The Family Life/Relationships category features books on raising children, pregnancy, family relationships, marriage, dating, finances, sexuality and the whole range of issues and subjects which impact the internal life of the Christian family today.

This book by Albert J. Nevins, M.M. has been revised and updated.  Choosing a name for your child?  Choosing a confirmation name?  This two books explain the meaning of each name, then tell the story of a saint who bore that name.  Useful references, but also instructive and entertaining reading.

Based on the timeless classic "Bingo", players search for specific saint symbols instead of letters and numbers. As matches are made, players crown their saints with golden nimbuses. The first player to crown an entire row of saints wins the game. The game includes 12 playing boards, 40 saint symbol tokens, 200 golden nimbuses and a detailed saint symbol information booklet. Recommended for …

Thomas Craughwell Prayer to the saints is a powerful spiritual help in our lives. Now, with Saints for Every Occasion, you can quickly find help for any challenge you face—no matter how large or small. It tells wonderful stories of saints who overcame the same problems and troubles we face daily. Beautifully illustrated and entertainingly written, Saints for Every Occasion features 101 patron …

About this book: To help expecting parents find the perfect name, Fiona MacMath offers more than 120 names of saints, from Adrian to Zoe, in Saints' Names for Your Baby . Each name includes a definition, a brief biography of the saint, the feast day, and symbols and patrons of the saint. Both female and male variations are given for most of the saints. The book has "A Calendar of Saints" to …

You don't have to become a biblical scholar or a theologian to be an effective spokesman for the Catholic Faith. In fact, even though you don't know all the answers and can't explain every aspect of the Faith, you can begin winning souls to the Church right now ... using prayer, friendship, and common sense. It sounds almost too good to be true, but in Search and Rescue Patrick Madrid explains …

This inspiring book gives you a splendid example of how to live as a Christian in a secular environment that can be indifferent or hostile to your Faith. For Elisabeth Leseur had two great loves: God, and her husband Felix. Felix loved Elisabeth as well; yet to their mutual sorrow, he couldn’t share the life of the Spirit that Elisabeth cherished. Occasionally the happiness of their life …

The literary writer and Professor of English Thomas Howard reveals his unique writing gifts and original insights as a young married man reflecting on the amazing variety of experiences he had during his years living in New York City. Howard presents an enthusiastic response on the part of a new, young husband to the great, twinkling kaleidoscope of New York, playing off the thousand …

In the tradition of The Tassajara Bread Book , Brother Rick Curry combines 80 mouth-watering recipes for bread--gathered from Jesuit brothers around the world--with his spiritual insights on meditation through bread-baking. From Library Journal Rick Curry, a Jesuit brother and founder of the National Theater Workshop of the Handicapped, has also gained a reputation as a bread baker. His …

In his early years as a novice, Brother Rick Curry learned that the quickest route to popularity among his peers was to master the art of cooking. Soup is one of the staple foods in a Jesuit community, and there is almost always a pot simmering on the stove. In more than forty years as a Jesuit brother, Brother Curry has traveled the world, lived in many different communities, and prepared …

Matthew Kelly The "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Rhythm of Life" brings a timely approach to the subject of relationships, revealing a seven-level process that creates strong bonds, deep contentment, and lasting connection.

Seventeen Little Miricals - Fun and Success In A Family With 17 Children Martin Mirical A MUST read for every mom or dad with less than 17 children! Here's the real recipe for family fun and success. Learn and laugh with the most humorous and insightful "family" book on the market today! Forget the Brady Bunch, Eight is Enough, and Cheaper by the Dozen. You'll discover just how busy …

John F. Kippley The thesis of this book is that God intends that sexual intercourse should be at least implicitly a renewal of the marriage covenant. From this it follows that the marriage covenant provides the criterion to evaluate the morality of every sexual act. Thus the title, Sex and the Marriage Covenant , is an appropriate description of the book’s contents. Marriage comes into being …

"Christ, in instituting the Eucharist ... expressed the relationship between man and woman."     - Pope John Paul II, On the Dignity of Women, #26 That's an amazing statement. It needs an explanation. The nine meditations here not only explain that sentence, they  illuminate the relationship between man and woman, between parents and children and between family and the …

Sex Education - The Final Plague Randy Engel In total contradiction to the traditional Catholic teaching that instructing children in sexual matters is the right and duty of the parents, we now see a flood of classroom Sex Education programs and classroom "Chastity Education" programs. According to author Randy Engel, this "education" is designed to destroy natural modesty in children, awaken …

"Dr. Wetzel has provided parents with an excellent aid to teach their adolescent children about God's gift of sexuality to the human person. He uses the Bible, Catechism, Church documents, and Papal writings to show how the Catholic Church is very much the authoritative teacher in human affairs." - Most Rev. Fabian Bruskewitz, Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska "Sexual Wisdom for …

"Dr. Wetzel has provided parents with an excellent aid to teach their adolescent children about God's gift of sexuality to the human person. He uses the Bible, Catechism, Church documents, and Papal writings to show how the Catholic Church is very much the authoritative teacher in human affairs." - Most Rev. Fabian Bruskewitz, Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska "Sexual Wisdom for …

Signs of Life is beloved author Scott Hahn’s clear and comprehensive guide to the Biblical doctrines and historical traditions that underlie Catholic beliefs and practices. Devoting single chapters to each topic, the author takes the reader on a journey that illuminates the roots and significance of all things Catholic, including: the Sign of the Cross, the Mass, the Sacraments, praying …

Sins of Parents By Charles Hugo Doyle Mistakes parents make in raising their children. How to avoid them. Or, how to lessen their impact, if made. One unfortunate result of Freudianism is that some Catholics have overreacted to the “blame-the-parents” attitude it fostered. But the idea that parents can blight the lives of their children didn’t begin with Freud — it …

The classic of common-sense economics. "Enormously broad in scope, pithily weaving together threads from Galbraith and Gandhi, capitalism and Buddhism, science and psychology."-- The New Republic A little about the author, from National Catholic Register: A third of a century ago, in 1973, a German economist living in England wrote an international bestseller called Small Is Beautiful . It had …

The new book on E. F. Schumacher's ideas for the 21st Century.