Continuously popular since it first appeared in 1977, The Incorruptibles remains the acknowledged classic on the bodies of Saints that did not undergo decomposition after death, many remaining fresh and flexible for years, or even centuries. After explaining both natural and artificial mummification, the author shows that the incorruption of the Saints' bodies fits into neither category but …

This book by Albert J. Nevins, M.M. has been revised and updated.  Choosing a name for your child?  Choosing a confirmation name?  This two books explain the meaning of each name, then tell the story of a saint who bore that name.  Useful references, but also instructive and entertaining reading.

Father Butler's famous LIVES OF THE SAINTS ranks only after the Bible, the Missal and The Imitation of Christ as the all-time most popular and authoritative Catholic book. The material in this handy one-volume edition is taken from the tomes of the highly revered Father Alban Butler (1710-1763), an English Catholic priest and scholar who devoted almost 30 years of meticulous research to the …

by Albert J. Nevins, M.M.; revised by Ann Ball What's in a name? Plenty, especially if it's a saint's name. Having the same name as a holy hero (or heroine) can exert a positive influence on your career, self-image, ideals, and aspirations...indeed, your entire life. That's why Christians from the first centuries on have taken a saint name at Confirmation as well as placing their children …

Saints Of North America Vincent J. O'Malley, C.M. Meet more than a hundred saints, blesseds, and official candidates for sainthood who lived and worked in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and the Caibbean. Learn more about these "local" men and women - and children! - whose examples of holiness prove that personal sanctity is possible right here, right now. The …

The first edition of Butler's Lives of the Saints was written by Alban Butler, an English priest and scholar, and appeared between 1756 and 1759. Father Herbert Thurston, SJ., produced the Revised Edition of Butler's Lives which appeared in 12 volumes between 1926 and 1938, This edition was a major rewrite of the original Butler's, This was necessitated, be wrote, because Butler's style, it …

The idea for this book was conceived because of the reactions of a group of my [fifth-grade] students to a photograph of St. Therese the Little Flower. After making many references throughout the year to her and to her 'Little Way,' I brought to class a photo of St. Therese in her wheelchair. Comments ranged from 'Where are the roses?' to 'You mean she was real?'.. . Immediately I began to …

Ferdinand Holböck, S.T.D. Countless saints have been priests or religious, living out lives of penance and sacrifice for the good of the Church. But many Catholics don't realize that married couples are called to holiness as well. Fr. Holböck's tells the inspiring stories of over 200 married saints and blesseds from the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph to Margaret of Scotland, King Louis of France, …

Ronda De Sola Chervin Meet Saints Who Were Prophets, Mothers, and Interior Women of the Spirit You will be fascinated and inspired by these stories of over two-hundred women saints. From mothers like Elizabeth of Hungary and prophetic saints like Hildegarde of Bingen to mystics like Julian of Norwich, this treasury chronicles Catholicism's most beloved women saints from the early church to …

Marian Keaney In celebration of the golden age of monasticism, this unique book explores the lives of various Celtic saints from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany and Gaul. The mysticism, art and learning associated with this period and these saints are superbly recalled here. Keaney gives a brief account of the lives of various Celtic saints including: St. Patrick, St. Brendan, St. Kilian, …

Michael Genin Would you be willing to let your children starve before denouncing your Catholic Faith? Do you have the courage to take the place of a galley slave so that he could return to his family, knowing that you will most surely die at sea? Could you hide a priest in your home even though the penalty for such a crime is to be "hanged, drawn, and quartered"? From the green hills of …

Este libro tiene las vidas de mas que 100 santos con ilustraciones coloreadas.  Es un buen regalo para primera comunion o confirmacion. 

Review: “It is remarkable how the most significant facts are recorded here, even those of a legendary character. This makes the volume ideal for ready reference.”— National Catholic Register

The Saints and Our Children gives not only a fresh account of some of our most familiar and beloved Saints, but it also draws out the lessons to be learned from their lives. It is therefore not just a book for parents, but is actually excellent reading for all Catholics-and may well be the most interesting Saints' Lives the reader will ever encounter. Mary Reed Newland was a mother of 7 who …

This Book of Saints has a saint for every day of the liturgical calender, many illustrated in beautiful pencil drawings.  Along with a short biography of each saint is an appropriate prayer.

