The new book from the best-selling "dynamic duo" priest-authors of Catholicism For Dummies. Fr. Trigilo and Fr. Brighenti can frequently be seen on EWTN co-hosting the popular series "Crash Course in Catholicism."  

Catholicism Christ and the Common Destiny of Man by Henri Cardinal de Lubac, S.J. This book first appeared just over fifty years ago. It is the pilgrimatic work of one of the 20th century's greatest theologians. Deeply rooted in tradition, it breaks ground and sows seeds which will bear their fruit in the Second Vatican Council's central documents on the Church. Here, de Lubac gathers from …

Get the scoop on the Catholic Church's stand on important social issues. Want to know more about Catholicism? Catholicism for Dummies presents the rich tapestry and history of the Catholic Church - from devotions to doctrines. You'll find a description of the Catholic Mass, the seven sacraments, the liturgical calendar, the duties of the clergy, and much more. Rev. John Trigilio, Jr., Ph.D., …

This book is a concise but full explanation of the important points of Catholic belief, written by the best-selling author of American Martyrs and The Life of Jesus Christ.   Excellent both for faithful Catholics and for interested non-Catholics.

From the Loyola Classics series . . . "New editions of acclaimed Catholic novels."

Workshops on the enneagram, astrology, and even channelling are being held in Catholic parishes, reports Fr. Mitch Pacwa.  Is this the dawning of the Age of Aquarius among Catholics? In Catholics and the New Age, Fr. Pacwa probes the reasons why many Catholics are dabbling in the New Age Movement.  He shares his firsthand experiences and disillusionment with Jungian Psychology, the …

As Catholics in the modern world, we have certain responsibilities to our nation, our families and ourselves. What duties we owe can be a matter of considerable debate. Popular culture tells us that we shouldn't speak about religion and politics in the public arena. But what is our authentic role as Catholics in today's world? Bishop Olmsted explains what is appropriate in today's secular …

Catholics, Protestants and the Bible by Pauline Zingleman. Our young people (and those not so young) having heard scarcely a word of truth about their Catholic religion from inside the Church, are yet required constantly to respond to the onslaught of fundamentalist Protestant attempts to convert them. What chance do they have? This little book gives them a chance, it gives them in fact a …

  Autores:  Rev. John Trigilio, Jr., PhD, Rev. Kenneth Brighenti, PhD, Rev. Luis Rafael Rodriguez-Hernandez, Jose H. Gomez Explica lo que son los pecados capitales y las virtudes cardenales Entérate de lo que piensa la Iglesia Católica sobre los temas importantes de la justicia social ¿Quieres conocer más acerca del catolicismo? El Catolicismo Para Dummies …

This book talks about the history and traditions of Christmas.

Hamish F. G. Swanston The first, full-length study in English of this amazing theologian, saint, and author. It shows Alphonsus shaping a theology out of his experience in the classroom, the opera house, and the law courts — a theology that still survives today in over 20,000 editions of his works. As Swanston points out, eternal truths are communicate in story, and Alphonsus is a better …

Celebrating Life Together:  Making the Most of Your Marriage by Rich Cleveland Now, more than ever, the sacrament of marriage is under attack. Many within our secular society endeavor to blur the definition and meaning of marriage. Marriage, as the Church has made clear, is not simply a partnering relationship between any two people; rather it specifically refers to the uniting of a man …

Celebrating the Holy Eucharist Francis Cardinal Arinze Cardinal Arinze, the greatly esteemed African churchman and head of the Vatican congregation for worship and sacraments, elucidates the Church's faith in the Eucharist as the high point of her public worship and the source and summit of Christian life. The Cardinal emphasizes that the priest is ordained, first and foremost, to celebrate …

There is no surer pledge or clearer sign of this great hope in the heavens and new earth "in which righteousness dwells" (2 Pet 3:13), than the Eucharist. Every time this mystery is celebrated, "the work of our redemption is carried on" and we "break the one bread that provides the medicine of immortality, the antidote for death, and the food that makes us live forever …

Celebrating the Mass Six Weeks with the Bible: Catholic Perspectives By Kevin Perrotta For busy adults who want to study the Bible but don't know where to begin, Six Weeks with the Bible provides an inviting starting point. Each guide is divided into six concise, 90-minute segments that introduce one book of the Bible. All biblical text is printed in the guides, which means no additional …

A new reprint of the 1963 edition of this classic work.

