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With Jesus to the Cross: Year C
A Lenten Guide on the Sunday Mass Readings
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2016
This seven-session guide is designed for those just beginning their faith journey as well as those who want to dive deeper into the Scriptures during Lent. The Evangelical Catholic ministry, which created the guide and has field experience on both college campuses and in parishes, has written insightful...
Excommunicated from the Union
How the Civil War Created a Separate Catholic America
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Anti-Catholicism has had a long presence in American history. The Civil War in 1861 gave Catholic Americans a chance to prove their patriotism once and for all. Exploring how Catholics sought to use their participation in the war to counteract religious and political nativism in the United States,...
Between Heaven and Earth
The Religious Worlds People Make and the Scholars Who Study Them
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Between Heaven and Earth explores the relationships men, women, and children have formed with the Virgin Mary and the saints in twentieth-century American Catholic history, and reflects, more broadly, on how people live in the company of sacred figures and how these relationships shape the ties between...
Sexual Authenticity
An Intimate Reflection on Homosexuality and Catholicism
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2009
Real glimpses into the hearts and lives of other people are rare...Columnist and author Melinda Selmys gives readers an unusual opportunity to explore the topic of homosexuality and the Catholic Faith from a fresh, sincere perspective. Her intensely personal reflections help clarify the misconceptions...
The Long Shadow of Vatican II
Living Faith and Negotiating Authority since the Second Vatican Council
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
With the Second Vatican Council (1962–65), the Roman Catholic Church for the first time took a positive stance on modernity. Its impact on the thought, worship, and actions of Catholics worldwide was enormous. Benefiting from a half century of insights gained since Vatican II ended, this volume...
The Blessed Sacrament
The Works and Ways of God
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
Fr. Faber inspires here a reverential awe and love for God's greatest work, the compendium of all miracles, and Queen of the Sacraments. Affirms that the Blessed Sacrament is the picture of God, the Magnet of souls and the very life of the Church. Includes great insights into the Theology of Transubstantiation...
Strangers in a Strange Land
Living the Catholic Faith in a Post-Christian World
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
A vivid critique of American life today and a guide to how Christians—and particularly Catholics--can live their faith vigorously, and even with hope, in a post-Christian public square.
From Charles J. Chaput, author of Living the Catholic Faith and Render unto Caesar comes Strangers in a...
by Most Rev. Philip J. Furlong
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1997
Famous 5th-8th grade Catholic American History text with Study Questions & Activities. Hundreds of famous persons, places, dates, and events: Columbus, St. Isaac Jogues, Fr. Marquette, Mother Seton, etc. Great for both homeschoolers and Catholic schools!
by Gabriel Palau S.J.
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1984
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1984
Written as Christ speaking to His disciples who engage in the active life. Short, powerful one-sentence messages. Profoun,; inspiring; sobering and insightful. Truly unusual and great!
5 Minutes with the Psalms and the Wisdom Books
Spiritual Nourishment for Busy Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
Continuing the tradition of 5 Minutes with Christ and 5 Minutes with the Saints, this uplifting book of meditations by members of the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) at the University of Notre Dame draws on inspiration from the Psalms, Proverbs, and the books of Wisdom in the Bible. These timeless...
by Thomas Lindsey
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2010
The world is changing. You have to juggle too many tasks. You have no time to think, to organize. And now more than ever, every decision seems to carry the weight of the world with it. What can you do?Mission Control introduces a simple approach to setting objectives and priorities in your...
Rebuilding Youth Ministry
Ten Practical Strategies for Catholic Parishes
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2015
Christopher Wesley is on the front lines of youth ministry. He’s been in the parish trenches, refocusing an unpopular youth program and making it one where teens feel connected, stay involved, and grow in faith. In Rebuilding Youth Ministry, Wesley offers ten indispensable strategies to help you make...
Religious Liberties
Anti-Catholicism and Liberal Democracy in Nineteenth-Century U.S. Literature and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2011
In the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Catholicism was often presented in the U.S. not only as a threat to Protestantism but also as an enemy of democracy. Focusing on literary and cultural representations of Catholics as a political force, Elizabeth Fenton argues that the U.S. perception...
by James H. Alphen, Christopher Anderson, John Rev. Beal
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2010
The Church is not a business, but it does have a stewardship responsibility to ensure that all of its resources are used as effectively as possible to carry out God's work on earth. In the case of human resource assets, good stewardship involves assisting those engaged in ministry (whether clerical...