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Night The Saints Saved Christmast
$16.95Add to cartWhat happens when Saint Nick awakes on Christmas Eve with a sore throat and itchy nose? Find out in a Christmas story families and little ones will treasure: The Night the Saints Saved Christmas.
With beautiful illustrations and a memorable rhyme, this children’s book tells the story of a magical Christmas Eve when the saints unite to deliver the presents and concludes with a touching reminder about the true meaning of Christmas.
Children will enter more fully into the reason for the season and learn why we give gifts at Christmas, while growing deeper in their love and appreciation for the saints who watch over us and help us.
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Life Of Jesus Christ
$15.95Add to cartHow often have you heard the Gospel at Sunday Mass and wondered, “What happens next?” Often, our only experience of the Gospels is of those isolated segments taken out of context, like unassembled pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, rather than the story of our Savior’s life.
The Life of Jesus Christ: Understanding the Story of the Gospels aims to change that experience. Author Russell Shaw weaves together the events of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John’s narratives in chronological order to capture a true and rounded picture of Jesus’ life.
The Life of Jesus Christ is the scriptural companion you’ve been searching for. Together, the four Gospels reveal Jesus Christ, God Incarnate, as a man of complexity and depth – compassionate but stern, who knew how to laugh and how to cry, a charismatic leader uninterested in worldly power, a subtle thinker who drew sublime messages from ordinary life. With Shaw guiding you, you’ll truly get to know the Son of God in a new way.
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Losing Our Dignity
$22.95Add to cartThere is perhaps no more important value than fundamental human equality. And yet, despite large percentages of people affirming the value, the resources available to explain and defend the basis for such equality are few and far between. In his newest book Charles Camosy provides a thoughtful defense of human dignity.
Telling personal stories like those of Jahi McMath, Terri Schiavo, and Alfie Evans, Camosy, a noted bioethicist and theologian, uses an engaging style to show how the influence of secularized medicine is undermining fundamental human equality in the broader culture. And in a disturbing final chapter, Camosy sounds the alarm about the next population to fall if we stay on our current trajectory: dozens of millions of human beings with dementia.
Heeding this alarm, Camosy argues, means doing two things. First, making urgent and genuine attempts to dialogue with a secularized culture which cannot see how it is undermining one of its most foundational values. Second, religious communities which hold the Imago Dei sacred must mobilize their existing institutions (and create new ones) to care for a new set of human beings our throwaway culture may deem non-persons.
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Art Of Indigenous Inculturation
$30.00Add to cartThis breathtakingly beautiful, scholarly, and thought-provoking book is basically about one thing: doing justice to the incarnation. It is the doctrine that confesses not only that God became human, but that God became flesh, became material, thereby signifying the holiness of all God’s creation. It is with this conviction that Antonio Sison embarks on a quest to ‘midwife’ the ‘indigenous inculturation’ present in a triptych of images from the ‘folk Catholic imaginary’ in Nairobi in Kenya, Chicago in the United States, and Manila in the Philippines. His purpose is, with a rich hermeneutic of suspicion, generosity, and serendipity, to bring the edges of theologizing to the center. In doing so, however, he reveals to us that, instead of a new theological hegemony (marginal replacing the center), the edges are actually the center.–From the Foreword by Stephen B. Bevans, SVD
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Earth Cries Out
$25.00Add to cartThe Earth Cries Out describes best practices of faith communities responding to the impending climate and sustainability emergency, and presents the next steps for people of belief in the years following Laudato Si’. Twelve sustainability challenges, ranging from energy and water consumption to land use and socially responsible investing, are each introduced by the cutting-edge sustainability practices of a faith tradition, followed by discussion of the issue’s global importance. Far from a litany of sustainability woes, the book is inspired by a vision of communities of faith that are models of sustainable living.
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Little Faith
$13.99Add to cartRecipient of the prestigious Mom’s Choice Award!! The Mom’s Choice Awards(R) (MCA) evaluates products and services created for parents and educators and is globally recognized for establishing the benchmark of excellence in family-friendly media, products and services.
