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NEW!
In the Voting Booth: A Catholic's Guide
In the Voting Booth: A Catholic Guide walks you through the important responsibility of voting in light of one's Catholic conscience.

This pamphlet answers the questions most on people's minds:

* Does the Church tell me who I should vote for?
* what are the key principles that should be guiding me as I enter the voting booth?
* How does my Catholic Faith help me to make these choices?
* What about the separation of Church and State?
* If no single party or candidate in a given election conforms to our important Catholic principles, what am I to do?

Voting with a Catholic conscience is hard work.
English Pamphlet (Item #86882) $0.30 each
Spanish Pamphlet (Item #86884) $0.30 each
   
NEW!
No Ordinary Fool: A Testimony of Grace
by
Fr. John Jay Hughes
In a gripping narrative full of humor and self-directed irony, John Jay Hughes tells of the loss of his mother at age six, entry into the Catholic Church at the cost of estrangement from his beloved Anglican priest-father, his lifelong search for God in prayer, and his joy in priesthood, 'all I ever wanted from age twelve'.  348 pages, paperback
(Item #85725) $19.99
    
NEW!
2009 OSV's Catholic Almanac
by Matthew Bunson
604 pages. Paperback (Item #84399) $28.95
Estimated Ship Date 10/15/08
     
NEW!
Joseph Elmer Cardinal Ritter: His Life and Times
By: Nicholas A. Schneider 
Foreword by: Archbishop
Justin Rigali


Joseph Ritter was one of the most important and forward-thinking prelates of the Church in North America during the 20th century. He served as ordinary for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and then as "Cardinal" Ritter in St. Louis for twenty years until his death in 1967. Through his efforts, the entire archdiocesan school system was desegregated, and he was the first bishop to send priests to Latin America as missionaries. This biography provides us with the first serious account of his life and accomplishments. It is written by a priest who knew him firsthand and ministered under his guidance. Readers will find this historical account of such a great man truly inspiring. Paperback; 208 pages
(Item #86802) $19.95
   
NEW!
Fear Not: Learning From Your Cancer
By: Judy Gettis Smith

Judy Gattis Smith takes on an important and difficult topic – a faithful, yet emotionally authentic response to cancer. In Fear Not! she offers a biblically grounded exploration of how one’s response to cancer is part of one’s faith journey. She shows how the crisis offers challenges and opportunities that through God’s grace can transform survivors in deeply healing ways.

The participants’ workbook plus a leader’s guide for facilitating the weekly group meeting. Throughout both, Gattis sustains an intimate, sensitive tone which invites personal reflection and growth. Using storytelling, drawing, meditations, imagery, and Bible passages, she encourages participants to name the many difficult aspects of life with cancer. Then she helps them develop practices that help foster faith and healing. These include using positive memories; choosing perspectives and coping skills; finding ways to approach illness with endurance, courage, and even humor; and discerning patterns in response that are shaping the larger pattern of one’s life journey.

Excerpts from the poetry and journals of cancer survivors emphasize the real-life struggle to find wholeness and meaning in illness. Gattis’ work is a gift and an inspiration.

Your challenge with cancer…. This is an important event to consider because it is a crisis moment – a time where both danger and opportunity come together. You have begun looking at the fears, dreams, feeling, experiences and thoughts cancer has brought you, trying to gain some self-understanding through this experience, some reorganization of the your life and your thinking now that you are a cancer survivor. You were given dark nights. If not treated as growth they will destroy you. - Chapter 6
Paperback (Item #83820) $12.00

   

NEW!
If God Disappears: 9 Faith Wreckers and What to Do about Them
By: David R. Sanford
Virtually everyone has--or will--face crises of life and faith. These pivotal times are part of everyone's spiritual journey. Why then do some people emerge from the crisis with their faith intact while others give up on God, the church, and holy living? If God Disappears comes alongside the Christian who is spiritually drifting--or is on the verge--or knows someone who is considering leaving God and the church behind--and compassionately empowers them to re-embrace their faith. Author David Sanford shares nine "faith wreckers" and nine "faith builders" to help us better understand which circumstances and attitudes undermine our faith and which ones draw us closer to God.

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Does it seem as if God turned out the lights and slipped away?

God often seems absent when we need him most. Some people respond to this by seeking him even more wholeheartedly. Others feel shunned and abandoned, and slowly drift away from their faith. Why do some individuals emerge from such crises with their faith seemingly intact while others all but give up on God, the church, and spiritual life? How can we walk through troubling, even devastating times without shipwrecking our trust in God?

If God Disappears comes alongside those who are already spiritually drifting—or are on the verge—and compassionately empowers them to re-embrace their faith. Author David Sanford explores a series of nine "faith wreckers" and nine sometimes counterintuitive "faith builders" to help us better understand which circumstances and attitudes undermine our faith and which ones draw us closer to God.

You may feel that it's impossible to come back to God. You may fear God wouldn't take you back anyway. But even if it feels like God has disappeared . . . it's never too late.

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What's the greatest crisis among Christians today?

David Sanford believes it's the loss of faith. Not loss of salvation—but loss of faith in God, in the Bible, in the church, or in Christian beliefs.

Like most individuals, you probably know someone who has left the church or experientially lost his or her Christian faith. Maybe it's even been your own experience. Sadly, many people feel their church isn't a safe place to talk about something like this and, as a result, of the nearly 75 million American adults who say they have made a commitment to Jesus Christ, more than 31 million have quit going to church. Thousands more will join their ranks this week.

If God Disappears drops the guilt and compassionately addresses the personal, practical, biblical, and theological issues surrounding this crisis. Is it really possible to lose one’s faith? Why did it seem to happen to so many good people in the Bible? How can you help a friend who is struggling?

This important and much-needed book will show you what to do if you experience a personal crisis of faith, as well as how you can reach out to those who are spiritually drifting. And it will remind you that no matter what you’re going through, God is still there to be found.

Back Flap Copy
David Sanford and his wife, Renée, own Sanford Communications, Inc., a company that works with leaders, organizations, and publishers to develop life-changing books and other resources.

Over the years, David has been featured or interviewed and quoted by leading news services, national broadcast networks, numerous Web sites and blogs, stacks of magazines, and scores of newspapers including USA Today and The Los Angeles Times. His detailed biography appears in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in Media and Communications.

