Fall 2023 Consumer Catalog

In this book you will find:

• color-coded sections that correspond to the liturgical seasons,

• brief summaries of the Mass readings for Sundays, major feasts, and solemnities in liturgical year Cycle B,

• engaging reflections that draw your attention to a primary theme and common threads among the readings each week,

• explanation of key Greek and Hebrew words in the biblical text, and

• fun facts and cultural context of the biblical world.

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)

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 2023

“This book is a perfect combination of history, humor, and heart. I’m grateful it exists to help men, women, and families fall deeper in love with our Lord and his Word.”

—Jenna Guizar

Founder and Creative Director Blessed is She

This beautiful, full-color book is perfect for use by individuals, families, RCIA classes, and small groups.

FOR CYCLE B

NEW from Be A Heart Owner and Designer

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)

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 2023

“From cover to cover, this book is a delightful feast for the senses, offering creative and practical ideas for celebrating Christian seasons year-round.”

—Jeannie Gaffigan Actress, producer, and comedy writer

BULK PRICING

$11.95

1–9 COPIES

$8.25

10–99 COPIES

$6.00 100+ COPIES

In Adore, Fr. John Burns and illustrator Valerie Delgado of Pax.Valerie will help you reclaim the sacred sense of longing and joyful hope at the heart of Advent, focusing on a new theme each week—vigilance, preparation, nearness, and Emmanuel—that you can relate to your own life through reflections, art, prayers, and journaling.

In this beautiful guided journal for prayer and meditation, Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT, will walk with you as you explore familial wounds with the help of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Behold features stunning original art by Josiah Henley of Heart of IESVS.

BULK PRICING

$10.95

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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.

Welcoming the Christ Child with Padre Pio

Daily Reflections for Advent

SUSAN DE BARTOLI

In Welcoming the Christ Child with Padre Pio, stories about the saint known for his stigmata and ability to bilocate are woven with scripture and prayer to help you experience Advent—Padre Pio’s favorite season—with greater hope and joy.

160 pages, $13.95

5-Minute Prayers Around the Advent Wreath

LISA M. HENDEY

Spend just five minutes a day praying around your Advent wreath with popular author Lisa M. Hendey’s heart-felt reflections and you’ll experience the promise, renewal, and hope of the Advent season.

64 pages, $4.95

NEW FROM FR. AGUSTINO TORRES, CFR

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.

During each week of Advent, you will embark on a new path informed by Franciscan spirituality to guide you to becoming closer to God:

• Week One, the way of Nazareth

• Week Two, the way of the saints

• Week Three, the way of St. Joseph

• Week Four, the way of Mary

“I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to deepen their relationship with Jesus this Advent.”

—Chika Anyanwu Catholic speaker and author

Draw Near

Daily Prayers for Advent and Christmas 2023

“Your light will come, Jerusalem; the Lord will dawn on you in radiant beauty. You will see his glory within you.”

This line from the Church’s Morning Prayer bookends your Advent journey in this new daily reflection booklet for Advent and Christmas.

Draw Near allows you to build a daily prayer practice that will help you find purpose and meaning by fanning the embers of Christ’s presence within as you prepare for the light of his birth.

64 pages, $2.75

Messages of Patience for Advent and Christmas 2023

3-Minute Devotions

FR. MICHAEL WHITE AND TOM CORCORAN

Three minutes is all it takes to change your day for the better.

Turn to the Cross Daily Prayers for Lent and Holy Week 2024

64 pages, $2.75

ALSO AVAILABLE

In Messages of Patience for Advent and Christmas 2023, Fr. Michael White and Tom Corcoran encourage you to focus on God’s Providence as you wait for the unfolding of his plan of Salvation. With practical, everyday wisdom, White and Corcoran will help you to cultivate the virtue of patience as you listen for the secrets and plans God has for you. They will guide you in hearing God’s voice and acting on it as you prepare yourself for the coming of Christ and the great feast of Christmas.

64 pages, $2.50

Advent and Christmas

One Day at a Time for Catholic Teens

KATIE PREJEAN MCGRADY AND TOMMY MCGRADY

Following the success of their bestselling devotional Lent: One Day at a Time for Catholic Teens, youth ministry experts Katie Prejean McGrady and Tommy McGrady offer devotions for Advent and Christmas that help teens make sense of the things that matter most in their lives such as relationships, their future, and coping with stress.