“I don’t know if I can
Or even if I should try,
But I want to believe just a little bit more
than this doubt that I feel inside.”As a modern day parable, the story of the Little Faith teaches the importance of hope and resilience. Join her on her journey to help save her sick grandmother, where she learns her own grit and determination. Written for children, but with a timeless message for the child in all of us, Little Faith reaffirms the importance of always looking forward with faith, as we embark on our own journey towards peace and happiness.
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Little Faith
$23.99Add to cartRecipient of the prestigious Mom’s Choice Award!! The Mom’s Choice Awards(R) (MCA) evaluates products and services created for parents and educators and is globally recognized for establishing the benchmark of excellence in family-friendly media, products and services.
“I don’t know if I can
Or even if I should try,
But I want to believe just a little bit more
than this doubt that I feel inside.”As a modern day parable, the story of the Little Faith teaches the importance of hope and resilience. Join her on her journey to help save her sick grandmother, where she learns her own grit and determination. Written for children, but with a timeless message for the child in all of us, Little Faith reaffirms the importance of always looking forward with faith, as we embark on our own journey towards peace and happiness.
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Making Room : Soul-Deep Satisfaction Through Simple Living
$18.99Add to cartIs your life an accurate reflection of what you believe to be most important–or do you struggle to bridge your ideals with your reality?
Most of us fall short of fully living out our values, especially if they are countercultural ones like simplicity and soulfulness. As both a family man and the Executive Director of the Passionist Earth & Spirit Center in Kentucky, Kyle Kramer knows that struggle. In Making Room he writes not only as an eco-spiritual expert but also as a fellow pilgrim on the journey toward simplicity, which he defines as the choices that create the freedom to honor our own deepest needs, the concentric circles of human relationships, and God’s gifts of the natural world.
Kramer explains why living simply can give you true satisfaction; how simplicity benefits you, the poor, and the earth; and tangible ways to begin living more simply in specific areas of:
*Work
*Finances
*Play
*Relationships
*Food
*and moreLet this book be your guide as you move toward a way of life that is spiritually nurturing, socially just, and environmentally sustainable.
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Little Brave
$13.99Add to cart“Why can’t I be brave,
Have the courage to fight?
Even with a small heart,
I can do what’s right.”As a modern day parable, the story of Little Brave teaches the importance of finding courage and overcoming fears. Join Little Brave on his quest to defeat Dragon, his deadliest of foes, and save his kingdom from ruin. Written for children, but with a timeless message for all of us, Little Brave reaffirms that no challenge is too great if we have the courage to try.
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Little Brave
$23.99Add to cart“Why can’t I be brave,
Have the courage to fight?
Even with a small heart,
I can do what’s right.”As a modern day parable, the story of Little Brave teaches the importance of finding courage and overcoming fears. Join Little Brave on his quest to defeat Dragon, his deadliest of foes, and save his kingdom from ruin. Written for children, but with a timeless message for all of us, Little Brave reaffirms that no challenge is too great if we have the courage to try.
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Whisper : Finding God In The Everyday
$15.95Add to cartPre-order the book to receive a special PDF companion journal that is perfect for group discussions or personal reflection!
Do you feel like you can’t “find God”?
What if he is waiting for you right where you are?
In this intimate and down-to-earth book, Danielle Bean encourages women of all stages of life to slow down and experience the little whispers of God that are present in their everyday moments.
Danielle writes about real, heartfelt moments that every woman can relate to. The constant striving after achieving more can be relieved. Even more, the ability to do less with more intention can provide a growing awareness of God’s constant presence and interior peace (even if the exterior is still chaotic).
Whisper is perfect for anyone looking to develop a more intimate relationship with the ever-present God. Grab a copy and a cup of tea (or a glass of wine) and dive in to learn from Danielle how to grow closer to God.
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Nourishing Love : A Franciscan Celebration Of Mary
$16.99Add to cartSt. Francis had a deep and lifelong devotion to Mary, the Mother of God, committing his order to her care. Franciscan Murray Bodo explores that relationship in this evocative and deeply spiritual encounter with Marian devotion across the centuries.
