December New Releases

A Year with the Angels

Mike Aquilina presents a new volume of contemplations & prayers about those most mysterious of all created beings: the Angels. Beautifully crafted pages, with durable Premium UltraSoft dual tone binding, ribbon marker, gold edges.

Vatican II: It’s Impact on You

While written from a Catholic perspective, all Christians will find this book to be a fascinating look at a time in recent world history when truth &a; grace joined for what the author calls "the most important religious event of the twentieth century."

The Catholic Briefcase

This book helps Catholics integrate their faith with their jobs through practical tips, relevant examples, & the inspirational stories of others who have successfully learned how to bring their Catholic identity with them to work.

Handbook for Today’s Parish Leaders

In today's Church, an increasing number of laypeople participate in parish ministry. In this book, leading catechist Ginger Infantino gives current & future parish leaders the tools to help their parishes carry out the mission of Christ.

A Cardinal Newman Prayer Book

This is a comprehensive gathering of the luminous prayers of the newly beatified Cardinal Newman. The only Newman prayer book, it is ideal for both those who love Newman’s work & for those getting to know Newman for the first time.

Inside the Mass: A Spiritual Reflection on the New Translation

For the Christian who is seeking to not only further his or her understanding of the Holy Mass, but to magnify the love with which he or she approaches this Sacrifice,Inside the Mass will prove invaluable.

A Catholic Christmas

Fascinating stories of some favorite saints make their legends come alive, while the history & lore surrounding some of our most popular feasts will help you understand the importance of keeping the Mass in Christmas.

Prepare the Way: Daily Meditations for Advent

With his daily meditations, Dr. Ronald Thomas provides a 27-step path along which we can journey more deeply into Jesus' loving heart, & through which Jesus can travel more deeply into ours.

Knit One, Purl a Prayer: A Spirituality of Knitting

What knitting does for our minds, bodies, & spirits, & how knitting helps people reduce stress, overcome loss, form friendships, & connect with a community are addressed. Most important, the author shows readers & crafters how knitting can become prayer.

Divine Mercy: Triumph over Cancer


How can Divine Mercy help those with cancer face the challenges & even triumph over this life-threatening disease? This cancer doctor, who is deeply committed to The Divine Mercy message, provides spiritual & practical help for cancer patients & survivors, as well as their families & caregivers.

Rediscover Lent

These timely & inspirational words will help renew your enthusiasm for being Catholic, while encouraging you to delve more deeply into the spirituality of the lenten season—a perfect companion for individual reading or for group study.

Simplifying the Soul: Lenten Practices to Renew Your Spirit

Award-winning author & Benedictine oblate Paula Huston invites readers to de-clutter their minds, hearts, relationships, & souls in a book of daily Lenten practices woven from the gospels, the Desert Fathers, & the author’s own wealth of spiritual experience


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November New Releases

New Books

What the Saints Said About Heaven

What the Saints Said About Heaven: 101 Holy Insights on Everlasting Life combines Scriptural passages, saintly writings, & prayers from the heart, all organized into a daily meditation format.

A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms

Lisa M. Hendey, founder of CatholicMom.com, leader in Catholic news media, & author of The Handbook for Catholic Moms, introduces 52 holy companions as guides for the high calling of Catholic motherhood.

The Devil You Don’t Know

With insight reminiscent of The Screwtape Letters, Rev. Cameli challenges readers to reconsider what they've always believed about the devil. Cameli paints a challenging, unsettling portrait of the devil as a formidable adversary who works great harm, often in quiet, less-seen ways.

Why Priests Are Happy

Stephen Rossetti presents the findings from the most comprehensive survey of priests' happiness & spiritual lives ever undertaken. From this survey of 2,500 priests from 23 dioceses in the U.S., Rossetti discovered that American priests enjoy an extraordinarily high rate of happiness & satisfaction, among the highest of any profession.

Conversations with Mother Teresa

Renzo Allegri relates his impressions upon meeting this “diminutive woman in love with God” in a way that makes us feel as if we were there with him. He also includes lesser known stories about her life: her Albanian family; her successful plan to place a miraculous medal in the Kremlin; & the suffering she felt when leaving her convent to launch her new mission.

Saint Clothilde

In this book for young people, Queen Clothilde tells the exciting story of her life from her point of view. Though it reads like a diary, all of the historical facts have been thoroughly researched & verified by reliable sources.

Shirt of Flame:A Year with St. Therese

In this remarkable memoir, you will see how a convert with a checkered past spends a year reflecting upon Saint Therese of Lisieux - & discovers the radical faith, true love, & abundant life of a cloistered 19th-century French nun.

Dragon Slayers

So you want to be a Dragon Slayer, do you? Well then, you have picked the right book. So begins Sir Wyvern Pugilist's new guide for preparing the young to engage the snarly & slimy monsters presently inhabiting our world.

