Mary and the Saints

The spirituality of the first major spiritual writer (1651-1719) to integrate the Christian vocation of education of the poor by lay men and women into a coherent spirituality.

‘In another world it is otherwise, but here below to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.’ From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctr

In another world it is otherwise, but here below to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often. From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrin

John Henry Newman is recognized as one of the greatest Christian thinkers of the modern age. He was also a man of prayer and deep spirituality. A. N.

John Henry Newman (1801-1890), a convert from Anglicanism, is considered to be the most seminal of modern Catholic theologians.

Together with Teresa of Avila, John de Yepez Alvarez was instrumental in the reform of the Carmelite order in 16th-century Spain.

This volume contains carefully chosen texts that give a picture of the "essential" St. John of the Cross (1542-1591), a Spanish Carmelite.

St. Thomas More is widely recognized as the good-humored Renaissance humanist scholar who wrote Utopia and two decades later died a martyr's death in defense of papal primacy.

In Lay Saints: Ascetics and Penitents, Joan Carroll Cruz guides you through the lives of fifty-eight lay men and women who achieved the heights of sanctity.

In Lay Saints: Martyrs, Joan Carroll Cruz guides you through the lives of seventy-three lay men and women who achieved the heights of sanctity.

Seventeen distinguished scholars have contributed to this festschrift published in honour of Fr Ian Ker, the greatest living Newman scholar.

St.Thérèse of Lisieux, the Little Flower of Jesus, bore much suffering, from her mother's death when she was young to declining health and an untimely death during her time in t

Explaining the titles given to Mary in this famous prayer.

This newest book in the very popular Vision Books series of saint's lives for young people presents the inspiring story of the first married couple ever canonized together in th

In 1902 in an Italian village a young girl, Maria Goretti, was murdered during a sexual attack.

This groundbreaking book looks at the major approved Marian apparitions of the last five centuries and relates them to important historical moments: the Reformation, the French

A Nine Day Path for Growing Closer to the Mother of God

The Blessed Virgin Mary is venerated by many followers of Jesus Christ as an important part of their practice of the faith.

For the first time a noted historian of Christianity explores the full story of the emergence and development of the Marian cult in the early Christian centuries.

For the first time in the history of Marian writing, here is a book that co-ordinates and integrates the dogmatic truths underlying devotion to Mary with a solid, unsentimental,

This book offers a clear, beautiful exposition of Catholic beliefs about Mary.

This is the first archaeological and historical biography of the most fascinating and revered woman in history, Mary of Nazareth, the mother of Christ.

This little collection of meditations in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary was never intended as a book.

make up the very fabric of a lived Catholic Faith.

In this rich anthology of Newman's writing on Mary, we are invited to join in the spiritual journey and personal devotion of perhaps the greatest churchman of the last two hundr

Newman’s Meditations and Devotions was first published in 1893, three years after his death.

Most Catholics who know anything at all about Newman are familiar with his journey from Anglicanism to Rome.

The Definitive Account of the Visions and Visionaries

For Catholics, devotion to Mary is part of our heritage and the life of our faith.

Millions love St Therese of Lisieux, not only for her wisdom, but for her unwavering passion to serve God in life and in death.

Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints!

John Henry Newman was one of the most fasinating and important figures of the nineteenth century.

In Newman and History, Edward Short shows how important history was to all aspects of the life and work of Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman.

Presenting aspects of the life of Cardinal Newman and letting him speak to us in his own words.

Strange looks at the model of holiness Newman offers us to us all, on the occasion of his canonisation, a moment the Church recognises officially that Newman offers a model of h

The strong and continuing interest in John Henry Newman, particularly following his beatification by Pope Benedict XVI on his visit to Britain in 2010,  brought the thought that

A Spiritual Biography of St Philip Howard

St Norbert, apostle of peace and of the Blessed Sacrament, was a strong defender of the Church, and the founder of an Order with a long and recently revived connection with this

Four years before the Solemn Definition of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception in 1854, Dom Gueranger published his monumental work, Memoire sur la Question de l'Immaculae Co

Here are the important and influential writings of a Christian mystic and early father of the church. Origen (c.

Who would have thought that the Blessed Mother would choose to come to Fatima, that remote farming village on a rocky slope in Portugal?

Stories and Memories of My Mentor and Friend

Encounters With a Spiritual Daughter From Pietrelcina

Canonised on the 16th June 2002, Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio, had already become one of the saints whose intercession is most called upon, often with ama

Padre Pio died September 23, 1968, his funeral attended by over 100,000 people.

A fast-paced, fascinating life. From poor peasant to Pope.

A beautifully printed, Bible paper volume of Newman's most profound devotional writings.

An insight into the heart of St Ignatius opens us to the heart and prayer of Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope.

