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This small Prayer Book features the Mass and most popular Catholic prayers.
A Year With The Fathers is a year long retreat that in just a few minutes every day will lead you on a journey of contemplation, prayer, resolution, and spiritual growth that is guaranteed to bring you closer to God and His Truth.
Abby Johnson quit her job in October 2009. That simple act became a national news story because Abby was the director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Texas who, after participating in her first actual abortion procedure, walked across the road to join the Coalition for Life.
With the help of your own Rule, you can get control of your own household, grow closer to God, come to love your husband more, and raise up good Christian children. In these wise and practical pages, Holly shows you how.
Generations of families have found spiritual joy and comfort in the pages of Our Family Prayer Book—a keepsake Catholic prayer book filled with the most beloved devotions and hallowed prayers of the Church.
This newest edition of Our Family Prayer Book features detailed meditations on all twenty mysteries of the Rosary- Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious. Each Mystery is depicted through a beautiful stained glass window color illustration.
Gilded page edges, an elegant binding and full color art make Our Family Prayer Book a true family heirloom. A wealth of spiritual readings and devotions make it a powerful aid in cultivating the habit of prayer. Perfect for church or for devotions in the home, a handy size with which to travel, a personal guide when one is needed—Our Family Prayer Book is a spiritual treasure for every Catholic home. Lavishly Illustrated.
Offering more than 650 questions and answers simultaneously playable at three different skill levels, this board game offers a great way for all family members (ages 8 and older) to join in the fun. This game is ideal for classrooms, youth groups, sacramental preparation, and small group retreats. Learn the Catechism of the Catholic Church while you play.
In its mother’s womb, a tiny baby grows, explores the waters, and talks with the angel who is there.
Directly challenging the feminist attack on traditional masculinity, Dr. Meeker demonstrates that the most important factor for girls growing up into confident, well-adjusted women is a strong father with conservative values. To have one, she shows, is the best protection against eating disorders, failure in school, STD’s, unwed pregnancy, and drug or alcohol abuse-and the best predictor of academic achievement, successful marriage, and a satisfying emotional life.
A marvelously comprehensive collection of prayers, readings, and reflections, Bread of Life: Prayers for Eucharistic Adoration gently leads us to the feast of Jesus' love.
Lisa Hendey inspires readers to better balance their own needs with the demands of family life and faith commitment.
Theology of Her Body and Theology of His Body will feed your teens with liberating answers to their most pressing questions about love and sexuality. These books offer solid, relevant teachings in a language teens understand. But more than just presenting the truth itself, they deliver the tools teens need to achieve the greatness for which they were created.
First-ever leather-bound edition of Diary of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska. This deluxe edition comes with glided edges and ribbon marker.
Every day boys and young men are bombarded with messages and images that encourage them to make sexual impurity a way of life. And since it looks like so much fun, they can easily be made to feel as if they’re foolishly missing out on something really great. However, Jason Evert’s Pure Manhood will help them to see things in a new light. Best of all, it will give them the spiritual tools they need to stay pure—or to return to purity.
by Christopher West. Foreword by Arch. Charles Chaput. Fascinating question-and-answer format of the reasons why the Church's teaching on sex and marriage is true, and good news for people today. Ideal for marriage prep, RCIA, and marriage enrichment.
These pages will give you what you need to make your marriage a source of profound happiness and lasting peace.
Here, Christopher West provides a short and popular summary of the Pope's revolutionary teaching on the Theology of the Body.
Here is a beautiful collection of Pope John Paul II's thoughts on Mary: her faith, her holiness, and the gift she made of herself to God — and to us.
In this pamphlet, Anthony Buono shows us that Lent can be more than just a time for breaking bad habits. Instead, it can be a positive season and a time of spiritual renewal that we can benefit from all year long.
This newest edition of Our Family Prayer Book features detailed meditations on all twenty mysteries of the Rosary - Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious. Each Mystery is depicted through a beautiful stained glass window color illustration.
Kathy Pierce & Lori Rowland. Contains tips for going to Mass and understanding the Sacraments, fun family activities for Holy Days, and how to pray the Rosary and other Catholic prayers.
Agnes M. Penny shares the very Catholic spiritual solutions she found to the problems and struggles of pregnancy, with 36 short chapters on everything the expectant mother experiences.
Citing priests and popes, author Sheila Kippley here shows that nursing is not only the best way to ensure your baby’s health and proper psychological development; it’s an integral part of your vocation as a Catholic mother.
