Ave Maria Press: 253 books
Don't Forget to Say Thank You
And Other Parenting Lessons That Brought Me Closer to God
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2018
Do you hear yourself saying the same things over and over to your kids?
“Do you need help?”
“Say thank you.”
“Wait a minute.”
In Don’t Forget to Say Thank You: And Other Parenting Lessons That Brought Me Closer to God, Lindsay Schlegel reimagines the common phrases we repeat as...
Fearless
Conquer Your Demons and Love with Abandon
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2016
What are the sources of anxiety, stress, and fear you experience in your life? Popular Catholic speaker and author Sonja Corbitt believes that these often-paralyzing emotions are the direct result of our everyday battles against sin and temptation. In Fearless, she equips us with the spiritual tools...
Drawing Closer to Christ
A Self-Guided Icon Retreat
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
You don’t need the talent of a classically trained artist—or even the ability to draw a stick figure—to create a stunning icon.
Follow along step-by-step with internationally acclaimed iconographer Joseph Malham as he takes you through an eight-day, self-guided contemplative retreat to...
Christ in the Classroom
Lesson Planning for the Heart and Mind
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2018
If the goal of catechesis is to cultivate an encounter with Christ, why do religious educators spend so much time focused almost exclusively on ideas and not experiences? The reason is that many have never been shown a method that inspires the heart while also instructing the mind. Jared Dees, creator...
Rebuilding Confirmation
Because We Need More Than Another Graduation
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
All too often, the sacrament of Confirmation feels like a graduation from religious obligation, according to Christopher Wesley, former director of student ministry at Church of the Nativity in Timonium, Maryland. In Rebuilding Confirmation, Wesley shares how to reimagine Confirmation preparation in...
Transformed by God’s Word
Discovering the Power of Lectio and Visio Divina
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
Bestselling author and biblical scholar Stephen J. Binz presents the first book to combine the ancient Western practice of lectio divina (sacred reading) with the lesser-known Eastern Orthodox tradition of visio divina (sacred seeing). Binz offers a life-changing way to pray through twenty gospel...
Breath of God
Living a Life Led by the Holy Spirit
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Drawing on more than thirty years of ministry experience, Father Dave Pivonka, T.O.R., walks readers through a new way of relating to the Holy Spirit by sharing personal encounters, including an experience that changed his life. What he learned along the way will lead readers to have their own unique...
5 Minutes with the Saints
More Spiritual Nourishment for Busy Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2014
Building on the popularity of 5 Minutes with Christ (2011), this unique book of meditations draws on insights and anecdotes from great Catholic saints on the subject of education to encourage and inspire teachers and others on the front lines of Catholic education. Drawing its inspiration from the great...
God Moments
Unexpected Encounters in the Ordinary
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
Where do you seek God? Are you waiting for him to appear in a monumental, life-altering event?
In God Moments, Catholic blogger Andy Otto shows you how to discover the unexpected beauty of God’s presence in the story of ordinary things and in everyday routines like preparing breakfast or...
The Ten Commandments
Case Studies in Catholic Morality
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
The Ten Commandments: Case Studies in Catholic Morality is a single source that summarizes Catholic teaching around the Ten Commandments. Thirty case studies related to real-life issues and dilemmas addressed by each commandment make up the heart of this text and remind students of the central importance...
Praying the Angelus
Find Joy, Peace, and Purpose in Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2017
The Angelus is a centuries-old Catholic devotion that recalls the annunciation of Christ’s birth by the Angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary. In Praying the Angelus, popular author and speaker Jared Dees reinvigorates the devotion, shares intimately from his own experience of it, shows us how to get...
by James B. King C.S.C.
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Blessed Basil Moreau, C.S.C., founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross, had a vision to educate both the minds and hearts of students to grow in Christ’s love and to use their gifts to make the world a better place. Holy Cross and Christian Education outlines the five powerful elements that uniquely...
Gifts of the Visitation
Nine Spiritual Encounters with Mary and Elizabeth
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015
The biblical encounter between the Virgin Mary and her cousin Elizabeth, before the births of Jesus and John the Baptist, is at the heart of Gifts of the Visitation by popular speaker and syndicated columnist Denise Bossert. She uses their story to highlight nine gifts experienced by both women as...
Three Secrets to Holiness in Marriage
A 33-Day Self-Guided Retreat for Catholic Couples
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2018
The ultimate goal for the Christian life is heaven, but what path should a couple take to get there?
Dan and Amber DeMatte, who have worked together in youth and family ministry for more than fifteen years, believe it’s holiness—living as Jesus did.
Giving and receiving love and...