Praying in Black and White: A Hands-on Practice for Men

Praying in Black and White honors the unique wiring of men & offers a simple, concrete approach to prayer. With a pen & a piece of paper, men are free to bring their skepticism, task-orientation, self-sufficiency, & independence into a new connection with God.

Flunking Sainthood

This wry memoir tackles 12 spiritual practices in a quest to become more saintly, including fasting, fixed-hour prayer, the Jesus Prayer, gratitude, Sabbath-keeping, & generosity. What emerges is a funny yet vulnerable story of the quest for spiritual perfection & the reality of failure, which turns out to be a valuable practice in & of itself.

Thank God: Stories of Gratitude, Harvest & Home

This beautiful book celebrates autumn & anticipates the season of Thanksgiving. It challenges people to live in a way that blesses God, from whom all good things come. Includes reflections from a wide array of authors as well as many songs, psalms, & prayers.

Becoming the Woman God Made You to Be

Sharing personal stories & practical advice, Tammy Evevard addresses the issues women face as we struggle to find our true identity.

October New Releases

A Spiritual Guide for the Unemployed

Join Timothy Mullner on his sometimes-rocky journey of renewed faith after unexpectedly losing his job. In seeking to make sense of his experience while he was out of work, Mullner wrote prayers that helped form the foundation of this book.

Live Advent at Home

This day-by-day booklet for families is a perfect companion for the season. Each week begins with a reflection on the Gospel for parents & children to read together, followed by daily reflections, activities, & simple prayers for a meaningful & fruitful Advent.

Advent & Christmas Wisdom of St. Liguori 

This book encourages the reader to set aside time each day to reflect upon a specific Scripture passage while providing a suggested activity for Christian living during the Christmas season.

The Desert Fathers: Saint Anthony and the Beginnings of Monasticism

This book takes the reader back to the hour when monasticism was born & describes the life of those revolutionary Christians who sought God in the Egyptian desert, focusing on the life & work of St. Anthony, whose experiences of the spiritual life have a timeless beauty & validity.

Ida Elisabeth, A Novel

Ida Elisabeth examines the difficulties inherent in male-female relationships as they are experienced in contemporary society. Undset's descriptions of the Norwegian people & countryside coupled with her profound understanding of the human heart won her worldwide literary acclaim. Both are powerfully displayed in this moving story about fidelity & mercy.

Ten Universal Principles: A Brief Philosophy of the Life Issues

Jesuit Fr Spitzer sets out in a brief, yet highly-readable style, 10 basic principles that must govern the reasonable person's thinking & acting about life issues. A highly-regarded philosopher, Fr. Spitzer provides an intelligent outline for talking about human life, making this book a powerful tool for persuasively articulating & effectively inculturating a prolife philosophy.

Medjugorje: What’s Happening?

This book takes the reader from day 1 of the apparitions to the present, adding tidbits of new information. Best of all, it presents Medjugorje in the context of several famous, approved apparitions of Our Lady, thus giving the reader a new perspective.

The Life of Sr. Marie de Mandat-Grancey & Mary's House in Ephesus

Once rebuilt, Mary’s house became a place where Muslims & Christians assembled in peace side by side as they came to honor Mary. This book will inspire readers with the remarkable story of a faith-filled woman’s life & her quest to discover the house of the Blessed Virgin in Ephesus.

Streams of Contentment

For the first time, author, speaker, psychologist, & spiritual guide Wicks opens a window into his personal life, relating stories of the people & places that have shaped his spiritual perspective in youth & early in his professional career.

Prayerfulness

Drawing from spiritual writing, Wicks explores 7 steps to growth in prayerfulness, incl. creating simple rituals, honoring life’s fragility, facing difficulties directly & befriending anger. 30 days of reflections, quotations, & questions guide readers to form or strengthen a practice of daily prayer.

Sinner

Lino Rulli has a style & personality not typically found in the world of religious media. In this fast & funny collection of stories from his own life, The Catholic Guy speaks honestly about his failures, successes, & embarrassing moments. His "regular guy" approach to Catholicism is both humble & hilarious.

Holy Spirit 101

Holy Spirit 101 offers readers a basic approach to coming to know this mysterious Person of the Trinity. Author John Gresham, dissects the difficult concept of the Holy Spirit, its place in history & scripture, as well as its connection to us today.

Compassion: Living in the Spirit of St. Francis

Compassion guides us through the life of Francis tracing his growth from a selfish, materialistic young man to the humble, holy saint beloved by millions. With this book as your guide, you can do simple things every day to discover a more compassionate, open, fearless & loving life—just as St. Francis did.

The Father’s Tale

A modern retelling of the parables The Good Shepherd and The Prodigal Son.

The Little Flowers of St. Francis

These stories of St. Francis & his first followers have inspired millions of people over the centuries.