How does the 7 Steps to Becoming Financially Free Catholic Small-Group Study work? The structure of the study revolves around six weekly sessions Each 90-minute session includes a combination of prayer, small-group discussion, and practical exercise Designed as a Scripture-based small-group study, the support tools make for easy implementation for any facilitator -- regardless of their …

A Conservative Book Club Main Selection Featured on BreakPoint with Chuck Colson The last thing parents should do is try to “balance” work and family. Confronting the overwhelming evidence that children suffer when their mothers leave them for the workplace, Brian Robertson asks why it has nevertheless become the norm for mothers to work. The answer, Robertson reveals, is a …

Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church United States Catholic Conference of Bishops The Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church , a unique, unprecedented document in the history of the Church, serves as a tool to inspire and guide the faithful who are faced with moral and pastoral challenges daily. It is divided into five sections, an introduction, three parts, and a …

The Cube and the Cathedral by George Weigel Why do Europeans and Americans see the world so differently?  Why do Europeans and Americans have such different understandings of democracy? One of America's foremost public intellectuals argues that Europe's abandonment of its spiritual and cultural roots raises urgent questions about democracy's future around the world - including the United …

  Building the Free Society Edited by George Weigel and Robert Royal Through the insightful and thought-provoking commentaries of ten distinguished Catholic writers, Building the Free Society critically examines a century of Catholic reflection and argument on human freedom, the just society, and the international order. Adopting the best from A Century of Catholic Social Thought , …

We are passing through an eerie phase of history in which the things that everyone really knows are treated as unheard of, a time in which the elements of common decency are themselves attacked as indecent. But J. Budziszewski, author of the acclaimed Revenge of Conscience and How to Stay Christian in College , sets out to explore the lost world of common moral truths—what we all really …

Rev. Edward J. Hayes, Rev. Msgr. Paul J. Hayes & James J. Drummey At a time in history when there is such widespread confusion about the role of marriage and family there is a great need for solid information about these essential building blocks of society. That information is presented in both clear and practical terms in Catholicism and Society. Starting with the Christian role in …

This encyclical on the importance and issues concerning labor was issued on the 90th anniversary of the famous encyclical Rerum Novarum by Pope Leo XIII. It contains the following sections: Introduction Human Work on the Nintieth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum In the Organic Development of the Church's Social Action and Teaching The Question of Work, the Key to the Social Question Work and Man …

      The secular world is poisoning your soul! But here's the antidote you need. Our relentlessly secular age is poisoning our souls. Depression, burnout, sorrow, fear - these are the symptoms of the disease. But help is here. In this strikingly different book, Father Kosicki presents twelve poisons of our secular age - and then prescribes twelve antidotes, all of them based on …

Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, C.F.R. Our Lord Jesus Christ warned His disciples: Scandals will necessarily come and make people fall; but woe to the one who has brought it about - Luke 17:1. The Catholic Church in the United States is facing what may be its greatest challenge. The deeds of a small percentage of priests and the consequent scandal have caused some to question their Faith. • Priests …

Fr. Rodger Charles, S.J. This work distills Fr. Rodger Charles' extensive knowledge of the social teaching of the Catholic Church into an introductory outline of its principles. It has been written especially for use as preliminary reading material for those studying the Church's teaching in this area, but will also serve equally well as a general introduction to the ethics of decision making …

While at first glance this book may seem like it is only geared toward business owners or managers - don't be fooled! Written as a novel (not a manual or dry educational book) this story is one you will not be able to put down. Truly inspiring, you will want to implement the Dream Manager mentality into your own life before you are half-way through the book. It will teach you how to identify …

G.K. Chesterton As you may suspect, The Neumann Press considers this a great and grand characteristic book in the true traditional spirit of Chesterton. The stories, chapters and notes of the special book range over all sorts of things from lady barristers to cavemen, and from psychoanalysis to free verse. In the introduction Chesterton says: “The wild theorists of our time talk of making new …

Review of this book, appearing in Lay Witness magazine, March/April 2007 issue: Perpetual Motivation: How to light your fire and keep it burning in your career and in life by Dave Durand reviewed by Luke W. Crawford  "I must admit that I am not a fan of self-help books. In fact, in my negativity toward such material, I would have gone so far as to say that most books concerned with …

The movement for same-sex marriage has triggered an unprecedented crisis in the social norms and laws governing marriage. All great civilizations have sought to unite, in the institution of marriage, the goods of sexual intimacy, childbearing and childrearing, and life-long love between adults. But the last five decades have witnessed the erosion of marriage as a public institution in the …

Edited by Dave Scott and Mike Aquilina This collection of the writings of Father John J. Hugo offers an exceptional opportunity to reexamine and renew your desire to determine the will of God. Father Hugo was a pioneer in the "retreat movement." The spiritual advisor of Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker movement, and one of the most significant lay Catholic initiatives in the history …

Defending Human Dignity - John Paul II And Political Realism Derek S. Jeffreys Engages Pope John Paul II's political writings appreciatively and critically, demonstrating how he prioritizes human dignity in spite of the political tendency to dominate others.

How self-contemplation and pop psychology has replaced serious Christianity-in the Church as well as in society at large. "An outstanding job of identifying some of the important ways in which psychology has become the secular religious system of our age." --professor David G. Benner, Chairman, Department of Psychology, Wheaton College

A New Statement of an Old Ideal Writing from the perspective of Catholic Social Doctrine, the twelve Catholics who take their stand for an ideal Beyond Capitalism and Socialism are offering an escape to modern man from the horns of the dliemma upon which he is hanging - and upon which he was hung by the makers of the modern world from centuries ago. Rejecting both the collectivist and statist …