David and Renée live "on the road to Damascus" outside Portland, Oregon, where David serves as lay teaching pastor at Spring Mountain Bible Church. They are the parents of five children.
Hardcover, 176 pages (Item #83821) $16.99

   
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There's No Place Like Hope: A Guide to Beating Cancer in Mind-sized Bites
There are many books on cancer, but none so hopeful and useful as Vickie Girard’s. The result of more than eight years of working closely with thousands of cancer patients and survivors, this is one cancer book that definitely has its feet on the ground. In the very first chapter, the author assures the reader to “immediately throw out any old cancer horror stories. Times, treatments, and diagnoses are all changing and improving as we speak.” The next 150 pages is a powerful, practical and inspiring guide that will empower millions of cancer patients to quickly understand the new “Patient Empowerment Medicine”, so they can better fight and better survive this disease. “Fear doesn’t defeat cancer,” reminds Girard, “empowered treatment defeats cancer.” Having survived one of the most deadly types of cancer, she writes with unusual clarity and authority and has taken her message to the floor of the United States Senate and to thousands of cancer patients and survivors throughout the world. Her personal mission is to “empower and inspire people who have cancer and those who love them,” and her long-awaited book truly delivers on that promise.

This is Vickie Girard’s long-awaited and completely indispensable survival guide for cancer patients and their families. Regardless of the type of cancer, here is an immediate, practical, and inspiring guide that will empower any patient to better fight and survive this disease. Through her involvement with the Cancer Treatment Centers of America and The American Cancer Society, Vickie Girard has taken her message of “empowered patient care” to the floor of the U.S. Senate and to thousands of cancer patients and survivors throughout the world. The message is simple, hopeful, powerful, and long overdue: “We must stop speaking of cancer in whispers. We may have cancer, but cancer does not have us. Cancer is a beatable, treatable, survivable disease.”

In 1992 Vickie Girard was diagnosed with Stage Four cancer and told to get her affairs in order. After coming to Cancer Treatment Centers of America for a second opinion, she chose to fight. She not only survived, she went on to become one of our nation’s most compelling advocates of the new “patient empowerment medicine.” She is a tireless patient advocate, speaker and writer, crisscrossing the nation, working with doctors, nurses and cancer support groups. She has a toll-free cancer patient counseling line and writes Vickie’s Spin for the nationally circulated “Link To Life.” She received a Presidential Proclamation from President Clinton and has appeared on NBC’s “Today Show,” Lifetime TV’s “New Attitudes,” and countless local radio and television news shows. Girard has testified on the Patients Bill of Rights on the floor of the United States Senate, received a Presidential Proclamation for her efforts in health care reform. . .was recently nominated for a position on the Council of Public Representatives at the National Institute of Health in Washington, D.C., and awarded the YMCA Women of Achievement Award for “truly outstanding contributions to her community.”

"In all my years of counseling cancer patients, I never found the one book that patients and their families were always requesting. I finally gave up looking and decided to write it. I come with vital information to share with cancer patients at any stage of your battle, regardless of the type of cancer you are dealing with. I write to tell you that, yes, I have been down the road and I’ve come back to tell you that, if you look closely, there are bread crumbs along the path to guide you in defeating your cancer. I want to assure you that even the worst of odds can be beaten and overcome--that the hope of defeating cancer now exists for us all. There is no such thing as 'false hope.' The day my hope was fed is the day I began to get well. Even when it is not probable, it is still possible to win against this disease. I am living proof of this. Remember that cancer does not have a brain, a heart, or a spirit. It is you who has the brain, the ability to strategize and to plan the cancer’s demise. So keep your pilot light burning brightly, read this book, get ready to fight, and know that I’m with you all the way." - Vickie

Paperback (Item #83822) $14.95
Release Date 09/08; Advance Orders Accepted Now

   
NEW!
Meat & Potatoes Catholicism
by Rev. Joseph F. Classen
What is so special about Sacraments?
How did the rituals and traditions of the Mass get started?
Why do we have a pope?
What's the point of going to confession?

Father Joe Classen has heard all these questions and more from parishioners, fishing buddies, neighbors, and acquaintances. They seem to recognize right away that this straight-shooting and approachable young priest speaks a language they understand.

You will find real questions and direct answers from a passionate, engaging priest who wants nothing more than to share his love of the Faith in real life terms. Get to know what the Church teaches and why, and discover Father Joe's secret recipe for a happier, more fulfilling life. Paperback, 240 pages. (Item #88404) $14.95

   
The Greatest Gift
The Courageous Life and Martyrdom of Sister Dorothy Stang
by Binka Le Breton

In 1966, Sister Dorothy Stang went to Brazil as a missionary, and in 1982 she moved to a small town in the Amazon to work with an organization to protect poor farmers and their land from loggers and land-developers who stop at nothing—including murder—in pursuit of profits. After testifying at a government panel investigating illegal incursions into protected areas, Sister Dorothy was denounced as a “terrorist” by powerful companies and began receiving death threats. Refusing to be intimidated, she continued her work—until two gunmen shot her six times on a rural Amazon road.

THE GREATEST GIFT is the first biography of this extraordinary woman and her mission. Written by a mainstream journalist who has spent many years in Brazil, it exposes the entrenched collusion between government officials and commercial interests and celebrates the profound courage of Sister Dorothy and others fighting to protect the Amazon jungles and the people eking out a life there.

Inspired by deep religious conviction, Dorothy Stang gave of herself generously. A book that will resonate with readers of Sister Helen Prejean’s Dead Man Walking, THE GREATEST GIFT presents not only the story of Sister Dorothy’s tragic death, but the powerful and beautiful lessons of her life.  Hardcover. (Item #88104) $21.95
   
CREDO: The Catholic Faith Explained
by Fr. Marcus Holden and Fr. Andrew Pinsent
This new illustrated pocket catechism offers a succinct and reliable introduction into the fullness of the Catholic faith. Drawing on Scripture and Tradition, it is fully cross-referenced to the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the Compendium.
(Item #87831)
$6.95
    
My Life with Karol: My Forty-Year Friendship with the Man Who Became Pope
by Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz
 
This intimate, affectionate portrait of Pope John Paul II by his longtime secretary and confidant reveals fascinating new details about the opinions, hopes, fears, and dramatic life of this public man.

“I had accompanied him for almost forty years: twelve in Kraków and then twenty-seven in Rome. I was always with him, always at his side. Now, in the moment of death, he’d gone on alone. . . .And now? Who is accompanying him on the other side?”
—From A Life with Karol

Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz worked side by side with Pope John Paul II for almost forty years, enjoying unique access to both the public and private man. In A life with Karol, he provides a close-up glimpse into the Pope’s life and the critical events of his papacy.

Dziwisz was sitting next to the Pope during the assassination attempt in 1981. He recounts the Pope's reaction to 9/11, describing his thoughts and feelings on that day. And the Cardinal’s moving description of the Pope’s haunting memories of World War II uncovers the roots of the pontiff’s intense opposition to George W. Bush’s war on Iraq.