64 pages, $2.75

The Reed of God

A New Edition of a Spiritual Classic

CARYLL HOUSELANDER

192 pages, $13.95

Messages of Perseverance for Lent 2024

64 pages, $2.50

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Lent

64 pages, $2.50

Gaze Upon Jesus

Experiencing Christ’s Childhood through the Eyes of Women

KELLY M. WAHLQUIST

192 pages, $16.95

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, $15.95

Book of Prayer

PERSONAL RETREAT

of Christ

“A Book of Uncommon Prayer  is an anthem to everyday wonder.”

—Shannan Martin

Author of The Ministry of Ordinary Places

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 2023

Rebuilt Faith

FR. MICHAEL WHITE AND TOM CORCORAN

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.

256 pages, $18.95

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ALSO BY FR. MICHAEL WHITE AND TOM CORCORAN

Seriously, God? Making Sense of Life Not Making Sense

In Seriously, God?, Fr. Michael White and Tom Corcoran explore the denial, doubt, and betrayal we experience when we face hardship, pain, and grief, and they encourage us to lean into our feelings and to take each circumstance as a chance to learn more about God.

192 pages, $16.95

“This book is for you, your questioning friend, your doubting loved one. In these pages, you’ll encounter the One—the only One—who has the answers, the hope, and the joy that you are searching for.”

—Lisa Brenninkmeyer CEO and Founder of Walking with Purpose

Bible Basics for Catholics

A New Picture of Salvation History

JOHN BERGSMA

224 pages, $16.95

Psalm Basics for Catholics

Seeing Salvation in a New Way

JOHN BERGSMA

160 pages, $15.95

New Testament Basics for Catholics

JOHN BERGSMA

320 pages, $17.95

Love Basics for Catholics

Illustrating God’s Love for Us throughout the Bible

JOHN BERGSMA

160 pages, $16.95

Becoming Women of the Word

How to Answer God’s Call with Purpose and Joy

SARAH CHRISTMYER

160 pages, $15.95

Just Rest

Receiving God’s Renewing Presence in the Deserts of Your Life

SONJA CORBITT

160 pages, $16.95

Unleashed

Fearless Conquer Your Demons and Love with Abandon

SONJA CORBITT

256 pages, $17.95

How to Receive Everything the Holy Spirit Wants to Give You

SONJA CORBITT

192 pages, $16.95

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

Holy Habits from the Sacred Heart

Ten Ways to Build Stronger, More Loving Relationships

EMILY JAMINET

160 pages, $16.95

Befriending

St. Joseph Finding Faith, Hope, and Courage in the Seven Sorrows Devotion

DEACON GREG KANDRA

128 pages, $13.95

Praying a Christ-Centered Rosary

Meditations on the Mysteries

JAMES L. PAPANDREA

160 pages, $14.95

Secrets of the Sacred Heart

Twelve Ways to Claim Jesus’ Promises in Your Life

EMILY JAMINET

160 pages, $15.95

A Heart Like Mary’s 31 Daily Meditations to Help You Live and Love as She Does

EDWARD LOONEY

160 pages, $13.95

Real Men Pray the Rosary

A Practical Guide to a Powerful Prayer

DAVID N. CALVILLO

160 pages, $15.95

A Heart

on

Fire Rediscovering Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

JAMES KUBICKI, SJ

192 pages, $16.95

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

NEW from Ave Maria Press

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)

AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 2023

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

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 2023

“This companion book is perfect to keep with you at all times so that a prayer is never far from your lips."

—Erica Tighe Campbell Founder of Be a Heart

“For those wishing to bring their relationship with Jesus to life, I highly recommend using this!”

—Tanner Kalina Catholic speaker and TikTok evangelist

Love

One

RESOURCES FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC MENTAL HEALTH MINISTERS

Edited by Deacon Ed Shoener and John P. Dolan

Responding to Suicide

A Pastoral Handbook for Catholic Leaders

Responding to Suicide is the first book written for Catholic leaders that takes a holistic approach to understanding suicide and ministering effectively in its aftermath, providing basic information about the central role of mental health in suicide and clarifying Church teaching about suicide.

224 pages, $18.95

When a Loved One Dies by Suicide

Comfort, Hope, and Healing for Grieving Catholics

128 pages, $11.95

The Catholic in Recovery Workbook

A Guide to the Twelve Steps

CATHOLIC IN RECOVERY

SCOTT WEEMAN

The Catholic in Recovery Workbook is the first step-by-step guide for working through the Twelve Steps of recovery from a Catholic perspective. If you struggle with addiction, dependency, or unhealthy attachments— or love someone who does—this book will help you discover the life-changing mercy of Jesus Christ through Church tradition and the grace of the sacraments.

