St. John Bosco For 60 years St. John Bosco experienced remarkable vision-like dreams, which were so lively and vivid that he would often awaken exhausted the next morning. The dreams frequently featured the actual boys at the Oratory; however, their value goes far beyond this, since they bring to life the realities of the Catholic Faith in a way that is absolutely unique! In these dreams St. …

Companion to the best-selling AUGUSTINE DAY BY DAY, this book provides meditations for every day taken from the writings of St. Augustine. Compiled and edited by John E. Rotelle, O.S.A.  

Waltraud Herbstrith A powerful and moving story of the remarkable Jewish woman who converted to Catholicism, became a nun, achieved remarkable success in the male-dominated world of German philosophy, and was sent to a Nazi death camp when she refused to deny her Jewish heritage. Edmund Husserl, the founder of phenomenology, declared Edith Stein the best doctoral student he ever had (even …

Joseph I. Dirvin, C.M. Elizabeth Seton is an important saint for our times: she was a convert, an American, a wife and mother as well as a widow, the foundress of an order (the Sisters of Charity) and an administrator. Fr. Dirvin, an authority on Saint Elizabeth Seton, takes writings, correspondence, and recollections of Seton to reveal her deep life of faith and prayer. A moving biography and …

Tomie de Paola, author of The Clown of God , retells the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Juan Diego.  The story is also illustrated by de Paola.

Eileen Dunn Bertanzetti Encounter the Saints Series Experience the adventures and challenges, heroism and holiness of some of the greatest friends of God! Offers intermediate readers a down-to-earth portrayal of the saints. Each distinct story vividly recreates for the intermediate reader the saint's place of origin, family life, and corresponding historical events. Every volume also features …

Elaine Stone "A story of the ordinary becoming the extraordinary, ... a story of faith in God's love, strength, and purpose." -A. E. P. Wall , journalist and former president International Federation of Catholic Journalists Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish friar who founded the Militia of the Immaculate and two monasteries and who wrote and published periodicals and newspapers, became a political …

Ivan Innerst In His saints, God is manifest as goodness, power and truth. The variety of saints reflects the infinite beauty and love of the God whose image they most perfectly reflect. This collection of portraits of the lives of twelve saints, many less well-known, focuses on how each of these particular men and women have a specific message that is significant for those living in our …

How tired Pauline looked! How thin and pale she seemed, leaning against her pillows as the coach rattled its way from France toward Italy. Everyone knew she did not have long to live. But Pauline was convinced that the little martyr Philomena would grant a cure at her shrine in Mugnano. When Pauline finally arrived at the shrine, the towns-folk quickly learned she was seeking a miracle. So …

Fr. Alfred Delp was a German Jesuit priest who was imprisoned in Berlin. At the time of his arrest, he was the Rector of St. Georg Church in Munich, and had a reputation for being a gripping, dynamic preacher, and one who was an outspoken critic of the Nazi regime. He was an important figure in the Resistance movement against Nazism. Accused of conspiring against the Nazi government, he was …

St. Vincent de Paul Margaret Ann Hubbard Vision Books   This new Vision Book for youth 9-15 years old tells the exciting, inspirational story of the great French saint of charity, St. Vincent de Paul. From his days of youth as a shepherd boy to his slavery in North Africa, his escape to France, his priestly service to the poor and to abandoned children, his founding of both the Vincentian …

Rosemarie Gortler Donna Piscitelli Even the youngest child can learn from Mary's example. From her Imaculate Conception to her Ascension, here is the story of Mary told in a way that will charm and delight your children. They'll also love the full-color pictures that brighten the book. You'll be pleased to see that they're learning solid Marian doctrine, presented in a way every child can …

Mary Frances Coady Alfred Delp was a proud German, a Jesuit priest, a Nazi resister, and a martyr. Executed by the Nazis in 1945 for crimes against the Third Reich, Delp left a legacy in letters written from his prison cell. This book tells Delp's life story through a compilation of correspondence with his friends and family. It reveals his struggle to maintain his faith in the face of …

This set of plays includes:  An Advent Nativity Play - (4 main actors plus 6 others) The events of the Nativity story beginning with Zechariah in the Temple. This is aversion that will absorb the attention of adults and present a perspective so real that it is both a delight to present and to watch! An original song, recorded on the companion CD, is a heartfelt glimpse into the awesome …

Mother Cabrini Frances Parkinson Keyes Vision Books In 1946, Francesca Cabrini was canonized as the first saint of the United States.  This Vision Book tells the exciting story of this missionary from Italy who came to America to spread the Faith.  She founded a new order of nuns, the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, to teach the Faith and work with the poor in our …

Edited by Hans Urs von Balthasar Saint Irenaeus was the first great Christian theologian. Born in Asia Minor in about 130 A.D., he became Bishop of Lyons and died as a martyr early in the third century. His main work, Adversus Haereses (Against the Heresies), is as relevant today as it was eighteen hundred years ago. It is a critique of Gnosticism, the `anti-body' heresy, which, far from dying …

This book contains popular prayers and devotions to St. Rita, including the Devotion of the Fifteen Thursdays, together with a short life of this great Saint and prayerful reflections upon it. It will enable all Catholics to request the powerful intercession of the "Saint of the Impossible" in every circumstance of life.

Gabriel M. Harty OP, 'the Rosary Priest', was born in 1921 and ordained a secular priest for the Archdiocese of Dublin in 1945. After serving as chaplain and parish curate for some years, he made the decision to devote his life to the service of the Mother of God in whatever way she wished. His search led him to the Dominican Order, and he was professed a friar of the Order of Preachers in …

Edited by Clare Booth Luce The well-known writer and Catholic convert, Clare Booth Luce, edited this classic on the lives of saints by a group of world-famous authors. She asked twenty writers to contribute a short biography of their favorite saint to this volume. Writers such as Evelyn Waugh, E. I. Watkin, Whittaker Chambers, Thomas Merton, Barbara Ward and Karl Stern wrote stories of saints …

In THE INTERIOR CASTLE the great St. Teresa of Avila presents a remarkable description of the entire spiritual life, beginning with the first step out of mortal sin into Sanctifying Grace and ending with the Mystical Marriage of the soul with Christ. But in the process she gives scores of wonderful insights on a host of spiritual topics, so that even the casual reader can easily gather up a …