The two men shared moments of fun and spontaneity as well. Dziwisz writes about the times the Pope would slip out of the Vatican, wearing a Panama hat, to stroll the streets of Rome, and he describes the clandestine ski and hiking trips the pair made to escape the Vatican. His firsthand account of the Pope’s last years also reveals that John Paul II considered resigning. These stories and others lend added poignancy to Dziwisz’s extraordinary portrayal of the Pope’s courage and calmness during his final illness. Hardcover, 272 pages (Item #87987) $22.95

About the Author
CARDINAL STANISLAW DZIWISZ was personal secretary to Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) in Kraków and in Rome. He was ordained a priest in 1963, was appointed Archbishop of Kraków in 2005, and in 2006 was made a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI.

    
Catholic Household Blessings & Prayers
 
The newly revised Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers is the perfect resource for parents and children to explore the rich treasury of the Catholic tradition of prayer.

Use Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers to
- Learn the "by-hearts"-the essential prayers that every Catholic child and adult need to know by memory
- Practice the simple form of the Liturgy of the Hours as a family
- Celebrate the feasts and seasons of the Church year in ritual and prayer
- Bless the sacramentals that are part of the Catholic tradition like the advent wreath, Christmas crèche, Easter foods, and candles for the home
- Lead grace before and after meals
- Pray for family members
- Bless the home before a move and in times of trouble

Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers is the perfect gift for
- Families, especially those with children
- Newly-married couples
- Young parents in baptismal preparation classes

Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers includes prayers and blessings for many of the most important moments in the life of a family-pregnancy, a move, marriage, and death. Buy Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers by the case and save!

About the Revision
The USCCB undertook the revision of Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers for several reasons. The liturgical calendar was outdated. Booksellers had been requesting a more substantial binding, suitable for gift-giving. We wanted to include some of the newer prayers by Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI as well as some prayers published by the USCCB. In addition, we added new prayers for stewardship, vocations, retirement, and the like. An entirely new thematic section of Scripture excerpts was added as well. The revision includes a Scripture index and a first line index to make it easier to use. As such, the revised text is substantially longer than the current edition. It will be bound in bonded leather with gold stamping, and colored end papers, and includes a presentation page. The Scripture excerpts used are taken from the Lectionary for Mass or the Liturgy of the Hours. Hardcover, 528 pages (Item #94840) $34.95
   
The Bad Catholic's Guide to Good Living
by Zmirak, John and Matychowiak, Denise

Jump right into this hilarious new book on enjoying and celebrating Catholicism in a whole new way! Both a comical read, as well as an indispensable resource for observing the Feast Days of the Saints, The Bad Catholic’s Guide to Good Living is for anyone who is interested in celebrating the history and humor behind the Catholic Faith. Consisting of selected historical sketches of the feast days, as well suggested activities for celebration, this book serves as a must own for every happy Catholic! 6x9, 240 pages, paperback
(Item #85106) $14.95
   
9780385520379 Come Be My Light
by Mother Teresa and Brian Kolodiejchuk
This historic work reveals the inner spiritual life of one of the most beloved and important religious figures in history.

During her lifelong service to the poorest of the poor, Mother Teresa became an icon of compassion to people of all religions; her extraordinary contributions to the care of the sick, the dying, and thousands of others nobody else was prepared to look after has been recognized and acclaimed throughout the world. Little is known, however, about her own spiritual heights or her struggles. This collection of her writing and reflections, almost all of which have never been made public before, sheds light on Mother Teresa's interior life in a way that reveals the depth and intensity of her holiness for the first time.

Compiled and presented by Fr. Brian Kolodiejchuk, M.C., who knew Mother Teresa for twenty years and is the postulator for her cause for sainthood and director of the Mother Teresa Center, MOTHER TERESA brings together letters she wrote to her spiritual advisors over decades. A moving chronicle of her spiritual journey—including moments, indeed years, of utter desolation—these letters reveal the secrets she shared only with her closest confidants. She emerges as a classic mystic whose inner life burned with the fire of charity and whose heart was tested and purified by an intense trial of faith, a true dark night of the soul.

Published to coincide with the tenth anniversary of her death, MOTHER TERESA is an intimate portrait of a woman whose life and work continue to be admired by millions of people.

“If I ever become a Saint—I will surely be one of “darkness.” I will continually be absent from Heaven—to lit the light of those in darkness on earth .”
—Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Hardcover (Item #86703) $22.95

     

Living Water 50th CD
John Michael Talbot
The 50th recorded album of this beloved Christian performer, who has devoted his life to ministry through music! Spiritually moving songs include new settings of the common Mass prayers (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus and Agnus Dei), plus lyrics based on episodes and texts from Sacred Scripture.
CD (Item #78543) $16.99
   
A Jesuit Off-Broadway
Center Stage with Jesus, Judas, and Life's Big Questions
by James Martin, S.J.
Called to the priesthood by God, Fr. James Martin was startled to get a very different kind of call one evening in 2005: a phone call from actor Sam Rockwell. Rockwell had been cast in the part of Judas Iscariot in an Off-Broadway play where Judas was on trial for his crime of betraying Jesus; would Martin be willing to offer some theological insights? Martin gladly obliged, and within weeks playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis and other members of the cast began to dialogue with Martin about a host of spiritual issues that weighed on their minds: Can we believe the Bible? What was Jesus’ mission? What is sin? Does hell exist? Is anyone beyond God’s forgiveness?

A Jesuit Off-Broadway recounts Fr. Martin’s thrilling six months with the LAByrinth Theater Company, as it created and performed The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, which had a sold-out five-week run in New York. As the occasionally profane and worldly playwright, director, and actors struggled to understand theological issues and ideas, they strove to convey them in an artistically convincing way to a largely secular audience. Through it all, Martin learned lessons about theater and life, about how the sacred and the secular aren’t always that far apart, and how questions often tell us more than answers do.
Hardcover, 272 pages (Item #93658) $22.95
    
Celebration of Discipline
The Faith of Spiritual Growth
by Richard J. Foster
In the twenty years since its publication, Celebration of Discipline has helped over a million seekers discover a richer spiritual life infused with joy, peace, and a deeper understanding of God. For this special twentieth anniversary edition, Richard J. Foster has added an introduction, in which he shares the story of how this beloved and enduring spiritual guidebook came to be.

Hailed by many as the best modern book on Christian spirituality, Celebration of Discipline explores the classic "Disciplines," or central spiritual practices, of the Christian faith. Along the way, Foster shows that it is only by and through these practices that the true path to spiritual growth can be found.

