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LIVING THE SEASONS

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LITURGICAL YEAR AND ADVENT

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ADVENT JOURNALS AND RESOURCES

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SAINTS

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BIBLES

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FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS

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FOR EVERYONE ON YOUR LIST

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PRAYER AND DEVOTION

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CHRISTIAN CLASSICS

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SELF-CARE

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CATHOLICISM

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FOR PRIESTS AND DEACONS

Living the Seasons

Simple Ways to Celebrate the Beauty of Your Faith throughout the Year

ERICA TIGHE CAMPBELL Erica Tighe Campbell created this stunning, full-color guide to creatively celebrating the faith throughout the year. Living the Seasons is brimming with clever, doable, and beautiful crafts and activities; vivid photographs; brief introductions to the seasons and the lives of the saints; heartfelt notes of encouragement from Campbell; and original Be A Heart illustrations. This gorgeous companion will become your favorite resource for living your faith at home for years to come.

Celebrate your faith year-round with fun ideas and new traditions such as: • throwing a baby shower for Mary; • celebrating Fat Tuesday with King Cake and a piñata; • living like St. Joseph by spending time in silence and making a wooden baby rattle; • creating edible flower lollipops to remind us of the “Garden of Mary’s womb”; and • baking “Cookies of Joy” in honor of St. Hildegard of Bingen.

There are projects for all ages and levels of skill—from simple ways to honor a saint’s feast day with your kids to more elaborate celebrations with family and friends.

256 pages, $34.95 (Hardcover)

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“I can’t think of a better way to keep Bible in a Year listeners engaged in sacred scripture than to study and pray into the rhythm of the weekly Mass readings.”

—Fr. Mike Schmitz

Host of the Bible in a Year podcast

One Sunday at a Time

Preparing Your Heart for Weekly Mass (Cycle B)

MARK HART What if ten minutes a week could help you experience Sunday Mass more fully and deepen your love of the Word of God? “Bible Geek” Mark Hart makes that possible with One Sunday at a Time, the essential companion to the Sunday readings and the ideal resource for busy Catholics who want to get more out of Mass. Each Sunday includes an opening prayer, background information about the scriptures for the week, definitions, questions for journaling and reflection, and a challenge.

These features are designed to help you initiate faith-based conversations with your family and friends, form the habit of scripture study, and carve out time for God every week.

224 pages, $24.95 (Hardcover)

ADVENT

Advent and Christmas One Day at a Time for Catholic Teens

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KATIE PREJEAN MCGRADY AND TOMMY MCGRADY 64 pages, $2.75

Welcoming the Christ Child with Padre Pio Daily Reflections for Advent

SUSAN DE BARTOLI 160 pages, $13.95

5-Minute Prayers Around the Advent Wreath LISA M. HENDEY 64 pages, $4.95

ADVENT JOURNALS AND RESOURCES

Prepare Your Heart

A Guided Advent Journal for Prayer and Meditation

FR. AGUSTINO TORRES, CFR Illustrated by Valerie Delgado Join Fr. Agustino Torres, CFR—founder of Corazón Puro—on a multimedia Advent journey led by the saints and the Holy Family to prepare yourself to enter into the story of Christ’s birth through prayer, charity, and joyful acts of service to the needy. Prepare Your Heart features stunning original art by Valerie Delgado of Pax.Valerie, along with daily meditations on a passage from scripture, reflection questions, prayer, and space for journaling and notetaking.

144 pages, $11.95

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Adore

A Guided Advent Journal for Prayer and Meditation FR. JOHN BURNS Illustrated by Valerie Delgado 128 pages, $10.95

Behold

A Guided Advent Journal for Prayer and Meditation SR. MIRIAM JAMES HEIDLAND, SOLT Illustrated by Josiah Henley 144 pages, $11.95

Free weekly companion videos, a downloadable discussion guide, and other resources make these books perfect for parish-wide, individual, and book club use leading up to Christmas.

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SAINTS The Love of Thousands

How Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Walk with Us Toward Holiness

CHRISTINE VALTERS PAINTNER Christine Valters Paintner helps us open our spiritual imagination to encounter angels, saints, and our ancestors and see that they are paving the way for our journey toward God’s love, even as we pass through a world rife with struggle, discord, and violence.

224 pages, $18.95

Angels and Saints

Who They Are and Why They Matter

ELIZABETH KLEIN MCGRATH INSTITUTE FOR CHURCH LIFE Elizabeth Klein, assistant professor of theology at the Augustine Institute, leads us through a soul-inspiring exploration of Catholic teaching on angels and saints and why they matter to us as individuals and to the Church.

