Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Edited and Compiled by Judy Bauer Advent and Christmas are a time of sharing, a time of storytelling, a time to clear your mind and cleanse your soul through deepened spirituality. The weeks of Advent remind us to set aside some of the hectic business of the holiday season, and to quietly reflect on the promise of the baby born in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago. These …

A Treasure Chest of Traditions For Catholic Families This fantastic and user-friendly resource offers ideas for activities, crafts and recipes to help families celebrate the various Seasons and Feast Days of the Liturgical Calendar.  With fun-filled activities, we can build our own family traditions while passing on the richness of our Catholic Faith. Suggested activities are intended to …

Edward Sri Perhaps the story of Christ's birth has become almost too familiar.  We've heard the story so many times that it fails to shock us: the appearances of the angel, a virgin giving birth, a child placed in a manger, the arrival of shepherds and magi. Today's reader, unfamiliar with the ancient Jewish world, misses the significance of many details in the Gospel accounts of the …

Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar had agreed to wait ten days for Artaban, one of the Persian Magi, to journey from his home in Ecbatana. But they could wait no longer, for they must leave to pay homage to the promised one, the newborn King of Israel, whom the stars had foretold... This timeless classic, translated into numerous languages, has thrilled and deeply moved each generation of readers …

This is an illustrated book full of wonderful activities for children and families to help them better understand and celebrate the Advent, Christmas and Epiphany seasons.  This large size, spiral-bound volume is the perfect book to help families learn together and share the joys of this happy time of the liturgical year. Filled with a variety of family activities, saints' celebrations …

Behold, He Comes: Meditations on the Incarnation Daily Readings from Advent to Epiphany Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R.   The coming of Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh, is the central truth of the Christian faith. Everything in the Christian life depends on it and revolves around it. Against the backdrop of Scripture and the writings of the ancient Fathers of the Church, for each day of the …

Edited and Compiled by Anthony F. Chiffolo The Advent and Christmas season is a time of anticipation and preparation, celebration and joy.  Beginning with the first day of Advent and continuing through the twelve days of Christmas, Advent and Christmas With the Saints guides readers to an experience of closeness with God.  Words of devotion and excitement fill each page, from the …

This children's coloring book tells the story of Advent and how it is observed by Catholics.

Rev. Jude Winkler, OFM Conv. Christmas is one of the greatest Christian feasts. It is also a most happy time. It is the day when we celebrate God's great love for us. We rejoice because God sent His only Son into our world to be born as a baby in Bethlehem. Christmas takes its name from the expression "Christ's Mass." It recalls the Mass that the community offers to celebrate the birth of …

Compiled by Anthony Chiffolo Padre Pio was one of the most beloved and intriguing holy men of the 20th century. In this book his own words lead readers to Christmas with a heightened sense of the sacred. Reflections for each day--from the first Sunday of Advent until the end of the Christmas season--begin with selections from letters and messages of Padre Pio, followed by Scripture, prayer, a …

Father Francis Weiser Christmas—all history revolves around that event which is central in liturgy as it is in life. History was changed forever because one night in a cattle shed, in a small town of a despised area dependent on the Imperial Province of Syria, a young girl gave birth to a boy Child. Christmas is the birthday of an era, the inauguration of a culture, the beginning of a creed, …

John Saward Following up on his acclaimed Redeemer in the Womb, John Saward returns to the mystery of Christ's Incarnation. He draws upon the rich traditions of the Church, as well as the writings of the great Christian mystics, to create a work that is both new and old, revolutionary and orthodox. This profoundly moving meditation will aid any contemplation on the life of Christ. The subject …

This children's coloring book tell the story of Christmas through short poems.

The Christmas story is illustrated with miniatures selected from the Books of Hours found in The British Library Some of the greatest European painters of the Middle Ages were employed in the decoration of these manuscripts: Gerard Horenbout, one of the illuminators of The Sforza Hours, illustrates a simple Nativity using rich reds, greens and blues; the Annunciation to the Shepherds, depicted …

Book description:   As one of the few relatively recent Christian writers who are admired and quoted by Christians at all ends of the spectrum, G.K Chesterton, the great English convert to the Catholic faith, was known as a remarkable and diverse but extremely influential English writer. His inexhaustible and wide ranging portfolio of works includes journalistic writing, poetry, …

This is one of our favorite and most popular books and we have now reprinted it in a newly designed edition. Starting with the Christmas Story according to St. Luke, it includes: The Legend of the Christmas Rose (Lagerlof), A Christmas Mystery (Locke), The Fir Tree (Hans Christian Anderson), The goblins and the Sexton (Charles Dickens), The Other Wise Man (Henry van Dyke), The Holy Night …

The Blessing of Christmas, by Pope Benedict XVI This lovely little book, beautifully illustrated, is ideal for the Christmas and Advent season with its inspiring, profound, yet popular meditations on the blessings of the season by the current Pope. Taken from his sermons as well as his writings, these beautiful meditations by the acclaimed spiritual teacher, writer and now Pontiff, give …

The First Christmas Tree and Other Stories Henry Van Dyke For over one hundred years, the writings of Henry Van Dyke have been lovingly passed down from generation to generation. His Christmas stories, especially, are as resonant today as when the Presbyterian minister first read them to his New York City congregation in the late 1890s. In this volume of Christmas stories and prayers, we read …

Retold by Mary Caswell Walsh and Illustrated by Helen Caswell Here is the true story of the world's first nativity scene, created by Saint Francis of Assisi nearly eight hundred years ago. Richly illustrated and retold in the style of a folktale, the story will inspire you and the children you love as you prepare to set up your own Bethlehem creche. Ages 4 and up.