This new edition presents more material from more of the Fathers.  Also new with this edition is a section on selected Mothers of the Church, holy women from Christian antiquity.

Pope John Paul II And The Luminous Mysteries Of The Rosary Jerome M. Vereb, C.P. In one volume, this insightful work offers the historical context within which to understand the Rosary as well as provides the scriptural and spiritual meaning of the Luminous Mysteries, or Mysteries of Light, added to the Rosary by Pope John Paul II at the beginning of the twenty-fifth year of his pontificate. …

The Little Book of the Holy Spirit by Fr. Bede Jarrett, O.P. CHRIST SAID THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT DWELLS WITHIN EACH OF US - loving us, sanctifying us, protecting us from sin, and leading us in the ways of virtue and prayer. In these pages, Fr. Bede Jarrett helps you penetrate this great mystery of God's presence in our hearts. He explains the ineffable dignity that this presence gives you, no …

Considered by many to be Chesterton's greatest masterpiece of all his writings, this is his whole view of world history as informed by the Incarnation. Beginning with the origin of man and the various religious attitudes throughout history, Chesterton shows how the fulfillment of all of man's desires takes place in the person of Christ and in Christ's Church. Chesterton propounds the thesis …

Fr. John H. Hampsch, CMF Widespread ignorance about the Triune God can be described as nothing short of "abysmal."  This is especially true of knowledge about the least understood Person of the Holy Trinity, the Holy Spirit. In a Barna survey in 1997, a disappointing 61% of US residents surveyed agreed with the statement that "the Holy Spirit is a symbol of God's presence or power, but is …

St. Gregory of Nyssa This great spiritual master of the fourth century was born as the general persecution of Christians was ending. One of the Greek Cappadocian Fathers (the other two were Gregory's brother, St. Basil the Great, and their mutual friend, St. Gregory Nazianzen), Gregory has come to be regarded increasingly as the most brilliant and subtle thinker and most profound mystical …

Translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province One of the world's most renowned masterpieces, the Summa Theologica , as the title indicates, is a summing up of all that can be known about God and humanity's relations with God. It is divided into three parts dealing with God, man, and the God-man respectively. It consists of 38 tracts, 631 questions, about 3000 articles, 10,000 …

Josef Pieper This is a work of rare prophetic brilliance by Josef Pieper, one of this century's most profound and lucid expositors of the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. This book was written to throw light on an ancient question that has vexed and tormented many. What is the nature of "The End" toward which, even now, the world and men are moving? No writer of our time is better equipped to …

Hans Urs von Balthasar In this final volume, Balthasar reflects on the New Testament vision of God's revelation of his glory in Christ. In Christ's incarnation and resurrection the Christian vision is truly expressed and the joining of God and the world in the new and eternal covenant is realized.

St. Bonaventure - The Soul's Journey into God, The Tree of Life, The Life of St. Francis Translation and introduction by Ewert Cousins, preface by Ignatius Brady, O.F.M. "But if you wish to know how these things come about ask grace not instruction, desire not understanding, the groaning of prayer not diligent reading, the Spouse not the teacher, God not man, darkness not clarity, not light …

The Privilege of Being a Woman Alice von Hildebrand Women historically have been denigrated as lower than men or viewed as privileged. Dr. Alice von Hildebrand characterizes the difference between such views as based on whether man's vision is secularistic or steeped in the supernatural. She shows that feminism's attempts to gain equality with men by imitation of men is unnatural, foolish, …

Introduction to Christianity by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger In this remarkable elucidation of the Apostles' Creed, Cardinal Ratzinger, a highly regarded theologian, gives an excellent, modern interpretation of the foundations of Christianity. This profound treatment of Christianity's basic truths combines a spiritual outlook with a deep knowledge of Scripture and the history of theology. A solid …

Rev. Edward J. Hayes, Rev. Msgr. Paul J. Hayes, James J. Drummey A great number of people today have put moral and ethical principles aside, and some have even removed religion entirely from their lives.  This radical rejection of God and morality, Pope John Paul has said, "represents one of the most acute pastoral concerns of the Church amid today's growing secularism, wherein many, …

Contains writings by two 13-century Dominicans, both Doctors of the Church, St. Albert the Great (1200-1280), patron saint of natural scientists, and the 'common doctor,' St. Thomas Aquinas (1226-1274), both famous for their contributions to philosophy and theology.

  Rev. Edward J. Hayes, Rev. Msgr. Paul J. Hayes, Dorothy Ellen Kelly, R.N., James J. Drummey Is it morally permissible to do everything that is scientifically possible? This is one of the most important questions of the day as advances in medical science and technology have made a reality of things that were only in the realm of science fiction a short time ago. Catholicism and Ethics …

Adrienne von Speyr The mystic Adrienne von Speyr, drawing on her very special God-given charism of being able to experience the interior states of persons, shares her profound insights on the suffering, loneliness and loss Christ endured for love of us during His Passion. These unique experiences and insights of von Speyr on Christ's redemptive sufferings, and the people and events surrounding …

New and valuable book that is equal to a short summa about the Blessed Virgin Mary.  Written by foremost Marian scholars, it sets forth in quick dictionary for the most important Catholic teachings about Mary. It defines Mary's place in the Church and in the life of Christians, her titles, her authenticated appearances, her shrines, her relationship to her Son Jesus as well as to the …

A superb sourcebook about Mary. Invaluable book that is equal to a short summa about the Blessed Virgin. Written by foremost scholars, it sets forth in quick dictionary form the most important Catholic teachings about Mary—her place in the Church and in the life of Christians, her titles, her authenticated appearances, her shrines as well as her relationship to her Son Jesus and to the …

A source-book of theological and historical passages from the Christian writings of the Pre-Nicene and Nicene eras selected and translated by William A. Jurgens, H.E.D.       Volume 1: the Pre-Nicene and Nicene eras;        Volume 2: the Post-Nicene era through St. Jerome;       Volume 3: St. Augustine to the end …