Ave Maria Press: 253 books
Our Journey into Joy
Ten Steps to Priestly Holiness
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Msgr. Stephen Rossetti—acclaimed expert on religious and clergy—has developed ten fundamental building blocks for priestly holiness, reminding his readers that the priest is a man who is full of God and full of joy.
The Ten Steps to Priestly Holiness
Cease any serious sin
Renew the...
Holy Goals for Body and Soul
Eight Steps to Connect Sports with God and Faith
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
Hockey-playing Catholic bishop Thomas J. Paprocki has a message for teens and young adults: athletics and fitness provide daily ways to connect with God. Bishop Paprocki weaves his unique personal story with eight athletic topics and connects them with a path to wholeness. Holy Goals for Body and Soul:...
Opening to God
A Guide to Prayer
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2006
Often, people feel drawn to prayer but are timid and unsure about how to pray. For over thirty years, this book has demystified prayer for countless thousands. Friendly and inviting, Opening to God, now available in a revised, updated edition, explains what prayer is all about, then turns to techniques...
Simplifying the Soul
Lenten Practices to Renew Your Spirit
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2011
Award-winning author and Benedictine oblate Paula Huston invites readers to de-clutter their minds, hearts, relationships, and souls in a book of daily Lenten practices woven from the gospels, the Desert Fathers, and the author’s own wealth of spiritual experience. “What are you giving up for...
Befriending Silence
Discovering the Gifts of Cistercian Spirituality
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2015
Winner of the 2016 Georgia Author of the Year: Inspirational-religious books.
Respected speaker, author, and Patheos blogger Carl McColman introduces Cistercian spirituality as "the hidden jewel of the Church," presenting a surprisingly contemporary path grounded in monastic tradition....
by Clarence Enzler, Annika Nelson, Gertrud Mueller Nelson
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
For almost fifty years, the simple, intimate, and powerful words of Clarence Enzler’s perennially bestselling Stations of the Cross booklet have invited readers to grow closer to Christ by embracing the mystery of suffering in the world.
Beautiful, bold commissioned woodcuts by Annika Nelson...
Loved as I Am
An Invitation to Conversion, Healing, and Freedom through Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
When Sr. Miriam James Heidland’s life as a successful college athlete proved unfulfilling, she went searching for something deeper and ended up falling in love with Jesus. By charting her own journey toward wholeness, Heidland invites young Catholics to pursue their own relationship with Jesus....
A Catholic Mother's Companion to Pregnancy
Walking with Mary from Conception to Baptism
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
In A Catholic Mother's Companion to Pregnancy: Walking with Mary from Conception to Baptism popular Catholic blogger and speaker Sarah A. Reinhard presents the first book to accompany expectant mothers from conception to baptism. This book includes weekly reflections and prayers rooted in the mysteries...
The Four Keys to Everlasting Love
How Your Catholic Marriage Can Bring You Joy for a Lifetime
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Pope Francis, in his recent exhortation Amoris Laetitia (“Joy of Love”), praises marriage as a unique “friendship marked by passion” and “a free, faithful, and exclusive love.” We live in a culture that doesn’t cherish the permanence of marriage, according to Karee and Manuel Santos....
Good Enough Is Good Enough
Confessions of an Imperfect Catholic Mom
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
The truth about parenting is that you don't have to get everything right and your family doesn't need to be perfect. Colleen Duggan learned those lessons through years of struggling with unrealistic expectations.
In this frank and intimate story, Duggan explores the emotional and spiritual...
What I Am Living For
Lessons from the Life and Writings of Thomas Merton
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2018
"If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, and ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for."—Thomas Merton
Some of today's most popular spiritual...
by James Finley
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
For forty years, James Finley’s Merton's Palace of Nowhere has been the standard text for exploring, reflecting on, and understanding the rich vein of Thomas Merton's thought. Spiritual identity is the quest to know who we are, to find meaning, to overcome that sense of “Is this all there is?”...
Out of Solitude
Three Meditations on the Christian Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2004
Drawing on three moments in the life of Jesus, Henri Nouwen invites us to reflect on the tension between our desire for solitude and the demands of contemporary life. He reminds us that it was in solitude that Jesus found the courage to follow God's will. And he shows us that fruitful love and service...
Strange Gods
Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2013
Renowned in the blogosphere as The Anchoress and as Catholic Portal editor of the popular Patheos.com, Elizabeth Scalia offers a powerful critique of the “gods” we worship today, reminding readers that life’s deepest desires can be satisfied only in Christ. Strange Gods, Scalia's debut book, is...