192 pages, $19.95

“This workbook will make a difference in the lives of many faithful Catholics.”

A Catholic Journey through Recovery

SCOTT WEEMAN

Tenderness

Gay and Catholic

Accepting My Sexuality, Finding Community, Living My Faith

EVE TUSHNET

EVE TUSHNET

224 pages, $16.95

MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES 12

192 pages,

$17.95

—Rachael Killackey Founder and executive director Magdala Ministries

NEW from Regina Boyd

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

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St. Dymphna’s Playbook

A Catholic Guide to Finding Mental and Emotional Well-Being

TOMMY TIGHE

Helping Teens with Stress, Anxiety, and Depression

A Field Guide for Catholic Parents, Pastors, and Youth Leaders

ROY PETITFILS

160 pages, $15.95

No Such Thing as

Ordinary

Unlocking Your Extraordinary Life through Everyday Encounters with Jesus RACHEL BALDUCCI

128 pages, $15.95

Our Lady of Hot Messes Getting Real with God in Dive Bars and Confessionals

LETICIA OCHOA ADAMS

160 pages, $16.95

Fat Luther, Slim Pickin’s A Black Catholic Celebration of Faith, Tradition, and Diversity

MARCIA LANE-MCGEE AND SHANNON WIMP SCHMIDT

192 pages, $17.95

Arise to Blessedness

A Journal Retreat with Eight Modern Saints Who Lived the Beatitudes

JEN NORTON

160 pages, $18.95

The Way of Beatitude

Living Radical Hope in a World of Division and Despair

FR. CASEY COLE, OFM

128 pages, $15.95

A Catholic Guide to Spending Less and Living More

Advice from a DebtFree Family of 16

SAM AND ROB FATZINGER

192 pages, $16.95

A White Catholic’s Guide to Racism and Privilege

FR. DANIEL P. HORAN

224 pages, $17.95

One Church

How to Rekindle Trust, Negotiate Difference, and Reclaim Catholic Unity

CHARLES C. CAMOSY

192 pages, $17.95

My Life of Grace

How I Found Hope and Purpose in Suffering

PETER “GRACEMAN” LE

Peter Le understands suffering.

His dramatic story begins in a childhood marked by polio and a flight from war-torn Vietnam as one of the thousands of “boat people” who immigrated to the United States in the 1980s. But Le says his greatest trial—and most profound joy—began in the fall of 2018 when he learned he had thyroid cancer.

In My Life of Grace, he 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

From Prodigal to Priest

FR. GOYO HIDALGO

128 pages, $14.95

When Your Days are Dark, God is Still Good Biblical Advice to Help You Trust in Difficult Times

GARY ZIMAK

192 pages, $16.95

Give Up Worry for Good!

ROBERT J. WICKS

160 pages, $15.95

GARY ZIMAK

224 pages, $15.95

“A great encouragement and inspiration to each one of us who apply its wisdom.”

—Bob Schuchts Author of Be Healed

Holy Grit

A Saintly Guide to Becoming a Man of Virtue

PAUL GEORGE

In Holy Grit, you’ll join Catholic life coach Paul George to consider some of the tough issues facing men today—struggles in marriage, parenting, suffering, and finding purpose—to determine ways you can grow and take steps toward living the life for which God created you.

160 pages, $16.95

Abide

A Pathway to Transformative Healing and Intimacy with Jesus

HEATHER KHYM

In this personal healing retreat from Heather Khym, cohost of the popular Abiding Together podcast, you are invited to break through the barriers that prevent you from trusting and experiencing the deep love of Jesus and be transformed by the freedom that comes when you place your wounds at the foot of the Cross.

160 pages, $17.95

ALSO

BY

PAUL GEORGE

Rethink Happiness

Embrace God and Experience

160 pages, $15.95

Loved as I Am An Invitation to Conversion, Healing, and Freedom through Jesus

SR. MIRIAM JAMES HEIDLAND, SOLT

When Sr. Miriam James Heidland’s life as a successful college athlete proved unfulfilling, she went searching for something deeper and ended up falling in love with Jesus. By charting her own journey toward wholeness, Heidland invites young Catholics to pursue their own relationship with Jesus.

