modern missionary. As he said himself, all of his efforts as a priest were practice for getting into heaven.
Read this book and you’ll come to a greater appreciation of Cardinal Egan’s life and accomplishments, and you’ll peer into the mind of one of America’s most respected and well-regarded Cardinals. Continue Reading Practice For Heaven
Holy Water : And Its Significance For Catholics
$11.95Add to cartCountless graces flow from the use of Holy Water when you understand its role in God’s plan of salvation, and how it brings new graces into your life.
In clear, convincing language, Father Theiler lays out for Christians countless surprising, but long-forgotten truths about Holy Water, and explains the interior acts and dispositions that are necessary for this blessed gift of God to have the sanctifying effect our Lord intends for you.
Read these pages attentively; consider them thoughtfully; incorporate their truths and suggestions into your daily spiritual life. In these pages, you’ll also learn:
*The time that God Himself commanded the use of Holy Water (Do you know where the Bible tells this story?)
*Why God chose water as the means to impart so many blessings even before He created man and woman!
*What you should and should not expect from the graces conferred by Holy Water
*Did you know that Holy Water helps not merely the souls, but even the bodies of the Faithful Departed
*Why, although it’s not necessary for salvation, Holy Water may be just what you need to be saved
*Holy Water actually does protect you against ills, physical and spiritual but only if you use it properly. Do you know how?
*Making the Sign of the Cross with Holy Water: what it ought to bring to your mind.
*A simple way to use Holy Water to ease and deepen your prayers at Mass
*You know your children face many dangers. Here are ways Holy Water can protect them
*The Rite of Sprinkling with Holy Water: what should you do if no drops of water reach you?
*Many prayers short and long to help you use Holy Water frequently and efficaciously*Eight practical ways you can use Holy Water for the well-being of yourself and your loved ones. Continue Reading Holy Water : And Its Significance For Catholics
Fire From Above
$18.95Add to cartA humble prayer calls down fire from above, and as we learn to live a life rooted in prayer, this heavenly fire grows into a profound awareness of the presence of God. This is the deepest purpose of prayer, and making this journey is essential for reaching the heights of holiness for which we were made.
In Fire From Above, Dr. Anthony Lilles, Academic Dean at St. John’s Seminary in California, shows you how to put your whole life in conversation with the Risen Lord within the Catholic tradition of spirituality. The wisdom of great saints and mystics will help you discover how to surrender your pride and appeal to God with humble trust, and how prayer addresses your deepest human needs.
Dr. Lilles then shows you how the mystery of prayer unfolds, and how God provides heroic levels of courage and deep internal resolve through humble and persevering devotion. You’ll examine how spiritual battles and dryness in prayer are essential to reaching communion with God, including the dark night of the soul. In these remarkable pages, you’ll also explore:
Why finding time to pray is always possible and necessary even when life is busy.
How the proper use of sacramentals can render the heart more vulnerable to God’s saving power while protecting it from evil.
Practical ways to confront self-deception and other challenges to contemplative prayer.
How forgiveness and bearing hardships are means for spiritual maturity.
The indispensible role of Our Lady in the life of faith.Read these pages, and you’ll soon embark on the epic adventure which is the life of prayer, and you’ll find encouragement to desire neither the goods nor the experiences of this world, but instead to pursue alone the Lord and His divine plan for your life. Continue Reading Fire From Above
Holy Year In Rome
$19.95Add to cartIn this definitive guide to the Jubilee of Mercy, EWTN’s Rome Correspondent, Joan Lewis, takes you back in time for a look at the history of Jubilees, and then brings you to the present with a visit to the seven pilgrim basilicas of Rome and the immeasurable treasures of Rome and the Vatican.
Joan shares with you the many special graces you can receive this year, as well as countless fun facts such as the significance of the Holy Doors, the key features of Catholic architecture, the liturgical customs that are unique to the Jubilee of Mercy, how to obtain an indulgence, and so much more.
Whether you make a pilgrimage to Rome or are celebrating this extraordinary year in your own home, there’s no better guide than EWTN’s Joan Lewis. Continue Reading Holy Year In Rome
Diaries Of The Chinese Martyrs
$17.95Add to cartWith tens of millions killed and thousands of Catholics incarcerated because of rigged trials, China under Mao’s dictatorship was the Asian version of the Nazi concentration camps and the Soviet Gulag. It’s one of the darkest moments in Church history – one that continues to be played out to this day through a historic abuse of power and a seemingly endless hunt for believers in Jesus Christ and His Church.
Now the stories of these brave Catholic counter-revolutionaries are brought to you for the first time. These four autobiographical testimonies will leave you speechless and inspired. You’ll witness the endless strength and hope these brave men displayed despite years of shocking psychological and physical abuse.
Nothing short of miraculous, you’ll hear their miraculous stories in the face of hunger, torture, interrogation, indoctrination, and the humiliation of the people’s trials. There emerged from these souls the crystalline faith of those brave enough to accept their own Calvary for fidelity to Christ without ever becoming slaves of hatred. Continue Reading Diaries Of The Chinese Martyrs
World Of Ben Hur
$14.95Add to cartA must-have for fans of the epic film, acclaimed author Mike Aquilina offers an unflinching look at the life and times in which the epic adventure of Ben-Hur is set.
By exploring the gripping times in which the Roman Empire ruled the world, countless scenes throughout the film will have greater meaning and a significance that only knowledge of history can provide.
You’ll come to a deeper understanding of the Roman penal system that led Judah Ben-Hur to the galleys, the struggle to survive disease and martyrdom, the inevitable destiny of the slave, and the truth about the Roman games that gave birth to the famous chariot race that remains one of the most memorable experiences in cinematic history.
As we strip away centuries of accumulated tradition and look at Jesus of Nazareth with fresh eyes, you’ll also share with Ben-Hur the exciting, confusing, and life-changing experience of meeting Jesus for the first time. Continue Reading World Of Ben Hur
Gods Healing Mercy
$18.95Add to cartA perfect companion for the Year of Mercy
Do we believe that Jesus can heal us and bring us back from the dead?-Pope Francis
Healing, in a word, is resurrection. He forgives all your inequities, He heals all your diseases, He redeems your life from the pit, He crowns you with steadfast love and mercy (Ps 103:3-4).
Here retreat master, Ignatian trained spiritual director and author Kathleen Beckman offers a guide for a personal or group healing retreat based on Divine Mercy in Scripture and in the lives of the Saints. Beckman skillfully helps us to see how the rays of divine mercy heal families, marriages, the sick, poor, suffering, friends, enemies, laity, clergy, our vocations, doubters, believers, those with diabolical suffering, sinners, saints, the unborn, the elderly, children, the Church and the whole world.
Each chapter concludes with a profile in mercy – a reflection on a saint who was a vessel of mercy – including Blessed Mother Teresa, St. John Paul II, Cardinal Francis-Xavier Nguyen, Venerable Conchita Cabrera, St. Maria Goretti, St. Maximilian Kolbe, St. Gianna Molla, St. Faustina, St. Peter and the Virgin Mary.
Also contained in this book are scriptural spiritual exercises for healing:
*From unforgiveness to forgiveness
*From fear to trust
*From anxiety to peace
*From shame to mercy
*From pride to humility
*From powerlessness to prayer
*From sin-sickness to the Eucharist
*From spiritual weakness to the Beatitudes
*From worldliness to works of mercy
*From spiritual warfare to Christ’s victory
*Healing the culture through works of mercyBelievers long and desperately need to encounter the living, joyful, truthful majestic face of the Father of Mercy-healer and lover of humanity. These pages lead to a healing encounter. Continue Reading Gods Healing Mercy
Christian Dating In Godless World
$18.95Add to cartIn these pages, Fr. Thomas Morrow, author of the best-selling book, Overcoming Sinful Anger, offers a practical guide to dating in a secular world.
He explores a range of dating issues including choosing Mr. or Miss Right, the four meanings of love, how to have a warm but chaste relationship, the goodness of affection, modesty, restoring the dignity of women, and how to overcome the most common problems with communication. Continue Reading Christian Dating In Godless World
Experience Grace In Abundance
$19.95Add to cartEWTN television host, Johnnette Benkovic, offers strategies to help you fulfill your most fundamental vocation in life: to grow in holiness and to be conformed to the image of God. Using Scripture and the teachings of Church, as well as the writings of the greatest saints and popes, Johnnette offers practical advice for developing a strategy that integrates into your life those spiritual principles that mark the interior life and will lead your soul to heaven. Continue Reading Experience Grace In Abundance
Avoiding Bitterness In Suffering
$18.95Add to cartWhen Ronda Chervin’s son, Charles, ended his own life, he did so believing that it is pointless to endure inevitable suffering.
In the wake of Charles’s death, Dr. Chervin set out to discover some of the most basic – but all too often misunderstood – answers to why God allows us to suffer, and how we can bear it with perseverance and hope.