160 pages, $14.95

Pray for Us

75 Saints Who Sinned, Suffered, and Struggled on Their Way to Holiness MEG HUNTER-KILMER 288 pages, $18.95

My Badass Book of Saints

Courageous Women Who Showed Me How to Live

A 4-week Personal Retreat with the Female Doctors of the Church VINITA HAMPTON WRIGHT 192 pages, $18.95

We Are Beloved 30 Days with Thea Bowman

MARIA MORERA JOHNSON 160 pages, $15.95

EDITED BY KARIANNA FREY 112 pages, $10.95

Befriending St. Joseph

The Catholic Hipster Handbook

Finding Faith, Hope, and Courage in the Seven Sorrows Devotion DEACON GREG KANDRA 128 pages, $13.95

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Set the World on Fire

Rediscovering Cool Saints, Forgotten Prayers, and Other Weird but Sacred Stuff TOMMY TIGHE 224 pages, $16.95

BIBLES

CATHOLIC WOMEN’S BIBLE (RSV2CE)

Do you long to connect with a variety of women just like you who live the Word of God in the world each day?

That connection is what makes the Living the Word Catholic Women’s Bible different from other Bibles for women: it includes almost four-hundred pages of special features created for women by women—more than forty scholars, teachers, religious authors, ministers, and speakers—such as Leah Darrow, Sarah Christmyer, Johnette Benkovic Williams, and Sr. Miriam Kim-Ngân BÙi, FSP—who come from a variety of backgrounds and reflect the diversity of the Catholic faith. You can walk through scripture in community with other women who seek to become closer to God by reading his Word and living it in their daily lives.

Living the Word Catholic Women's Bible (RSV2CE) 1,984 pages, $64.95 (Hardcover)

Living the Word Companion Journal 256 pages, $22.95 (Hardcover)

The Ave Catholic Notetaking Bible (RSV2CE) Thoughtfully crafted by the world’s premier Bible designers, The Ave Catholic Notetaking Bible is one of the most readable bibles on the market with generous margins for journaling and notetaking, and a variety of special features designed to deepen your understanding of the Holy Scriptures. Featuring the trusted and elegant Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition, this Bible is perfect for men and women, for individuals and groups, and for high school classrooms and adult faith formation.

HARDCOVER: 1,536 pages, $49.95 IMITATION LEATHER: 1,536 pages, $59.95

GIFTS FOR PARENTS Start Talking to Your Kids about Sex A Practical Guide for Catholics

JULIA SADUSKY One of the most daunting challenges we may face as parents is talking with our kids about their changing bodies, boundaries, and sex. When do we begin? Where do we start? In Start Talking to Your Kids about Sex, clinical psychologist Julia Sadusky will answer questions you may have and offers practical advice to give you a boost of confidence as you begin having these tough conversations with your elementary-age children.

192 pages, $18.95

The Ave Prayer Book for Catholic Mothers 224 pages, $21.95 (Hardcover)

Bless Us, O Lord

A Family Treasury of Mealtime Prayers ROBERT M. HAMMA 224 pages, $17.95

BeDADitudes

8 Ways to Be an Awesome Dad

GREGORY K. POPCAK 192 pages, $15.95

The Catholic Mom’s Prayer Companion A Book of Daily Reflections

EDITED BY LISA M. HENDEY AND SARAH A. REINHARD 544 pages, $18.95

FOR TEACHERS Sweet Jesus, Is It June Yet?

10 Ways the Gospels Can Help You Combat Teacher Burnout and Rediscover Your Passion for Teaching AMY J. CATTAPAN 160 pages, $16.95

Christ in the Classroom

Lesson Planning for the Heart and Mind JARED DEES 192 pages, $14.95 6 | (800) 282-1865

31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator JARED DEES 192 pages, $11.95

Called to Teach

Daily Inspiration for Catholic Educators JUSTIN MCCLAIN 288 pages, $16.95

FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS Gaming and the Heroic Life

A Quest for Holiness in the Virtual World

BOBBY ANGEL The desire to be a hero in your journey is something Bobby Angel can relate to. In Gaming and the Heroic Life, life-long gamer Bobby explains that you don’t have to just play the role of hero in a game— you can actually pursue a heroic life by the way you engage the virtual world.

128 pages, $14.95

“This book is both timely and relevant as we seek to reach the next generation.”

—Fr. Blake Britton

Cohost of the God and Gaming podcast

FOR KIDS How Our Family Prays Each Day

A Read-Aloud Story for Catholic Families

GREGORY K. POPCAK Illustrated by Jacob Flores-Popcak Are you looking for an easy way to teach your young children how to talk with Jesus throughout the day? How Our Family Prays Each Day includes charming, full-color illustrations that depict eight-year-old Marty and his family as they find reasons to pray throughout their day.