128 pages, $12.95

Freeing Your Feminine Heart from the Knots of Fear and Shame

CARRIE SCHUCHTS DAUNT

Foreword by Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT

Afterword by Bob Schuchts

Through this collection of raw and redemptive testimonies from real Catholic women, punctuated with guided reflection and contemplative prayer, Carrie Schuchts Daunt of the John Paul II Healing Center offers you an encounter with truth and healing tailored to your specific identities as daughter, sister, bride, and mother. Undone ushers you through a vulnerable search for truth through essential spiritual exercises, prayer guides, and reflection material.

160 pages, $16.95

Be Healed

A Guide to Encountering the Powerful Love of Jesus in Your Life

Based on retired Catholic therapist Bob Schuchts’s popular program at the John Paul II Healing Center, the bestselling book offers hope in the healing power of God through the Holy Spirit and the sacraments; it incorporates elements of charismatic spirituality while being steeped in scripture and the wisdom of the Church.

224 pages, $24.95 (Hardcover)

224 pages, $17.95 (Paperback)

232 pages, $16.95 (Spanish Edition)

Do You Want to Be Healed?

A 10-Day Scriptural Retreat with Jesus

“Do you want to be healed?”

Jesus asks that question several times in the Bible—of the woman at the well, Bartimaeus the blind man, the woman caught in adultery, the rich young man—and he asks the same of you as well. Do You Want to Be Healed? is a 10-day personal retreat that uses a healing process similar to the one found in the author Bob Schuchts’s bestselling book Be Healed.

160 pages, $15.95

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“A welcome and reliable guide.”

—Fr. Mathias Thelen President of Encounter Ministries

“This book deeply touched my heart.”

—Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT Author of Loved as I Am

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

The Grace of Enough

Pursuing Less and Living More in a Throwaway Culture

HALEY STEWART

192 pages, $16.95

Books by Emily Wilson Hussem

Awaken My Heart

52 Weeks of Giving Thanks and Loving Abundantly

These fifty-two reflections will help you cultivate a deeper prayer life, find freedom from the frenzy of tasks and the noise of the culture, and discover the lasting joy that can only blossom in a heart awakened to the beauty of God’s quiet, loving presence.

288 pages, $17.95

Awaken My Heart Prayer Journal

224 pages, $19.95 (Hardcover)

Go Bravely

Becoming the Woman You Were Created to Be

160 pages, $13.95

The Go Bravely Companion Journal

Becoming the Woman You Were Created to Be

128 pages, $13.95

NEW FROM BOBBY ANGEL

Gaming and the Heroic Life

A Quest for Holiness in the Virtual World

BOBBY ANGEL

Video games fuel a fundamental human drive for adventure—like the epic quest to slay zombies, a solo voyage to rescue the princess, or setting off with a clan to defeat the final boss.

The desire to be a hero in your journey is something Bobby Angel can relate to. A lifelong gamer, he was the cohost of the series on YouTube and often appears as a guest on Bearded Blevins’s  Around the Halo on Twitch. In Gaming and the Heroic Life 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

AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 2023

“Finally we have a gamer and missionary disciple leading the conversation about video games and their impact on the human person.”

—From the foreword by Jonathan “Bearded” Blevins

Running for a Higher Purpose

8 Steps to Spiritual and Physical Fitness

BISHOP THOMAS JOHN PAPROCKI

160 pages, $15.95

Holy Goals for Body and Soul

Eight Steps to Connect Sports with God and Faith

BISHOP THOMAS JOHN PAPROCKI WITH JOE PAPROCKI

160 pages, $16.95

Breakthrough

A Journey from Desperation to Hope

FR. ROB GALEA

224 pages, $16.95

Breakthrough: The Companion Journal

96 pages, $10.95

Rekindled

How Jesus Called Me Back to the Catholic Church and Set My Heart on Fire

MALLORY SMYTH

160 pages, $15.95

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— parents Joseph and Maria, siblings Zelie and Baby Lou, and their pet pelican, Pascha—as they find reasons to pray throughout their day.

32 pages, $16.95 (Hardcover)

loved this book.”