She shares her discoveries in these pages, helping you understand that while there is no escape from pain, pain itself is the road into the heart of Christ where peace can be found.
You’ll be given encouragement and practical advice as you explore afflictions such as failure, fear, frustration, loneliness, loss, marital problems, physical pain, fatigue, and temptation.
Dr. Chervin explains each affliction in detail and offers reflections on the lives of saints who suffered from the very same cross. Throughout each chapter you’re given practical suggestions on how you can meet Christ in your particular pain.
You’ll draw wisdom from the lives and writings of saints who were addicted, depressed, exhausted, raped, and unhappily married. And among these saints, you’ll discover within their responses a pattern that you can ponder and imitate.
Avoiding Bitterness in Suffering will bring courage and hope that in Christ and in communion with his saints, you can – and will – triumph over every kind of adversity.
You’ll also learn:
How you can overcome the pain associated with loneliness and isolation
Five ways to overcome doubts about the Faith
Four steps to liberation from the suffering of indecision
Five ways to meet Christ in the suffering of exploitation
What St. Benedict teaches us about failure – and how it changed the world
How to cope with failure and poverty
Five ways you can transform fear into trust in Christ
How you can turn frustrations and anger into a Christian spirit
How you can respond in a holy way to marital discord, demanding spouses, physical abuse, psychological abuse, abandonment, and rage
Four ways you can turn to Christ in times of temptation Continue Reading Avoiding Bitterness In Suffering
Live Today Well
$18.95Add to cartLiving the Christian life requires a strategy. Most of us won’t get to heaven through heroic feats of sanctity, but by learning to live the devout life through our everyday activities.
St. Francis de Sales has developed for you a spiritual plan of action – a plan that will help you acquire holiness despite the many responsibilities and mundane realities that take up all your time and effort.
In these pages, Fr. Thomas Dailey – an Oblate of St. Francis de Sales – gently guides you through St. Francis de Sales’s spiritual plan, showing how you can balance time devoted to God with the time needed to complete your many tasks each day. You’ll learn St. Francis de Sales’s technique of daily prayer and grace-filled awareness that will transform your life one day at a time – no matter how busy your lifestyle.
From making a spiritual retreat during the day to fending off the many temptations you face, Live Today Well will help you commune with God throughout your day. And by practicing the little virtues you learn here, you’ll soon find yourself moving toward the heavenly heights as you become the saint you are called by God to be.
You’ll also learn:
Four ways to become aware of God’s presence
Tips for spiritual time-management
Simple methods of praying, whether in Church or not
How to avoid the three dangerous tendencies that appear in conversations
How to conquer your greatest temptations
The one virtue which gives greatest assurance for reaching perfection
The two critical elements of any good confession Continue Reading Live Today Well
Beatitudes Teachers Guide (Teacher’s Guide)
$29.99Add to cartThis full-color book features 13 ready-to-use lesson plans on the Beatitudes. By using these lessons, you will help your students come to see that Jesus Christ is the only way to personal freedom, happiness, and holiness.
Every self-contained lesson in this guide is teacher-written, classroom-tested, and scholar-reviewed, and gives you everything you need to help guide your students understand the true meaning of Jesus’ most important teachings.
To help you differentiate instruction, this guide includes lessons at three grade levels. Each lesson is clearly marked with an intended audience/reading level. Based on the students you have from class to class/year to year, you can decide which resource(s) to use with which students.
Each lesson is designed in a flexible, modular format, and includes:
Essential questions
Connections to the Catechism of the Catholic Church
Accessible and engaging background reading
Biblical touchstones
Comprehension and critical thinking questions
Warm-up / bell work
Main activity such as primary source analysis, role-playing, structured debate, and many others
Homework and extension options
Bulletin Board extension options for elementary lessonsThe veteran schoolteachers who wrote the twelve lessons included here know firsthand your needs in the classroom. Even the layflat binding makes it easy for you to photocopy all the provided handouts and activities. Continue Reading Beatitudes Teachers Guide (Teacher’s Guide)
A D Catholic Viewers Guide
$14.95Add to cartBased on the NBC television event, A.D. The Bible Continues: Catholic Viewer’s Guide will help you fully experience each episode, providing important historical and theological context as you learn about the early Church and the first followers of Christ. Each chapter features short introductory essays as well as background information, character profiles, helpful maps, pre- and post-viewing discussion questions, and ways in which you can apply the principles of the episode into your own life.
A.D. The Bible Continues: Catholic Viewer’s Guide is perfect for personal use, group discussions at viewing parties, family study, or small group sessions.
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A D Ministers And Martyrs
$8.97Add to cartBased on the epic NBC television event, A.D. The Bible Continues: Ministers and Martyrs offers an unflinching look at the lives and sacrifices of those first Christians who were given the task of spreading the Gospel to the ends of the earth.
Relying on the ancient documents, as well as latest archaeological findings and scientific research, acclaimed author Mike Aquilina takes you on a journey through the Apostolic Age, bringing to life the ancient streets and crowded marketplaces through which Mary and the Apostles journeyed as they built a Church that lasts even to our day.
You’ll also discover the beliefs of the early Christians, what they taught about the Eucharist and the Divinity of Christ, how their Church services resembles today’s Mass, and how Rome became the spiritual center for Christianity.
Read these pages, and you’ll come to see that despite the best efforts of their enemies, the blood of the Apostles did not snuff out the Faith but brought forth great saints whose holy deeds and brave examples gave the besieged Church a vigor that lasts even to today.
A.D. The Bible Continues: Ministers and Martyrs will give you confidence that the Church is indeed Christ acting in the world, and that no matter how ruthless her opponents, she will endure to the end of time.
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Proving The Catholic Faith Is Biblical
$19.95Add to cartIf you want quick, substantive answers to the most common (and even several uncommon) claims that Catholic beliefs and practices aren’t biblical, then Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical is the book for you.
In these pages, veteran apologist Dave Armstrong carefully walks you through the key teachings of the Church, revealing how each is rooted in Scripture.
He begins with several essays on tradition before moving into Ecclesiology, explaining the basis of a single Church, why priests are called father, and whether Church councils are more authoritative than the pope.
Armstrong then justifies priestly celibacy before moving into the theology of salvation. He illuminates the Church’s teaching on predestination, what believing in Jesus really means, and the relationship between faith and good works.
He continues by explaining purgatory and penance, the ritualism of the Holy Mass, the Rosary, the Communion of Saints, Mary as Queen of Heaven, papal infallibility, annulments, contraception, the necessity of Hell, and even the development of Church doctrine.
All told, he offers here 80 powerful essays that make sense of so many Catholic beliefs and practices that puzzle non-Catholics and cradle Catholics alike.
Read this book, and you’ll come to see that not only is the Catholic Faith thoroughly biblical, it is the only Christian religion in full conformity with Scripture. Continue Reading Proving The Catholic Faith Is Biblical
Discover Your Next Mission From God
$17.95Add to cartGod created each person for a specific purpose and with a specific mission. How do I find out what that mission is?
Every saint in heaven once asked this question. Their path to discovering God’s will was often frustrating and tedious, but their reward for perseverance is eternity in heaven.
In Discover Your Next Mission from God, author and retreat-leader Julie Onderko uncovers the lives of countless saints to show how they searched for — and ultimately discovered — God’s will for their lives. By reflecting on the decisions, circumstances, and ever-guiding love of God in the saints’ lives, you’ll come to a greater knowledge of how to see and live the plan He has for your life.
You’ll learn how Maximillian Kolbe got God’s plan wrong before he got it right. You’ll read about St. Helena who persevered under the most challenging circumstances, including watching her son murder her grandson. You’ll discover how St. Andre Bessette found his calling to heal physical afflictions through devotion to St. Joseph.
Time after time, Julie shows us, God doesn’t call the holy and qualified. Instead, he calls sinners like you and me, lifts them up to greatness, and sets them out to do His will.
Read these pages, and you’ll be armed with saintly strategies and examples as you begin the greatest adventure of your life. God is calling you right now, and He stands ready to fill your soul with the grace needed to achieve His mission for you on earth. Continue Reading Discover Your Next Mission From God
Letter To Families
$7.99Add to cartThe future of humanity passes by way of the family.
St. John Paul II’s Letter to Families remains one of the most insightful and encouraging resources for parents and spouses. As the Holy Father says in the opening lines of his letter, he is knocking at the door of your home, eager to greet you with deep affection and to spend time with you.
In this new study edition you have an incomparable guide to rediscovering the beauty of marriage and parenthood. You’ll also come to a deeper sense of your role in the family, and you’ll be better prepared to respond to the countless challenges that families experience in today’s secular culture.
The Holy Father’s heroic defense of the family gives us not only hope and courage, but also wonderful tools and advice that will lead to Christ’s triumph in our domestic church.
