Mayor Alvin Fernald. Wow! Alvin’s dreams of political grandeur may become a reality—in 5th grade! A class project turns into a major—or we should say, “mayor,” event when Riverton’s Mayor Massey proposes to turn the city government over to the winner of the class election and his party for one whole day. Things pop right along as Alvin, with the helpful …

Am I Living a Spiritual Life? Questions and Answers for Those Who Pray You can have a richer spiritual life!   If you’re ready to take the next step on the path of spiritual progress, these pages will provide you with the solid, faithful direction you need to develop a rich spiritual life, deepen it through regular prayer, and model it humbly in your relationships with others. From …

101 great stories of Faith, Hope, Inspiration and Humor. The word “family” brings to mind thoughts of joy, sacrifice, affection, hardship, and humor. Yet it is love that defines what it means to be a family, and it is this same love that gives a family their purpose. In bearing witness to the mystery of the love of Christ, the family becomes the “domestic sanctuary of the …

Jeff Cavins, Matthew Pinto, and Patti Armstrong Amazing Grace for Married Couples will deepen your commitment to marriage like no other book.  The 12 inspiring stories of renewed love found within reveal marriages that were on the brink of disaster.  In this powerful book, you will read about: A couple whose mutual infidelities threatened to tear them apart. A marriage that began …

Amazing Grace For Mothers - 101 Stories Of Faith, Hope, Inspiration And Humor Emily Cavins Patti Armstrong   Amazing Grace for Mothers will lift your heart and send your spirit soaring. You will laugh, you will cry, but most of all you will refresh your mothering through stories of love, inspiration, miracles, and God’s amazing grace. This collection of 101 stories will bring you the …

“For when I am weak, then I am strong.” –2 Cor 12:10 As Christians, we recognize that life’s struggles can bring us strength and peace even if the challenges remain. This means that surviving is more than merely getting through an ordeal—it is being triumphant in spirit, regardless of the outcome. In Amazing Grace for Survivors , you will will witness God’s …

Amazing Grace for the Catholic Heart by Jeff Cavins, Matthew Pinto & Patti Armstrong Amazing Grace for the Catholic Heart will help you celebrate your Catholic faith like no other book you have ever read. It will take your heart and soul on a joyous spiritual retreat from the challenges and struggles of everyday life. This collection of 101 stories of faith, inspiration, hope and humor …

Amazing Grace for Those Who Suffer is the most compelling collection of stories of hope and healing you will ever read. These true stories will make you laugh, make you cry, and show you the power of God's healing grace.  Are you experiencing sorrow and trouble in your life? You are not alone. Others have been where you are. More importantly, Jesus has been there, and He can …

Amazing Grace for Those Who Suffer is the most compelling collection of stories of hope and healing you will ever read.  These true stories will make you laugh, make you cry, and show you the power of God's healing grace. Are you experiencing sorrow and trouble in your life?  You are not alone.  Others have been where you are.  More importantly, Jesus has been there, and He …

Fr. Stephen Redmond, S.J. To celebrate what John Paul II rightly calls “The Amazing Sacrament”, Fr. Stephen Redmond has compiled a fascinating and accessable volume for anyone keen to learn more about the central Act of Christian Tradition. The volume gives a brief history of the Eucharist followed by first-hand Eucharistic experiences from Saint Paul in the first century through to Edith …

The American Catholic Church’s most charismatic presence over several decades, Bishop Sheen was also its chief evangelist. Among his thousands of converts were celebrities such as Clare Booth Luce and Henry Ford II. The result of interviews with dozens of Sheen’s friends, family members and church colleagues and the unearthing of important new material at the Sheen Archives in …

Christians are by their nature a people out of place. Their true home is with God; in civic life, they are alien citizens “in but not of the world.” In American Babylon , eminent theologian Richard John Neuhaus examines the particular truth of that ambiguity for Catholics in America today. Neuhaus addresses the essential quandaries of Catholic life—assessing how Catholics can …

American Cardinal Readers (Originally published by Benziger Bros. in the 1930s) These great and highly-praised readers, now re-published by The Neumann Press, were the mainstay and backbone of the Catholic parochial schools during the 1930s, '40s, and '50s. They still form part of the core curriculum for homeschoolers and private schools lucky enough to still have old copies of these books. …

The American Catholic Voter - 200 Years Of Political Impact George J. Marlin From the earliest days in the New World through the presidential election of 2000, the influence of Catholics on American politics has followed a peculiar arc. In Colonial America, Catholics were often denied participation in the process; but in the 19th and 20th centuries, the Catholic bloc was recognized as a swing …

CRISIS magazine publisher and leading conservative, Deal Hudson tells for the first time his story of conversion to Roman Catholicism. Through the eyes of one convert, we see the beautiful riches of Catholicism, and much more profoundly, we see how Catholicism transforms our understanding of beauty and truth.

The long and complex history of the Eastern American Catholic Churches, in their many ethnic varieties, has been difficult to understand. This clearly-written, engaging book changes all that. The author, Fr. Fred Saato, examines the long and often difficult history of the Eastern Catholics, e.g., Melkites, Maronites, Ruthenians, Armenians,Ukrainians, and their relationship, often tenuous, with …

It will come as a surprise to many, if not most, to learn that there are at least some 137 men and women who have lived in North or South America who have been beatified or canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. Sixty of them were canonized and 77 beatified. Most of these, fifty of them, came from Mexico and another 33 were from Brazil. The United States and Canada together can claim eight …

This is a book for those who desire to pray with Sacred Scripture. Following the spiritual itinerary of the Spiritual Exercises by Ignatius of Loyola, forty reflections offer a great resource for those beginning to pray with Scripture. They provide accompaniment in the first, tentative steps of such blessed prayer. For those who already practice prayer with Scripture, and who seek new depth in …