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Human Families : Identities, Relationships, And Responsibilities
$40.00Add to cartPresentations from the 2020 annual conference of the College Theology Society apply theological methodology and insights to pressing issues surrounding the theme of human families and Christianity. Topics include the impacts of economic inequality and insecurity on family and community life, the unique concerns and experiences of families of color, and the particular challenges facing migrant families within the ongoing global crisis.
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Great Adventure Kids Catholic Bible Chronicles
$27.99Add to cartA collection of Bible stories to excite young readers about the great adventure God has in store for those who follow him.
The Great Adventure Kids Catholic Bible Chronicles is designed to help children ages 8-12 understand the greatest story of all time. It features 70 stories carefully chosen to capture the story of salvation history in its entirety from Adam and Eve to Christ and the Apostles.
Written by a gifted children’s storyteller, the Catholic Bible Chronicles makes the stories of Biblical heroes like Abraham, Moses, David, and the Blessed Virgin Mary come alive. Each story features an illustration that helps readers imagine what it would have been like to be present as biblical history unfolded.
This 320-page book reads like a novel and incorporates the 12 color-coded time periods of The Bible Timeline?learning system throughout to make it easier for children to grasp the chapters of Biblical history.
With a focus on how the stories of God’s family members intersect across time, Catholic Bible Chronicles will allow young people to see for themselves that God has a plan for us all.
This collection of Bible stories will excite young readers about the great adventure God has in store for those who love him.
Theological review by Jeff Cavins and The Gen2Rev Team
Printed in the USA
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On Pilgrimage : The Sixties – A Chronicle Of Faith And Action Through A Dec
$28.00Add to cartThis collection of Dorothy Day’s “On Pilgrimage” columns from the 1960s is a chronicle of faith and action. Living among the poor and seeking God in her daily life, Dorothy Day had a special vantage point during this tumultuous decade, marked by the Cuban Revolution, Vatican II, the struggle for Civil Rights, Vietnam protests, and the rise of the United Farmworkers.
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Eyes Of Compassion
$20.00Add to cartIn the mid-1960s, Thich Nhat Hanh was a little-known Vietnamese Zen monk, touring the United States on behalf of the cause of peace in his homeland. Jim Forest, a Catholic peacemaker, was asked to accompany him on his speaking engagements. From there emerged a friendship over many decades, in which Jim learned through conversations and daily life about Nhat Hanh’s spiritual teachings on mindfulness and the inner peace that is necessary for promoting world peace. Over the years Thich Nhat Hanh became one of the most influential and revered spiritual teachers in the world. Jim Forest’s intimate portrait, which includes photos and other illustrations, is a unique introduction to a modern spiritual master and his teachings.
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Way Of Peace
$20.00Add to cartThe latest in the bestselling “Way of” collection is an anthology of inspiring stories, poems, and essays that shows the path to peace-within ourselves, among peoples, and with the earth. Welcome your meditations into the company of Mary Oliver, Thich Nhat Hanh, Dorothee Soelle, Eckhart Tolle, Joseph Girzone, Pope Francis, Henry Nouwen, David Steindl-Rast, Jim Martin, and many others.
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I Am : God Shares His Name
$14.95Add to cart“God replied to Moses: I am who I am.” Exodus 3:14 Introduce children to God–by name! Long ago, God revealed his name to Moses, sharing his love for all his people. This name tells us all of the power and love of the God who created and saved us. This delightful board book will help parents, grandparents, and teachers introduce children to the wonder of God’s love–and his holy name.
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Parenting Your Kids With Grace
$16.95Add to cartBelieve it or not, the Catholic family isn’t primarily a human institution. It’s a divine one. By uniting with the sacramental life of the Church, your common, ordinary, crazy family becomes something sacred, a “domestic church.”
Family therapist and parent Gregory Popcak and his wife, Lisa, are back with Parenting Your Kids with Grace. Building on their best-selling book Parenting with Grace, first published twenty years ago, this new volume draws on the same parenting principles and provides up-to-date research to guide parents through each stage of child development from birth to age ten.