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I Believe In Love Leaders Guide
$7.95Add to cartI Believe in Love has long been beloved by Catholics for its wondrous distillation of the teachings of St. Therese of Lisieux. This Leader’s Edition will help you guide your group through the Study Guide for I Believe in Love as you explore her teachings more deeply while inspiring you to integrate them into your daily lives.
By leading your group through the study guides and reading I Believe in Love, you will embark on the way to the Father and learn how to focus on Him throughout each day, rest in him amid your troubles, and live joyfully with Him at every moment!
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Discovering God Together
$18.95Add to cartResearch shows again and again that when families openly live and share their faith together, their marriages are stronger, children and parents get along better, and children are less likely to succumb to drugs, alcohol, promiscuity, or negative peer pressure.
In this book, experienced psychotherapists Greg and Lisa Popcak show how you can transform your family into a joyful place where each member experiences life as a gift from God.
From tapping into the rich beauty of Catholic traditions to mustering the motivation needed to deepen your spiritual life, you discover the practical, positive, and tangible difference our faith can make in your family life.
You’ll also learn . . .
The five marks of a Catholic family. Are you missing the most important?
How to keep rituals fresh and alive rather than boring and routine.
The four characteristics of teaching your children to have the heart of a disciple.
The one thing children need to catch their faith on fire.
How to shepherd your kids through the seven stages of faith.
Six steps to helping kids develop individual prayer time
How to discern your family’s charism – and what to do with it.
How to foster your children’s sense of mission. Continue Reading Discovering God Together
Single And Catholic
$14.95Add to cartLiving the single life and choosing to live it in accord with our Catholic Faith is no easy task. In these pages, author Judy Keane gives you guidance and encouragement as you find purpose and meaning in the life God has given you. More than learning to find a spouse, you will learn how to use your time in the single life to make something beautiful for God.
Within these pages you’ll read the stories of countless single Catholics who journeyed from loneliness to fulfillment, and how you, too, can fully live your Faith and accept the unique calling that Christ has called you to.
You’ll learn the five myths most single Catholics encounter, and proven yet charitable ways to respond to each. And you’ll explore the powerful role singles can and must! play in restoring our Church and culture.
Here you’ll meet those single saints who used the life they were given to grow in holiness and love of God, and explore the temptations and struggles that are unique to single Catholics, as well as time-tested ways to respond to each. More than anything, you’ll see that your time as a single Catholic isn’t just a waiting period but a time for you to realize your vocation and to start living a life in Christ right now.
Read this book, and you’ll gain the confidence and inspiration you need to find peace, joy, and meaning in your life as a single Catholic. Continue Reading Single And Catholic
Filling Our Fathers House
$14.95Add to cartConverts often bring to the Catholic Church an evangelical zeal that can renew and energize even the most tired and battle weary among us.
The Church is hurting for enthusiastic voices to proclaim her teachings on truth and morals. In these pages, Shaun McAfee, a convert from Evangelical Protestantism shows how we can take the best tools of evangelization and use them to reach countless souls with the fullness of the Christian Faith.
With Shaun’s help, you’ll learn simple ways you can make the visitor in your parish more at home, how to speak compellingly about the Faith, simple ways to integrate daily Scripture reading into your life, why small groups are important for spiritual enrichment, and how to communicate with souls who have never considered joining the Catholic Church.
The simple steps Shaun outlines in these pages will also show priests and lay leaders how to more effectively engage modern society with our Catholic Faith.
Our society is awash in secularism. It’s eating away at the sense of God, and the emptying of the pews in our own parishes is its natural effects. What we need is a renewal of enthusiasm for the battle against secularism and this book is a beginner’s guide to getting us back on track. Continue Reading Filling Our Fathers House
Worshipping A Hidden God
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The ways of God are not our ways, and the spiritual life is almost the contrary of what we fancy it.So declares author Luis Martinez, the Mexican bishop and mystic whose wise spirituality, rooted in St. John of the Cross and St. Therese of Lisieux, shows you here how to enter into an intense, sustainedcommunion with God.
Bishop Martinez doesn’t offer new rules of prayer or demand that you abandon the forms of meditation that suit you. He simply reminds you that our God is a hidden God.
To find Him, says Martinez, we have to seek Him, but through His ways, not ours. If we do that, the gaze of faith will always find Him right where He hides: in the spiritual desolation that led us wrongly to believe He was far away.
Martinezshows you how to live in the obscurity of faith, detached both from consolations and desolations, and why this is best for your soul. The Christian who learns to do this leaves behind the perturbations of the world that shake the faith of those who don’t.
In the obscurity of faith, the Divine Master will listen to you, speak to you, and instruct your soul, but without the noise of words.
Says Martinez: Once youknow how to profit from faith and to live by faith, you will always find God. You will have solved your problem; you will have discovered the great secret of the interior life.
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Spiritual Handbook For Catholic Evangelists
$14.95Add to cartPreviously published under title: Inner strength for active Apostles: how to win souls without losing your own, 2003.
Nearly a century ago, the Trappist monk Jean-Baptiste Chautard sat in the silence of his cell and wrote this classic book, showing us how to live in the noise and bustle of the world and to win more souls for Christ.Praised by Pope St. Pius X, Pope Benedict XV, and by many cardinals and bishops, Spiritual Handbook for Catholic Evangelists was an instant hit when it was first published in 1912, and has since been read with gratitude by hundreds of thousands of busy parents, teachers, preachers, catechists, and other Christians working in the world to save souls without losing their own.
Generations of Christians have turned to this book because Fr. Chautard understands – and here offers sure remedies for – the particular spiritual problems that afflict all ofus who try to bring others to Christ. He explains how to avoid the self-righteousness and pride that bring down successful apostles, and the indifference and despair that hobble unsuccessful ones.
Relying on the spiritual wisdom of the greatest saints and mystics of the Church (from St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas to St. Francis de Sales and St.John of the Cross), Spiritual Handbook for Catholic Evangelists shows you how to achieve each of the three essential goals that you must accomplish in your apostolic efforts: you must win souls to Christ; you must promote your own spiritual welfare; and you must give glory to God.
Here is a spiritual handbook that will help you grow closer toJesus as you spread His gospel, and will make it easier for you – byyour words and your example – to lead ever more souls to him.
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Sacred Heart Of Jesus Coloring Book
$7.95Add to cartBy coloring the nearly 20 sacred art images included here, children will be inspired to live a life of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Each image features a prayer as well as a brief reflection that will help children come to a much deeper understanding of God’s mercy and unfailing love. Continue Reading Sacred Heart Of Jesus Coloring Book
Strength In Simplicity
$11.95Add to cartStrength in Simplicity
This classic book shows you how to grow closer to God in the things you already do every day, without burdening you with numerous devotions or complicated methods.
Author Emmanuel de Gibergues explores the virtue of simplicity that is, having the single intention of pleasing God in all that you do.
You’ll come to recognize the signs of true simplicity, and find out how to practice simplicity toward God and in your life’s activities. Even better, you’ll find the secrets of practicing simplicity within yourself a deceptively difficult spiritual discipline that de Gibergues makes easy in these pages.
As this book helps you bring the calming and transforming virtue of simplicity into every part of your life, you’ll become better able to direct all things to God and learn new ways to be attentive to His presence in your life. Don’t rush through life without the saving message of these pages!
Strength in Simplicity reveals to you:
True simplicity: how it isn’t willful ignorance or simple-mindedness
How to set your life on a sure course to God
Two advantages of simplicity: what you’ll gain by clearing your life of complications
How to eliminate anxiety, trouble, and discouragement from your soul
How simplicity can make you generous, courageous, and more loving
Four signs that you really are keeping it simple: are they in your soul now?
Failure: your attitude toward it may be crippling your spiritual life. Find out how
The most dreaded enemy of your soul’s progress: is it keeping you from deepening your happiness and love for God?
Two indispensable qualities for beginners in the spiritual life: do you have them?
Suffering: how simplicity helps you through the worst of it
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7 Sacraments Elementary Edition Teacher Guide (Teacher’s Guide)
$19.99Add to cartThe Seven Sacraments is a compilation of 10 supplemental lesson plans, enabling you to go beyond the limitations of current textbooks by offering a more comprehensive, in-depth, and engaging approach.
Every self-contained lesson in this guide is teacher-written, classroom-tested, and scholar-reviewed, and gives you everything you need to help your students encounter Christ in the Sacraments.
Each lesson is designed in a flexible, modular format, and includes:
Essential questions
Connections to the Catechism of the Catholic Church
Accessible and engaging background reading
Comprehension and critical thinking questions
Warm-up / bell work
Main activity such as primary source analysis, role-playing, class discussion, creative assignments, and many others
Homework and extension options
Becoming Like Christ extension that helps students live the Faith
Biblical memorization
Age-appropriate Catechism memorization suggestionsLessons
What Is a Sacrament?