Dividing the Disciplines into three movements of the Spirit, Foster shows how each of these areas contribute to a balanced spiritual life. The inward Disciplines of meditation, prayer, fasting, and study offer avenues of personal examination and change. The outward Disciplines of simplicity, solitude, submission, and service help prepare us to make the world a better place. The corporate Disciplines of confession, worship, guidance, and celebration bring us nearer to one another and to God.

Foster provides a wealth of examples demonstrating how these Disciplines can become part of our daily activities---and how they can help us shed our superficial habits and "bring the abundance of God into our lives." He offers crucial new insights, demonstrating how the biblical view of simplicity, properly understood and applied, brings joy and balance to our inward and outward lives and "sets us free to enjoy the provision of God as a gift that can be shared with others." Celebration, often the most neglected of the Disciplines, is revealed as critically important, for it stands at the heart of the way to Christ. Celebration of Discipline will help motivate Christians everywhere to embark on a journey of prayer and spiritual growth.
Hardcover, 228 pages (Item #93657) $23.95

     
The Dream Manager
by Matthew Kelly
A business parable about how companies can achieve remarkable results by helping their employees fulfill their dreams

Managing people is difficult. With disengagement and turnover on the rise, many managers are scratching their heads wondering what to do. It's not that we don't dream of being great managers, it's just that we haven't found a practical and efficient way to do it. Until now.

The fictional company in this remarkable book is grappling with real problems of high turnover and low morale -- so the managers begin to investigate what really drives the employees. What they discover is that the key to motivation isn't necessarily the promise of a bigger paycheck or title, but rather the fulfillment of crucial personal dreams. They also learned that people at every level need to be offered specific kinds of help and encouragement -- or our dreams will forever remain just dreams as we grow dissatisfied with our lives and jobs.

Beginning with his important thought that a company can only become the-best-version-of-itself to the extent that its employees are becoming better-versions-of-themselves, Matthew Kelly explores the connection between the dreams we are chasing personally and the way we all engage at work. Tackling head-on the growing problem of employee disengagement, Kelly explores the dynamic collaboration that is unleashed when people work together to achieve company objectives and personal dreams.

The power of The Dream Manager is that simply becoming aware of the concept will change the way you manage and relate to people instantly and forever. What's your dream?
Hardcover, 158 pages (Item #93659) $19.95

   
The Complete C.S. Lewis Signature Classics
by C.S. Lewis
For the first time ever, these seven essential volumes by C. S. Lewis are available in a single edition. This remarkable book presents the classic works Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Problem of Pain, Miracles, A Grief Observed, and Lewis's prophetic examination of universal values, The Abolition of Man. Beautiful and timeless, this is a vital collection by one of the greatest literary figures of the twentieth century.

Lewis reached a vast audience during his lifetime, and books such as Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters continue to be regarded as among the best spiritual writing of all time. With his uncanny grasp of human nature, Lewis offers a refreshing antidote to the modern world's consumerism and moral relativism. This new edition of his most celebrated books highlights Lewis's compassion for humanity and his relevance for the twenty-first century.
Paperback, 752 pages (Item #93656) $26.95

   
The Book of Saints & Heroes
The first Christians to visit Europe and the British Isles met pagans who told tales of fairies, talking beasts, and other wonderful things. To these marvelous stories, they soon added new ones about the Christian saints. Some were true, others improbable, and many simply fantastic. In the ones we include here, you’ll meet the saint who spent seven Easters on a whale’s back and the amiable lion who was St. Jerome’s friend. You’ll see St. George fight the dragon, and you’ll read about the fierce wolf St. Francis of Assisi converted.

But many of these stories have in them scarcely a wave of the fairy wand. So you’ll also find here true tales of great saints such as St. Louis of France, St. Vincent de Paul, St. Francis Xavier, and St. Elizabeth of Hungary — souls marked by courage, kindness, and piety.

These marvelous legends and exciting true stories of Christian saints and heroes will provide many hours of delightful reading to believers and non-believers alike! 336 pages (Item #97816) $24.95

Read the exciting stories of:

  • St. Anthony
  • St. Augustine
  • St. Paul
  • St. Brendan
  • St. Colette
  • St. Columba
  • St. Elizabeth of Hungary
  • St. Cuthbert
  • St. Dorothea
  • St. Dunstan
  • St. Richard of Chichester
  • St. Francis of Assisi
  • St. Francis Xavier
  • St. Louis IX
  • St. Jerome
  • St. Margaret of Scotland
  • St. George
  • St. John of God
  • St. Malchus
  • St. Senan
  • St. Simeon Stylites
  • St. Vincent de Paul, and others.
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    COMBINING EFFORTS — Father Marcus Holden, left, and Father Andrew Pinsent look over the text of their combined catechesis for adults. The two are from England and were ordained there in 2005. Father Pinsent is in residence at St. Ambrose Parish on the Hill while pursuing studies at St. Louis University.

    Evangelium

    Evangelium is a resource which enables all parishes to run courses for adults on the Catholic Faith. It offers an excellent grounding in the full panorama of Catholic beliefs. A modular resource, it follows the same division as the Catechism of the Catholic Church into Creed, Sacraments, Morals and Prayer.

    Evangelium not only teaches about the Faith. It also gives a rich visual experience of the Faith by means of contemporary multimedia technology and over one hundred of the greatest works of art in Christian history.

    Flexible and adaptable to the needs of your parish

    ■ evening courses or study days

    ■ short or long courses

    principal uses

    ■ RCIA

    ■ refresher courses for adults

    other uses

    ■ confirmation preparation

    ■ marriage preparation

    ■ youth catechesis

    ■ sixth-form students

    ■ self-instruction


    Communicates Catholic teaching

    ■ content rigorously reviewed by leading theologians

    ■ cross-referenced fully to Scripture, the Catechism and the new Compendium of the Catechism

    ■ a sure and faithful presentation of the riches of the Catholic faith


    Stimulating Presentations

    ■ beautiful religious art is the focus for each lesson

    ■ attractive, strongly visual slides

    ■ concise, precise wording

    ■ enlightening quotations from Scripture and saints

    ■ suggested further reading and activities for each module

    ■ Participant’s Book summarises the presentations, provides references and reinforces learning


    Excellent support for the group leader

    ■ easy-to-use materials

    ■ clear and structured programme

    ■ tried and tested lessons

    ■ written by experienced catechists

    ■ references to additional resources and activities

    ■ easy-to-use software on CD-ROM

    ■ no additional software required
     

    What started as a seminary assignment to teach the faith to Italian youth has turned into a multi-media course now used by adults entering the Catholic Church in England.