Rev. D. I. Lanslots, O.S.B. How did the Catholic Church get started? Here is recorded the exciting history of the Catholic Church, beginning with the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles on Pentecost Sunday and continuing through the death of St. John the Evan-gelist at the end of the first century. The author relates all the principal events in the dramatic founding of the Catholic …

St. Benedict and St. Therese stand as two of the monumental figures in the history of the Western Church.  Their impact on Christian thought cannot be underestimated, yet never before have they been viewed as spiritual father and daughter.  From his "little rule" to her "little way," these two great saints teach us to find ourselves in the ordinary.

Herbert Thurston "Remarkable collection of studies of eccentric sanctity ... of extreme interest." Times Literary Supplement The renowned Jesuit author Herbert Thurston's final book about one of his favorite topics- mystics and their extraordinary experiences- fascinated both Catholic and non-Catholic alike, and was celebrated as... "A study of persons who come under the …

Ernst Schuegraf Ernst Schuegraf combines his unusual combination of skills in cooking, photography, fine arts and knowledge of saints' lives to present this unique cookbook that captures a wonderful variety of recipes and inspiring biographies of each saint. This richly illustrated treasure of ancient and modern recipes from 21 countries celebrates the Catholic tradition of honoring saints …

Millions of Catholics populate the Philippines and India while Asian and Pacific Island Catholics in the USA represent ever-increasing proportions -- and the worldwide Church is reaping the benefits. The stories of numerous Asian saints, many of them martyrs, are recounted in Saints of Asia: 1500 to the Present . Among the heroic stories of the holy men and women in Asia are Saint Andrew Dung …

Fr. Bonaventure Hammer, O.F.M. In centuries past it was a common Catholic custom to invoke the spiritual assistance of 14 ancient Catholic Saints--mostly martyrs--for help in a host of personal problems:  Throat ailments, headaches, stomach and intestinal disorders, epilepsy, storms, traveling, diabolical possession, fire, madness, backache, family troubles, death agony, bites from …

Saints Who Saw Mary Raphael Brown Numerous beautiful, true stories about canonized Saints who saw and spoke with the Blessed Mother, e.g., St. Gertrude the Great, St. Francis, St. Bridget, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, etc. - 17 in all. Though many of these stories are famous in Catholic literature, most are unknown by Catholics today. Imparts a profound …

  SECULAR SAINTS is a book unique in Catholic literature, for among these saints there are no priests, no nuns, no monks-just "secular saints"- men, women and children who achieved great sanctity while living in the world-men, women and children who often had to overcome incredible difficulties to achieve holiness, who were placed in the most unlikely circumstances, who …

John Paul II was known as the "saint-making Pope", and he reinvigorated the world's devotion to saints. John Paul II, himself now a candidate for sainthood, left a treasury of ideals and hope for the future in these "examples of courage and coherence." He offered us these real lives lived in extraordinary ways as ones to identify with, aspire to, and ask for …

How do you respond to the universal call to holiness required by the Church? How do you overcome human weakness in the face of trials and tribulations? What do you do to resist the temptation to desperation or resentment over personal failure, ineffectualness and other hard things in the spiritual life? The Struggle For Sanctity Digitally recorded and available now on five CDs or cassettes, …

Compiled by Judy Bauer Celebrate the writings of this nineteenth-century Carmelite nun who is remembered most for her letters, her poetry, and her "simple way" to holiness as described in her autobiography. The profound impact Thérèse had upon spirituality in the twentieth century was recognized by her swift canonization only 28 years after her death and again in 1997 by Pope John Paul II, who …

Butler's Lives of the Saints New Concise Edition Paul Burns This new concise Butler's provides an essay on one saint for each day of the month, using the twelve-volume full edition of Butler’s Lives of the Saints as a source. Selections are made from both categories of "Saint" and “Blessed”—canonized and beatified, allowing for the increasing proportion of women and of new- and third-world …

Sunday Sermons of the Great Fathers: A Manual of Preaching, Spiritual Reading, and Meditation This beautifully bound 4-volume, hard-cover set is a superb series for preaching, spiritual reading and meditation. It contains the Gospel reading for each Sunday and Feast Day, and parallel Gospel texts, along with several sermons for each Gospel from both early Eastern and Western Fathers of the …

Spanish edition of the best-selling LIVES OF THE SAINTS for each day of the year. La edicion en Español de la vida de los Santos más conocidos para cada día del año.