What is the secret and joyful realm of the Sacraments?
Why are Sacraments effective whether we feel them or not?The Institution of the Eucharist
Why is the Eucharist the Source and Summit of our Faith?
How did Jesus institute this sacrament?
What were Christ’s claims and commandments at the Last Supper?Old and New: Eucharistic Typology
How does the New Testament lie hidden in the Old, and how s the Old unveiled in the New?Baptism
What is Baptism?
How can it be possible that we die to live?Confirmation
How do we know when something belongs to us?
If Baptism brings us into Christian life, and Reconciliation forgives sins, then why should we bother with Confirmation?Eucharist
What is the Eucharist?
What Are Its Fruits?
How do we receive the Eucharist, and why do we need to receive it often?
Why can’t everyone receive the Eucharist? Isn’t it wrong to exclude people?
What is the structure and purpose of Holy Mass?Penance and Reconciliation
Why should I go to Confession when I can just tell God I’m sorry in my prayers?
Can my sins be so bad that God won’t forgive me?Anointing of the Sick
What are the effects of Anointing of the Sick?
What are the Cardinal Virtues, and how can they help us receive God’s grace?Holy Orders
Who are the successors of the Apostles?
Why can only men be priests?Matrimony
How is what Christ did for humanity like what spouses do for each other?
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7 Sacraments High School Teacher Guide (Teacher’s Guide)
$19.99Add to cartThe Seven Sacraments is a compilation of 10 supplemental lesson plans, enabling you to go beyond the limitations of current textbooks by offering a more comprehensive, in-depth, and engaging approach.
Every self-contained lesson in this guide is teacher-written, classroom-tested, and scholar-reviewed, and gives you everything you need to help your students encounter Christ in the Sacraments.
Each lesson is designed in a flexible, modular format, and includes:
Essential questions
Connections to the Catechism of the Catholic Church
Accessible and engaging background reading
Comprehension and critical thinking questions
Warm-up / bell work
Main activity such as primary source analysis, role-playing, class discussion, creative assignments, and many others
Homework and extension options
Becoming Like Christ extension that helps students live the FaithLessons
What Is a Sacrament?
What is the secret and joyful realm of the Sacraments?
Why are Sacraments effective whether we feel them or not?The Institution of the Eucharist
Why is the Eucharist the Source and Summit of our Faith?
How did Jesus institute this sacrament?
What were Christ’s claims and commandments at the Last Supper?Old and New: Eucharistic Typology
How does the New Testament lie hidden in the Old, and how’s the Old unveiled in the New?
Baptism
How can it be possible that we die to live?
How can classical, medieval, and popular culture help us understand the reality of Baptism?Confirmation
How do we know when something belongs to us?
If Baptism brings us into Christian life, and Reconciliation forgives sins, then why should we bother with Confirmation?Eucharist
What is the Eucharist?
What are Its Fruits?
How do we receive the Eucharist, and why do we need to receive it often?
Why can’t everyone receive the Eucharist? Isn’t it wrong to exclude people?
What is the structure and purpose of Holy Mass?Penance and Reconciliation
Why should I go to Confession when I can just tell God I’m sorry in my prayers?
Can my sins be so bad that God won’t forgive me?Anointing of the Sick
Couldn’t Jesus have saved humankind without becoming man? Without suffering? Without dying?
How can our suffering be redemptive?Holy Orders
Who are the successors of the Apostles?
Why can only men be priests?Matrimony
How is what Christ did for humanity like what spouses do for each other?
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Praying For Priests
$19.95Add to cartCelebrated retreat master and author Kathleen Beckman offers Church-approved ways in which you can contribute to the welfare of the Church. Priests, seminarians, consecrated religious, and laypeople will all benefit from insights into the indispensability of the Catholic priesthood, the mission of praying for priests in the context of the New Evangelization, testimonies of spiritual mothers and priests, and scriptural rosaries dedicated to priests, vocations, and reparation. Continue Reading Praying For Priests
Rocket Ships And God
$14.95Add to cartWe often hear that science and religion are incompatible, and that those of us who profess faith in God are unwilling to bend our will to the truth.
In these pages, the prolific inventor and rocket scientist Dr. Rocco Martino exposes the fallacy and danger of such claims. He tackles head-on the question of truth, showing that despite all the technological and scientific discoveries of our age, religious truth has never been – and will never be – proven to be in error.
Faith, Dr. Martino explains, is an indispensible element in any search for truth, even for scientists using the scientific method. In clear and easy-to-understand language, he carefully bridges the gap between faith and reason, showing that truth cannot possibly be discovered without the balanced application of both principles.
In a very rational way he shows how we must use reason as a tool to accept or reject truth claims, and why faith coupled with revelation must serve as the final determinant for acceptance.
When we approach scientific discoveries with the mind of faith, we inevitably come to a much deeper understanding of who we are and how we came to be. Indeed, science heightens our ability to prove the existence of God and it, ultimately, strengthens our faith.
Read these pages and you’ll enter into the mind of a rocket scientist well-versed in philosophy and theology, journeying with him as he looks for God, and then at God. Continue Reading Rocket Ships And God
Angel In The Waters
$11.95Add to cartIn its mother’s womb, a tiny baby grows, explores the waters, and talks with the angel who is there.
These gentle illustrations and wise words tell the story of that baby and the angel in the waters . . . a story that delights all children, because the journey from conception to birth is their story, too.
Roses Among Thorns
$11.95Add to cartFrom the thousands of personal letters by St. Francis de Sales comes this short, practical guide that will develop in you the soul-nourishing habits that lead to sanctity.
St. Francis de Sales is widely regarded as one of the greatest spiritual advisors in the history of the Church, and we have drawn from his letters the wisest advice for those prepared to take the next step on their spiritual journey.
As he did for saints and sinners in his own time, St. Francis de Sales will stiffen your resolve, help you gain small victories over unruly passions, and restore in you a trusting confidence in Jesus Christ. Soon you’ll find yourself delivered from the chains of self-love as your soul opens to divine goodness and your heart shaped into a fitting place for Christ to dwell and reign eternally.
If you find it difficult to live amid the clamor of the world with your eyes fixed on Christ alone, let St. Francis de Sales teach you how to live as a true rose among thorns as you learn . . .
What to do when you stop finding consolation during prayer
How to place yourself in the presence of God
How busy people should pray
Do you fear vice more than you love virtue? A guide to discernment
How to be patient with your family
The dangers of too many devotions
How to know when your feelings are from God or the devil
What to do about repeated spiritual dryness
The three things you must do to be at peace
How to avoid thoughts that give us anxious and restless minds
Absorb the wisdom in these holy pages, and you’ll soon make true progress on your spiritual journey and navigate with confidence the treacherous waters of our secular world. Continue Reading Roses Among Thorns
Church Ascending : How Saints And Sinner Brought About The Triumph Of Chris
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Celebrated author and veteran historian Diane Moczar takes you on a fast-paced and provocative ride through the development of Christian civilization from its emergence within the Roman Empire through its medieval springtime and summer.Indeed, within five hundred years of Nero’s persecutions of the first disciples, Christian civilization permeated every aspect of European culture with kings and commoners alike paying allegiance to the Catholic Church.
A master storyteller with an entertaining and evocative style, Dr. Moczar introduces you to the celebrated intellectuals and mystics, the magnificent artists and writers, and the greatest heroes and villains who forever changed Christianity and the West.
You’ll also explore the dreadful heresies and sinful practices both inside the Church and out that developed cracks that would become great fissures, leading to the bitter autumn that followed a most glorious age.
Most of all, these pages will increase your love of God who is the source of all truth through a deeper understanding of Catholic history. And they will renew your confidence that the Church is indeed Christ acting in the world and that no matter how many Neros are sent her way by Satan, she will not be defeated but will endure until the end of time. Continue Reading Church Ascending : How Saints And Sinner Brought About The Triumph Of Chris
From Humdrum To Holy
$14.95Add to cartDo you attend Mass out of love rather than obligation?
Are you closer to God now than you were a year ago?
Are you able to keep a consistent prayer life?
If you answered no to any of these questions, your spiritual life needs a jump-start. In Humdrum to Holy, popular priest and radio host, Fr. Ed Broom, will stir in you a holy reverence and spiritual joy that’ll point your soul to heaven.
By following the wise counsel of this experienced spiritual advisor and confessor, you’ll first learn how to identify your kryptonite – those hidden sins in your life that keep God from working in your soul.
Fr. Ed will walk you through the simple steps to creating a plan of life – your roadmap to the heights of holiness. In a clear, methodical, and practical way, you’ll learn how to cultivate virtues like patience and purity – virtues that are difficult to attain but essential for happiness in this life and getting into heaven in the next!
You’ll discover some of the most potent Catholic traditions, such as lectio divina, that have made saints out of countless sinners. And he’ll show you how to transform pious practices such as Confession and Eucharistic adoration into a powerhouse of graces flooding into your soul.
And finally, you’ll learn how to keep your spiritual life strong by forming a healthy conscience, and how the pains of suffering can be transformed into the tears of joy.
Scripture tells us that where sin abounds, grace abounds all the more. Our world needs saints, and God is offering you the graces needed to become one. Leave behind the humdrum spiritual life and open the door to the road to sainthood. Fr. Broom is ready to show you the way.
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Father Of The Family
$11.95Add to cartIntroduction
1. The Father As Creator
2. The Father As Lover
3. The Father As Christ
4. The Father As Priest
5. The Father As Teacher
6. The Father As Breadwinner
7. The Father As Saint
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Here’s the award-winning classic that for over forty years has shown Christian men how to be the loving husbands and gentle fathers that Christ calls them to be.Rooted firmly in Scripture, these pages call on husbands to stop thinking of themselves simply as bosses and breadwinners. Rather, says author Clayton Barbeau, husbands should see themselves as co-creators with God, imitators of Christ’s love for His people, high priests in the domestic Church, teachers of their children, witnesses to society, providers of spiritual and material goods, and models of holiness.
But Barbeau offers more than just a sublime vision of marriage. Drawing on his own experiences as a husband and a father, he gives you practical tips to help you transform that vision into a daily reality in your own marriage.
Armed with Barbeau’s wisdom, you’ll grow closer to your wife and to your children, while deepening your love for God. You’ll be able to lead your family to holiness amidst the troubles and temptations that threaten even the best of families today: infidelity, divorce, materialism, loneliness, and despair.
The Father of the Family makes good fathers and good fathers are the secret to happy homes. Why wait? Let Clayton Barbeau show you how to make your marriage and family life better today! Continue Reading Father Of The Family
Reclaiming Catholic Social Teaching
$19.95Add to cartMany claim that Catholic Social Teaching implies the existence of a vast welfare state. In these pages, Anthony Esolen pulls back the curtain on these false philosophers, showing how they’ve undermined the authentic social teachings of the Church in order to neutralize the biggest threat to their plans for secularization the Catholic Church. Continue Reading Reclaiming Catholic Social Teaching
1 Minute Aquinas
$19.95Add to cartPope St. Pius X said that in just one year, a man can derive more profit from the works of St. Thomas Aquinas than from a lifetime studying the works of others.
If you don’t have a year to study the more than 3,000+ pages St. Thomas wrote, then turn to The One-Minute Aquinas, the fast-paced book that provides busy readers with simple, readable explanations of the truths that, for 750 years now, have caused the works of St. Thomas to be sought out by kings and popes, scholars and saints, as well as by ordinary souls like you hungry to know God and to love him more and more.
In this book’s lucid pages, author Kevin Vost gives you mall, digestible portions of St. Thomas’s life-giving wisdom that you can enjoy one minute at a time. Tables and graphics will help you grasp and remember St. Thomas’s key ideas with a minimum of time and effort.
Best of all, in The One-Minute Aquinas you’ll find quick, sure refutations of the countless relativistic, secular, and pseudoscientific ideas that are so influential in our culture today and so shallow, contradictory, and wrong!
Pope John Paul II declared that The Church has been justified in consistently proposing St. Thomas as a master of thought and a model of the right way to do theology. Now The One-Minute Aquinas enables even those with limited time and only a modest education to benefit from the wisdom of this great saint.
Here, with minimal effort and among scores of other things, you’ll finally come to know and understand: Why God permits evil, Why He created t he universe, His power and (yes!) its limits. Why Jesus let Himself be tempted. How you can grow quickly in virtue. The natural law and the Commandments. The causes of lust (and how to remedy it). Aquinas’s five simple proofs that God exists Grace: did you know there are six kinds?
Temperance (and what it does not forbid) Fortitude, and the virtues that strengthen it Mary: can she really be the Mother of God? And more! Continue Reading 1 Minute Aquinas
Pope Awesome And Other Stories
$14.95Add to cartAuthor’s Note
Part 1 Michigan
1. In The Beginning
2. Rugrats
Part 2 Mississippi
3. Lost In Translation
4. Jack Chick Leads Me To The Eucharist
5. Running Home
6. Homeschool?
7. Trial By Childbirth
8. After The Tipping Point, It’s All A Blur
Part 3 Connecticut
9. Mission Territory
10. The Champions
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In words often as sassy as those of her little Pope Awesome, Catholic homeschooler Cari Donaldson here relates how her best friend’s newborn baby, a portrait of the Virgin Mary, and the words of the Miraculous Medal called her forth from a selfish, secular way of life into the welcoming arms of the Church.Six children in ten years have banished all her hopes for a tidy secular life, and, in her upscale town, where Cats, not kids bumper stickers are seen, have raised countless eyebrows along the way. Undaunted, Cari declares that If we’re to be a traveling carnival freak-show by New England standards, then we’re going to be a carnival freak-show for Jesus, although her husband has stopped her from airbrushing onto her van a mural of Our Lady of Guadalupe riding a unicorn over a sparkling river.
Above all, Cari tells of the awakening of her love for the Eucharist, the deepening of her love for her husband and her children, and the humility and faith these experiences have nurtured in her. To Jesus she confesses, You taught me to be open to the lives You wanted to bring into the world through me. I rose above myself just enough to let You bring the blessings of these children into my life. I was sometimes scared and sometimes angry, and always at a loss about how I was going to mother these children, but I knew that it would be Your grace, and not my shortcomings, that would triumph.
Through Cari’s remarkable tale of her conversion and the joy she’s found as a Catholic, you’lll be reminded of the many profound, lifelong blessings God gives you through your Faith, and, yes, even through life’s small troubles and joys like little Pope Awesome punching his Swiss Guards in the face that come along every day. Cari’s tale will help you come to share her conviction that we never know what God has planned for us tomorrow, but, for sure, it will be better than anything we could have planned, even in our wildest dreams.
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Child Of Wonder
$16.95Add to cartBestselling composer Marty Haugen’s Child of Wonder, written for the baptism of his godson, celebrates the sacredness of human life and childhood. Now in this wonderful book, artist Stephen Nesser illuminates the lyrics with scenes of childhood rituals from faith traditions and cultures around the world, who play together to form community. These vibrant illustrations are a perfect complement to Marty’s inspired poetry. Included with the volume is a link to a free mp3 download of the song, as well as the full notation of Child of Wonder for families that wish to sing along.
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Kitty Alone
$17.95Add to cartKitty Alone is the latest in a series of captivating picture books, each based on a beloved songtale from the great American folk music heritage. This beautifully illustrated version sets the song in the Appalachian Mountains and uses a bobcat, called a woods ghost by locals, as the title character. Like the other titles in the First Steps in Music series, Kitty Alone includes song history and notation, along with a free download link for the song, sung by Jill Trinka. Continue Reading Kitty Alone
Anatomy Of Tone
$29.95Add to cartA valuable resource for choral conductors, no matter the age or experience of their ensembles, this volume explores essential aspects of anatomy, physiology, and acoustics, then describes their impact on choral teaching and rehearsal. In addition, this book reviews groundbreaking scientific information on spacing of singers and its effect upon intonation and vocal health. This volume contains pedagogical information pertaining to: breathing, resonance, and formants in the choral rehearsal; structuring warm-ups; using the breath as a foundation of expression; using legato in rehearsal; choral spacing for balanced resonance; teaching specific vowels and their internal architectures; piano accompanying to support good vocalism; building listening skills; and more. Continue Reading Anatomy Of Tone
Book Of Song Tales For Upper Grades
$18.95Add to cartBeautiful and attractive books from the most prominent collector and advocator of the rich heritage and diversity of folk songsThe tradition of telling stories in song goes back centuries in the form of broadsides and ballads. Topics included love, religion, drinking, legends, and early journalism, which is how information about disasters, political events, wonders, and prodigies was spread or learned. These songs were sung and listened to by villagers and kings. John M. Feierabend has compiled this beautifully illustrated collection of songs that tell stories is perfect for anyone who wants to carry on the tradition. Continue Reading Book Of Song Tales For Upper Grades
Pan De Cada Dia
$11.95Add to cartMy Daily Bread is a series of short, daily reflections on the spiritual life. Written with loving care by Father Anthony Paone, this devotional will strengthen your love for Christ and his teachings.
Written as a dialogue with Christ himself, Father Paone leads the reader through the three ways of the spiritual life: Purification, Imitation, and Union.
