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God Is Not Nice
Rejecting Pop Culture Theology and Discovering the God Worth Living For
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2017
Ulrich L. Lehner reintroduces Christians to the true God—not the polite, easygoing, divine therapist who doesn’t ask much of us, but the Almighty God who is unpredictable, awe-inspiring, and demands our entire lives. Stripping away the niceties with a sling blade, Lehner shows that God is more...
by Luigi Giussani
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
This volume is a selection of the most significant writings by Monsignor Luigi Giussani, founder of the Italian Catholic lay movement Communion and Liberation, which is practised in eighty countries around the world. Presented by Julián Carrón, Giussani's successor as head of Communion and Liberation,...
Purgatory 101
Everything You Wanted To Know About Purgatory
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2012
Purgatory is one of the most misunderstood doctrines in the Catholic Church. Many people simply do not understand what it is, how to avoid it, and what can be done to help the holy souls there. For most Catholics, it's been years since their catechism training and they simply forgot what was taught.
Purgatory...
A Year with Mary
Daily Meditations on the Mother of God
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
“Of Mary, there is never enough!” Books about the Blessed Virgin abound, yet the words of St. Bernard of Clairvaux still ring true: “Of Mary, there is never enough!” She is a mystery that faithful Christians seek to understand more fully, an ocean “full of grace” still awaiting deeper...
A Year with the Saints
Daily Meditations with the Holy Ones of God
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2014
"Those who follow the saints", said Pope Clement I, "will themselves become saints". Their words and deeds provide a treasury of time-tested wisdom, encouragement, and inspiration for the pursuit of holiness. Best-selling Catholic author Paul Thigpen opens up that treasury in A...
St. Dominic’s Family
Over 300 Famous Dominicans
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1983
A monumental work. Some 335 biographies of the most famous people of the Dominican Order—priests, nuns and Third Order members—from St. Dominic himself (1170-1221) to Gerald Vann (1906-1963), arranged century by century. Great stories of heroes and heroines of Christ—miracles, visions, martyrdoms....
Positively Medieval
The Surprising, Dynamic, Heroic Church of the Middle Ages
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
Discover the Bible-believing, Jesus-centered, morally pure Christianity of the Middle AgesSuperstitious peasants and relic-hawking clergy—if this says Medieval Christianity to you, then think again. Not only were those years filled with dynamic Catholic leaders and thinkers, but they...
by Penny Lord, Bob Lord
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2011
"Whereas the Catholic Church,instructed by the Holy Spirit, has, from the sacred writings, and the ancient tradition; of the Fathers, taught in sacred Councils;and very recently in this Ecumenical Synod, that there is a Purgatory and the souls retained there are helped by the suffrages of the...
by Shaun McAfee
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
St. Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621) was a prolific author of the Counter Reformation and great defender of the Catholic Church. This book tells the story of the great saint who went from obscure title to become one of the most famous saints of his time.
Habits of Sin
An Expose of Nuns Who Sexually Abuse Children and Each Other
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2000
In recent years, revelations of childhood sexual abuse by Catholic priests have broken out from behind a well-guarded wall of secrecy. Despite the publicity of hundreds of such cases, one area of healing and investigation remains: that of women religious who also are guilty of sexually abusing children...
by Thomas à Kempis
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
A contemporary selection of Catholic classics, curated for the modern reader by Our Sunday Visitor in the spirit of our founder, Archbishop John Francis Noll.
In God's Hands
The Spiritual Diaries of Pope John Paul II
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
Available for the first time in English, the private reflections of the modern pope recently elevated to sainthood—deeply personal writings that reveal a spiritual leader who agonized over his service to God, continually questioning whether he was doing enough.
As the head of the Roman Catholic...
The Seraphic Doctor
St. Bonaventure
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2018
The Seraphic Doctor: St. Bonaventure by Francesco Chiappelli explores the life, ecclesiastical service, and teachings of St. Bonaventure, “Seraphic Father” of the Church (1221 - 1274 AD).
About the Author
A secular Franciscan within the Roman Catholic Church, much of Francesco Chiappelli's...
by Penny Lord, Bob Lord
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2011
How does a man give up his life for someone he never met before? This man has been called by many titles: Saint of World War II, Holy Prisoner, Saint of Concentration Camps, Saint of the Press, Saint of Aviation, Saint of Progress, Saint of the Poor. But I think the one he would prefer is "Catholic...