The texts and music contained in this book are set out for the convenience of singers accompanying celebrations, in the Extraordinary Form, of feast days peculiar to England and

A Triptych in Honor of Mary Immaculate

Newman's Own Selection of His Sermons

This is the last edition of the traditional Martyrology published before the Second Vatican Council; hence it is the one that should be used in connection with the usus antiquio

The Devotion of the Seven Sorrows in a beautiful full colour presentation, illustrated by the sequence of stained glass windows in the chapel at Nazareth House, Cardiff.

Written some fifteen centuries ago, The Rule of St Benedict is still read and studied by thousands of men and women throughout the world.

The "Rule" of St. Benedict was written in the sixth century by the father of monastic life, St. Benedict himself. It towers in the great tradition of Christian Monasticism.

Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591) was a prince of the Holy Roman Empire who renounced his titles and wealth to serve God and the Church as a member of the Society of Jesus.

Helen Walker Homan contributes her third volume to the Vision Books series of saints for youth in this story of the life of the greatly beloved St Anthony of Padua.

This book looks at the life and work of Saint Benedict through the history of sixth-century Italy, throwing fresh light on Benedict's Rule and Pope Gregory the Great's Life of B

St Bruno was born in Cologne around 1030.  He studied at the university in Rheims, where he later taught, and was Rector of Studies for twenty years.  Chosen in 1080 as the new

Excellent, popular, definitive life of the saint to whom the Medal was given by Our Lady. Tells both her story and that of the Miraculous Medal apparitions.

Catherine Beebe presents a dramatic account of the incredible life of St Dominic in this tenth title in the popular Vision Books series of saints for youth 9 - 15 years old.

A Path to Knowing and Loving God

All Christians know his name. Few truly know the man.

Set against the colorful background of power struggles in imperial Rome and battling Roman legions, this is the exciting story of St Helena, mother of the Emperor Constantine, w

This Vision book for youth 9 - 15 years old tells the exciting, dramatic story of St Ignatius of Loyola and the order he founded, the Society of Jesus.

A Vision book containing the enthralling story of the great modern apostle of youth, Saint John Bosco, and his best-loved pupil who became a saint, Dominic Savio.

Master of Contemplation

Accompanied by vivid illustrations, this re-telling of the life of St Joseph shows how he followed God by loving Mary his wife, and acting as foster-father to the child Jesus.

Though written for children 12 and older, this is also the best biography for adults of St.

Saint Margaret Mary and the Promises of the Sacred Heart tells the amazing story of the holy French nun, from her painful childhood (when she spent nearly four bed-ridden years

Prophetess of Eucharistic Love.

A Hero of the Holocaust

A beautifully illustrated life of the friend of Jesus and first Pope.

Illustrated

The story for children 10 and up of St. Rose of Lima, who became a hermit in her own home--rather than go to a convent--and how she became a great Saint.

Thérèse of Lisieux is one of the most popular modern saints in the world, but the details of her life and spirituality are still not widely known and are somewhat of a mystery e

Shows how St Thomas was big, quiet and slow to speak, thus being called the "Dumb Ox" by fellow students.

Most female saints familiar to Catholics today belonged to religious orders and lived long ago.

Becoming an Image of Christ Every Day of the Year

These pages remind us that God's grace can conquer every human flaw . . .

French priests enter a war zone where captured Westerners are paraded before their captors, tortured, and then beheaded. Their desecrated bodies get dumped by the roadside.

Round One: St. Augustine vs Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Seventeen Holy Warriors Who Can Teach You How to Fight the Good Fight and Vanquish Your Ancient Enemy

During the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, 46 Saints are mentioned in the Ordinary and Canon, from familiar ones as the Blessed Virgin Mary to obscure ones like Cosmas and Damian, t

And Other Catholic Witnesses to the Fate of the Damned

In Sherry's new book, Saints Who Transformed Their World, you will discover fascinating short stories of laypeople who, because of their yes to God and the charisms and

How Justin Martyr rescued the Old Testament for Christians

The life of St. John Vianney, also known as the Curé d’Ars (priest of Ars), is marked by boundless humility and obedience to God.

This book tells the story of a girl from a small convent in Normandy, who lived a life of complete seclusion, known only by a few close friends, and yet today is a canonized sai

Mary has made herself all to all, and opens her merciful heart to all, that all may receive of her fullness; the sick, health; those in affliction, comfort; the sinner, pardon;

Fulton J. Sheen turned his voice and pen to many subjects during the course of a long and remarkable apostolate.

There are more than sixty shrines in honour of Our Lady in England.  Most were founded in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and from the start they were noted places of p

'Sister Wendy's deep and insightful commentaries are utterly unique. You will want this splendid book for yourself but also to give to others.' Delia Smith

Foreword by Dr. Paul Thigpen

"The whole world groaned and was amazed to find itself Arian", so cried Saint Jerome.

A New Translation for Today