Arranged for daily reflection, this pocket-sized book is an indispensible guide to the spiritual life. My Daily Bread overflows with reflections and prayers specifically designed to help you grow in the spiritual life and overcome failings, including:
* How to cultivate, recognize, and follow your conscience (p. 18)
* A contemplation of the Four Last Things that will help keep our focus on the eternal (p.25)
* The power of prayer as the first remedy to temptation (p. 99)
* A detailed guide on how to conquer a host of bad habits (p. 153)
* How to overcome our fear of suffering and instead embrace it as Christ embraced it (p. 203)
* How to live for Christ daily through spiritual reading, prayer, overcoming distractions, and cultivating devotions
* Achieving union with Christ through the Eucharist (p. 382)
* And much more…Each daily reflection begins with Jesus speaking directly to you, kindly, patiently, and with great love. The next part of the reflection asks you to consider the truths presented in the words of Jesus. The final part consists of a prayer asking for God for the help to receive His wisdom and use it fruitfully in your life.
With more than one million copies sold, My Daily Bread is a true Christian classic. It’s simple, yet carefully crafted daily reflections have led thousands to a drastically improved interior life and a deeper love for Christ. Continue Reading Pan De Cada Dia
My Daily Bread Pocket Edition
$11.95Add to cartHear Christ speak to you like never before.
My Daily Bread is a series of short, daily reflections on the spiritual life. Written with loving care by Father Anthony Paone, this devotional will strengthen your love for Christ and his teachings.
Written as a dialogue with Christ himself, Father Paone leads the reader through the three ways of the spiritual life:
Purification, Imitation, and Union. Arranged for daily reflection, this pocket-sized book is an indispensible guide to the spiritual life.
My Daily Bread overflows with reflections and prayers specifically designed to help you grow in the spiritual life and overcome failings, including:
* How to cultivate, recognize, and follow your conscience (p. 18)
* A contemplation of the Four Last Things that will help keep our focus on the eternal (p.25)
* The power of prayer as the first remedy to temptation (p. 99)
* A detailed guide on how to conquer a host of bad habits (p. 153)
* How to overcome our fear of suffering and instead embrace it as Christ embraced it (p. 203)
* How to live for Christ daily through spiritual reading, prayer, overcoming distractions, and cultivating devotions
* Achieving union with Christ through the Eucharist (p. 382)
* And much more…Each daily reflection begins with Jesus speaking directly to you, kindly, patiently, and with great love. The next part of the reflection asks you to consider the truths presented in the words of Jesus. The final part consists of a prayer asking for God for the help to receive His wisdom and use it fruitfully in your life.
With more than one million copies sold, My Daily Bread is a true Christian classic. It’s simple, yet carefully crafted daily reflections have led thousands to a drastically improved interior life and a deeper love for Christ.
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33 Dias Hacia Un Glorioso Aman
$14.95Add to cartFather Michael masterfully summarizes their teaching, making it easy to grasp and simple enough to put into practice. More specifically, he weaves their thought into a user-friendly, do-it-yourself retreat that will bless even the busiest of people. So, if you’ve been thinking about entrusting yourself to Mary for the first time or if you’re simply looking to deepen and renew your devotion to her, 33 Days to Morning Glory is the right book to read and the perfect retreat to make.
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Se Sando
$16.95Add to cartDo you suffer from spiritual or emotional wounds that are keeping you from reaching that goal? Se sanado is based on retired Catholic therapist Bob Schucht’s popular program for spiritual, emotional, and physical healing. Incorporating elements of charismatic spiritually and steeped in scripture and the wisdom of the Church, this book offers hope in the healing power of God through the Holy Spirit and the sacraments. Continue Reading Se Sando
YOUCAT : Youth Catechism Of The Catholic Church
$19.95Add to cartYOUCAT is short for Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church, which will be launched on World Youth Day. Developed with the help of young Catholics and written for high-school age people and young adults, YOUCAT is an accessible, contemporary expression of the Catholic Faith. The appealing graphic format includes Questions-and-Answers, highly-readable commentary, summary definitions of key terms, Bible citations and inspiring and thought-provoking quotes from Saints and others in the margins. What’s more, YOUCAT is keyed to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, so people can go deeper. It explains:
*What Catholics believe and why (doctrine)
*How Catholics celebrate the mysteries of the faith (sacraments)
*How Catholics are to live (moral life)
*How they should pray (prayer and spirituality)The questions are direct and honest, even at times tough; the answers straightforward, relevant, and compelling. YOUCAT will likely become the go-to place for young people to learn the truth about the Catholic faith. Illustrated. Continue Reading YOUCAT : Youth Catechism Of The Catholic Church
Divine Mercy Message And Devotion Single
$3.99Add to cartOutlining The Divine Mercy message and devotion in an easy-to-follow format, this booklet provides an overview to one of the Catholic Church’s fastest growing movements. Includes all elements and prayers of The Divine Mercy message and devotion. Continue Reading Divine Mercy Message And Devotion Single
Catholic Book Of Prayers (Large Type)
$9.95Add to cartToday’s most popular general prayerbook. Contains many favorite prayers – for every day, to the Blessed Trinity, to Mary, and the Saints, and a summary of our Faith. Designed especially for Catholic adults and those with limited vision. Continue Reading Catholic Book Of Prayers (Large Type)
Nuevo Dia (Revised)
$10.95Add to cartAlready used by hundreds of churches, hospitals, funeral homes and hospice programs in their bereavement ministries, this book has been completely revised and updated to better assist those struggling to recover from the loss of a loved one. Through a series of reflections combined with writing and sharing activities suitable for groups or individiuals, this book helps people accept the reality of their loss, experience the pain of grief and adjust to life without the deceased. Continue Reading Nuevo Dia (Revised)
Rezando El Rosario Con Fray An
$4.95Add to cartTwo extraordinarily popular booklets on the recitation of the mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary, Through the Rosary with Fra Angelico and Through the Mysteries of Light with Giotoo and Fra Angelico have been combined in this little booklet. The artists whose works are the focus of the meditations are masters at conveying the sense of the sacred which is so conducive to reflective prayer.
The method of reciting the rosary that is used here is praised by Pope Paul VI in his encyclical Marialis Cultus: For the precise purpose of favoring contemplation and to help the mind correspond to the words being used, it was the practice at one time…to add to the name of Jesus in every ‘Hail May’ a phrase which would recall they mystery that had been announced.
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Esperando Con Alegre Esperanza
$2.00Add to cartPreparate espiritualmente para la venida de Cristo con esta guia anual popular y atractiva. Durante los tiempos de Adviento y Navidad, especialmente ocupados, este libro ofrece reflexiones breves y concretas que llevan la oracion y la Escritura a la vida cotidiana de una manera que invita a la reflexion y que perdura. A traves de las reflexiones frescas y significativas del Catherine Upchurch sobre las lecturas del Leccionario de las Misas de la semana y del domingo, los lectores creceran en su comprension de la Palabra de Dios. Este libro ayudara a las personas ocupadas a alcanzar su meta de enriquecer su vida de oracion durante los tiempos de Adviento y Navidad. Continue Reading Esperando Con Alegre Esperanza
Oraciones Para Enfermos
$1.50Add to cartLa enfermedad es posiblemente uno de los trances mas dolorosos de la vida, pero tambien uno de los mas enriquecedores: nos revela nuestra fragilidad y nos empuja a hacer de Dios nuestra fortaleza. Este folleto contiene una serie de oraciones que ayudaran al enfermo a acudir a Dios y a encontrar en -l aliento y confianza.
Disease is possibly one of the most painful experiences of life, but also one of the most enriching: reveals our fragility and pushes us to make God our strength. This booklet contains a series of prayers that will help the patient to turn to God and find encouragement and trust in Him. Continue Reading Oraciones Para Enfermos
Catechism De La Iglesia Catoli
$12.00Add to cartEsta presentacion practica del Catecismo de la Iglesia Catolica es ideal para ser usado en grupos de oracion, clases de confirmacion, reuniones del RICA, grupos juveniles, etc. Esta presentacion de bolsillo tiene un indice tematico.
Four centuries in the making, a monumental undertaking and a magnificent achievement, the first definitive Catholic Catechism since the Council of Trent in 1566 details doctrine, dogma, and the basic tenets of the Church. Continue Reading Catechism De La Iglesia Catoli
Called By God
$16.95Add to cartIn Called by God: Discernment and Preparation for Religious Life, Rachael Marie Collins provides an overview of the spiritual life-both its joys and its challenges-and guides women as they discern whether they are called to be religious sisters or nuns.
In a series of letters written by the author to a trusted friend discerning whether to enter religious life, Called by God explores both discernment and spirituality. The key to discernment, Collins argues, is to prepare for religious life by entering deeply into a life of prayer and sacrifice so that one experiences and begins to understand the work of a religious before entering the convent.
Called by God draws heavily on the wisdom of great Catholic women such as Teresa of Avila, Therese of Lisieux, Zelie Martin, Edith Stein, Teresa of the Andes, Elizabeth of the Trinity, Miriam Teresa Demjanovich, Elizabeth Leseur, and Caryll Houselander, among others.