Discover the glories of the Byzantine Divine Liturgy — as explained by a bishop who loves them above all earthly things. In Celebration! , Archbishop Joseph Raya offers a series of profoundly felt and beautifully written meditations on the Divine Liturgy and its significance as an earthly paradise and a taste of Heaven, a garden of living truth, and a place of rebirth. He offers three …

Stefan Heid Heid presents a penetrating and wide-ranging study of the historical data from the early Church on the topics of celibacy and clerical continence. He gives a brief review of recent literature, and then begins his study with the New Testament and follows it all the way to Justinian and the Council in Trullo in 690 it the East and the fifth century popes in the West. He thoroughly …

Stephanie Joseph Piat, O.F.M. This biography of Celine Martin will be most welcomed by the innumerable devotees of St. Therese because Celine was her closest sister and friend, had a great influence on Therese, and also became a very holy woman herself. Celine entered the same Carmelite monastery as Therese and became Sister Genevieve of the Holy Face.  She was the close confidante of …

This volume offers translations of numerous texts from the Celtic tradition from the 6th through the 13th centuries, in a cross-section of genres and forms, including saints' lives, monastic texts, poetry, devotional texts, liturgical texts, apocrypha, exegetical texts and theological treatises. 

Scepter Publishers is proud to announce this eye-catching keepsake edition of St. Josemaria Escriva's complete published works, available together for the first time in honor of his canonization. This set is essential for libraries and perfect for individuals seeking trustworthy guidance on how to follow Christ in every detail of their daily lives. The Centennial Edition contains the complete …

Scepter Publishers is proud to announce this eye-catching keepsake edition of St. Josemaria Escriva's complete published works, available together for the first time in honor of his canonization. This set is essential for libraries and perfect for individuals seeking trustworthy guidance on how to follow Christ in every detail of their daily lives. The Centennial Edition contains the complete …

Lorene Hanley Duquin These are the conversions that made history. For most of the last hundred years, know-it-alls have been predicting the end of the Catholic Church and, indeed, all organized religion. Meanwhile, a steady stream of conversions has brought the best minds of recent history into the Church. Why did they convert? Why do countless thousands still convert every year? Lorene Duquin …

The reform of liturgical rites ordered by the Second Vatican Council necessitated a revision of the Caeremoniale Episcoporum , published in 1886. The objective of this ceremonial is to provide a liturgy for bishops that will stand as a model for all other celebrations. The eight divisions of the book cover everything from the Mass through liturgical celebrations in connection with the …

Msgr. Peter Elliott The liturgy of the Catholic Church is the action by which Jesus Christ unites the members of the Church in glorifying God. It makes people holy through words, music, action and signs. The Eucharist is intended to be the most powerful means of union with our God, with the saints in heaven and with each other, and is to be a foretaste of the praise of God given in joy by the …

Msgr. Peter J. Elliott At last, a complete ceremonial manual for the celebration of the Eucharist and the Liturgy of the Hours. Faithful to the renewal of worship authorized by the Second Vatican Council, Ceremonies combines precise guidance to these rites with a pastoral and spiritual approach. A high ideal of noble Catholic worship is consistently maintained, respecting the "continuity of …

About this book Now in its fifteenth edition, (March 2009) this volume is an important, revised and updated ceremonial manual, published to guide and assist in celebrating the traditional liturgy today.Today as the traditional liturgy of the Roman rite enjoys its resurgence amongst Catholics, young and old, the need for an up-to-date ceremonial manual for the celebration of the traditional …

John Henry Cardinal Newman This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other …

John Henry Cardinal Newman This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other …

This is a book of seventy-two concise meditations each on a different subject. Whether it is an event, as the Day; or a virtue, as Gratitude; or a ravaging infidelity, as Islam; or a person, as Our Lady; our author zeroes in on the topic and, with an amazing depth of understanding, simplifies it in relation to time and eternity. The salient theme throughout Brother Maluf’s daily …