Practical, faithful, and humorous, Parenting Your Kids with Grace addresses four key questions:
1. Are Catholic families called to be different from other families in the way we relate to one another in the home? If so, how?
2. What does an authentic, family-based approach to Catholic spirituality look like in practice?
3. What can the latest research tell us about creating a faithful home and raising faithful kids?
4. How can Catholic families be outposts of evangelization and positive social change?By checking our basic assumptions about parenting against both the Church’s vision and what science can teach about living out that vision in healthy ways, we can discover God’s plan for parenting healthy, godly kids.
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Little Envy
$13.99Add to cart“My tail is too simple,
I can never compare
To these beautiful mermaids
Who are perfectly fair!”As a modern day parable, the story of the mermaid Little Envy teaches the importance of how to deal with low self esteem, lack of confidence, bullying, and peer pressure. Join her on her journey to self love and acceptance where she meets a magical sea mage who helps her learn her true identity. Written for children, but with a timeless message for the child in all of us, Little Envy reaffirms the importance of self-acceptance and not comparing ourselves to others as we embark on our own journey towards peace and happiness.
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Catholic Social Teaching
$18.00Add to cartHere is an affordable and helpful guide to understanding what Catholic Social Teaching says and how it relates to global issues. It discusses sources, history, and key themes of the CST tradition, as well as implications of CST for the ethics of war and peace, forced migration, and social reconciliation. Each chapter concludes with reflection questions.
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Facing Apocalypse : Climate, Democracy, And Other Last Chances
$26.00Add to cartDrawing on John’s prophetic Apocalypse, theologian Catherine Keller unveils a “dreamreading” of our current global crisis-particularly the threat of climate change and ecological devastation. She shows that John’s gospel is not a foretelling of future events, but a parable of our present reality, which exposes the deep spiritual roots of these threats.
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Pocket Guide To The Sacrament Of Reconciliation
$24.95Add to cartThe Pocket Guide to the Sacrament of Reconciliation is a beautiful, prayerful book by Fr. Mike Schmitz and Fr. Josh Johnson which helps Catholics enter in to the Sacrament of Reconciliation more deeply.
In this small but powerful book, Fr. Mike and Fr. Josh explain:
*How to make an excellent examination of conscience
*How to identify the root cause of sins you find yourself confessing over and over again
*What to do if you don’t feel sorry for your sins
*What to do if you can’t think of anything to say
*What do to if you are afraid to confess a particular sinThis book includes an examination of conscience and the text of the Act of Contrition.
Its small size, page-holding ribbon, and durable Alpha Cowhide cover make it perfect to bring with you every time you go to the Sacrament of Reconciliation!
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Promise Of Deliverance
$24.00Add to cartThe Promise of Deliverance is a series of reflections on important themes of Second Isaiah, intended to inspire readers of this biblical text. Each chapters reflects on a variety of themes from Isaiah 40-55: consolation, transcendence, servanthood, glory, sin, compassion, awake! and deliverance. The book guides the reader to see how these themes keep emerging, how they are intertwined, and how they build up a complex message of hope, which is as relevant in our times as it was originally.
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Thief Who Stole Heaven
$18.95Add to cartThe Holy Family is set upon by roadside thieves when Jesus is a boy. The leader of the gang is the Bad Thief; among them is a young Dismas, the Good Thief. Remembering his own mother and family, Dismas is moved with compassion and persuades the leader to let them go. While on the cross many years later, Dismas is caught in the entrancing gaze of Mother Mary from down below, and suddenly realizes that the man next to him was the captivating boy from that fateful day long ago. He asks Jesus for forgiveness. Knowing exactly who he is, Jesus forgives him and assures him of Paradise that very day.
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Mindfulness : Walking With Jesus And Buddha
$16.00Add to cartHere is an introduction to the principles and practice of mindfulness for a western, Christian audience, by Sister Anabel Laity, an English-born Buddhist nun in the lineage of Thich Nhat Hanh. The book presents parallels between Zen and the teachings of Jesus and then outlines principles of “double-belonging,” how it is possible to be at home in more than one spiritual practice.