Women discerning a vocation will benefit immensely from the discussions about the difference between religious life and marriage, the nature of a vocation, the supernatural superiority of religious life, and spiritual motherhood in Called by God. Continue Reading Called By God
Jesus Stories Episode 3 The Good Samaritan Coloring Book
$4.99Add to cartCreated to help children apply the lessons found in the parables of Jesus, each coloring book is based on the parables taught in The Jesus Stories DVD episodes and includes fun illustrations and activities. Episode 3 – The Good Samaritan: What It Means To Be A Good Person To Those Around Us Continue Reading Jesus Stories Episode 3 The Good Samaritan Coloring Book
Jesus Stories Episode 2 The Unforgiving Servant Coloring Book
$4.99Add to cartCreated to help children apply the lessons found in the parables of Jesus, each coloring book is based on the parables taught in The Jesus Stories DVD episodes and includes fun illustrations and activities. Episode 2 – The Unforgiving Servant: Why We Should Treat Others With The Same Love That God Treats Each Of Us Continue Reading Jesus Stories Episode 2 The Unforgiving Servant Coloring Book
Jesus Stories Episode 1 The Lost Little Sheep Coloring Book
$4.99Add to cartCreated to help children apply the lessons found in the parables of Jesus, each coloring book is based on the parables taught in The Jesus Stories DVD episodes and includes fun illustrations and activities. Episode 1 – The Lost Little Sheep: Why God Cares About Each and Every Person. Continue Reading Jesus Stories Episode 1 The Lost Little Sheep Coloring Book
Saint Peter The First Pope Coloring Book
$4.99Add to cartJesus had given His apostles poser to help people, and now He was giving Peter the responsibility to take care of those people. This coloring book depicts how every pope follows in the steps of Saint Peter and does his best to be a good shepherd for the Church of Jesus Christ. Continue Reading Saint Peter The First Pope Coloring Book
He Is Risen Coloring And Activity Book
$4.99Add to cartHave fun while reinforcing the principles taught on the Brother Francis He is Risen DVD. This coloring and activity book reminds us of the powerful reality of the Resurrection in our present lives and the great price Jesus paid to bring us home to God. Continue Reading He Is Risen Coloring And Activity Book
Our Heavenly Friends Flash Cards
$20.99Add to cartGet to know Our Heavenly Friends — the saints — with this unique collection of 40 saint flash cards. English only 40 (8.5 X 5.5) full-color UV coated cards ISBN: 978-1-939182-44-9 Saints included: Agnes, Alberto Hurtado, Ambrose, Andrew Kim Taegon, Anthony of Padua, Augustine, Benedict the Moor, Bernadette, Blessed Mother Teresa, Dominic Savio, Elizabeth Ann Seton, Francis of Assisi, Francis Xavier, Gabriel the Archangel, Ignatius of Loyola, Joan of Arc, John Bosco, John, Joseph, Josephine Bakhita, Jude, Kateri Tekawitha, Lorenzo Ruiz, Luke, Martin de Porres, Matthew, Maximilian Kolbe, Michael the Archangel, Paul Miki, Monica, Nicholas, Padre Pio, Patrick, Paul, Perpetua & Felicity, Pope John Paul II, Rose of Lima, Stephen, Therese of Lisieux, Valentine Continue Reading Our Heavenly Friends Flash Cards
Our Heavenly Friends V5 Coloring Book
$4.99Add to cartJoin the Friends of Brother Francis in the fun Catholic coloring and activity books. A great way to get to know our heavenly friends the saints! Each book contains a two-page snippet recounting each saint s life. Saint Francis of Assisi, Blessed Mother Teresa, Saint John Bosco, Saint Benedict the Moor, Saint Agnes, Saint Francis Xavier, Saint Christopher, and Saint Maximilian Kolbe are featured in Book 5. The lives that these Saints lived are an excellent example for each of us.
The Friends of Brother Francis Catholic Coloring Books were created to help children understand apply the lessons found in the parables of Jesus and the lives of Catholic Saints. Each coloring book is based on the lives of Catholic Saints or the parables taught by Jesus. Friends of Brother Francis, Our Heavenly Friends, The Saints Coloring & Activity Book will be a book your children will enjoy and learn from as they use it over and over. See also these best selling, Brother Francis Coloring & Activity Books, The Saints, The Mass, Rosary, The Bread of Life, Lets Pray. The King is Born, Born into the Kingdom, Born Into the Kingdom, The Jesus Stories, Following in His Footsteps, as well as The Jesus Stories DVDs and More. The Brother Francis DVDs are also a great teaching and compliment to the Brother Francis Jesus Stories Coloring & Activity Books. Continue Reading Our Heavenly Friends V5 Coloring Book
Our Heavenly Friends V4 Coloring Book
$4.99Add to cartJoin the Friends of Brother Francis in the fun Catholic coloring and activity books. A great way to get to know our heavenly friends the saints! Each book contains a two-page snippet recounting each saint s life. Pope Saint John Paul II, Saint Jude, Saint Joseph, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Saint Anthony of Padua, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Saint Kateri Tekakwitha are featured in Book 3. The lives that these Saints lived are an excellent example for each of us.
The Friends of Brother Francis Catholic Coloring Books were created to help children understand apply the lessons found in the parables of Jesus and the lives of Catholic Saints. Each coloring book is based on the lives of Catholic Saints or the parables taught by Jesus. Friends of Brother Francis, Our Heavenly Friends, The Saints Coloring & Activity Book will be a book your children will enjoy and learn from as they use it over and over. See also these best selling, Brother Francis Coloring & Activity Books, The Saints, The Mass, Rosary, The Bread of Life, Lets Pray. The King is Born, Born into the Kingdom, Born Into the Kingdom, The Jesus Stories, Following in His Footsteps, as well as The Jesus Stories DVDs and More. The Brother Francis DVDs are also a great teaching and compliment to the Brother Francis Jesus Stories Coloring & Activity Books. Continue Reading Our Heavenly Friends V4 Coloring Book
Following In His Footsteps Coloring And Activity Book
$4.99Add to cartHave fun while reinforcing the principles taught on the Brother Francis In His Footsteps DVD. This coloring & activity book teaches us that God wants us to follow His example of love. Continue Reading Following In His Footsteps Coloring And Activity Book
King Is Born Coloring And Activity Book
$4.99Add to cartHave fun while reinforcing the principles taught on the Brother Francis The King is Born DVD. This coloring & activity book recounts the moving and life changing story of the birth of God’s Son Continue Reading King Is Born Coloring And Activity Book
Our Heavenly Friends V3 Coloring Book
$4.99Add to cartJoin the Friends of Brother Francis in the fun Catholic coloring and activity books. A great way to get to know our heavenly friends the saints! Each book contains a two-page snippet recounting each saint s life. Saint Padre Pio, Saint Gabriel, The Archangel, Saint Monica, Saint Augustine, Saint Ambrose, Saint Bernadette, Saint Valentine, are featured in Book 3. The lives that these Saints lived are an excellent example for each of us. The Friends of Brother Francis Catholic Coloring Books were created to help children understand apply the lessons found in the parables of Jesus and the lives of Catholic Saints. Each coloring book is based on the lives of Catholic Saints or the parables taught by Jesus. Friends of Brother Francis, Our Heavenly Friends, The Saints Coloring & Activity Book will be a book your children will enjoy and learn from as they use it over and over.
See also these best selling, Brother Francis Coloring & Activity Books, The Saints, The Mass, Rosary, The Bread of Life, Lets Pray. The King is Born, Born into the Kingdom, Born Into the Kingdom, The Jesus Stories, Following in His Footsteps, as well as The Jesus Stories DVDs and More. The Brother Francis DVDs are also a great teaching and compliment to the Brother Francis Jesus Stories Coloring & Activity Books. Continue Reading Our Heavenly Friends V3 Coloring Book
Story Of Saint Augustine Coloring Book
$4.99Add to cartChildren will enjoy following the story of young Augustine as he struggles to find the answer his heart seeks, culminating in his surrender to God. A great way to introduce young souls to one of the great fathers of the Church. Continue Reading Story Of Saint Augustine Coloring Book
Our Heavenly Friends V2 Coloring Book
$4.99Add to cartJoin the Friends of Brother Francis in the fun Catholic coloring and activity books. A great way to get to know our heavenly friends the saints! Each book contains a two-page snippet recounting each saint s life. Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Therese of Lisieux, Saint Dominic Savio, The Holy Family, Saint Rose, Saint Perpetua, Saint Felicity, Saint Stephen, and Saint Patrick, are featured in Book 2. The lives that these Saints lived are an excellent example for each of us. The Friends of Brother Francis Catholic Coloring Books were created to help children understand apply the lessons found in the parables of Jesus and the lives of Catholic Saints. Each coloring book is based on the lives of Catholic Saints or the parables taught by Jesus. Friends of Brother Francis, Our Heavenly Friends, The Saints Coloring & Activity Book will be a book your children will enjoy and learn from as they use it over and over.
