This is the true story of Eugene Hamilton: a young man who dreamed of becoming a priest; a young man stricken with terminal cancer as his life was just beginning; a young man who, because of his exceptional spirituality, would receive special dispensation to be ordained early, who would become a priest just hours before he died. This book is about the sacramental and the sacred, and how these …

Eva K. Betz This is an exciting historical novel about the then famous Father Farmer’s life and experiences in colonial America. The story starts in New Jersey where the priest encounters much danger and excitement while riding circuit, providing Mass and the sacraments to people who had not heard Mass for years. But the main story surrounds Father Farmer’s adventures helping a man solve the …

Book Description Classic reflections on the Gospel by a 20th century martyr." Alfred Delp (1907-1945) was a German Jesuit condemned to death by the Nazis for anti-Hitler activities. While awaiting execution Delp composed this series of meditations on Advent, the Lord's Prayer, the tasks of the future, the meaning of happiness, and other spiritual themes. Written on the edge of eternity …

A Revolution Of Love - The Meaning Of Mother Teresa David Scott The glitter of Mother Teresa’s celebrity obscures the full splendor of her saintliness, argues David Scott in this inspiring yet unsentimental look at the life of the first truly global saint. In countless photos and unforgettable television images, Mother Teresa appeared unflappable in her single-minded advocacy for the poor, but …

Saintly Deacons by Owen F. Cummings Focusing on the stories of eight different people, this book demonstrates the contribution of deacons throughout the two millennia of Christianity.  In the years since the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) reestablished deacons as a permanent order of the clergy, the diaconate has evolved into one of the most visible and fastest growing areas of ordained …

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 …

An amazing true life story about... Word War II, Love, Prayer, Faith, Sacrifice, and how nothing is impossible for God. Here is the astonishing true story of the harrowing experiences of a young German seminarian drafted into Hitler's dreaded SS at the onset of World War II. Without betraying his Christian ideals, against all odds, and in the face of Evil, Gereon Goldmann was able to complete …

    "To this day, having known a few such great people, I still think that Father Solanus was the saintliest person I ever knew." -- From the Foreword by Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, C.F.R. Father Solanus Casey, a gentle, compassionate Capuchin priest from Wisconsin, was the son of Irish immigrants. Although he worked most of his life as a monastery doorkeeper, he was often …

In the Spring of 1864, a series of articles signed with the illustrious but almost forgotten name of John Henry Newman appeared in the London Press and a masterpiece of religious autobiography -- the Apologia Pro Vita Sua -- was born. Anglicans and Catholics alike suddenly realized that they had interred too quickly this genius and Oxford convert to Catholicism. Newman, the author of the …

Herbert Thurston "Remarkable collection of studies of eccentric sanctity ... of extreme interest." Times Literary Supplement The renowned Jesuit author Herbert Thurston's final book about one of his favorite topics- mystics and their extraordinary experiences- fascinated both Catholic and non-Catholic alike, and was celebrated as... "A study of persons who come under the …

"Solanus Casey would never have considered himself a mystic but, paradoxically, his very insights about atheism point to his being so.  Furthermore, he was not only a mystic, but a mystic in action: one who combined in himself the contemplative and active dimensions of the God-experience in such a way that he became a Christ-figure for many people." - From Chapter Nine Appointed …

Adalbert Albert Vogl Therese Neumann was perhaps the most visited stigmatist in the history of the Church.  Over the years millions of people saw her briefly in her home or witnessed the passion ecstasies in which she underwent the sufferings of Christ on Fridays, bleeding from the wounds in her hands, feet, head, side and back.  The author, Adalbert Albert Vogl, a German-born friend …

      The Mystery of the Sacred Stigmata A look at the lives and faith of 25 stigmatists, as well as Church teaching on this amazing phenomenon.    

Winner of the 1996 Catholic Press Association Book Award and Book of the Month Selection of the Catholic Digest Book Club They Called Her the Baroness tells the story of a truly remarkable woman. She was born at the turn of the century into the wealth and luxury of Russian nobility, condemned to death during the Bolshevik Revolution, an immigrant to North America, friend of the rich and famous …

Venerable Francisco Marto of Fatima . Excerpted from "Fatima in Lucia's Own Words" where Sister Lucia describes the life and character of her cousin, showing the effect of the Apparition on him to have been a desire "to console" Our Lord. Undoubtedly a Saint.

The Way of Divine Love - By Sr. Josefa Menendez. Twentieth century revelations of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to a young Spanish nun. Inspiring revelations about Our Lord's overwhelming love for souls. He said, "My heart is not only an abyss of love, it is also an abyss of mercy." Imprimatur.

Edited by Rev. Werenfried van Straaten A beautiful little pocket-book size volume with original color illustrations on the fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary. The purpose of this little gem is to invite both Orthodox and Catholics to pray the Rosary together for the conversion of the materialist West, for the triumph of Christ in Russia and for reconciliation between the Orthodox and Catholic …

The life of Blessed Anna Maria Taigi, a Roman housewife and mother of 7, who saw in a globe of light the past, present and future, also the fate of the dead.  Visited by Cardinals and Popes for advice, her body remains incorrupt!

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 …

Giuliana Pelucchi An attractive woman. Physician. Mother of four. Enthusiastic downhill skier. Experienced mountain climber. Opera aficionada. Passionate for her husband. Single-minded toward her children. Uncompromising for her patients. In 1962, she made a quiet, heroic choice. In 1994, the Church proclaimed her "blessed." This is her story.