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Diary Of Jesus Christ
$20.00Add to cartWhile obviously not really the diary of Jesus Christ, here is a first-person account of the life of Jesus by noted Jesuit playwright Bill Cain. The diary places us inside Jesus’s consciousness, where the spirit of discovery, surprise, learning, doubt, failure and growth is in sharp contrast to the canonical gospels where Jesus seems, from the start, self-assured and even predestined to fulfill his role. It is a bold attempt to understand the person whom more than two billion people claim as their savior.
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Petook : The Rooster Who Met Jesus
$14.99Add to cartPetook is a snowy white rooster that is proud of his wife’s new brood of chicks, and quick to protect them from an intruding young stranger named Jesus walking through the garden. But when he sees the child kneeling in wonder and caressing his newborn chicks, Petook is soothed and crows happily.
Years later, Petook, whose home is in sight of Calvary’s hill, is awaiting another hatching and becomes strangely agitated when he sees men being lifted onto crosses there. He doesn’t know that one of the men being crucified is the same boy who visited Petook’s family long ago. But three days later on Easter morning, as a new brood of chicks hatches that coincides with the Resurrection of the stranger, Petook is inspired to crow with great joy, celebrating the mystery of new life.
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Hours Of The Universe
$25.00Add to cartIn a traditional monastery the recitation of the Hours calls to mind the work of God in our lives, from the gift of creation to the sufferings we bear. According to scientist, theologian, and author Ilia Delio, the universe is the new monastery. In her latest work she offers reflections for this new monastery to a broad, general audience seeking new meaning and purpose in today’s world.
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Putting On The Mind Of Christ
$22.00Add to cartPutting on the Mind of Christ examines the biblical, historical, scientific, and theological aspects of contemplative prayer and mysticism that can change our outlook on the world and enable us to see God and neighbor as a holistic unity, thus emulating a Christ-like manner of perceiving the world.
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I Own A Bible And Im Not Afraid To Use It
$16.95Add to cartHave you ever played Bible roulette? You know, the game where you randomly open the Bible and pray for just the right page? In this engaging book, Laura Stierman invites you to find guidance and inspiration in the words of Scripture in a different, more thoughtful way. Through a simple, concise, and meaningful technique applied to the stories of eight women in the Bible, discover how God’s word is indeed fascinating, hopeful, and relevant to our daily lives.
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Understanding Divine Mercy
$16.95Add to cartFinally, the entire Divine Mercy message and devotion is summarized in one, easy-to-read book! Explaining the teaching of Jesus Christ as given to St. Faustina, Understanding Divine Mercy by Fr. Chris Alar, MIC, has it all. Written in his highly conversational and energetic style, this first book in his Explaining the Faith series will deepen your love for God and help you understand why Jesus Called Divine Mercy “mankind’s last hope of salvation.”
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Parables Of Jesus
$7.95Add to cartFollow Jesus through His interaction with farmers, shepherds, aristocrats, religious and political leaders, and laborers in 13 parables filled with contrast, exaggeration, humor, and surprise that represent more than one third of His teachings. The scholar and the student, the expert and the layperson can draw inspiration from the greatest storyteller the world has ever known. Even lifetime Catholics who think they know the parables will be rewarded with the wisdom and history that the author shares on these beloved, grace-filled stories.
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I Believe In You (Revised)
$19.95Add to cartHow to believe in yourself and the other? In what ways can you live out who you really are and relate to others beyond masks and projections? Find out in surprising ways! How to believe in yourself and the other? In what ways can you live out who you really are and relate to others beyond masks and projections? Find out in surprising ways! “I Believe in You,” grounded in simple and meaningful stories from a community with persons with disabilities, brings together psychological and spiritual insights for anyone who wants to live authentically. Questions for reflection are also included for individual and group use. Each reader is invited on a personal and inclusive journey of acceptance and transformation.