—Katie Prejean McGrady

BeDADitudes

GREGORY K. POPCAK

192 pages, $15.95

Our Not-Quite-Holy Family

MARK AND MELANIE HART

160 pages, $15.95

Bless Us, O Lord

ROBERT M. HAMMA

224 pages, $17.95

The Ave Prayer Book for Catholic Mothers

224 pages, $21.95 (Hardcover)

The Handbook for Catholic Moms

LISA M. HENDEY

256 pages, $17.95

A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms

LISA M. HENDEY

352 pages, $18.95

Small Steps for Catholic Moms

DANIELLE BEAN

416 pages, $17.95

Divine Mercy for Moms

MICHELE FAEHNLE

AND EMILY JAMINET

224 pages, $15.95

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Host of The Katie McGrady Show on The Catholic Channel on Sirius XM

The Grief of Dads Support and Hope for Catholic Fathers Navigating Child Loss

PATRICK O’HEARN AND BRYAN FEGER WITH KELLY AND RYAN BREAUX OF RED BIRD MINISTRIES

For a variety of reasons—including cultural norms, a man’s traditional role in the family, and lack of support—a father’s grief often fades into the background when a child dies. The Grief of Dads was written by Catholic fathers just like you who have lost a child at any age and from any circumstance. These dads offer the support, spiritual guidance, and companionship you need as you make your way through grief.

224 pages, $18.95

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? How do we approach these crucial topics in a way that ensures our kids have the information they need, doesn’t make them (or us) feel shame, and reinforces Catholic values? 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

AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 2023

Awakening at Lourdes

Finding Sanctuary

How the Wild Work of Peace Restored the Heart of a Sandy Hook Mother

CHRISTY WILKENS

224 pages, $17.95

JENNIFER HUBBARD

160 pages, $16.95

MARY E. LENABURG

160 pages, $15.95

"As parents who have lost children ourselves, we know this book is a beautiful, restorative resource.”

—Jackie and Bobby Angel

ENGAGING CATHOLICISM SERIES

FROM THE MCGRATH INSTITUTE FOR CHURCH LIFE

Angels and Saints Who They Are and Why They Matter

ELIZABETH KLEIN

FOREWORD BY BRANT PITRE

We often pray with the saints in our Catholic practice or see paintings of angels by famous artists, but who are they really? What do they do? Can they really intercede for us? 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

AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 2023

Our Faithful Departed Where They Are and Why It Matters

LEONARD J. DELORENZO

When someone we love dies, it’s difficult to look beyond our grief to understand that they are still with us. And yet we hear in the funeral liturgy that “life is changed not ended.” In Our Faithful Departed, University of Notre Dame theologian Leonard J. DeLorenzo shows us what this means and how we are called to remain faithful in our relationships with the dead.

160 pages, $14.95

EUCHARISTIC REVIVAL

Becoming Eucharistic People

The Hope and Promise of Parish Life

TIMOTHY P. O’MALLEY

MCGRATH INSTITUTE FOR CHURCH LIFE

160 pages, $14.95

AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH!

Real Presence

What Does It Mean and Why Does It Matter?

TIMOTHY P. O’MALLEY

MCGRATH INSTITUTE FOR CHURCH LIFE

160 pages, $14.95

AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH!

Ten Ways to Pray

CAROLYN PIRTLE

128 pages, $13.95

Creation

CHRISTOPHER T. BAGLOW

160 pages, $14.95

BOOKS BY BRANDON VOGT

192 pages, $9.95

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

(Study Guide for Individual and Group Use)

64 pages, $8.95

This Is Our Faith

Teachings for an Unbelieving World

160 pages, $16.95

MICHAEL PENNOCK

MICHAEL PENNOCK

JOHN PAUL II

30 DAYS Great Spiritual Teacher

Each book in the Great Spiritual Teachers series provides a month of daily readings from one of Christianity's most beloved spiritual guides. These easy-to-use books are the perfect prayer companions for busy people who want to root their spiritual practice in the solid ground of these great spiritual teachers.

EACH DAY OFFERS:

A morning meditation drawn from the mystic’s writings

A simple mantra for use throughout the day

A night prayer to focus one’s thoughts as the day ends

Set the World on Fire

A

4-Week

Personal

Retreat

with the Female Doctors of the Church

VINITA HAMPTON WRIGHT

Only four women in the two thousand–year history of the Church—Thérèse of Lisieux, Teresa of Ávila, Catherine of Siena, and Hildegard of Bingen— have the distinction of being named Doctors of the Church because of their impact on the faith. In Set the World on Fire, bestselling author, retreat leader, and spiritual director Vinita Hampton Wright offers a fourweek personal retreat that immerses you in the dramatic lives, historical eras, and groundbreaking ideas of these formidable saints and invites you to develop the grit, humility, pragmatism, hope, joy, and vision these women possessed.