Common wisdom portrays sex and church to be at odds, yet studies show that Catholics have better sex, and more often. This witty, frank, and refreshingly orthodox book draws from the beautiful truths of Catholic teaching to show people of all faiths about rich and satisfying sexuality., Hailed by Christians across the spectrum from Christopher West and Janet E. Smith to John L. Allen, Jr., Holy Sex includes dozens of questionnaires, quizzes, and valuable lessons from real-life stories.
If you've begun to doubt that love is real, this book will offer you a vision of godly love, the hope that it exists, the confidence that you deserve it, and the means by which you can find it . . . regardless of the past.
116 Questions and Answers on Marriage--its indissolubility, impediments to marriage, remarriage of widows and widowers, the Pauline Privilege, separation, annulment, mixed marriages, the promise to raise all children Catholic, divorce and remarriage, apparent divorces of famous Catholics, Church law vs. civil law, etc.
Quizzes to a Street Preacher are 10 pamphlets on subjects people most often ask about the Catholic religion. They are written by Fathers Rumble and Carty of Radio Replies Press fame, experts in the field of apologetics and convert-making (Father Rumble was himself a convert).
Each one is a 32-page, vest-pocket booklet of questions and answers that are brief, economically written and right to the point--no wasted words. Pamphlet subjects include: Bible, Purgatory, Indulgences, Confession, Marriage, Hell, Birth Prevention, the Eucharist, the True Church, and Virgin and Statue Worship. People who do not have time to read a whole book will find these pamphlets ideal for learning more about the Catholic religion. Packed with information, they are easy to read and reasonably priced. And, taken together, they form a unique, comprehensive view of the Catholic religion as a whole. Comparable to nothing else and in very plain terms, these pamphlets will really explain the religion to non-Catholics and will help Catholics explain and defend their Faith to others.
With wit, clarity, and common sense, Matthew Pinto and Christopher Stefanick answer the tough questions teens have about the Mass; from the rituals contained in the liturgy, to the doctrines of the Eucharist and the Priesthood. When teens understand that the Mass is literally the meeting place between heaven and earth there is nothing in the world that can keep them from it.
Elisabeth Leseur’s diary and spiritual writings (all included in this one volume) map out for you a path to marital harmony and greater love for God — especially if you love someone who stands outside the Faith.
Testimony of the Cross is a moving photographic and textual reflection on the mystery of the Cross. The text is written by Pope John Paul II for the Via Crucis (The Way of the Cross) journey which he made to the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, on Good Friday, April 21, 2000.
With a focus on the traditional components of Lent — prayer, fasting, and almsgiving — this book offers a range of activities, prayers, and rituals to involve your entire family in Lenten celebration.
The Three Marks of Manhood can help Christian families realize their identity to the fullest - empowering them to resist the encroachment of secular culture. Read it and learn how to build a strong and lasting marriage, raise children to become faithful men and women of God, and foster an authentic Catholic culture within your home.
In Building Better Families, Kelly explores important issues by raising evocative questions: What makes a successful parent? Do you realize that your children are in the middle of a cultural war? What are the five things children really need? Are you asking your children the right questions? What are you teaching your children about work, money, food, exercise, body image, and sex? What are the priorities of your family culture?
Jason Evert. Is sex bad? Isn't everyone else doing it? Aren't I being good as long as I don't have sex? They're all answered in Pure Love
Jason Evert. Is sex bad? Isn't everyone else doing it? Aren't I being good as long as I don't have sex? They're all answered in this new Spanish version of Pure Love
Elizabeth Matthews never expected her son Patrick to be diagnosed with autism. But she didn’t expect him to become her “escalator to heaven,” either, as he was decorating the walls of the family home with mud and crayon. In Precious Treasure, Matthews describes, with candor and humor, the joys, challenges, and heartaches of raising a child with special needs
by Javier Abad and E. Fenoy. A complete guidebook for married couples and those preparing for or thinking about marriage. The book aims to guide the reader to a proper hierarchy of values in regard to marriage.
There are many ways parents help their children learn. Some are little ways, like using a spoon or tying shoes. Other lessons lead to bigger accomplishments. Parents' most important task is helping their children learn to love God. Catholic Parent Know-How: Forming Your Child's Faith, Fundamentals helps parents teach their children about the Trinity, Baptism, and Mary. Includes family activities and basic prayers.
This booklet uses an eye-catching magazine format to provide short, clear, practical articles giving families great ideas to prepare for and to celebrate the liturgical season leading to Easter.