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An Invitation to the Spirit-Filled Life
The Promise, the Power, the Gifts, the Fruit
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Charles Whitehead, an international leader of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, encourages us to take a fresh look at the person and promise of the Spirit as revealed in the Scriptures and throughout two thousand years of Church teaching and history. In clear and simple language, Whitehead describes...
by Lukefahr, Oscar
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 1996
Father Oscar Lukefahr, a leading expert on Catholic teaching, has created a user-friendly guide to the Catechism. It provides a summary of the Catechism's content, explains difficult issues, and draws attention to areas of special importance -- all in Father Lukefahr's popular, easy-to-ready style!
Stunned by Scripture
How the Bible Made Me Catholic
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
The Pope, devotion to Mary, confession … just where are these topics in the Bible? Why does the Catholic Church seem to focus on so many things that aren’t Scriptural?
Or so thought former Protestant pastor John Bergsma.
Stunned by Scripture: How the Bible Made Me Catholic is an...
Go in Peace
The Art of Hearing Confessions
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Although the sacramental Rite of Reconciliation is included in many Anglican prayer books, nothing has been written expressly for Anglicans since the 1980s that focuses on the pastoral skills required for this ministry. This book combines and passes on the teaching, coaching, skill development, and...
Your Faith, Your Life
An Invitation to the Episcopal Church
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
This “everything-you-need-to-know” guide for newcomers to the Episcopal Church is written and designed to provide accessible and user-friendly reading, with an easy-going look and style that’s packed full of substance. The book carefully unpacks the Episcopal Church’s language of worship,...
by Joyce Springer
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Teaching about the Sacraments breaks out of its traditional mold with Handbook of Sacraments for Today's Catechist. This quick-reference guide for today's catechist includes activities as well as instruction, and fills the need for an energetic, complete, and easy-to-understand exploration of the...
by Peter J. Vaghi
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
In one of the first homilies after his election, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI said: “There is nothing more beautiful than to be surprised by the Gospel, by the encounter with Christ.” In his newest book, Encountering Jesus in Word, Sacraments, and Works of Charity, popular DC-based pastor and teacher...
Gateways to God
Celebrating the Sacraments
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2011
Grace for Daily LivingTheologian Fr. Robert Hater explores the manifold ways sacraments work as gateways that lead us to encounters with God. All creation is sacramental because it is the gateway that reveals God's presence in the universe. Jesus described Himself as the gate to salvation and...
Mere Catholicism
What the Catholic Church Teaches and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013
C. S. Lewis's masterpiece of Christian apologetics, Mere Christianity, was about Christianity in general, carefully refraining from teaching the doctrine of any particular denomination. Mere Catholicism explains specifically what Catholics believe and practice. Meant for both Catholics who want a...
The Christian Faith
A Mini-Catechism for Catholics
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
This ebooklet presents the Christian faith in a series of 73 concise articles. Each article expresses, in a nutshell, the core ideas about a wide range of topics as they are found in the Catholic tradition. The aim is to give food for thought, clear and accurate explanations and so to provide a mini-catechism...
Gold Tested in Fire
A New Pentecost for the Catholic Priesthood
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
The recent Year for Priests focused considerable attention on the priesthood, resulting in many books, articles, retreats, conferences, and symposia. In Gold Tested in Fire, Ronald D. Witherup, SS, makes an important new contribution. Intersecting scriptural and theological context with lived pastoral...
The Judas Syndrome
Seven Ancient Heresies Return to Betray Christ Anew
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Throughout two millennia of Christian history, the great heresies have tried to destroy the Faith by perverting the truths that Christ taught the apostles. Beginning in Jesus' own time with the betrayal of the arch-heretic Judas, and continuing through the centuries, waves of error have threatened...
For Everything a Season
Simple Musings on Living Well
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Filled with a cast of lovable, quirky characters, punctuated with simple wonders, the everyday truths found in this book offer much needed clarity to our own befuddled world. No matter where you live, no matter what your season, come along for the journey.
When Philip Gulley began writing newsletter...
The Shadow of God
A Journey Through Memory, Art, and Faith
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
The Shadow of God is part memoir, part spiritual autobiography, and part tour of great works of art, literature, and music. In the form of a journal written over the course of a year, Charles Scribner shares childhood recollections of a household where figures like Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald...