Johnnette S. Benkovic God has entrusted every woman - single or married, with or without chilren - with an important task: to bring spiritual life to the world around her, following the example of the Blessed Mother. In Full of Grace , you will discover five essential elements that will help you to deepen your relationship with God. By cultivating this essential relationship, you will be …

Being Catholic Today:  Your Personal Guide by Bert Ghezzi Many books are available that tell what Catholics believe, but few explain what Catholics do. This book is only a first word - and by no means the last - on putting the Catholic faith into practice. It is like your first arithmetic book, which did not pretend to cover every mathematical fact. In the same way, this book will start …

A workbook to help you find, follow and fulfill your purpose in life. This companion to the LifeWork life purpose library is designed to help you clearly see the wonderful plan God has specifically designed for you! In Part One of the workbook, you'll see that God wants you to experience the joy of discovering your vocation (what He wants you to be) and your mission or purpose in life (what He …

What place does Christ have in our modern society? Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, the preacher to the papal household, posed that question in a series of Advent and Lent  meditations presented to Pope Benedict XVI. In Remember Jesus Christ , which is based on these meditations, he explains that in order to bring people to Christ today, the Church needs to proclaim, as simply and succintly as …

"Peace is not a utopia, nor an inaccessible ideal, nor an unrealizable dream. War is not an inevitable calamity. Peace is possible. And because it is possible, peace is our duty: our grave duty, our supreme responsibility."  John Paul II John Paul II is the most recognized and beloved spiritual leader of our time. In this definitive collection, he shares his most personal and …

7 Steps to Becoming Financially Free: A Catholic Guide to Managing Your Money, Workbook Discover True Financial Freedom Authored by popular Catholic speaker and financial planner Phil Lenahan, this easy-to-follow book and workbook provide the direction, strategies, and practice to help every Catholic manage their God-given resources with the help of their faith. Learn to: Develop a closer …

Monseigneur Landriot Archbishop of Rheims Long out of print, this rare jewel is destined to become the favored spiritual guide for Catholic wives and mothers. Msgr. Landriot gave these conferences over 100 years ago, but they are as relevant to us today as the Gospels. This book is a guide for women who want to achieve sanctity in the home. Reading this book is the best thing you could do for …

The first comprehensive history of the century that produced the greatest number of Catholic martyrs ever: it is estimated that more than one million people died for their faith in "the century of progress." From Edith Stein to Oscar Romero, from the Calvary of Romania to the Chinese carnage-the stories told in this book (organized by geographic area) paint a challenging picture of what it …

This Leader's Guide shares the same structure as the LifeWork Workbook, covering all 13 chapters plus the LifeWork Discovery Process. Each chapter is designed to be covered in a single group session, creating a 13 part series and a followup session that helps your students find their God-given purpose, follow God's will for them, and fulfill the unique mission God has planned for them. A simple …

Relating to Others as Jesus Would 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 …

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 …

Mother Mary Francis, P.C.C. In these gentle, simple, yet profound conferences, Mother Mary Francis, P.C.C., explores both the necessity and the difficulty of Christian friendship. Friendship is the basis of all fruitfull love, she wrote.  Whether we are single or married, priest or religious, the Lord himself called us his friends and commanded us to be the friends of one another. Mother …

A Vision For Ministry Seeing more clearly the potential and process of forming Catholic disciples. "An excellent first step in helping leaders, whether they are laity or clergy; to reassess the potential and process for forming Catholic disciples who can make a difference in their world." about the author: Rich has been involved in evangelization for the past thirty-three years and is …

Hilary Brand What are you doing for Lent?  How about watching a movie.  Once again, best-selling author Hiliary Brand offers a unique twist to living the season of Lent.  This lively five-week course explores the amazing power of the small choices we make every day, challenging us to broaden our spiritual horizons in ways that will make a difference.  Two movies, The …

Many people live as if life were just a series of disconnected events, containing no real meaning and offering no real fulfillment. But you can find satisfaction in life — if you’re willing to change your perspective and take action. That’s what this book is designed to help you do! In these pages, you’ll learn to live a deeper, richer, more rewarding life. Not a life …

Fr. Thomas Dubay To the modern mind, the concept of poverty is often confused with destitution. But destitution emphatically is not the Gospel ideal. A love-filled sharing frugality is the message, and Happy Are You Poor explains the meaning of this beatitude lived and taught by Jesus himself. But isn't simplicity in lifestyle meant only for nuns and priests? Are not all of us to enjoy the …

James Nolan Doing the right thing at work isn't always easy, but James Nolan helps the Catholic layperson succeed in doing so every day.  His five-point program identifies and helps us better understand what drives people in the work-place and what motivates a person to do the right thing.  Nolan calls on readers to examine their own level of self-awareness, to expand their horizons, …

In this outstanding exploration of the Beatitudes, Father Gerald Vann offers a moving and poetic description of our Lord's Sermon on the Mount. He shows that, far from being considered some kind of escape from the real world, the Beatitudes guide our worldly action toward serving God through the service of the souls around us. As the author briefly summarizes in his introduction, "The …

This re-release of a Bishop Sheen classic is one of a long list of inspiring titles from the pen of this gifted writer and well-known TV personality. Love, anxiety, beauty, honesty, freedom, compulsion, self-pity, success, failure, health, joy, marriage, sex, faith, adventure — are just a few of the aspects of the human condition that the late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen treats as he …