This unique and amazing new recording features Pope Benedict singing or reciting hymns and prayers to Our Lady accompanied by The Vatican Choir. His Holiness uses several languages in this recording including Latin, Italian, French, all recorded at St. Peter’s Basilica or during his Papal trips abroad. The album also features classical music by an international group of composers performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at London’s Abbey Road studios. Hymns include Regina Coeli, Mater Ecclesiae, Sancta Dei Genitrix, Benedicta Tu, Advocata Nostra and more.

" I am convinced that music really is the universal language of beauty which can bring together all people of good will on earth"
- Pope Benedict XVI

CD Track Listing

1. Sancta Dei Genitrix
2. Mater Ecclesiae
3. Advocata Nostra
4. Benedicta Tu
5. Causa Nostrae Letitiae
6. Auxilium Cristianorum
7. Regina Coeli
8. Magistra Nostra

(Item #76626) $18.95

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Grace to Carry
by Marcia Putnam
Through one friendship, two women find the perseverance, trust, and hope to endure their greatest challenge. Grace to Carry is the moving true story of St. Louis author, Marcia Putnam, portraying how God provides all we need with wisdom beyond our own choices. Inspirational photographs and quotes set the scene for each chapter. Readers have said, "You'll cry, and you'll laugh, but you'll never underestimate the power of friendship again. (Item #85840) $18.99
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Catholics around the world rely on the Catholic saints for guidance and inspiration . . . so it's important that the saints and their stories be easy to find. Voices of the Saints by Bert Ghezzi provides readers with many convenient ways to look up 365 Catholic saints: chronologically, alphabetically, by feast day, even by theme. The saint's patronage is also listed when available, as is the date of beatification or canonization.

While the reference possibilities are abundant, the inspiring stories of these saints are still the primary focus of the book, and each entry is written in such a way as to help us feel the companionship of the saint. The voice of each saint comes through clearly in quotations drawn from their own writings, the recollection of witnesses, and the careful work of biographers. 6x9 Paperback, 816 pages (Item #80254) $19.95

6 x 9; 160 pages (Item $88323) $14.95

The Magnificat Year for Priests Companion is a one-of-a-kind spiritual guide designed to accompany you through this special Year with prayers, devotions, meditations, and essays celebrating the priesthood. Also included are marvelous features such as 11 pages of sacred art masterpieces, a special Novena in honor of the Priesthood, each day highlighting a different dimension of the priestly vocation, meditation texts on significant facets of the priesthood by Saint John Vianney, Popes Benedict XVI and John Paul II, Catherine de Hueck Doherty, Fr. Walter Ciszek, S.J., Alec Guinness, and many others. A beautiful user-friendly booklet in a practical pocket-size format, edited by Fr. Peter John Cameron, Editor-in-Chief of Magnificat. Illustrated. 96 pages, paperback. (Item #88841) $3.95

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Prayerfulness: Awakening to the Fullness of Life
Blending insights from Christian contemplative practice and Buddhist mindfulness, Dr. Robert J. Wicks--well-known speaker, therapist, and spiritual guide--introduces what he calls "prayerfulness," a way of being truly in the present to experience God and life in dynamic new ways. Wicks offers a rich array of insights including seven practical steps, a thirty-day retreat, and a Spiritual Mindfulness Questionnaire. This creative combination of ancient wisdom and contemporary psychology is designed to help readers develop a loving, clear, and spiritually balanced outlook.
 

Sample questions from the:
Spiritual Mindfulness Questionnaire

1.       In your own life, how do you approach the people you meet and the ordinary activities of each day so that they become sacred?

2.       What preoccupies you in ways that seem to prevent you from seeing God?

3.       Are you someone who listens to others, or do you find that much of the time you are simply hearing them out while waiting for your opportunity to speak?

4.       What unfinished business from the past seems to continually intrude upon your present peace, and how do you address it in a prayerful way?

