Novalis imprint: 58 books
What Was There For Me Once
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2009
A poignant memoir that describes one woman’s deep love for the Church. “Over the course of my life, I have seen at least three major repaintings of religious life,” says Sister Margaret Brennan. Now 84, she wrote her memoirs as a way to tell the story of what happened to religious life in North...
Seraphic Singles
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Single Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Dorothy Cummings is the real thing: A serious young Catholic woman determined to remain true to her faith’s moral teachings no matter what. Convinced to turn her delightful blogs into a book, she gives voice to those like her who seek life-partners amid today’s dating jungle. With sections such...
Death or Canada
The Irish Famine Migration to Toronto, 1847
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
This important book about the Irish famine of 1847 and its impact on the city of Toronto tells a story that is still relatively unknown to most of Toronto’s citizens. Historian Mark McGowan delves beneath the surface of statistics and brings to light the stories of men and women who had to face...
A Rumour of God
Rekindling Belief in an Age of Disenchantment
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2010
A Rumour of God explores a variety of routine experiences - home, place, solitude, wonder, walking, and ""everyday epiphanies"" - to show us the possibility of restoring the spiritual side of our lives. In an accessible yet thoughtful way, Robert Sibley recounts ""moments...
Suffer the Children Unto Me
An Open Inquiry into the Clerical Sex Abuse Scandal
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010
In this book, Michael W. Higgins and Peter Kavanagh - respected for their impeccable research as well as their knowledge of all things Catholic - have produced the definitive critical look at how clerical abuse has wreaked havoc on the credibility of the Catholic Church in Canada. The authors go well...
Remi De Roo
Chronicles of a Vatican II Bishop
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Fifty years ago, amidst the excitement and wonder of the early days of Vatican II, a young parish priest, Remi de Roo, is ordained as the Bishop of Victoria. Swiftly called to Rome, the young bishop participates in the enthralling and dramatic proceedings of one of the Catholic Church’s most memorable...
by Leah Perrault
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Highly explored and examined, Pope John Paul II’s scripture-based reflections on human relationships and sexuality have captivated thousands of women and men around the globe. Yet few have discussed the implications of his theology for everyday life. Theology of the Body for Every Body offers us...
by Irma Zaleski
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2011
Jesus Prayer has been with us since the earliest years of Christianity. With its many variations, from “Lord Jesus Christ, son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner,” to only one word “Jesus,” it has been a font of prayer – of being attentive to God – for the monks, nuns, and lay people of the Eastern Church for centuries.
Vatican II
Fifty Years of Evolution and Revolution in the Catholic Church
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Fifty years after the start of the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic Church continues to struggle with the changes the council unleashed. Vernacular masses, dialogues with other faiths, new roles for the laity, and a revolution in how we understand Church –all of these issues continue to spark...
Finding God in the Dark II
Taking the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius to the Movies
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2011
The book offers an approach to developing a spiritual life using the medium of modern movies —the currency of popular culture. It provides an easy-to-follow format and various options for using the material by either individuals or groups, at home, in retreat, pastoral, academic or parish settings....
The Sacred Place of Prayer
The Human Person Created in God's Image
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
This book considers the human person as the sacred place of prayer. The first three chapters lay philosophical, biblical and theological groundwork for the understanding of the human person as the sacred place of prayer. Subsequent chapters develop this truth more fully. The chapters on desert spirituality,...
The Unquiet Monk
Thomas Merton's Questing Faith
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Born in 1915, Thomas Merton went through a lifelong journey of exploration, discovery and insight. The influences on his thought were numerous—from Eastern spirituality to Jonathan Swift and Albert Camus—and the influence of his writings on Catholic spirituality is profound and unalterable. The...
Sacred Journey
Daily Reflections for Lent 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Sacred Journey is an ideal Lenten companion. Designed for daily use, this booklet offers the details of each day’s Scripture readings along with a related reflection and brief prayer. This Lent, let Sacred Journey guide you as you travel the road to Jerusalem and to the celebration of new life at Easter!
Servants of All
A History of the Permanent Diaconate in the Archdiocese of Toronto 1972-2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2010
Servants of All brings together the history of the permanent diaconate as it was resurrected by the Second Vatican Council, then looks at a particular example of how the hopes of the Council Fathers bore fruit in Toronto, Canada’s largest Catholic diocese. The book traces the roots for the diaconate...