See also these best selling, Brother Francis Coloring & Activity Books, The Saints, The Mass, Rosary, The Bread of Life, Lets Pray. The King is Born, Born into the Kingdom, Born Into the Kingdom, The Jesus Stories, Following in His Footsteps, as well as The Jesus Stories DVDs and More. The Brother Francis DVDs are also a great teaching and compliment to the Brother Francis Jesus Stories Coloring & Activity Books. Continue Reading Our Heavenly Friends V2 Coloring Book
Father Ted Hesburgh
$16.95Add to cartA Triumph Books Title
The University of Notre Dame is a special place, regarded by many as the world’s top Catholic institution of higher learning. Yet its modern reputation for excellence and service is only part of the legacy of Father Theodore Hesburgh, the university’s president from 1952 to 1987. Father Ted’s influence extended beyond Notre Dame’s campus in Northern Indiana. He worked with presidents, Popes, and Martin Luther King, Jr., and his guidance resulted in nuclear nonproliferation, immigration reform, and civil rights legislation. One of the many Domers influenced by Father Ted was Richard Digger Phelps, Notre Dame’s men’s basketball coach from 1971 to 1991. Phelps gives readers a seat at the table with Father Ted, from the basketball locker room in the 1970s to Father Ted’s final Mass before he passed away in 2015. This account is an intimate portrait of an unlikely friendship and a rare look at the private moments of a man Digger often describes as a living saint. Continue Reading Father Ted Hesburgh
Catechism Of The Catholic Church
$29.95Add to cartIncludes the 2018 revision of no. 2267 promulgated by Pope Francis!
Here are the essential elements of our faith presented in the most understandable manner, enabling everyone to read and know what the Church professes, celebrates, lives, and prays.
This second edition of the Catechism of the Catholic Church has been revised in accordance with the official Latin text promulgated by Pope John Paul II in 1997. It also has been enhanced by the addition of more than 100 pages that feature the following:
*An analytical index translated from the Latin text
*A glossary of terms Continue Reading Catechism Of The Catholic Church
Interior Castle
$16.00Add to cartCelebrated for almost five centuries as a master of spiritual literature, 16th-century saint, Teresa of Avila, is one of the most beloved religious figures in history.
Overcome one day by a mystical vision of a crystal castle with seven chambers, each representing a different stage in spiritual development, Teresa immediately wrote The Interior Castle. Probably her most important and widely studied work, it guides the spiritual seeker through each stage of development until the soul’s final union with the divine. Free of religious dogma, this modern translation renders St. Teresa’s work a beautiful and practical set of teachings for seekers of all faiths in need of spiritual guidance. It also places this classic in a contemporary context, reasserting its spiritual and literary importance even after more than 400 years. Continue Reading Interior Castle
Pope Francis Little Book Of Wisdom
$14.00Add to cartPope Francis appears to be changing the face of Roman Catholicism. He has infused what some consider a staid institution with openness and optimism. He has faced off against established power interests within the Vatican. He has reformed the Churchs finances. And, most importantly, he has asked that Catholics approach one another and non-Catholics with candor, humility, and love. He has made the papacy and the Church relevant once again.A pope of the people, Pope Francis teachings have been praised and shared by the faithful and nonreligious alike. Exploring themes such as faith and prayer, love and family, peace and poverty, this collection is accessible to all who admire the man and are inspired by his wisdom. Included in this gift-format edition are fifteen chapters on wide-ranging topics including:
On FamilyOn the Law of LoveOn the Nature of GodOn Humility and FaithOn Sacrifice and SufferingOn PrayerOn Peace Continue Reading Pope Francis Little Book Of Wisdom
Joy Of The Medugorje
$17.95Add to cartIn The Joy of Medjugugorje, Wayne Weible presents a collection of his greatest Medjugorje stories and special moments with commentary and updates. He also shares for the first time his traumatic childhood and life before Medjugorje. I want the contents of this book to bring you to the same level of joy that the visionaries of Medjugorje experience each time the Mother of Jesus appears to them. She has made it known that she desires that same sense to envelope all of us who seek to be children of God. Wayne Weible Continue Reading Joy Of The Medugorje
I-Choice : Staying Human In A Digital Age
$17.95Add to cartThis lively new book explores the impact of technology on humanity, and the call for human beings to engage technology in a human way.
With humor and spiritual insight, Fr. Lemieux invites us to explore the choice to stay human in the digital era, and the many questions and problems we face as we make that choice daily. Continue Reading I-Choice : Staying Human In A Digital Age
Going Home
$18.95Add to cartOur world today is increasingly marked by controversy and contention, bitter at times, around moral, questions and what it means to live a good life. Often missing in these controversies is a sense of the mercy of God reaching out to everyone as we struggle to do good and avoid evil in this world. Discussions about the content of moral law founder in a morass of guilt, blame, and anger because of this failure to grasp the compassionate love of God for all people.
Going Home is a book-length meditation on God’s mercy, based on the parable of the prodigal son and drawing greatly on the writings of Catherine de Hueck Doherty, Fr. Denis Lemieux shows us the astonishing power of the parable to heal the wounds of sin and division in our lives and set us anew on the journey to the Father. The journey of the sinner who knows the embrace of the Father emerges from this meditation as the true path of joy, compassion, and blessing in the world today. Continue Reading Going Home
Sense Of The Sacred
$6.99Add to cartThis book contains 30 hand-drawn illustrations based on classic statues and stained glass. Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, God the Father, and the angels are all presented in exquisite detail. Adults and older kids alike will enjoy meditatively coloring these classic works of art. Printed on 50# white acid-free paper. Continue Reading Sense Of The Sacred
Glorious Mysteries : Illuminated By Sixty Works Of Sacred Art
$15.99Add to cartThe Glorious Mysteries: Illuminated by Sixty Works of Sacred Art illustrates the glorious mysteries of the rosary in sixty works of sacred art, one for each bead, to help readers meditate on each mystery as they pray the rosary. Each two-page spread includes a work of art on one page, and the words of the appropriate prayer on the opposite page; a row of beads at the bottom of the page helps track progress through each decade. Each decade of the rosary opens with a beautiful Scripture-based introduction to one of the glorious mysteries (the Resurrection, the Ascension, the Descent of the Holy Spirit, the Assumption, and the Coronation) as well as suggested prayer intentions. The rhythm of The Glorious Mysteries makes it perfect for kids just learning to pray the rosary. Younger children can be taught to turn the page after each Our Father and Hail Mary, and older children can use the text on each page to help them lead the family rosary and memorize the prayers. Even adults will find in The Glorious Mysteries a fruitful way to pray the rosary more slowly and meditatively. Continue Reading Glorious Mysteries : Illuminated By Sixty Works Of Sacred Art
Sense Of The Sacred
$9.99Add to cartSense of the Sacred: Illuminated Book of Catholic Prayers contains thirty traditional Catholic prayers every child should have at hand, each accompanied by a beautiful, hand-drawn illustration to aid in meditation on the mysteries of the faith.Some of the prayers include: – a renewal of baptismal vows;- Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus;- the Sanctus;- the Divine Praises;- the Beatitudes;- a children’s prayer to Mary;- St. Patrick’s Breastplate;- and many more.This book also serves as a handy coloring guide for the accompanying coloring book, which contains each of these illustrations.Sense of the Sacred: Illustrated Book of Catholic Prayers makes the perfect birthday or First Communion gift for children ages 7-1 Continue Reading Sense Of The Sacred
Sorrowful Mysteries : Illuminated By Sixty Works Of Sacred Art
$15.99Add to cartThe Sorrowful Mysteries illuminates the sorrowful mysteries of the rosary in sixty works of sacred art-one for each bead-to help readers meditate on the rosary: – Each two-page spread includes a work of art on one page, and the words of the appropriate prayer on the opposite page. – A string of beads at the bottom of the text marks progress through each decade. – Each decade opens with a beautiful Scripture-based introduction to one of the joyful mysteries (the Agony in the Garden, Scourging at the Pillar, Crowning with Thorns, Carrying of the Cross, and Crucifixion) as well as suggested prayer intentions. The Sorrowful Mysteries is perfect for children just learning to pray the rosary. Younger children can turn the page after each Our Father and Hail Mary, and older children can use the text on each page to help them lead the rosary and memorize the prayers. The pages of The Sorrowful Mysteries feature the work of classical artists ranging from anonymous manuscript illuminators to such greats as Rubens, Rafael, Delacroix, Titian, Caravaggio and more. Several works by contemporary artists round out The Sorrowful Mysteries, inviting readers to a deeper appreciation of the mysteries of the life of Christ. The Sorrowful Mysteries is part of The Illuminated Rosary series. Continue Reading Sorrowful Mysteries : Illuminated By Sixty Works Of Sacred Art