By Alice Curtayne Saints have over the years inspired many tales that go beyond what we know about them. These pious fictions are delightful and can even be instructive. For the lovely legends of the saints that have come down to us reflect not only the holiness but also the gaiety of the saints. These Irish legends are in that tradition. Patrick, Brigid, Columcille — “the three brightest …

Ronald Knox The well-known Catholic convert and apologist Ronald Knox was highly esteemed for both his gift for writing and preaching. This volume combines both skills as it is a collection of his homilies on his favorite saints, men and women of history who were “inflamed with the love of Christ.” In his always descriptive, profound and witty style, Knox shows how these heroes of history …

Fr. Charles P Connor Defenders of the faith have been raised up in every era of the Church to proclaim fidelity to the truth by their words and deeds. Some have fought heresy and overcome confusion like Athanasius against the Arians and Ignatius Loyola in response to the Protestant reformers. Others have shed their blood for the faith, like the early Christian martyrs of Rome, or Thomas More, …

Here are 33 chapters about some of the greatest minds and greatest Saints the Catholic Church has ever produced. Written in a down-to-earth style, The 33 Doctors of the Church is a book that will be loved and appreciated by everyone. This monumental study could easily become 33 small books. But here it is in one compelling volume! This book was undertaken by the author, a Capuchin Franciscan …

Dominican Saints Published  in 1921 on the 700th anniversary of the death of St. Dominic. The lives and heroic deeds of St. Dominic himself, St. Peter Martyr, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Vincent Ferrer, St. Pius V, St. Catherine of Ricci, St. Rose of Lima, etc. Any one is worth the price of the book. These saints belong to the entire Church. Their lives helped shape …

MYSTERIES, MARVELS, MIRACLES is one of the most amazing Catholic books of the century, for here in one volume are hundreds of true stories of miraculous phenomena in the lives of the Saints. Although easy to read, the book is refer-enced and indexed, making it a real treasury of miracles.   Mrs. Cruz-a now-famous writer-scoured through libraries and wrote to shrines all over the world for …

Very few Catholic writers indeed can touch the minds and hearts of all Catholics-whatever their background-and Fr. Paul O'Sullivan, O.P. happens to be one of these rare few. In How to be Happy-How to be Holy , Fr. O'Sullivan teaches all Christians about prayer: 1) how to pray, 2) how to derive immense benefits from prayer, and 3) how to enjoy the deep consolation of prayer. In the …

They come from every walk of life, every corner of the globe.  They are young, old, scholarly, uneducated, average, charming, solemn, religious, lay, married, single.  They have little in common except for their empowering Faith.  They are the faces of modern holiness. Noted author Ann Ball brings to life more saints and martyrs of the 20th century in her second volume of Faces …

Fr. Marius McAuliffe (Imprimatur 1952) Sketches of saints written especially for the Laity. Like the average man, most saints had to bear the humiliation of not being able to do the many things which they wanted to do for love of God. The Saints in this treasured book include: St. Dominic, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, St. Joan of Arc, St. Ignatius of …

Butler's Lives of the Saints - the Complete Standard Edition - in Four Volumes This monumental work was first compiled in the 18th century by Alban Butler and was later partially revised by Herbert Thurston, S.J., early in the 20th century. When Father Thurston's death interrupted work on the second revision, the massive editorial undertaking was assumed by the noted English scholar and …

Fr. P. Henry Matimore, S.T.D. The purpose of this beautiful book is to acquaint our children with biographies that will have some particular influence on the development of their characters. Each story has been planned as a real character training project, not merely as a reading lesson, to inspire admiration for faith and religious heroism. "To accomplish this purpose, we have endeavored to …