192 pages, $18.95

Pray for Us

75 Saints Who Sinned, Suffered, and Struggled on Their Way to Holiness

MEG HUNTER-KILMER

Popular itinerant missionary Meg Hunter-Kilmer will stretch your preconceived notions of holiness by exploring the lesser-known lives of seventy-five extraordinary people whose human struggles and limitations reveal the power of God’s grace.

288 pages, $18.95

SUSAN MUTO

384 pages, $24.95

160 pages, $15.95

TOMMY TIGHE

224 pages, $16.95

TOMMY TIGHE

224 pages, $15.95

JOYCE RUPP

Jesus, Friend of My Soul Reflections for the Lenten Journey

128 pages, $13.95

Boundless Compassion Creating a Way of Life

224 pages, $18.95

The Boundless Compassion Journal

160 pages, $16.95

Prayers for Boundless Compassion

128 pages, $12.95

Return to the Root Reflections on the Inner Life

256 pages, $18.95

The Cup of Our Life

A Guide to Spiritual Growth

192 pages, $16.95

Jesus, Companion in My Suffering Reflections for the Lenten Journey

128 pages, $13.95

Prayer Seeds

A Gathering of Blessings, Reflections, and Poems for Spiritual Growth

224 pages, $15.95

Open the Door A Journey to the True Self

224 pages, $18.95

The Love of Thousands

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

Is it possible that angels, saints, and even our departed ancestors support and inspire us throughout our lives? How can we connect with them in a real way?

Christine Valters Paintner, popular spiritual writer and abbess of the online Abbey of the Arts, says these sacred beings are paving the way for our journey toward God’s love, even as we pass through a world rife with struggle, discord, and violence. In The Love of Thousands, she helps us open up our spiritual imagination to encounter our heavenly helpers, allowing us to become everyday mystics.

224 pages, $18.95

“Reading a book by Christine Valters Paintner is like going on a retreat in your own home.”

—Carl McColman Author of The Big Book of Christian Mysticism

Out of Solitude

Three Meditations on the Christian Life

64 pages, $8.95

Heart Speaks to Heart

Three Gospel Meditations on Jesus

64 pages, $8.95

THOMAS MERTON

Can You Drink

the Cup?

128 pages, $12.95

Out of Solitude

Three Meditations on the Christian Life

64 pages, $8.95

A Book of Hours

THOMAS MERTON

EDITED BY KATHLEEN DEIGNAN

224 pages, $22.00 (Hardcover)

Merton’s Palace of Nowhere

JAMES FINLEY

Foreword by Henri J. M. Nouwen

160 pages, $16.95

What I Am Living For

EDITED BY JON M. SWEENEY

224 pages, $16.95

When the Trees Say Nothing

THOMAS MERTON

EDITED BY KATHLEEN DEIGNAN

192 pages, $15.95

The Franciscan Heart of

Thomas Merton

DANIEL P. HORAN, OFM

288 pages, $17.95

Habits

of Freedom

5 Ignatian Tools for Clearing Your Mind and Resting Daily in the Lord

CHRISTOPHER S. COLLINS, SJ

128 pages, $14.95

Three Moments of the Day

Praying with the Heart of Jesus

CHRISTOPHER S. COLLINS, SJ

160 pages, $14.95

Transformed by God’s Word

Discovering the Power of Lectio and Visio Divina

STEPHEN J. BINZ

224 pages, $16.95

The

First Spiritual Exercises

AS ORIGINALLY CONCEIVED BY ST. IGNATIUS LOYOLA

ADAPTED BY

MICHAEL HANSEN, SJ

384 pages, $19.95

Finding God in All Things

A Companion to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius

WILLIAM A. BARRY, SJ

144 pages, $14.95

Opening to God

A Guide to Prayer

THOMAS H. GREEN, SJ

128 pages, $14.95

Weeds Among the Wheat Discernment: Where Prayer and Action Meet

THOMAS H. GREEN, SJ

208 pages, $16.95

MARRIAGE & WEDDING PLANNING

BESTSELLER— MORE THAN 9 MILLION SOLD!

Together for Life

Celebrating and Living the Sacrament

JOSEPH M. CHAMPLIN WITH PETER A. JARRET, CSC

134 pages, $5.25 ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH!

The Order of Celebrating Matrimony

Complete Set

144 Marriage Rite cards and 19 tabs, Ceremonial Binder, $77.95

Ritual Cards

Boxed set of 144 rite cards and 19 tabs, $56.95

Ceremonial Binder

Vinyl, embossed cover with gold foil stamp, Three-ring binder, $21.00

A Lifetime of Love

LOU HOLTZ

128 pages, $13.95

Just Married

GREG AND LISA POPCAK

256 pages, $17.95

101 Tips for a Happier Marriage

JENNIFER ROBACK MORSE AND BETSY KEREKES

144 pages, $13.95

MARRIAGE PREPARATION PROGRAM IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH

Program Features:

• Program Manual: $19.95

• Mentor Pack: $49.95

• Couple’s Pack: $19.95

• DVD and Digital Files for Companion Videos

• Starter Pack: $74.95

“Joined by Grace’s approach is well-grounded.”

—Most Reverend Joseph E. Kurtz, DD Archbishop of Louisville

.

Praying Our Goodbyes

NEWLY UPDATED AND REVISED!

Seasons of Hope

Creating and Sustaining Catholic Bereavement Groups

M. DONNA MACLEOD

Facilitator’s Pack:

1 guidebook, 4 journals, $40.00

Guidebook: 192 pages, $23.95

Journal 1: 64 pages, $6.95

Journal 2: 64 pages, $6.95

Journal 3: 64 pages, $6.95

Journal 4: 64 pages, $6.95

May You Find Comfort

Through Death to Life

Preparing to Celebrate the Funeral Mass

JOSEPH M. CHAMPLIN

This comprehensive guide brings together in one place all the official liturgical texts needed for planning a Catholic funeral Mass, providing a practical tool for priests, deacons, and lay pastoral ministers as they help grieving Catholics plan the funeral of a loved one.

128 pages, $5.25

ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH!

The Funeral Mass and Rite of Committal

This easy-to-use set brings together all of the prayers, scripture readings, and blessings a priest needs for celebrating the funeral Mass.

Funeral Mass and Rite of Committal Complete Set

169 cards and binder, $84.95

Funeral Mass and Rite of Committal Ritual Cards

169 cards, $65.95

Ceremonial Binder:

Three-ring binder, $21.00

BOOKS 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

FREE Downloadable Discussion Guide available at avemariapress.com.

31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator

JARED DEES

192 pages, $11.95

Particles of Faith

A Catholic Guide to Navigating Science

STACY A. TRASANCOS

256 pages, $17.95

FREE Downloadable Teacher Resource Guide available at avemariapress.com

192 pages, $13.95

224 pages, $13.95

Called

to

Teach Daily Inspiration for Catholic Educators

JUSTIN MCCLAIN

288 pages, $16.95

Christ in the Classroom

Lesson Planning for the Heart and Mind

JARED DEES

192 pages, $12.95

192 pages, $12.95

Send Out Your Spirit

MICHAEL AMODEI

Candidate Book: 288 pages, $12.95

Leader’s Manual: 224 pages, $24.95

Sponsor’s Handbook: 48 pages, $3.95

EDITED BY LOU DELFRA, CSC, AND ANN PRIMUS BERENDS

A Catholic Pilgrimage through American History

People and Places that Shaped the Church in the United States

KEVIN SCHMIESING

Foreword by Mike Aquilina

Historian Kevin Schmiesing takes you to more than two-dozen sites and events that symbolize and embody America’s rich and sometimes tumultuous Catholic past, including the Santa Fe Trail, Gettysburg, and the Bourbon Trail. You’ll also meet both famous and infamous Catholics—including Fr. Augustus Tolton, Dr. Samuel Mudd, and Francis Cabrini—who impacted our nation’s history.

288 pages, $19.95

RECLAIMING CATHOLIC HISTORY

The Early Church (33–313)

St. Peter, the Apostles, and Martyrs

JAMES L. PAPANDREA

160 pages, $16.95

The Church and the Dark Ages (430–1027)

St. Benedict, Charlemagne, and the Rise of Christendom

PHILLIP CAMPBELL

192 pages, $17.95

The Church and the Roman Empire (301–490)

Constantine, Councils, and the Fall of Rome

MIKE AQUILINA

192 pages, $17.95

The Church and the Middle Ages (1000–1378)

Cathedrals, Crusades, and the Papacy in Exile

STEVE WEIDENKOPF

192 pages, $17.95

The Church and the Age of Reformations (1350–1650)

Martin Luther, the Renaissance, and the Council of Trent

JOSEPH T. AND BARBARA STUART

192 pages, $17.95

The Church and the Age of Enlightenment (1648–1848)

Faith, Science, and the Challenge of Secularism

DOMINIC A. AQUILA

192 pages, $18.95

The Church and the Modern Era (1846–2005)

Pius IX, World Wars, and the Second Vatican Council

DAVID M. WAGNER

192 pages, $17.95

Priesthood in a Time of Crisis

A New Study of the Psychological and Spiritual Health of Priests

MSGR. STEPHEN J. ROSSETTI

A new study by Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti—a licensed psychologist and research professor who has studied the American priesthood for thirty years—found that an overwhelming majority of American Catholic priests say that they are happy, like their work, and have vibrant spiritual lives.