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Our Ladys Picture Book
$16.95Add to cartIn this charming book, DeStefano introduces Catholic children to well-known images of the Blessed Virgin Mary by giving children a peek into her own personal “picture book.” Over the centuries, Our Lady has been the subject of thousands of works of art that depict her as an advocate of sinners, a protector from harm, and a powerful intercessor with her Son. Our Lady’s Picture Book highlights Mary’s unique role in salvation history by explaining some of her most famous titles of honor, including: Our Lady of Sorrows, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Our Lady of Loreto, Our Lady of the Assumption, Our Lady, Star of the Sea, Our Lady of the Rosary, Our Lady, Mother of Mercy, Our Lady, Queen of Peace, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. When children read this book, they will not only be captivated by its exquisite images, but will also learn to ask Our Lady to intercede for them with Jesus at all times and in all circumstances. Indeed, Our Lady’s Picture Book is actually a beautiful, book-length prayer to the Mother of God. Together with Our Lady’s Wardrobe, it will give children a magnificent yet simple introduction to the main purpose of Mary’s life-to love and serve Jesus Christ and to lead others to do the same.
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Meditations After Holy Communion
$14.95Add to cartAfter you receive Holy Communion at Mass, what do you do? In the book Meditations After Holy Communion, Fr. Edward Looney will help you to pray in those intimate moments with the Lord Jesus through meditative reflections. Use the guided meditations when you return to the pew, in a few moments of quiet after Mass, or pray with your family on the drive home from Church. Inspired by the work of Fr. Daniel Lord, SJ, Fr. Looney seeks to renew the practice of Eucharistic prayer and reflection and teaches a method of prayer for the occasion. He will guide you through each Sunday of the year with meditations relevant to the current liturgical season, whether it is Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, or Ordinary Time. This book will reinforce your belief in the real presence and teach you how to ponder and pray to our Eucharistic Lord.
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My First Interactive Mass Book
$18.99Add to cartEngage children in the Mass and inspire them to love the Holy Eucharist. Beautiful artwork and hands-on activities like wheels, flaps, and tracing invite children into the beauty of the Mass. Simple explanations and prayers of the Mass provide a deeper understanding for little ones.
Written by a Catholic mother, this sturdy, interactive board book will help Catholics teach their children about the mysteries of God’s love in the Mass.
Children ages 3 and up will be delighted to have their own book at church, which will help them learn the order of the Mass, follow along with the prayers, and discover the wonders that happen at every Mass.
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Saints And Heroes Collection (DVD)
$19.99Add to cartHeroes of the Faith. The Stories of real-life Saints & Christian Heroes all come to life in CCC of America’s award-winning animated film series. Featuring authentic role models today’s child can truly believe in throughout 11 animated episodes.
*The Day the Sun Danced: The True Story of Fatima
*Francis: The Knight of Assisi
*Nicholas: The Boy Who Became Santa
*Bernadette: The Princess of Lourdes
*Columbus: Adventures to the Edge of the World
*Ben-Hur: A Race to Glory
*The Odyssey: A Journey Back Home
*Francis Xavier and the Samurai’s Lost Treasure
*Patrick: Brave Shepherd of the Emerald Isle
*My Secret Friend (A Guardian Angel Story)
*Juan Diego: Messenger of Guadalupe -
Fratelli Tutti : On Fraternity And Social Friendship
$12.95Add to cartIn his third encyclical, Fratelli tutti, Pope Francis reflects on a topic of great importance: human solidarity and friendship. Following his election to the papacy, Pope Francis first greeted the world with the words fratelli e sorelle – “brothers and sisters.” In this encyclical, he continues to address all men and women as his brothers and sisters, calling us to consider what our common brotherhood requires of us.
Pope Francis has shown repeatedly that he is dedicated to promoting friendship among all people. Fratelli tutti follows his 2019 signing of the Document on Human Fraternity in Abu Dhabi. And at the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, Pope Francis prayed for the salvation of all people in his extraordinary “Urbi et Orbi” address in an empty St. Peter’s Square.
The Holy Father calls us to live out our Christian duty to see the face of Jesus in our neighbors, recognizing everyone we meet as a brother or sister. In this encyclical, Pope Francis reminds us of our “(blessed) common belonging.” By fostering a genuine affection for all, we reaffirm the dignity of every human person created in the image and likeness of God.