N.T. Wright, one of the premier scholars investigating the life of Jesus today, thinks we have nothing to fear and much to learn from a historical study of Jesus. The Jesus he unveils has his feet solidly planted in first-century Palestine and yet rings deeply true to the resurrected Christ of Christian belief, worship and experience. This Jesus comes to us as one known and yet unknown, a man …

This panel discussion took place at the 2nd National Forum on the Theology of the Body in Chantilly, VA. Participants include Fr. Thomas Loya, Dr. Philip Mango and Dave Sloan

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn’s article on evolution and creation in The New York Times launched an international controversy. Critics charged him with biblical literalism and “creationism”. In this book, Cardinal Schönborn (Archbishop of Vienna, Austria) responds to his critics by tackling the hard questions with a carefully reasoned "theology of …

Thomas Howard Contrasting the Christian and secular worldviews, Howard refreshes our minds with the illuminated view of Christianity as it imbued the world in times past—showing that we cannot live meaningful lives without this Christian understanding of things. An inspiring apology for Christianity, and a stirring critique of secularism.

The perfect introduction to chant! The purity and simplicity of Gregorian chant is what fed the musical and liturgical life of Christianity for more than a millennium before there were any Protestants. But after the reforms of the Vatican II Council in the 1960s, chant went into disuse. Gregorian chant is back, and more popular than it has been in the last forty years. This handy book is …

A Pastoral Guide to Presidential Chanting and Musical Leadership Ricky Manalo, CSP This well-researched book teaches the presider's chanted parts of the Mass, employing workbook-style musical and vocal exercises, including spaces for students to practice and write what they've learned. Softcover book with CD.

Do you find the Graduals and Alleluias in the Liber Usualis daunting? In 1926, the Solesmes monastery produced this wonderful book of reduced Graduals, Tracts, and Alleluias. They are for singers who find the full versions daunting, but don't want to resort Psalm tones. Their level of difficulty is more along the lines of the Introit or Communio, so they are approachable. This makes this book …

The complete three-volume set of the Chapel Edition of the Weekday LECTIONARY FOR MASS. Special Features: •  Large, Bold, Easy-to-Read Type (11 pt.): All books are set in a specifically selected typeface that has been highly praised by thousands of priests, religious women and men, and lay ministers who are currently using the series of liturgical books published by Catholic Book …

Approved English translation of this liturgical book for the United States that went into use on November 29, 1998. Formatted to make it as pastoral, practicable, and functional as possible. Cycles A, B, and C are included in one volume. Special Features: •  12 pt. Type •  Sense-Line Format •  Includes Ribbon Markers •  Durable, Attractive Binding …

Revised edition from 1985 that incorporates all authorized changes and additions that have appeared since the last edition was published in 1974. It is approved for use by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Ideal for chapel and home Masses. Special Features: •  11 pt. Type •  Useful, Functional Tabs for the Ordinary •  Durable, Attractive Binding - Red …

Is the chapel veil extinct? Apparently not! This booklet gives the reasons, based on Holy Scripture and the Church Fathers, why two young ladies in college wear the chapel veil in the presence of our Lord. In these two essays the chapel veil is shown as a symbol which helps the faithful understand the vocation and identity of woman, both in the order of creation and in the New Covenant …

David Isaacs In this book, David Isaacs, an educationalist and parent, offers ideas and suggestions on how parents and teachers can help children's all-round development.  The emphasis is on character building, approached from the viewpoint of moral habits:  Professor Isaacs takes 24 virtues and discusses how the child - at different ages - can be encouraged to be obedient, …

As with the Crusades and the Galileo case, any mention of the Inquisition sets off a series of preconceived judgements against the Catholic Church in the minds of those who hear about it today. Yet few today can give a really accurate description of what the Inquisition really was - why it came about, its aims, its methods, the number of persons involved in it, the true record of its history, …