    Fathers Andrew Pinsent and Marcus Holden hope their book and CD-ROM, "Evangelium," become more widely accepted in America.

    Father Pinsent, is in residence at St. Ambrose Parish in the Hill neighborhood of South St. Louis while studying at St. Louis University. He and Father Holden, assigned to a London parish, recently spoke about "Evangelium" during the latter’s visit to America.

    "We picked 25 key topics, with two sides (pages) per topic. It’s short, but with as much content as possible," said Father Pinsent. Both priests were ordained in their home dioceses in England in 2005.

    The four major categories in the book — creed, sacraments, morals and prayer — follow the sections of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Father Pinsent said.

    The two priests didn’t think anything more would come of their efforts at educating the Italian youth until Father Holden mentioned the project to the pastor of his parish in London. That pastor was a member of the editorial board of the eventual publisher, the Catholic Truth Society.

    Fathers Holden and Pinsent worked on the book and CD-ROM for two years, and it was published in England last fall. There it is being used by 500 parishes in preparing people for entrance into the Church.

    Already it’s been accepted for use for the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults program in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. About 100 people in St. Ambrose Parish have purchased it through the parish for private use, Father Pinsent said. He added that the book and CD were now available through Catholic Supply of St. Louis Inc.

    Among the topics covered are the meaning of life, salvation history, the Incarnation and life of Christ, the Trinity, Scripture and Tradition, the Blessed Mother, the Eucharist, marriage, the priesthood, prayer and the Mass and devotions, among others.

    The use in a class setting incorporates the PowerPoint presentation found on the CD, which allows the students to view a dazzling assortment of Catholic artwork, mostly from the Renaissance, that the two priests chose to illustrate each faith concept.

    "This way you get the full visual experience of it," Father Holden said.

    They both said they strove for a balance in offering enough depth on each subject without overwhelming a newcomer to the Church with information. The priests also strove for a certain level of objectivity, to merely present the truth of the Catholic Church’s teaching without adding any commentary of their own.

    That approach has earned them praise from both liberal and conservative Catholic media in their home country, they said.

    "All we tried to do was present the material as clearly as possible," Father Pinsent said.

    While the two agreed on the concepts, Father Holden said with a smile that "We fought a lot — but it was healthy fight" in choosing the manner in which their instructional effort would present those truths. He later described their collaboration as "intense discussions" on the way each subject could best be presented.

    "We prayed before every (planning) session," Father Pinsent said. "It was a good lesson in teaching us objectivity. We had to sacrifice our own opinions."

    Both are encouraged by their experience with youthful reception to their efforts after decades of seeing the parents of the current youth leave the faith.

    "Unlike older generations, who were rebelling, this youngest one just hasn’t had someone explain to the faith to them," Father Holden said.

    "It’s reliable in that it’s based only on Church teaching, and it’s concise for busy people," said Father Pinsent.

    Father Joseph Johnson, rector of the Cathedral of St. Paul in the St. Paul and Minneapolis Archdiocese, was impressed with its content. He said it has been used already by the Asian community and that the Hispanic community was looking to translate the book for its needs. His own parish will use it starting in the fall for adult faith formation classes, Father Johnson said.

    "Its beauty is it’s very thorough but very concise and understandable. It uses the power of images, which people of all languages can connect to. Plus it uses masterpieces of art."

    He noted the different sections can be used independently. "One of our parishes used the five sections on prayer for a course during Lent," he said.

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    The Mystery of Harry Potter What every Muggle Catholic family needs to know about
    The Mystery of Harry Potter
    by Nancy Carpentier Brown

    The adventures of the boy wizard have provoked a vigorous debate among Christians.

    Whether your children have read the series, are planning to, or you're trying to decide if it's right for them, The Mystery of Harry Potter: A Catholic Family Guide will help you appreciate and address the series' underlying moral and spiritual themes.

    Using her natural teaching skills and parenting experience, author

    Nancy Brown has created a must-read for every Catholic family as she walk you through a journey of discovery:
     

    • Are the stories compatible with the Catholic Faith?
    • What moral and spiritual issues are addressed?
    • What kind of role model is Harry?
    • How can I talk about these issues with my kids?
    • How are the movies different from the books?

    The Mystery of Harry Potter will help guide your family through a fully enjoyable, and even educational, experience of Harry Potter.
    (Item #*OSV-9781592763986) $12.95

           
    Reasons To Believe: How To Understand, Explain, and Defend the Catholic Faith
    by best selling author Scott Hahn

    This book unravels mysteries, corrects misunderstandings, and offers thoughtful, straightforward responses to common objections about the Catholic faith.

    Bestselling author Scott Hahn, a convert to Catholicism, has experienced the doubts that so often drive discussions about God and the Church. In the years before his conversion, he was first a nonbeliever and then an anti-Catholic clergyman. In REASONS TO BELIEVE, he explains the "how and why" of the Catholic faith—drawing from Scripture, his own struggles and those of other converts, as well as from everyday life and even natural science. Hahn shows that reason and revelation, nature and the supernatural, are not opposed to one another; rather they offer complementary evidence that God exists. But He doesn't merely exist. He is someone, and He has a personality, a personal style, that is discernible and knowable. Hahn leads readers to see that God created the universe with a purpose and a form—a form that can be found in the Book of Genesis and that is there when we view the natural world through a microscope, through a telescope, or through our contact lenses. At the heart of the book is Hahn's examination of the ten "keys to the kingdom"—the characteristics of the Church clearly evident in the Scriptures. As the story of creation discloses, the world is a house that has a Father, a palace where the king is really present. God created the cosmos to be a kingdom, and that kingdom is the universal Church, fully revealed by Jesus Christ. Hardcover, 196 pages. (Item #88651) $21.95

          
    Mother Angelica's Little Book of LIfe Lessons and Everyday Spirituality
    Raymond Arroyo presents an inspiring collection of Mother's powerful spiritual insights and no-nonsense advice. The book includes a wide-range of Mother's thoughts and practical teachings on subjects such as: the purpose of life, pain and suffering, seeking God's Will in everyday life and much more. This devotional treasure was created in cooperation with Our Lady of the Angels Monastery. Hardcover edition. 220 pages. (Item #88696) $16.95
           
    Jesus of Nazareth
    by Pope Benedict XVI

    In this bold, momentous work, the Pope—in his first book written as Benedict XVI—seeks to salvage the person of Jesus from recent “popular” depictions and to restore Jesus’ true identity as discovered in the Gospels. Through his brilliance as a theologian and his personal conviction as a believer, the Pope shares a rich, compelling, flesh-and-blood portrait of Jesus and invites us to encounter, face-to-face, the central figure of the Christian faith.

