A timeless classic, Born Only Once explains the power of authentic, affirming love and how it is a way of being and living that brings one real joy, fulfillment and peace. Although written over thirty years ago, this book presents the truth about the human person and his or her fundamental psychic need for affirming love in order to develop into a mature adult.

Hilda van Stockum When Janna is suddenly summoned from Germany to join her actor parents in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, she is shocked by the Dutch hatred for the Germans. Her favorite Nordic tales and Hitler Youth indoctrination have not prepared her for the complexities of living in a house requisitioned by a military friend of her parents; or for the violence she sees on the streets. With her …

The nature of God is that he cannot be "bound" to one place or time-but he also took finite form, bounded to a redemptive act and time that forever changed the world. The understanding of the Triune God also brings together a certain “boundedness” that cannot be taken in any way to limit the bounds of the Creator. In this treatment on the nature of the Lord, Adrienne Von …

Need a spiritual workout?  Boys to Men: The Transforming Power of Virtue is a Bible study designed specifically for men who want to build their spiritual strength.  Each chapter focuses on a different virtue necessary to help raise up a generation of godly men.  With challenging questions at the end of each chapter, this book is ideal for individual or group study.  Find …

One of the twentieth century's most widely read writers and its most influential Christian apologist, C. S. Lewis has nevertheless eluded the understanding of the numerous scholars who have approached him only as a religious thinker and man of letters. A new book by a leading Lewis authority explores the full range of his manifold genius and finds for the first time the surprising secret of …

This is a collection of G. K. Chesterton's provocative writings on a subject close to his heart-the family, and the corresponding themes of men and women, children, sex, marriage and divorce. The family was a central element in Chesterton's vision, a unifying theme of his literary work. His eloquent defense of the sacredness of the home is even more applicable in our times because of the …

Dianne Ahern Illustrated by Katherine Larson Luigi, a desperately poor man, breaks into the Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi, Italy, to steal something of great value.  He hides behind the wooden choir stalls and waits for nightfall.  The howl of the wolf breaks the quiet of the night and a burst of warm air sends chills down his spine.  Thus begins another Adventure with …

    Let us turn our gaze toward Christ. It is he who will make us free to love as he loves us, and to build a reconciled world. - Pope Benedict XVI Imagine starting every morning with five minutes with the Holy Father! How would your routine and daily preparation change based on these brief moments of inspiration, insight, and invitations to prayer? Now, you can do exactly that with …

Breaking Free: 12 Steps to Sexual Purity for Men Every Christian man in our X-rated society faces the constant challenge to be sexually pure. The temptation from Internet pornography is only a mouse-click away. Pornography, like alcoholism, isn't a problem that gets better with time if left untreated. Pornography's silent addiction has a corrosive effect upon one's spiritual life and …

Breaking Free Audio Series on CD with Steve Wood, Laurie Hall, and Scott Hahn This 3-CD series offers practical assistance to help overcome - and prevent - an addiction to pornography. On CD one, Steve Wood outlines twelve steps to sexual purity for men. On CD two, Steve interviews Laurie Hall (author, An Affair of the Mind ) as she shares the devestating effects that pornography has on a …

Breaking Free of the Web Catholics and Internet Addiction Kimberly Young, PSY.D., and Patrice Klausing, O.S.F. "It is our hope that this book will offer a foundation, based on fact and faith, which will empower the reader to seek the help he or she needs. We call it a foundation because research has consistently shown that breaking free of addictive patterns or coping with the addiction …

Breve Diccionario de la Liturgia Short Dictionary of the liturgy Canitano, R.A., Lopez de Canitano, N. Alrededor de doscientos cincuenta entradas para satisfacer las inquietudes de la mayoria de los católicos. Close to two hundred and fifty entries to satisfy the needs of most catholics. Tapa rústica / SOFTCOVER. 128 pp.

Evelyn Waugh tells the story of the Marchmain family. Aristocratic, beautiful and charming, the Marchmains are indeed a symbol of England and her decline in this novel of the upper class of the 1920s and the abdication of responsibility in the 1930s. From the Merriam Webster Encyclopedia of Literature: This satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh was first published in 1945. According to Waugh, a …

Thornton Wilder This beautiful new edition features unpublished notes for the novel and other illuminating documentary material, all of which is included in a new Afterword by Tappan Wilder. "On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipi-tated five travelers into the gulf below." With this celebrated sentence Thornton Wilder begins …

A Brief Catechism for Adults is a little masterpiece designed for convert instruction. It was actually compiled from the notes of many Catholic priests who originally used the instructions from the first edition of the book with tens of thousands of converts. Thus, it represents the fruit of many minds.  For years, it was practically the standard catechism in the U.S. and Canada for …

Dr. Frederick Marks, Ph.D., has taken many of the misconceptions of the Catholic faith and explained them in easy-to-understand terms for the average Catholic in the pew.  Dr. Marks uses scriptural references and covers a range of topics from the Holy Eucharist, the Sacrament of Confession, the Virgin birth of Our Lord to contraception and abortion and many others. 

  Josef Pieper "Josef Pieper's account of the centrality and meaning of the virtues is a needed primer to teach us exactly the meaning and relationship of the virtues and how they relate to the faith and its own special virtues. Pieper's attention is ever to the particular virtue, its precise meaning, and to its contribution to the wholeness that constituted an ordered, active, and …

Broken and Blessed by Catherine Adamkiewicz "By sharing her journey of faith through the heartbreaking loss of her daughter, Cathy reveals the heart of God:  He brings joy in the midst of sorrow, peace in the center of trial, and love in the depth of loss.  She shares the richness of the purpose of each life, which is part of the legacy her daughter leaves us all.  Highly …

Immortalized by some of the greatest Hollywood films of the 20th century, Italian Brooklyn became one of the icons of American culture. Brooklyn Existentialism shows that the culture of that time and place was more than just an icon. The oxymoronic combination of uprootedness and ethnic solidarity that were found in Brooklyn during the middle years of the 20th century provide an opening that …