Saints are those who distinguish themselves by heroic virtue during life and whom the Church honors as saints either by her ordinary universal teaching authority or by a solemn definition called canonization. The Saints books category features books on the lives of the saints, both collections and individual biographies, and writings of the saints themselves.

With only a large sheet of paper (or a dry - erase board, chalkboard, or overhead projector), a marker, and Draw and Tell Saints, you can easily share with your students - or your children or grandchildren - the fascinating and inspiring stories of the Church’s holy ones. Youngsters respond best - and remember more - when you capture their attention ... and keep it. Now, as …

Penny Hickey Carmelite history and prayer begin with Elijah on Mount Carmel. From Elijah has descended a long line of saints who have heard the voice of the Lord calling them to leave everything and come "drink from the stream". This book is an invitation for you to come and pray with the holy men and women of the Carmelite order. The prayers and meditations in this book will help the reader …

By Athanasius, Jerome, Sulpicius Severus, and Gregory the Great These pioneering Lives are central sources for the major Christian monastic figures from St Antony, who died in 356, to St Benedict (c. 480-547). They also shed light on the beliefs and values of their celebrated authors. Athanasius' Life of Antony reveals the man who many believe was the first to set out into the Egyptian desert …

"With God’s help, I, Bede … have assembled these facts about the history of the Church in Britain … from the traditions of our forebears, and from my own personal knowledge’ Written in AD 731, Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People is the first account of Anglo-Saxon England ever written, and remains our single most valuable source for this …

Waltraud Herbstrith A powerful and moving story of the remarkable Jewish woman who converted to Catholicism, became a nun, achieved remarkable success in the male-dominated world of German philosophy, and was sent to a Nazi death camp when she refused to deny her Jewish heritage. Edmund Husserl, the founder of phenomenology, declared Edith Stein the best doctoral student he ever had (even …

María Ruiz Scaperlanda Teresa Benedicta of the Cross was a brilliant professor, an intellectual, a philosopher, a feminist, and a Jew. She was also a convert, a contemplative nun, a martyr of the Holocaust. Now she is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. Better known as Edith Stein, she is perhaps the most controversial saint in recent history. Award-winning journalist María Ruiz Scaperlanda …

A young adult biography of St. Edith Stein from the Encounter the Saints Series Experience the adventures and challenges, heroism and holiness of some of the greatest friends of God! Offers intermediate readers a down-to-earth portrayal of the saints. Each distinct story vividly recreates for the intermediate reader the saint's place of origin, family life, and corresponding historical events. …

Dianne Marie Traflet, J.D., S.T.D. This is no ordinary saint biography! Pulling from Edith Stein’s own writings, Traflet infuses this biography with Stein’s spirituality: carrying light into the world and understanding human suffering. The result is a deeply moving and readable book that is sure to inspire those familiar with Edith Stein’s life and work and new readers alike. …

By Teresia Renata Posselt, O.C.D. Edited by Susanne M. Batzdorff, Josephine Koeppel and John Sullivan Teresa Renata Posselt, O.C.D. was the Novice Director, then Mother Prioress of the Cologne Carmel when Edith Stein lived there. This is Posselt’s tribute to Saint Edith Stein, a wreath of recollections, lovingly woven together. It is also the first-ever biography published about that “Great …

Edmund Campion - A Life by Evelyn Waugh Evelyn Waugh presented his biography of St. Edmund Campion, the Elizabethan poet, scholar and gentleman who became the haunted, trapped and murdered priest as “a simple, perfectly true story of heroism and holiness.” But it is written with a novelist's eye for the telling incident and with all the elegance and feeling of a master of English prose. …

Jeanne Marie Grunwell Encounter the Saints Series Experience the adventures and challenges, heroism and holiness of some of the greatest friends of God! Offers intermediate readers a down-to-earth portrayal of the saints. Each distinct story vividly recreates for the intermediate reader the saint's place of origin, family life, and corresponding historical events. Every volume also features a …

Julie Walters Elizabeth Bayley Seton, or Mother Seton as she is often called, was a member of New York's high society . . . wife, mother, then widow . . . famous convert . . . founder of the American Sisters of Charity . . . and finally canonized saint.  This dramatized account of her life includes all these well-known highlights, as well as the lesser-known suffering she endured along …

Rev. Lawrence G. Lovasik, S. V. D. This full-color illustrated children's book from the collection of St. Joseph Picture Books tells the story of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, from her birth through her death and resulting sainthood.

In this volume is a translation of a collection of hymns of Christ, composed by Ephrem the Syrian (c. 306-373), the most famous and prolific of the Fathers of the Syriac-speaking Church. 

A valuable treasury of the most important Catholic teachings about the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Essential Mary handbook is an all-in-one resource for those who want a renewed appreciation of Mary's fundamental role and significance in the Church today. This book defines Mary's role in relationship to her son Jesus, as well as to God the Father and the Holy Spirit, and collects in one place …

The eleven volumes of Augustine’s Sermons to the People, translated by Fr. Edmund Hill (1990-1997) in clear contemporary English, showcase Augustine the brilliant speaker and engaging preacher of the Word. They have proven an indispensable resource for contemporary scholars, who laud Hill’s expert translation and extensive notes. But professors have clamored for an affordable …

This is the story of 36 major Eucharistic Miracles from Lanciano, Italy in 800 to Stich, Bavaria in 1970. Details the official investigations. Tells where some are still venerated today. Covers Hosts that have bled, turned to flesh, levitated, etc.; plus, of the lives of Saints who have lived on the Eucharist alone. Reinforces the Church's doctrine of the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the …

Everything Is Grace The Life and Way of Therese of Lisieux Joseph F. Schmidt, FSC Therese of Lisieux has been called the greatest saint of modern times, but seom view her spirituality as sentimental and syrupy.  Joseph F. Schmidt, FSC, dispels that notion by contending that Therese's "little way" is really the gospel message message - a message that can best be understood in the context …

Experiencing Jesus with Mother Teresa Jean Maalouf The story of Blessed Mother Teresa--who has been called the most revered and the most powerful woman of the past century--is simply an extraordinary love story. Jesus Christ was her beloved and the center of her entire life. Each of the seventeen meditations in this book is meant to encourage readers to experience Jesus by learning how Mother …