    From Jesus of Nazareth… “the great question that will be with us throughout this entire book: But what has Jesus really brought, then, if he has not brought world peace, universal prosperity, and a better world? What has he brought? The answer is very simple: God. He has brought God! He has brought the God who once gradually unveiled his countenance first to Abraham, then to Moses and the prophets, and then in the wisdom literature—the God who showed his face only in Israel, even though he was also honored among the pagans in various shadowy guises. It is this God, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the true God, whom he has brought to the peoples of the earth. He has brought God, and now we know his face, now we can call upon him. Now we know the path that we human beings have to take in this world. Jesus has brought God and with God the truth about where we are going and where we come from: faith, hope, and love.”
    (Item #88611) $24.95

        

    The Mundelein Psalter
    by Douglas Martis, editor

    The Church’s prayer must be allowed to speak for itself, to express the joy and grief, the anguish and elation of God’s children across the ages and around the globe. This volume hopes to offer an opening to the radical beauty of the Judeo-Christian prayer, in an accessible, comprehensible way.
    –from the Introduction

    The Mundelein Psalter is the first complete one-volume edition containing the approved English-language texts of the Liturgy of the Hours with psalms that are pointed for the chanting of the Divine Office. The music consists of simple yet beautiful Gregorian-based modes composed for this Psalter. Developed at the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary, the Psalter is designed for use by priests, deacons, religious, and laity, making singing the hymns of the Liturgy of the Hours easier for all. The Mundelein Psalter offers communities the opportunity to come together in prayer and celebrate the Divine Office as it was intended, with voices raised.

    Features of The Mundelein Psalter:

    • Translations of hymns proper to each ferial day and a selection of hymns for feasts and solemnities (taken from the editio typica).
    • Music with the ancient modal settings is provided for each hymn. Hymns are also arranged to be sung with any long meter (lm) tune.
    • A collection of 14 optional modes that can be used as needed.
    • It uses the Grail Psalms and contains Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, and Night Prayer. It also includes the Sanctoral cycle and the Office for the Dead.
    • A Pastoral Implementation Guide for the progressive implementation of the Liturgy of the Hours in a parish setting.

    Hardcover, 6 x 9, 1200 pages, (Item #*LTP-9781595250193) $50.00

         

      Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery

    Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery
    by Eric Metaxas
    Amazing Grace tells the story of the remarkable life of the British abolitionist William Wilberforce (1759-1833). This accessible biography chronicles Wilberforce's extraordinary role as a human rights activist, cultural reformer, and member of Parliament.

    At the center of this heroic life was a passionate twenty-year fight to abolish the British slave trade, a battle Wilberforce won in 1807, as well as efforts to abolish slavery itself in the British colonies, a victory achieved just three days before his death in 1833.

    Metaxas discovers in this unsung hero a man of whom it can truly be said: he changed the world. Before Wilberforce, few thought slavery was wrong. After Wilberforce, most societies in the world came to see it as a great moral wrong.

    To mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade, HarperSanFrancisco and Bristol Bay Productions have joined together to commemorate the life of William Wilberforce with the feature-length film Amazing Grace and this companion biography, which provides a fuller account of the amazing life of this great man than can be captured on film.

    This account of Wilberforce's life will help many become acquainted with an exceptional man who was a hero to Abraham Lincoln and an inspiration to the anti-slavery movement in America.  Hardcover (Item #*HP-9780061173004) $21.95

        

    Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know--And Doesn't

    Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know--And Doesn't
    by
    Stephen Prothero
    *Starred Review* The author of I^ American Jesus (2003) opens this important book with a paradox. To wit, Americans are deeply religious I^ and profoundly ignorant about religion; that is, one of the most religious countries is also a nation of "religious illiterates." Prothero calls religious illiteracy dangerous because religion is one of the greatest forces for good--as well as evil--in the world. Nowadays, standing on shaky religious ground can be literally a matter of life and death. To cite two brief examples of America's religious illiteracy: only half of American adults can name one of the four Gospels, and 10 percent of Americans believe that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife. Prothero defines religious literacy--what it is, and what it is not. He also discusses the two great religious revivals in U.S. history, the Second Great Awakening of the nineteenth century and the postwar revival of the 1940s and 1950s. He argues both the constitutionality and the necessity of teaching--with an emphasis on spreading knowledge, not inculcating values--about religion in public schools and higher education. He suggests that every U.S. public high school should require a course on the Bible and another on the religions of the world. And he devotes an entire chapter to "a modest list" of a hundred or so religious terms that he deems essential, from I^ Abraham to I^ Zionism, to any American's religious knowledge. A must-read on its subject. June Sawyers Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
    Hardcover (Item #*HP-9780060846701) $24.95
         

    Centuries of St. Louis
    by Fr. William Barnaby Faherty, S.J.
    Eminent and prolific historian Father William Barnaby Faherty, S.J., offers a unique take on the history of St. Louis with Centuries of St. Louis. This new history—his third on the city—is told through the perspective of its citizens, some prominent, all respected. From Marguerite Blondeau Guion LeCompte—the first woman to give birth in St. Louis—to the venerable sportswriters Bob Burnes and Bob Broeg, Faherty offers insights into the events and people that define St. Louis by documenting the lives of these chosen St. Louisans in context with the eras they lived in.

    Many facets of society are covered in this book, including education, politics, religion, sports, activism, philanthropy, and business. Faherty chose to write about achievers rather than celebrities. These achievers were active in their respective fields and the events that surrounded them.
    128 pages, Softcover. (Item #88979) $17.95
       
    Safe at Home! Indoor Safety Game Book
    In today's complex and ever changing world, teaching children certain safety rules is more critical than ever. Parents and guardians have the primary responsibility to teach their children to be safer. This book helps them provide strategies to children to stay safer if a potentially dangerous situation arises. Safe at Home! is an effective way of preparing children to handle situations around the house. It's an interactive game that shows children what to do in different situations. By reading this book with your children, you will help empower them to think for themselves and gain a feeling of confidence about dealing with situations at home. The book asks questions and you choose from 3 answers- choose the correct answer and and the green light will flash and fun sounds will be heard!
    Reading level: Ages 4-8
    Board Book: 14 pages
    Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 6.9 x 0.8 inches
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    Safe at Play! Outdoor Safety Game Book
    In today's complex and ever changing world, teaching children certain safety rules is more critical than ever. Parents and guardians have the primary responsibility to teach their children to be safer. This book helps them provide strategies to children to stay safer if a potentially dangerous situation arises. Safe at Play! gives children the information they need to keep themselves safer as they play in parks, playgrounds, or just outside the house. It provides simple, practical things children can do along with the preventive measure to take in order to protect themselves. This book is NOT intended to frighten children, but to empower them. It's an interactive game that shows children what to do in different situations. By reading this book with your children, you will help turn fear into healthy caution and help keep them safer, happy and free! The book asks questions and you choose from 3 answers- choose the correct answer and and the green light will flash and fun sounds will be heard!
    Reading level: Ages 4-8
    Board Book: 14 pages
    Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.8 x 0.8 inches
    (Item #82971)  $12.95
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    Love That Produces Hope
    The Thought of Ignacio Ellacuría
    by Kevin F. Burke, S.J., and Robert Lassalle-Klein, Editors