Characters of the Passion By Fulton J. Sheen The Eternal Drama of the Cross This inspiring book, written by one of Christianity's most prolific authors, discusses faith and the vital part it plays in our modern world. Using the stories of many of those who were influential in the life and death of Jesus, author Fulton J. Sheen gives us a better understanding of, and a fuller meaning to, faith. …

Characters of the Reformation may well be the most universally fascinating book ever written by the great Cathoic historian, Hilaire Belloc.  Here in bold, living colors he sketches 23 famous men and women of the Reformation period, analyzing their strengths, weaknesses, mistakes and motives and pinpointing deeds that changed the course of history. There are more than a few surprises …

Profound, provocative, a complete treatment of Purgatory--its sufferings, consolations, duration, etc., plus, how we can assist the Poor Souls, their gratitude, and God's reward to us for helping them. A very moving book.

Available August 15, 2009 Benedict XVI has something for everyone in Charity in Truth —from praising profit to defending the environment, from calling for a role for government in the economy to insisting on the necessity of moral transformation and “gratuitousness” in economic life, from the issue of immigration to the importance of technology. However, he also insists on …

The new encyclical from Pope Benedict XVI - released from Rome in early July 2009. This paperback edition will be shipping from the publisher on July 20, 2009. In Charity inTruth (Caritas in Veritate), Pope Benedict XVI shares his thoughts on social justice. In his third encycylical, the Holy Father reminds us of the importance of recognizing the social and economic needs of all people. He …

Scott McDermott "A Roman Catholic but an Ardent Patriot." (from a letter by John Adams, writing on Charles Carroll) Charles Carroll did everything he could for the Revolutionary cause except to pick up a rifle and head into battle.  He didn't need to, because he had already succeeded in leading into the Patriots' cause virtually all the Catholic population of Maryland - along with many …

Jean-Jacques Antier The popularity of Charles de Foucauld continues to spread around the globe as time goes on. Unknown during his lifetime as a solitary monk in the Sahara Desert, and assassinated by bandits in 1916, this former French playboy had a radical conversion to Christ that compelled him to live a deeply ascetical religious life that has had a great impact on the world since his …

Cathy Wright, LSJ Called "the man who turns religion into love,"  Charles de Foucauld followed a winding path to his heart's true desire.  After early years of wrenching loss, rebelliosness, unbelief in God, reckless adventure, and the unbridled pursuit of pleasure, Charles experienced a profound conversion where he met God's mercy and love.  Transformed, he devoted the …

“15 Days of Prayer” Collection Now distributed by New City Press, this popular series is perfect for those looking for an introduction to a particular spiritual guide, those searching for gift ideas, and those who merely wish to know more about the person and his or her spirituality. Additional volume planned in 2 to 3 months intervals. Each volume contains: • A brief …

Advice on sex for young, unmarried Catholics Young Catholics find it difficult to go to elders for advice on private matters regarding sex. But that doesn't mean they don't need help. And unless they have a good priest to talk to - and one they feel comfortable with, which is a tall order for a youngster - they'll get no practical advice on how to behave with members of the opposite sex. …

David gives his moving testimony as one who has gone from being an active homosexual to a practicing Catholic living the Church's teaching. He humbly challenges Catholics to minister to those struggling with same-sex attraction.

Among the many topics addressed by the Second Vatican Council was the need for the renewal of religious life. Some forty years later, many religious orders of women are dying out, begging the question: Did the reforms of Vatican II help the religious orders become more fruitful, or did they plant the seeds of destruction? In writing this work, Mother Mary Francis, P.C.C., carefully and …

What do you get when you put twelve lively kids together with a father -- a famous efficiency expert -- who believes families can run like factories, and a mother who is his partner in everything except discipline? You get a hilarious tale of growing up that has made generations of kids and adults alike laugh along with the Gilbreths in "Cheaper by the Dozen. Translated into more than …

True or False? We must destroy human embryos to succeed at stem cell research. The scientific research community overwhelmingly supports destruction of embryos for stem cell research. The general public supports destruction of embryos for stem cell research. You're out there on an island of misfit extremists if you oppose destruction of embryos for stem cell research. FALSE on all counts! Find …