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 …
Rene Laurentin The fascinating and inspiring story of the French Sister of Charity who became the focus of much popular devotion after it became known that the Virgin Mary appeared to her three times in 1830. St. Catherine Laboure's story of courage and holiness is unforgettable, and her quiet life of service is an extraordinary example of how God can enter our lives and dwell in our …
The conversion of Mexico from devil-worship to the Catholic Faith is the most sudden and spectacular mass conversion in all of history. In Aztec Mexico, before the arrival of Hernan Cortes and the Spanish, human sacrifice was practiced on a far greater scale than anywhere else in history. Hundreds of victims were slaughtered every day. Cortes' conquest, against odds of ten thousand to one, …
1917: Red Banners, White Mantle is not just another history of the First World War. Dr. Carroll unveils for us "a contest that embraces Heaven, Earth, and Hell , whose protagonists include the devilish revolutionary Lenin, the demonic Rasputin, the saintly Charles, last Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and above all Our Lady of Fatima, who appeared with a message of penance, conversion, …
Josephine Nobisso Learn the fascinating story behind Mary's apparition to a humble Aztex Indian in Mexico. Discover why this "miracle of the Americas" continues to touch so many people throughout the centuries. 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 …
Anne Eileen Heffernan, FSP Patricia Edward Jablonski, FSP Learn the story of the children of Fatima in an easy-to-read format for children. 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 …
"Sister, it couldn't have happened!" declared the priest. It was all a dream, like the other time." But Sister Catherine shook her head with childlike confidence. "Oh no, Father! I see the Blessed Virgin as plainly as I see you. And she wants the medal made right away, so people can wear it and start receiving graces." Father Aladel just could not believe that Our Lady was appearing to Sister …
Lourdes Today A Pilgrimage to Mary's Grotto By Kerry Crawford "Lourdes is suspended between heaven and earth." —From Chapter One The Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette Soubirous, a fourteen-year-old peasant, eighteen times between February 11 and July 16, 1858, in Lourdes, France. Today, 150 years later, pilgrims continue to flock to this remote southwestern European …
Anne Eileen Heffernan, FSP Mary Elizabeth Tebo, FSP Learn the story of St. Bernadette and Our Lady of Lourdes in this young adult biography in 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 …
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 …
This Catholic Story Coloring Book tells the story of St. Simon Stock and has beautiful illustrations to color.
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Robin Ruggles, Ph.D. Have you ever wished you could walk in the candlelight procession at Lourdes, or see the place where the Virgin Mary appeared to three children at Fatima? In Apparition Shrines, Dr. Robin Ruggles takes you to fourteen celebrated shrines. In these sacred places, Jesus or his Blessed Mother appeared to "God's little ones" giving important messages to us all. Ruggles sets the …
Fr. Nicholas A. Norman There is probably no other book that tells so well and in so small a space the principal reasons and the motives we have for consecrating ourselves to our Blessed Mother under the title of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and for committing ourselves to be her devoted children, using the incomparable method of "True Devotion to Mary," as described by that great modern Marian …
Francis Johnston When the atomic bomb destroyed Hiroshima in 1945, eight men living near the blinding centre of the nuclear flash miraculously survived the searing hurricane of blast and gamma rays, while everyone within a mile radius perished and others residing further afield continue to die from the lethal effects of radiation. For over 30 years, some 200 scientists have examined …
This is the story of the saint through whom we received the Miraculous Medal. No sacramental since the Rosary has had such an impact on the Church, and none has ever been diffused in such incredible numbers, with many millions of people all over the world wearing the Medal within a few years. Since 1933, when it was exhumed and found miraculously preserved, the body of St. …
Zerlina De Santis This book contains the stories of nine apparitions of Mary, written for children. The apparitions include: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Our Lady of La Salette, Our Lady of Lourdes, Our Lady of Knock, Our Lady of Fatima, Our Lady of Beauraing and Our Lady of Banneux. Encounter the Saints Series Experience the adventures and …
Thomas Sennot This is the only book of its kind on the two most famous and controversial images in existence-the holy image of Our Lady of Guadalupe on the tilma of Juan Diego, and the sacred image of the crucified Christ on the holy Shroud of Turin. Written by a scientist-religious, it is a good rebuttal of those who would say either of these images is a fraud. Besides introducing the reader …
St. Bernadette Soubirous is a two-fold story: that of the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lourdes, France in 1858, as well as of the 14-year-old peasant girl - raised in dire poverty and unable to read - to whom Our Lady appeared. But more, it is also the story of St. Bernadette's hidden life as a seemingly ordinary nun in her convent at Nevers, where she reached such …
Our Lady of Lourdes Coloring Book Mary Fabyan Windeatt The story of the apparitions of the Blessed Mother in 1858 to St. Bernadette Soubirous - the 14-year-old peasant girl with asthma who first saw Our Lady while collecting wood to heat the family's one-room home. Imprimatur.