    Father Ignacio Ellacuría, S.J., president of the University of Central America, leading Latin American philosopher, and liberation theologian, was assassinated with five Jesuit companions and two women on November 16, 1989. Love That Produces Hope brings together leading authorities on key aspects of Ellacuría’s thought. The book introduces readers to the groundbreaking life and thought of Ignacio Ellacuría. His biography and writings embody late twentieth-century transformations and tensions that reshaped the life of the Catholic church among the “crucified peoples” of Central America.

    Love That Produces Hope evaluates the significance of Ellacuría’s work, particularly his impact on theology, philosophy, and education. Ellacuría found hope in his faith that God’s grace sustains the tenacious struggle of millions of men, women, and children to nurture those they love in the face of poverty and an uncertain future. Paperback, 328 pages. (Item #86619) $29.95

       
    Retrieving Charisms for the Twenty-First Century
    Doris Donnelly, Editor

    Charisms are a special variety of gifts dispensed through the Holy Spirit in Church and world for the common good. Leon-Joseph Cardinal Suenens, archbishop of Malines-Brussels from 1961-1979, spent his life uncovering these special gifts and reestablishing them in the mainstream of Christian life. His vision prompted the reflections in Retrieving Charisms for the Twenty-First Century.

    With the new millennium approaching, Donnelly states that the task before us is the retrieval of charisms which are needed for us all not merely to survive, but to survive with courage and imagination. The contributors to Retrieving Charisms for the Twenty-First Century are aware of the urgency of our survival as well as its style. In the spirit of Cardinal Suenens, their approaches are refreshing, balanced, open to new possibilities, and faithful to the Spirit who has surprises in store for those of us willing to be swept away by gusts of gracious wind. Paperback, 184 pages (Item #88594) $14.95

           
    Good News, Bad News
    by Fr. C. John McCloskey and Russell Shaw
    Fr. John McCloskey has become a famous “convert maker” in the powerful corridors close to the White House. Having run the Catholic Information Center in the heart of Washington, DC from 1998 to 2004, McCloskey had direct contact with numerous well-known and lesser-known Washington figures. Among well-known Catholic converts instructed by Fr. McCloskey are Senator Sam Brownback, publisher Alfred Regnery, Dr. Bernard Nathanson, journalist Robert Novak and many others.

    This work is a joint effort of McCloskey and Russell Shaw, the widely read Catholic author, speaker, and former communications director for the U.S. bishops. Drawing on moving, firsthand accounts of conversions, this book combines personal testimony, solid theology, and effective methods of communicating the Catholic Faith. 134 pages, Paperback (Item #81632) $12.95

        
    Light in the Dark Ages: The Friendship of Francis and Clare of Assisi - by Jon M. Sweeney - Paraclete Press Inc. Light in the Dark Ages, The Friendship of Francis and Clare of Assisi
    by Jon M. Sweeney
    The Middle Ages were not so very dark, as the old textbooks say. As you will discover in this intriguing portrait of the first Franciscans, we live in dark ages whenever we become preoccupied with power. In this popular history, Jon Sweeney reveals the timeless temptations that come with being human---greed, competition, ego, and selfishness---as well as the many ways that Francis and Clare of Assisi inspired change and brought light into darkness.

    Discover how Francis was first found by God and then joined by Clare despite the violent objections of her family. Explore a variety of issues that they faced, including the treatment of lepers in medieval society, corruption in the Church, and attitudes toward the created world. You will also learn how Clare's spirituality influenced that of other prominent women, how St. Francis lost control of his own movement, and why Francis's body was secretly buried upon his death.

    The examples of early Franciscan spirituality challenge any of us who would follow Christ today. How would we view a young person today who rejected family for spiritual reasons? Is it possible for men and women to have deep friendship and remain true to a call to chastity? Is intentional poverty of any value? Have we sentimentalized family to the point of ignoring what Jesus taught his disciples on the subject?  204 pages. Paperback (Item #87440) $16.95

       
    Secrets of Prayer: A Multifaith Guide to Creating Personal Prayer in Your Life
    by Nancy Corcoran, CSJ
     
    Prayer can be intimidating. The idea of speaking directly to God can leave you tongue-tied, not sure what words to use, how to begin or how to end. This compelling, multifaith guidebook offers you companionship and encouragement on the journey to a healthy prayer life. Unlocking six secrets about what prayer actually is, it invites you into the practices of prayer, meditation and contemplation, showing you that prayer doesn’t have to be perfect, it doesn’t need formulas and it doesn’t have to be planned.
    Discover secrets that will expand your prayer life:
    • There Are Multiple Ways of Experiencing the Holy
    • Your Body Is a Source of Energy for Prayer
    • Your Senses Are Vehicles of Prayer
    • Diversity Nourishes Prayer
    • Interconnectedness Gives Prayer Life
    • To Learn about Prayer, You Need to Pray

    160 pages, Paperback (Item #88874) $16.95

       
    The New Friars: The Emerging Movement Serving the World's Poor
    by Scott A. Bessenecker
    There's a significant movement going on throughout the world: young people serving in solidarity with the poorest of the poor. This movement shares values and goals with ancient monastic and missional orders known as friars. But pouring yourself out in humble service looks different in every era. Scott Bessenecker looks at the new friars in the context of the old, inspiring us to look at the world differently: every person, regardless of station, is our brother or sister, and our love for God must translate into love for them. 199 pages, paperback (Item #88529) $15.00
        
    Ask the Bible Geek® 2
    Ask the Bible Geek® 2
    More Answers to Questions From Catholic Teens
    by Mark Hart
    It's about time—finding God in the good times, the bad times, party time, ordinary time, all the time. In these questions and answers from his online column, Ask the Bible Geek®, Mark Hart helps young people make time for God, "the timeless One who entered time and space" for each of us.