The OSV edition includes discussion questions, which are perfect for individual or group study.
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World Undone : Finding God When Life Doesn’t Make Sense
$8.95Add to cartIn his latest book, beloved speaker Fr. Mike Schmitz unfolds the mystery of brokenness. While we might try to numb the pain of the daily grind with mindless scrolling, Fr. Mike reminds us that each of us has been fought for by a God who wants us as we are, not as we should be or hope to be. While we are imperfect, the Lord’s will for us is to find our identity in him and to enjoy the life he has given us.
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Paradise : Reflections On Chiara Lubich’s Mystical Journey
$29.95Add to cart“Paradise: Chiara Lubich’s Mystical Journey” is the first book to be published with Chiara’s only two talks about Paradise ’49, along with essays about that mystical journey and it implications for today’s world.
This book presents both Chiara’s mystic journey in Paradise and her mystical journey in creation seeing humanity, nature and the Church in the light of Paradise. The latter journey gave Chiara mystical insights about the Church, humanity, and nature as well as God’s will for all three in the future. The mystical genius of Chiara created a lay spirituality that seeks to realize Jesus’s prayers: “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven” (Mt. 6:10), and “May they all be one” (Jn. 17:21).
Essays by: Chiara Lubich, Peter Casarella, Thomas Norris, David L. Schindler, Piero Coda, Brendan Leahy, Donald W. Mitchell, Hubertus Blaumeiser, Luigino Bruni, Antonio Baggio, Bernard Callebaut, Gerard Rosse, Callan Slipper, Roberto Catalano, Cinto Busquet, Brian K. Reynolds, Jesus Moran, Maria Voce, Cherylanne Menezes, Judith Povilus, Anna Pelli.
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Judges : Studies In Hebrew Narrative And Poetry
$44.95Add to cartThe biblical book of Judges contains culturally familiar stories such as that of Samson and Delilah and Deborah and Baraq. But despite the popularity of these stories, other important stories in Judges such as that of Achsah, the raped pilegesh, and the final civil war are virtually unknown to the average reader.
Approaching Judges as a unified literary document, Tammi Schneider shows that the unity of the narrative reveals that when the Israelites adhere to the covenant established with their deity they prosper, but when they stray from it disaster follows. This is true not only in the Deuteronomistic refrains, as is recognized by many scholars, but in the whole book, and is reflected in Israel’s worsening situation throughout its narrative time.
Schneider also highlights the unifying themes in Judges. She emphasizes the role of gender, family relations, and theology expressed in the biblical narrative, and uses intertextuality to better understand the text of Judges and its context in the Deuteronomistic history and the Hebrew Bible.
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Prayerfully Waiting : A Catholic Grandmother’s Prayer Journal
$15.99Add to cartA grandmother’s prayers are of significant importance through every age and stage of a grandchild’s development! These prayers are amazing and lovely blessings that can powerfully nurture and help shape a grandchild’s conscience and future life! It is so important to recognize the great gift and role grandparents have in praying for grandchildren in utero.
This grandmother’s prayer journal offers a delightful and unparalleled opportunity to not merely sit back and wait for the wondrous arrival, but instead, to use the time wisely by prayerfully waiting for your grandchild throughout what can be a meaningful and powerful nine-month novena of prayer.
Month-by-month, inspired with holy insights, you will learn, discover, and note the development of your precious “grand-blessing.” Spaces are provided for you to personalize this special unborn baby book, as well as lovingly record your thoughts and prayers as you pray for your grandchild’s first nine months of life.
From beginning to end, you’ll be partnering with St. Anne, the grandmother of Jesus, to swaddle your unborn grandchild with prayer. You’ll journey with Mother Mary, and all the saints, to prayerfully prepare for the little one’s birth.