5.       When and how do you regularly meditate?

(Item #82356) $20.00

2009 Catholic Press Association Book Award winner!

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Catholic St. Louis: A Pictoral History
by William B. Faherty SJ and Mark Scott Abeln
The history of the Catholic Church in St. Louis is dominated by strong personalities and architectural grandeur. In Catholic St. Louis, rich text and photography capture the people and places that have defined Catholicism in a historic, and historically Catholic, city. Renowned historian William Barnaby Faherty, S.J., delivers concise historical sketches of the integral people and the landmark houses of worship; and photographer Mark Scott Abeln captures nearly forty different area churches in majestic fashion. 176 pages, hardcover, 8.5x11 (Item #81329) $32.95

To Whom Shall We Go? presents the words and actions of St. Peter as it clearly shows how his life - his strengths, weaknesses, joys, and sorrows - offers an example for all of us. How it offers hope for each of us. (Item #84057) $13.95

Drawing upon a wealth of stories from his experiences as a hunter and angler, Father Joe provides powerful and insightful connections between real life and God's plan. Whether he is connecting the dangers and pitfalls of the outdoors with the many obstacles that can derail your faith life or providing clues on tracking your own path through unchartered wilderness, Father Joe is an entertaining and thoroughly enjoyable guide in this must-have book for any sports man or nature lover! (Item #84510) $14.95

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Wayfaring: A Gospel Journey in Everyday Life
By Margaret Silf

In this latest book from internationally best-selling author Margaret Silf, we are guided through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. With a nuanced understanding of Ignatian spirituality, Silf connects the structure of creation, incarnation, death, and resurrection to an experiential journey through the events and stories that are our map and compass for the route, whatever our tradition. Silf's candid personal anecdotes, thoughtful reflection questions, and charming metaphors assist us on our own journeys of faith and prayer.

This book is an ideal gift for fans of Ignatian spirituality, interfaith spiritual seekers, and lovers of Silf's compelling prose. (Item #86426) $16.95

In this collection of compelling personal stories and theological reflection, noted spiritual guides Nancy Reeves and Bernadette Gasslein team up to revitalize Catholic appreciation of the Eucharist as the communal center of the faith. Each chapter is built around stories from a variety of believers that guide readers to explore ten gifts received through the Eucharist:

1. Transformation
2. Remembrance
3. Thanksgiving
4. Reconciliation
5. Healing
6. Nourishment
7. Guidance
8. Embrace
9. Community
10. Celebration

Each chapter concludes with the authors' adaptation of a psalm, questions for personal reflection or discussion in a small group, and a guided spiritual exercise. (Item #83347) $12.95

Fr. Benedict Groeschel, best-selling author and beloved spiritual teacher, writer, and psychologist, wrote this latest book for all those who have suffered great sorrow or catastrophe in their lives and for those close to such persons, who share their deep suffering. Sorrow comes into the life of every person, but only into the lives of some people comes catastrophe. These are disasters that occur either suddenly or with terrible effects, like the death of a child. They can be natural disasters like hurricanes, or they can be horrific accidents or tragedies caused by people's evil acts. They can also arise from wars and situations of great tension.

Fr. Benedict has written previously about faith and sorrow (Arise from Darkness) and seeks in this book to study catastrophes of all different kinds in relationship to our faith in divine providence, in God’s goodness and mercy, and finally in the light of Christ’s suffering and death. Christianity is the only religion which speaks of a God who suffered a terrible catastrophe—crucifixion and death. Therefore, the Christian must, in the midst of catastrophe, find his way to the foot of the cross, and there he will find answers which cannot be given by any other religious faith.

All religions attempt to deal with catastrophe, all confront the mystery of suffering and of evil. Christianity invites you to share the burden of your catastrophe with the person who is our Savior and Redeemer, one who Himself endured great pain and sorrow, the son of God, Jesus Christ. (Item #81729) $10.95

The Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, the Reformation, and the Renaissance popes conjure in the imagination a corrupt Roman Catholic clergy hungry for wealth and power. In this insightful, well researched work, the Vatican’s chief historian, Fr. Walter Brandmuller, takes a thoughtful and understanding look at these and other important chapters in Church history.

Without denying, or flinching at, the human capacity for folly, failure, and evil, Brandmuller moves beyond the caricatures and legends that often substitute for real history to reveal a Church, both human and divine, fulfilling its mission in every time and place. His goal is not to whitewash any of these past events or issues, but rather to illuminate them, and bring to them a more in-depth, comprehensive historical understanding on the basis of their causes, circumstances and effects. (Item #81730) $16.95