As Rossetti’s capstone to thirty years of studying the Catholic priesthood in the United States, Priesthood in a Time of Crisis is an indispensable tool for bishops and priests, as well as all those charged with the formation and ongoing education of clergy.

224 pages, $19.95

ALSO BY MSGR. STEPHEN J. ROSSETTI The Joy of Priesthood

A Concise Guide to Canon Law

KEVIN E. MCKENNA WITH ALDEAN B. HENDRICKSON

160 pages, $17.95

224 pages, $17.95

192 pages, $16.95

A Concise Guide to Catholic Social Teaching (Third Edition)

KEVIN E. MCKENNA

192 pages, $18.95

Remembering Why We Preach

KARLA J. BELLINGER AND MICHAEL E. CONNORS, CSC

144 pages, $21.95

Our Life of Service

DEACON HAROLD BURKE-SIVERS

192 pages, $17.95

A Deacon Prays

DEACON GREG KANDRA

Foreword by Frank J. Caggiano

160 pages, $14.95

ANN M. GARRIDO

224 pages, $15.95

The Rebuilt Series

CELEBRATE THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS AWARD-WINNING BOOK!

Rebuilt

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

FR. MICHAEL WHITE AND TOM CORCORAN

Fr. Michael White and Tom Corcoran present the compelling and inspiring story of how they brought their parish back to life.

Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter is a story of stopping everything and changing focus. When their parish reached a breaking point, White and Corcoran asked themselves how they could make the Church matter to Catholics, and they realized the answer was at the heart of the Gospel. Their faithful response not only tripled their weekend mass attendance, but also yielded increased giving, flourishing ministries, and a vibrant, solidly Catholic spiritual revival.

320 pages, $17.95

ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH!

“If you love your parish, read this book.”

—From the foreword by Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan Archbishop of New York

Come, Holy Spirit

Spiritual Wisdom from Fr. Ted Hesburgh

THEODORE M. HESBURGH, CSC

Edited by Todd Ream, Hannah Pick, and Gerry Olinger, CSC

Come, Holy Spirit reveals a spirituality intimately connected to the daily life of Fr. Theodore M. Hesburgh, CSC, affectionately known as “Fr. Ted”— prominent priest, civil rights activist, public servant, and former president of the University of Notre Dame. In this first collection of his spiritual writings, Hesburgh is revealed to be a person of action with an even more dynamic spiritual life.

256 pages, $18.95

All for Her The Autobiography of Father Patrick Peyton, CSC

384 pages, $20.00

The Cross, Our Only Hope

EDITED BY ANDREW GAWRYCH, CSC, AND KEVIN GROVE, CSC

512 pages, $17.95

CHRISTIAN CLASSICS

Patrology

JOHANNES

QUASTEN

2,162 pages, $153.95 (4-Volume Set)

Summa Theologica

THOMAS AQUINAS

Paperback: 3,022 pages, $180.00 (5-Volume Set)

Hardcover: 3,022 pages, $255.00 (5-Volume Set)

Summa Theologiae

THOMAS AQUINAS

Paperback: 712 pages, $45.00

Hardcover: 712 pages, $59.95

Interior Castle

TERESA OF AVILA AND DENNIS BILLY, CSsR

320 pages, $17.95

The Imitation of Christ

THOMAS À KEMPIS AND DENNIS BILLY, CSsR

272 pages, $18.95

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, $15.95

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

My Other Self

CLARENCE J. ENZLER

Foreword by Greg Kandra

256 pages, $13.95

Thérèse

DOROTHY DAY

224 pages, $16.95

ABCs of the Christian Life

G. K. CHESTERTON

192 pages, $16.95

The Imitation of Christ

THOMAS À KEMPIS

TRANSLATED BY WILLIAM C. CREASY

256 pages, $18.95

The Mystical Body of Christ

FULTON J. SHEEN

352 pages, $20.95