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Saint Joseph And His World
$19.95Add to cartThere are few subjects so challenging” to authors as St. Joseph. So says scholar Scott Hahn in his foreword to this book. Yet the pages that follow give not merely glimpses, but vistas, of St. Joseph’s world. Hahn continues: “You’ll learn about Nazareth – and how it was created almost ex nihilo shortly before Joseph’s birth. You’ll learn about religious practice and education in that place and time. You’ll travel to Egypt and encounter the fascinating settlements of Jews in that land. You’ll also find out how a carpenter worked in those days: what tools he used, what items he crafted, where he got his training, and how he got to and from his job sites.” This book provides an imaginative entry into one of the most important lives in all of history – a life too often obscured by later legends.
Scott Hahn says in his forword – What we discover between the lines is that there were, in the first century bc, two guiding hands in history: there was the providential hand of the Lord God working God’s will, and there was the demonic hand of Satan manipulating the mad King Herod. As a result, there were two rival accounts of kingship, two rival ideas of temple-building, and two rival stories of salvation. Joseph was not the only Jew to recognize this dualism, but he was perhaps the most important one. Those who recognized it were forced to make difficult choices-and face terrifying consequences.
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100 Ways John Paul 2nd Changed The World
$17.95Add to cart“There is no evil to be faced that Christ does not face with us. There is no enemy that Christ has not already conquered. There is no cross to bear that Christ has not already borne for us, and does not now bear with us.”
Pope Saint John Paul II embodied these words throughout his life. Born May 18, 1920, in Wadowice, Poland, Karol Jzef Wojty???a lived in times of political turmoil. As a young man during the Nazi occupation of Poland, he studied in an underground seminary. As pope, he was instrumental in the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. Through it all, he maintained an unwavering hope in the ultimate triumph of love, truth, and beauty. He remains a hero to millions of people for his unflinching defense of the Church and her teachings.
John Paul II changed the world forever in many ways; this book describes 100 of the most important. Each of the 100 accomplishments, teachings, or stories about John Paul II is fascinating, providing a glimpse into the astounding life and impact of this great and beloved saint.
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Spider Who Saved Christmas
$17.95Add to cartThe Spider That Saved Christmas tells the tale of what happened to the Holy Family on their way to Egypt after receiving the message of the angel. When Joseph, Mary, and Jesus are in danger of being discovered and harmed by Herod’s murderous soldiers, a cave-dwelling spider named Nephila risks her and her children’s safety to help her hallowed visitors.
Majestically illustrated by artist Randy Gallegos, EWTN host Raymond Arroyo’s moving story sheds new light on a family of Golden Silk Orb Weavers, whose silk is considered the most precious of all and is displayed at Christmastime in the sparkling tinsel that glints from evergreen trees the world over. After reading this book, you’ll always remember Nephila in the twinkling tinsel. Though small and feared, she met divinity and reflected His light as only she could.
Like each of us … she was there for a reason.
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Grumpy Old Ox
$16.95Add to cartThis new children’s Christmas book by bestselling author Anthony DeStefano tells the story of a mean-spirited, prideful old ox who has lost his sight-both physically and spiritually-but who nevertheless experiences the transformative power of God’s grace after he witnesses the birth of Jesus Christ in a humble stable in Bethlehem.
Illustrated by New York Times bestselling artist Richard Cowdrey, this new holiday book teaches children the true meaning of Christmas while also explaining the central message of Christianity: that faith in Jesus leads us to resurrection and new life.
Moreover, it shows the profound connection between spiritual pride and blindness. Like the main character in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, this Scrooge of an ox is a slave to his own anger and crippled by his own coldness. He seems destined to live out his days frustrated, unhappy and alone-until he makes a life-altering decision of faith that brings him the miraculous gift of healing and joy.
This uplifting, inspiring book will delight all Christians, though Catholics especially will appreciate its powerful Eucharistic message. Connecting the manger in the stable, from which the ox eats his food, to birth of the Son of God, the story shows that Jesus is the Bread of Life; that he came into the world to feed the hungry, to restore sight to the blind, and to set free those who are captive to sin.
All of this is contained in a 32-page picture book that is sure to entertain and enthrall children with its adorable rhymes and beautiful illustrations for years to come.