Little Lives Of The Great Saints John O'Kane Murray, M.A., M.D. A great Lives of the Saints containing five to thirty pages on 33 of the most famous Saints of the Church, from the beginnings through the 18th century including the Blessed Mother, St. Joseph, St. John the Baptist, St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Christopher, St. Cecilia, St. Agnes, St. Basil the Great, St. Monica, St. Jerome, St. …

A beautifully illustrated prayer-book containing thirty prayerful reflections with the Saints for each day of the month. Every prayer is written out of deep love for and devotion to the Saints who are our guides to and intercessors with Jesus.

La plegaria a los santos es algo poderoso. En Santos para cada ocasión el lector encontrará ayuda para cualesquiera que sean las pruebas por las que tenga que pasar – sean éstas grandes o pequeñas. El autor presenta 101 santos patronos de distintos continentes, culturas y épocas – desde santos que fueron contemporáneos de Cristo, a modernos patronos como padre Pio y santa Faustina Kowalska. …

Compiled and illustrated by Anne Marie Jauss Printed and illustrated in full color, this is a very delightful book for children from ages 7 to 11 and beyond. These four legends, Saint Jerome and the Lion, Saint Roch and the Dog, Saint Francis and the Wolf and Saint Macarius and the Hyena, based on source material, have been retold with dignity and reverence—in a simple easy-to-read text, and …

Ivan Innerst In His saints, God is manifest as goodness, power and truth. The variety of saints reflects the infinite beauty and love of the God whose image they most perfectly reflect. This collection of portraits of the lives of twelve saints, many less well-known, focuses on how each of these particular men and women have a specific message that is significant for those living in our …

Edited by Clare Booth Luce The well-known writer and Catholic convert, Clare Booth Luce, edited this classic on the lives of saints by a group of world-famous authors. She asked twenty writers to contribute a short biography of their favorite saint to this volume. Writers such as Evelyn Waugh, E. I. Watkin, Whittaker Chambers, Thomas Merton, Barbara Ward and Karl Stern wrote stories of saints …

Holy cards offer comfort, consolation, and encouragement to Catholics, who often carry these portable images of their favorite saints with them and use them in daily religious ritual. Given as remembrances at wakes and funerals, communions and confirmations, holy cards are also a widely popular—and highly collectible—form of folk art. This handsome volume, the only book available …

THE MARTYRS OF THE COLISEUM is a history of that famous arena in Rome, where thousands of early Christians met a cruel and bloody end, but much more than that, it is also the story of many well-known saints and heroes of Christ who went willingly to their deaths in testimony of the truth of the Catholic faith. In fact, it reads like a veritable lives of the early saints and martyrs. For here …

This book is a new release and will be available July 2007.

Fr. Stephen Redmond, S.J. To celebrate what John Paul II rightly calls “The Amazing Sacrament”, Fr. Stephen Redmond has compiled a fascinating and accessable volume for anyone keen to learn more about the central Act of Christian Tradition. The volume gives a brief history of the Eucharist followed by first-hand Eucharistic experiences from Saint Paul in the first century through to Edith …

Praying in the Presence of Our Lord with Mother Teresa Susan Conroy Edited by Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, C.F.R. Now you can join Mother Teresa praying before Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. In the summer of 1986, 21-year-old Susan Conroy left her family and friends and headed off to Calcutta to assist the Missionaries of Charity. Now, the author of the best-selling Mother Teresa's Lessons …

Saints Of The Americas Elaine Stone Most Catholics are familiar with saints such as St. Augustine, St. Francis of Assisi, and St. Patrick. They lived and died in the Old World long before Christopher Columbus discovered America. Soon after the Nina, Pinta and the Santa Maria arrived from Spain, many missionaries came from Europe to convert the indigenous peoples. Not as well known to most …

The popular spiritual writer Fr. Rawley Myers presents daily readings on the spiritual life according to the saints. Combining both the thoughts and writings of the saints along with interesting biographical facts and events in the saints' lives, Fr. Myers allows the saints to instruct us on