32 pages, $16.95 (Hardcover)

FOR HER

FOR HIM

Holy Grit

A Saintly Guide to Becoming a Man of Virtue

PAUL GEORGE 160 pages, $16.95

Jane Austen’s Genius Guide to Life

On Love, Friendship, and Becoming the Person God Created You to Be HALEY STEWART 160 pages, $16.95

52 Weeks of Giving Thanks and Loving Abundantly

WITH EMILY WILSON HUSSEM Awaken My Heart 288 pages, $17.95

Awaken My Heart Prayer Journal 224 pages, $19.95 (Hardcover)

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PRAYER GUIDES The Ave Treasury of Catholic Prayers The Ave Treasury of Catholic Prayers is an indispensable keepsake of classic and contemporary prayers that every Catholic should know.

This timeless resource includes a variety of devotions, psalms, and litanies that showcase the diversity of voices and traditions that have been part of the Catholic Church for more than two thousand years.

256 pages, $19.95 (Hardcover)

“This companion book is perfect."

—Erica Tighe Campbell Founder of Be a Heart

The Ave Prayer Intentions Journal

A Record of My Conversations with God Who—or what—are you praying for today?

The Ave Prayer Intentions Journal includes ample space to record your daily prayers for yourself, your family and friends, your community, the world, those living and dead, and people most in need of prayer. For each intention there is also room to record the ways you’ve noticed God answering your prayer.

This beautifully designed, full-color journal includes generous open space, as well as embellished inspirational quotes from scripture and the saints to inspire you. You will be prompted to reflect, pray, and record what’s on your heart as you place your needs before God. 224 pages, $17.95

“I highly recommend using this!”

—Tanner Kalina

Catholic speaker and TikTok evangelist

The Ave Guide to the Scriptural Rosary 144 pages, $16.95 (Hardcover)

The Ave Guide to Eucharistic Adoration 192 pages, $17.95 (Hardcover)

PRAYER AND DEVOTION 10th Anniversary Edition

A Book of Uncommon Prayer

100 Celebrations of the Miracle & Muddle of the Ordinary

BRIAN DOYLE Brian Doyle was a one-of-a-kind author who wrote one-of-a-kind prayers about everyday subjects that help readers change the way they see the world.

Prayers for cashiers and good shoes; for shorter sermons and better senators; prayers for the bruised, foolish, glorious, stumbling, brilliant Church; for chaplains and mathematicians; for idiot authors and muddy dogs: These are the most heartfelt and headlong prayers you will ever read and share—the grinning, snarling prayers we mouth quietly in the car and the shower and the pub, the small chapels of our everyday life.

192 pages, $16.95

“An anthem to everyday wonder.”

—Shannan Martin

Author of The Ministry of Ordinary Places

Holy Habits from the Sacred Heart

Ten Ways to Build Stronger, More Loving Relationships EMILY JAMINET 160 pages, $15.95

A Book of Hours

Prayer Seeds

A Gathering of Blessings, Reflections, and Poems for Spiritual Growth JOYCE RUPP 224 pages, $15.95

Oremus

A Treasury of Latin Prayers THOMAS MERTON EDITED BY KATHLEEN DEIGNAN with English Translations 224 pages, $16.95 224 pages, $22.00 (Hardcover)

Behold the Handmaid of the Lord

A 10-Day Personal Retreat with St. Louis de Montfort’s True Devotion to Mary EDWARD LOONEY 128 pages, $13.95

Word by Word

Slowing Down with the Hail Mary

EDITED BY SARAH A. REINHARD 160 pages, $15.95

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The Reed of God

A New Edition of a Spiritual Classic

CARYLL HOUSELANDER Foreword by Haley Stewart First published in 1944 and now a spiritual classic for Catholics across the globe, The Reed of God contains meditations on the humanity of Mary, Mother of God. British Catholic writer and artist Caryll Houselander lovingly explores Mary’s intimately human side, depicting Our Lady as a musical instrument who makes divine love known to the world. This refreshed edition is rich and rewarding reading for all Christians who wonder what Mary was really like.

192 pages, $13.95

Lord of the World A Novel

ROBERT HUGH BENSON This 1907 futuristic narrative has been hailed as the finest work of this unsung, but influential author and son of the Archbishop of Canterbury whose conversion to Catholicism rocked the Church of England in 1903. The compelling book includes a new introduction, a biography of Robert Hugh Benson, and a theological reflection.

352 pages, $16.95

ABCs of the Christian Life G. K. CHESTERTON 192 pages, $16.95

Thérèse

DOROTHY DAY 224 pages, $16.95

The Imitation of Christ

Summa Theologica

Complete 5-Volume Set THOMAS AQUINAS

PAPERBACK: 3,022 pages $180.00 (5-Volume Set) HARDCOVER: 3,022 pages $255.00 (5-Volume Set)

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THOMAS À KEMPIS TRANSLATED BY WILLIAM C. CREASY 256 pages, $18.95

SELF-CARE AND WELL-BEING NEW from Regina Boyd

FREE COMPANION VIDEOS AVAILABLE

Our connections with God and others are fundamental to who we are as people.

