Ave Maria Press: 253 books
Experiencing God
The Three Stages of Prayer
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2010
In Experiencing God, Thomas H. Green, S.J., presents a brief and accessible guide to prayer. Green reminds readers that prayer life is, above all, a relationship with God and a deepening of our experience of God. Fr. Green, who died in 2009, spent a lifetime teaching fellow Christians to pray. Experiencing...
Choosing to Be Catholic
For the First Time or Once Again
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
First published in 2001, Choosing to Be Catholic has sold nearly 25,000 copies and maintains its status as a Catholic parish favorite. In this revised edition, Jesuit priest, master-teacher, and bestselling author William J. O’Malley, S.J., prompts seekers and skeptics alike to ask a new set of questions...
by Kevin E. McKenna
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2019
Topics related to Catholic social teaching emerge regularly in American political and civic discourse, often connected to discussions about religious freedom, abortion, immigrant rights, racism, capital punishment, and health care. This third edition of A Concise Guide to Catholic Social Teaching...
A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms
52 Companions for Your Heart, Mind, Body, and Soul
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2019
Lisa M. Hendey, founder of the award-winning CatholicMom.com and bestselling author of The Handbook for Catholic Moms and The Grace of Yes shares her passion for the saints by introducing fifty-two holy companions as guides for the amazing vocation of Catholic motherhood.
Guided by the example...
My Peace I Give You
Healing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saints
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2012
Dawn Eden, internationally known speaker and author of the bestselling The Thrill of the Chaste, shows how the lives of the saints have given her hope and aided her journey of spiritual healing after childhood sexual abuse. One in four American women and one in six American men report having been...
Into the Heart of Mary
Imagining Her Scriptural Stories
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Drawing on a lifetime of biblical study and work as a retreat director, Rea McDonnell re-introduces us to Mary by teaching us to appreciate anew the spiritual truths found in her scriptural stories. Using Ignatian meditation, McDonnell invites readers to prayerfully ponder Marian passages from scripture...
Bringing Lent Home with Pope Francis
Prayers, Reflections, and Activities for Families
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
This timely fourth title in the Bringing Lent Home series by EWTN host and popular author Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle invites families with children to let the wisdom and spiritual insight of Pope Francis be their guide through Lent. The story of the popular Holy Father’s life, brief words of inspiration...
Bringing Lent Home with St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Prayers, Reflections, and Activities for Families
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
Popular author and EWTN host Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle offers the second in a series of daily Lenten devotional resources for families with children through the pre-teen years, this time focusing on the life and wisdom of beloved St. Thérèse of Lisieux.Bringing Lent Home with St. Thérèse of Lisieux:...
Arriving at Amen
Seven Catholic Prayers That Even I Can Offer
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
In 2012, media outlets from CNN to EWTN announced that Leah Libresco, a gifted young intellectual, columnist, and prolific blogger on the Atheist channel on Patheos, was converting to Catholicism. In Arriving at Amen, Libresco uses the rigorous rationality that defined her Atheism to tell the story...
by Henri J. M. Nouwen
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
The last book published before Henri Nouwen's death in 1996, Can You Drink the Cup? has been translated into ten languages and sold more than 140,000 copies. Exploring the deep spiritual impact of the question Jesus asked his friends James and John, Nouwen reflects upon the metaphor of the cup, using...
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...
Hidden in God
Discovering the Desert Vision of Charles de Foucauld
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2016
"Spirituality & Practice 2016 Award Winner."
Blessed Charles de Foucauld (1858–1916) was a complex man. Born into French aristocracy, he floundered as a military officer, but rediscovered his Catholic heritage and eventually lived voluntarily as an impoverished priest/hermit...
Redeeming Administration
12 Spiritual Habits for Catholic Leaders in Parishes, Schools, Religious Communities, and Other Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
Ann Garrido’s 2009 article in America magazine on the spirituality of administration in Catholic settings created a wave of demand in this successful academic administrator’s already full speaking schedule. Garrido admits that she sometimes finds administration draining, even boring, as it fractures...
Great Catholic Parishes
A Living Mosiac
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
What is really happening in the Catholic Church in North America? Are parishes thriving or dying? Is dissatisfaction among Catholics growing or are they becoming more engaged in the evangelizing mission of the Church? Businessman, professor, and philanthropist, William E. Simon Jr. has been highly influenced...