    With wisdom and wit, Hart tackles such questions as:
    What does it take to change your life?
    Do peers pressure you?
    Are you dealing with divorce in your family?
    No date on Valentine's Day?
    Are you affected by hatred or racism?

    Ask the Bible Geek® 2 will help you "slow down long enough to encounter God in time, all the time, until the end of time." (Item #*STA-978-0-86716-766-5) $12.99
     

    First Book:
    Ask the Bible Geek®

    Answers to Questions From Catholic Teens
    by Mark Hart  (Item #80800) $10.99
             
    No Wonder They Call It the Real Presence
    No Wonder They Call It the Real Presence
    Lives Changed by Christ in Eucharistic Adoration
    by David Pearson
    Many Catholics spend time in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. David Pearson reports in a detailed interview the remarkable and inspiring stories of Catholics whose lives were transformed through their experience of Christ in Eucharistic adoration. (Item #84145) $10.99
        
    God in Unexpected Places: Reflections on Faith and Life from Maryknoll Magazine God in Unexpected Places: Reflections on Faith and Life from Maryknoll Magazine
    by Joseph R. Veneroso
    Half a million people read Maryknoll magazine each month, and their favorite section is the photo meditation by editor and publisher Fr. Joseph Veneroso. This beautiful collection brings forth some of his best, each of them revealing the connections we all share as children of God "who live and move and have our abeing in God." Paperback. (Item #85025) $15.00
       
       Everyday Hospitality Every Day Hospitality: Simple Steps to Cultivating A Welcoming Heart
    by Thea Jarvis
    Everyday Hospitality highlights hospitality as a Christian virtue, revealing its deep ties to our spiritual lives and our connection to others as members of the human family. Catholic journalist Thea Jarvis uses folksy, humorous, and heartfelt charm to bring spiritual and religious depth to this common element of everyday life. Weaving together anecdotes and examples of hospitality--taken from scripture, her own life, and the lives of other high-profile figures such as Mother Teresa--Jarvis illuminates how critical the Christian virtue of hospitality has always been and will continue to be. From donating spare clothes to the needy or welcoming a stranger, Everyday Hospitality is filled with such stories of common kindness, demonstrating the joy and ease with which anyone can embrace the Christian virtue of hospitality. Paperback (Item #89414) $10.95
       
    Healing the Original Wound
    Healing the Original Wound
    Reflections on the Full Meaning of Salvation: How to Experience Spiritual Freedom and Enjoy God's Presence
    by Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R.
    Father Benedict Groeschel invites us to explore the astonishing mystery of God's loving plan for us. We all hunger to know more about God and our own destiny. Healing the Original Wound is a book about our journey toward God, our journey from the personal hell of sin and alienation toward the paradise of being held in the "Everlasting Arms of God." It is a book for anyone who knows something about the imperative need, the restlessness, the hunger we all have to find unfailing love in the brief reality that we call our lives. (Item #91506) $10.99
       
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    Traces of God: 25th Anniversary Edition
    by Diogenes Allen
    (Item #91769) $14.00

           
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    An Infinity of Little Hours: Five Young Men and Their Trial of Faith in the Western World's Most Austere Monastic Order
    by Nancy Klein Maguire, Nancy Klein Maguire

    In 1960, five young men arrived at the imposing gates of Parkminster, the largest center of the most rigorous and ascetic monastic order in the Western world: the Carthusians. This is the story of their five-year journey into a society virtually unchanged in its behavior and lifestyle since its founding in 1084.

    An Infinity of Little Hours is a uniquely intimate portrait of the customs and practices of a monastic order almost entirely unknown until now. After five years each man must face a choice: if they stay to make "solemn profession" they will never leave. But if they leave, they will be turning their backs on a journey to find God in solitude-their life's ambition. A remarkable investigative work, the book combines first-hand testimony with unique source material to describe the Carthusian life. And in the final chapter, describing a reunion forty years after the events described elsewhere in the book, Nancy Klein Maguire reveals which of the five made it to the top of the mountain. Paperback (Item #85027) $13.95

       
    Blessed Peter Donders: His Writings and Spirituality
    by J. Robert Fenili
    Peter Donders was a priest from Holland who volunteered in the 19th century for missionary work in Dutch Guiana (Surinam). There he worked among lepers and African slaves with great compassion for their plight. After nearly twenty years he met some Redemptorists and joined their community. He was a very dedicated, humble, and fascinating man. This book tells his life story.
    This is volume 7 in the English series of Readings in Redemptorist Spirituality sponsored by the Center for Redemptorist Spirituality of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. It includes the first English translation of his letters and other writings and articles on the spirituality of this holy man written by Redemptorists – a historian and a theologian – at the time of his beatification in 1982.
    Readers will truly be inspired by the life Blessed Peter Donders and will find in him a model of someone who trusted unfailingly in God’s providence.  Paperback (Item #86711) $19.95
            
     

    Divining the Body: Keys to Discovering Your Sacred Self
    by Jan Phillips

    Honor Your Body as the Instrument of Your Soul

    This book is an attempt to undo the damage we've sustained living in a culture that thrives on our self-hatred. It is a sanctification of our human bodies, a consecration of ourselves as hosts to the Great Beloved. It is a journey of awe and reverence through the sacred terrain of foot and hand, back and breast, heart and brain. The path to peace is the pathway through ourselves, starting with the inward step, the brave, gentle step toward the Divine within.
    -from the Introduction

    Our view of the human body is always evolving. From the goddess-worship of civilizations millennia ago, to the strict social rules of Victorian England, to the modern feminist movement, the human body-particularly the feminine body-has always been a point of interest, mystery, and contention.

    Discover an entirely new way to look at your body-as a pathway to the Divine. Award-winner Jan Phillips takes you on an energizing journey through your physical self, drawing connections between the bone, muscle, and sinew of your body and the spiritual teachings of various faith traditions, modern scientific research, and her own experiences. You will find yourself empowered to work to transform the world around you and overcome self-defeating thoughts through positive, practical exercises and meditations that show you how to climb back into your body and honor it as the temple of God that it is. Paperback (Item #85585) $16.99

       
    Women in Church History
    Women in Church History: 21 Stories for 21 Centuries
    by Joanne Turpin
    From first-century Rome's Prisca the Evangelist, companion of Paul, to Dorothy Stang, a missionary sister in 21st century Brazil, Joanne Turpin takes us on the lively journeys of 21 women invaluable to the 21 centuries of Catholic Church history. Each woman included in this inspiring volume for her exceptional contribution to the Catholic Church also portrays personal holiness and moral courage. Paperback, 232 pages (Item #88586) $14.95