The reality is that often these relationships— especially with our family, friends, and others around us—are less than ideal, and we end up feeling lonely. That loneliness makes us doubt God’s promises, our friends and family, and even the idea that we are worthy of love at all.

In Leaving Loneliness Behind, licensed Catholic therapist Regina Boyd helps you build the skills you need to have meaningful, rich, and rewarding relationships with God and those around you.

BOOK: 128 pages, $14.95 WORKBOOK: 64 pages, $11.95 2-BOOK SET: $25.95

My Life of Grace

PETER “GRACEMAN” LE Peter Le offers a practical yet deeply personal exploration of redemptive suffering and how we can uniquely enter into the Passion of Christ by embracing our trials so we can persevere in grace and hope.

160 pages, $14.95

The Grief of Dads

PATRICK O’HEARN AND BRYAN FEGER WITH KELLY AND RYAN BREAUX OF RED BIRD MINISTRIES Written by Catholic fathers just like you who have lost a child at any age and from any circumstance, The Grief of Dads offers the support, spiritual guidance, and companionship you need as you make your way through grief.

224 pages, $18.95

Be Healed

St. Dymphna’s Playbook

BOB SCHUCHTS PAPERBACK: 224 pages, $17.95 HARDCOVER: 224 pages, $24.95 SPANISH: 232 pages, $16.95

TOMMY TIGHE 224 pages, $17.95

Abide

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CATHOLICISM

BOOKS TO DISCUSS YOUR FAITH WITH CLARITY AND CONFIDENCE

BY BRANDON VOGT What to Say and How to Say It (Volume I)

What to Say and How to Say It (Volume II)

What to Say and How to Say It (Volume III)

Why I Am Catholic (and You Should Be Too)

256 pages, $16.95

224 pages, $16.95

224 pages, $17.95

192 pages, $15.95

RECLAIMING VATICAN II Reclaiming Vatican II FR. BLAKE BRITTON

In Reclaiming Vatican II, Fr. Blake Britton presses beyond the political narrative foisted upon the post-conciliar Church and contends that Vatican II was neither conservative nor liberal, but something much more beautiful and challenging.

224 pages, $17.95

Reclaiming Vatican II (Study Guide for Individual and Group Use) 64 pages, $8.95

A Catholic Pilgrimage through American History

People and Places that Shaped the Church in the United States KEVIN SCHMIESING 288 pages, $19.95 12 | (800) 282-1865

Teachings for an Unbelieving World

Newly Discovered Reflections on Paul’s Sermon at the Areopagus JOHN PAUL II 160 pages, $16.95

NEW FROM THE AUTHORS OF REBUILT FR. MICHAEL WHITE AND TOM CORCORAN Rebuilt Faith

A Handbook for Skeptical Catholics Do you question whether God really exists? Have you considered walking away from your faith because you’ve been hurt by someone in the Church or because you struggle with some of its teachings?

Or maybe you’ve already left? Are you carrying around guilt for something you’ve done and don’t feel you are worthy of God’s love?

Rebuilt Faith, written by Fr. Michael White and Tom Corcoran— authors of the bestselling book Rebuilt—proposes five simple steps to learn (or relearn) more about your Catholic faith and deepen your relationship with God. 224 pages, $18.95 Also available for $2.99 EACH for orders of 100 copies or more.

“What a great book! So incredibly needed!”

—Lisa Brenninkmeyer

CEO and founder of Walking with Purpose

ALSO BY FR. MICHAEL WHITE AND TOM CORCORAN

Seriously, God?

Making Sense of Life Not Making Sense

192 pages, $16.95 Also available for $2.99 EACH for orders of 100 copies or more.

Rebuilt

Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter

320 pages, $17.95 ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH!

FOR PRIESTS AND DEACONS A Deacon Prays

Prayers and Devotions for Liturgy and Life DEACON GREG KANDRA 160 pages, $14.95

Redeeming Administration

12 Spiritual Habits for Catholic Leaders in Parishes, Schools, Religious Communities, and Other Institutions ANN M. GARRIDO 224 pages, $15.95

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SR. MIRIAM JAMES HEIDLAND, SOLT 224 pages, $13.95

FR. MICHAEL WHITE KATIE PREJEAN MCGRADY AND TOM CORCORAN AND TOMMY MCGRADY 64 pages, $2.75 64 pages, $2.50

FR. JOHN BURNS 224 pages, $13.95

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JOYCE RUPP 128 pages, $13.95

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