Marybeth T. Hagan This provocative book tackles the abortion controversy including issues like "parental loss from a mother's perspective." The book incorporates the author's personal experience that brought her to a clear moral awareness and to a desire to share her perspective on the subject. It also responds to many popular pro-abortion arguments in a sensitively honest and compelling …

Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) and Marcello Pera Can a civilization exist without any sense of the sacred? That is the question at the heart of Without Roots, which was born of a dialogue between Joseph Ratzinger—now Pope Benedict XVI—and Marcello Pera, president of the Italian Senate. On May 13, 2004, Cardinal Ratzinger addressed the Italian senate on the state of the West. …

Gene Antonio This important book provides well documented scientific and medical facts about the AIDS epidemic and its means of transmission that is not avialable from the media or medical establishments. It gives us the truth about AIDS and the specter of an accelerating national disaster.

While at first glance this book may seem like it is only geared toward business owners or managers - don't be fooled! Written as a novel (not a manual or dry educational book) this story is one you will not be able to put down. Truly inspiring, you will want to implement the Dream Manager mentality into your own life before you are half-way through the book. It will teach you how to identify …

Fr. Rodger Charles, S.J. This work distills Fr. Rodger Charles' extensive knowledge of the social teaching of the Catholic Church into an introductory outline of its principles. It has been written especially for use as preliminary reading material for those studying the Church's teaching in this area, but will also serve equally well as a general introduction to the ethics of decision making …

Thomas and Donna Finn A young adult's clear and friendly introduction to the Church's teachings on pre-marital sex, cohabitation, and the use of contraceptives. Stresses the dignity of each person. "The last thirty years have witnessed both acceptance and rejection with regard to particular aspects of the Church's teaching on marriage and human sexuality.... This booklet expresses the …

This item will be available in May 2003. Preorder now at our early-bird sale price! Rita Bresnahan In Walking One Another Home, the author traces the spiritual and emotional meaning that emerged in the lives of both herself and her mother during their visits together in a Midwest nursing home. She came to see that both she and her mother were on a pilgrimage. The result was this sensitive, …

This letter contains the following: "Seventy is the sum of our years..." A complex century toward a future of hope The autumn of life The elderly in Sacred Scripture Guardians of shared memory "Honor your father and mother" "You show me the path of life...In your presence there is fullness of life An encouragement to live life to the full

G.K. Chesterton As you may suspect, The Neumann Press considers this a great and grand characteristic book in the true traditional spirit of Chesterton. The stories, chapters and notes of the special book range over all sorts of things from lady barristers to cavemen, and from psychoanalysis to free verse. In the introduction Chesterton says: “The wild theorists of our time talk of making new …

End of Life Issues From the " What The Church Teaches " pamphlet series. The Catholic Church teaches that all life, from conception to natural death, is sacred.  However, modern medical advances have made end of life issues increasingly difficult to sort out.  What is the difference between letting a person die and practicing euthanasia?  Can Catholics have "living wills?"  …

Review of this book, appearing in Lay Witness magazine, March/April 2007 issue: Perpetual Motivation: How to light your fire and keep it burning in your career and in life by Dave Durand reviewed by Luke W. Crawford  "I must admit that I am not a fan of self-help books. In fact, in my negativity toward such material, I would have gone so far as to say that most books concerned with …

The Way Of Love Reflections on Pope Benedict XVI's Encyclical, Deus Caritas In response to Benedict XVI’s first encyclical, the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies and Marriage and Family reflects, together with the Holy Father, on love. From the very beginning, the fundamental work of the Institute has been pursuing a deeper understanding of God’s plan for marriage and family. In …

Raymond Dennehy Dennehy, a professor of Philosophy at the University of San Francisco, has debated proabortionists with great success in the most hostile environments. This is his inspiring personal account of nearly four decades of debating abortion on radio, television, and university campuses. "The most articulate and forceful voice in the United States to explain and critique the abortion …

Is The Fetus Human? Eric Pastuszek Biological, medical, legal, cultural, social and emotional evidence combined in an amazing array of facts to prove the fetus is human, plus many personal testimonies. One of the best pro-life books ever!

The Reform of Renewal Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, C.F.R. This clear and unequivocal call for personal reform as the basis of authentic renewal in society and in the Church is rooted in several sources. The work of an internationally recognized Biblical scholar (Rudolph Schnackenburg) is woven in with the observations of contemporary social critics as well as behavioral scientists. The author …

The movement for same-sex marriage has triggered an unprecedented crisis in the social norms and laws governing marriage. All great civilizations have sought to unite, in the institution of marriage, the goods of sexual intimacy, childbearing and childrearing, and life-long love between adults. But the last five decades have witnessed the erosion of marriage as a public institution in the …

Wesley J. Smith believes that American medicine "is changing from a system based on the sanctity of human life into a starkly utilitarian model in which the medically defenseless are seen as having not just a 'right' but a 'duty' to die." Going behind the current scenes of our health care system, he shows how doctors withdraw desired care based on Futile Care Theory rather than providing it as …

Cardinal Henry Edward Manning Sin and Its Consequences is a probing examination of just what sin is and what are its effects on the soul of man. A series of talks given over 100 years ago, this book remains provocative and challenging reading yet today. "For all have sinned, and do need the glory of God" (Rom. 3:23), as Scripture says. In this book Cardinal Manning shows how sin is a departure …