Catholic category: 4805 books
In Search of an American Catholicism
A History of Religion and Culture in Tension
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2002
For more than two hundred years American Catholics have struggled to reconcile their national and religious values. In this incisive and accessible account, distinguished Catholic historian Jay P. Dolan explores the way American Catholicism has taken its distinctive shape and follows how Catholics...
by Melaine Ryther
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
Everyone has an angel story, or so it seems, but the Catholic Church has some pretty spectacular ones, especially those that are found in the lives and legends of the saints.
Starting in earliest Christian times with Gregory the Great and finishing in the 20th century with one of the Church's...
Mortal Blessings
A Sacramental Farewell
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2014
Winner of a 2015 Catholic Press Award: Family Life Category (First Place) In this lyrical adieu to her mother, renowned Catholic essayist, poet, and professor Angela O'Donnell explores how the mundane tasks of caregiving during her mother's final days--bathing, feeding, taking her for a walk in her wheelchair--became...
by Art & Laraine Bennett
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Emotions such as anger or sadness or desire arise within us, often without our directly willing them. But we are still free to choose how we respond to them. How can we better understand our God-given emotions and manage them so that we gain the emotional equilibrium and healthy balance we need to...
The Everything Guide to Catholicism
A complete introduction to the beliefs, traditions, and tenets of the Catholic Church from past to present
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2010
Why do Catholics confess their sins? What does Jesus' second coming mean? How does someone, such as Mother Teresa, become a saint?
This guide answers these questions and more. This resource addresses the teachings, tradition, history, and theology of the Catholic Church. With this guide, you'll...
The Discerning Parent
An Ignatian Guide to Raising Your Teen
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
Blending personal experience and practical advice with wisdom they’ve learned from Ignatian spirituality, Tim and Sue Muldoon, authors of Six Sacred Rules for Families, offer guidance for Catholic parents raising teens and tweens. You’ll gain confidence to help your teen make better decisions, deepen...
by John Paul Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
"Daily Reflections on Divine Mercy" was written to provide an awakening to the abundant Mercy of God. It offers daily reflections and prayers to help deepen the day-to-day faith life of every Catholic so that you can understand the abundance of Mercy poured forth from the Heart of our Savior...
Breakthrough
A Journey from Desperation to Hope
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2018
Are you disconnected from God? Do you feel that your life has no hope? As a teenager, Fr. Rob Galea's reaction to those painful feelings was addiction, violence, and destructive friendships. When the recording artist and former Australian X Factor contestant finally let God in, his life completely...
The Polish Orthodox Church in the Twentieth Century and Beyond
Prisoner of History
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
The Polish Orthodox Church in the Twentieth Century and Beyond: Prisoner of History shows the adaptability of an Orthodox community whose members are a religious and ethnic minority in a predominantly Roman Catholic country populated by ethnic Poles. It features a triangular relationship among the...
Más allá de la caja de herramientas del catequista / Beyond the Catechist's Toolbox
Catequesis que no solo informa, sino que también transforma / Catechesis That Not Only Informs, but Transforms
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Joe Paprocki, autor de la exitosa serie de libros *La caja de herramientas del catequista *ha escrito el primer libro que demuestra, paso por paso, cómo impartir una sesión catequética de 75 minutos con técnicas prácticas que amplían y enriquecen el material del libro de texto para crear un...
Chats With Converts
A Complete Explanation and Proof of Catholic Belief
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 1992
Thirty chapters on all aspects of the Faith converts ask about. Packed with logic and evidence supporting the truth of the Catholic Religion and showing the errors of Protestantism. Covers the Bible; the Pope; Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist; Confession; Purgatory; the Blessed Virgin and...
Lift Up Your Heart
A 10-Day Personal Retreat with St. Francis de Sales
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Winner of a 2018 Catholic Press Association Award: First-Time Author, Spirituality Softcover (First Place) and a 2018 Association of Catholic Publishers Award: Inspirational (Second Place).
For more than four-hundred years, Introduction to the Devout Life by Doctor of the Church St. Francis...
American Cardinal Reader
Book 2
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
These great and highly-praised American Catholic Readers, originally published by Benziger Bros. in the 1930s, were the mainstay and backbone of the Catholic parochial schools during the 1930s, '40s, and '50s. They still form part of the core curriculum for homeschoolers and private schools lucky enough to have old copies of these books.
We Believe
A Simple Commentary on the Catechism of Christian Doctrine
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Taken from his own catechism courses, We Believe: A Simple Commentary on the Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Monsignor A. N. Gilbey was first published anonymously and became a surprise smash hit. Following the structure of A Catechism of Christian Doctrine, better known as the Penny Catechism,...