By Luigi Accattoli Translated by Jordan Aumann, O.P. Pope John Paul II is a spiritual leader of unparalleled significance for our century. He is the longest reigning pontiff of the modern age, and easily the most traveled pope of all time. His influence has extended far beyond the 1 billion Catholics who make up his worldwide flock. This extraordinary biography chronicles his life from its …

By Br. Leo Wollenweber, O.F.M., Cap. By merely human standards, the life of Solanus Casey was no great success story. A mediocre student who couldn't keep up in diocesan seminary, he barely made it through the seminary of the Capuchin friars. When he was finally ordained, they made him a "simplex priest"-one who is not allowed to hear confessions or preach doctrinal sermons. So Casey …

Legacy:  The 10 Greatest Achievements of Pope John Paul II (DVD) Experience the Profound Impact this Pope had on our Church, our Lives, our World. No previous pope has affected humanity like John Paul II, and no other commentator has as complete a grasp of this great pope’s achievements as renowned Catholic scholar and author George Weigel. In this remarkable talk given in …

This is the paperback release of the best-selling hardcover biography of Mother Angelica by Raymond Arroyo. Available May 15, 2007  

In this second volume of New Saints and Blesseds of the Catholic Church are depicted the lives and deaths, the struggles and battles of those women and men who were raised to the honors of the altar by Pope John Paul II during the fours years from 1984 through 1987, in forty-nine beatification ceremonies and in seven canonization liturgies. Among them are Blesseds and Saints from a wide …

G.K. Chesterton Here is a special two-in-one book that is both by G.K. Chesterton and about Chesterton. This volume offers an irresistible opportunity to see who this remarkable man really was. Chesterton was one of the most stimulating and well-loved writers of the 20th century. His 100 books, and hundreds of essays and columns on a great variety of themes have made G.K. Chesterton the most …

This is a Pre-Order item and will be available Spring 2006. Janel Rodriguez Bishop Sheen was a "loyal son of the church," John Paul II told him, and his story is especially relevant in this time of renewed evangelization. Fulton Sheen was a not-to-be-misssed radio and television evangelist during the mid-twentieth century, but his broadcasting career got off to arocky start.  "I don't …

Caroline Hemesath Fr. Augustine Tolton (1854-1897) was the first black priest in the United States. Born into a black Catholic slave family, Father Tolton conquered almost insurmountable odds to become a Catholic priest, and at his early death at 43, this pioneer black American priest left behind a shining legacy of holy service to God, the Church and his people. With the thorough scholarly …

After the impact of the car shattered his body on the evening of January 11, 2004... Now Fr. Groeschel reflects on the good that has come - and continues to come - from that horrific accident. And, responding to questions posed by noted British journalist John Bishop in an interview before the accident, he reflects on: Founding the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal Spending time in jail for …

Michael Collopy More than four years in the making and published with the permission and cooperation of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, this large format 224 page book offers the most comprehensive photographic documentation of the apostolic work and prayer life of the Missionaries of Charity yet published. Destined to serve as an important historical record, this "illustrated prayer book" vividly …

A Story of Beethoven By Brother Ernest, C.S.C. (Imprimatur 1960) Fully illustrated. Children love stories about music and musicians, and this is one of the most interesting. Ludwig van Beethoven began to learn, play and write music as soon as he could hold a violin. He grew into one the greatest composers the world has ever known and wrote some of the greatest and most popular symphonies ever …

Anne Ball When youthful enthusiasm combines with pure unbridled love, it's not magic. It's young holiness. Introduce your children and grandchildren to these funny, playful, athletic, loving, courageous youths. Share with your students the lives - and photos - of youngsters their own age. Or, in some cases, even younger! These are the Church's young holy ones. Its saints and its blesseds and …

St. Dominic's Family - Over 300 Famous Dominicans Sr Mary Jean Dorcy, O.P. A monumental work. Some 335 biographies of the most famous people of the Dominican Order - priests, nuns and Third Order members - from St. Dominic himself to Gerald Vann (1906-1963), arranged century by century. Great stories of heroes and heroines of Christ - miracles, visions, martyrdoms. Belongs in every Catholic …

Presenting the great people of the Bible, illustrated in full color. This beautiful volume offers a two-page treatment of each of more than seventy important biblical personages: one page is a full-color portrait and the other provides a succinct, insightful, and informative summary of the individual’s influence.

A pope for 33 days. A priest for 43 years. A teacher even today. For a little more than a month in the late summer of 1978, Pope John Paul I captured the world's attention. For more than four decades, Father - and eventually Cardinal - Albino Luciani inspired those who knew him well and loved him dearly. From his birth in northern Italy in 1912 to the Vatican's acceptance of his cause for …

Dale Ahlquist The English author G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was one of the most well-known and beloved writers of his time. Yet he has been strangely neglected today and is all but unknown by today's readers. Dale Ahlquist's television series, The Apostle of Common Sense , introduced Chesterton to a new generation, and re-introduced him to a generation that had forgotten him. This new book …

Gerard O'Connell Francis Cardinal Arinze This book, based on a series of interviews with His Eminence Francis Cardinal Arinze, offers the reflections and insights of the only African cardinal currently heading a Vatican department. Without pretending to be a biography, it nevertheless tells much of the story of the cardinal's life in his own words. Speaking freely to Gerard O'Connell, a Rome …

Pope Pius VII Robin Anderson A fascinating historical biography of a pope who was never supposed to have been elected. Covers Napoleon, the restoration of the Jesuits, Catholic emancipation of England, Jansenism, Gallicanism, Josephism and Regalism - all various forms of Liberalism which infects the Church yet today! Elected in 1800, he outlived most of the Church's enemies. Imprimatur.

Edited by James T. Como In this intimate, candid, and sometimes surprising community biography of the celebrated author and Christian apologist, twenty-four men and women who knew C.S. Lewis—as teacher, colleague, friend—offer their reminiscences and impressions of the complex man behind the critical and academic acclaim. Through their recollections, we see “Jack” Lewis dazzling Oxford as he …