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April The Four Keys to Everlasting Love How Your Catholic Marriage Can Bring You Joy for a Lifetime KAREE AND MANUEL P. SANTOS Foreword by Christopher West
No marriage is free from conflicts about sex, money, child-rearing, in-laws, and work/life balance. Marriage columnist Karee Santos and her husband, Manuel, a psychiatrist who has been counseling couples for more than fifteen years, explore how applying the wisdom of the Catholic faith to marriage can free us to experience deep, lasting, and soul-satisfying love.
978-1-59471-603-4 · 288 pages · $15.95 On-Sale Date: April 8, 2016 World Rights · 5.5" x 8.5" · Paperback Category: Catholicism/Marriage & Relationships Imprint: Ave Maria Press
KAREE SANTOS is a Catholic blogger, speaker, and a writer for the Catholic Match Institute. MANUEL SANTOS, MD, is a psychiatrist at Mercy Hospital, Rockville Centre, New York. The Santoses designed and taught a pre-Cana marriage preparation course, and they write a monthly marriage advice column on CatholicMom.com called “Marriage Rx.” They contribute to FAITH magazine’s “Marriage Matters” advice column. The couple lives in Garden City, New York, with their six children.
We live in a culture that doesn’t cherish the permanence of marriage, according to Karee and Manuel Santos. Even Catholics aren’t immune from the epidemic of divorce. In The Four Keys to Everlasting Love, the Santoses draw on real-life stories, scriptural principles, and the timeless wisdom of St. John Paul II to help you celebrate the sacrament of Marriage without downplaying the difficulties of married life. In doing so, they will inspire you to stay in love with each other, Christ, and the wisdom of the Church. The Santoses tell their own story as well: how they learned to put family first; how they overcame health crises that exacted a physical, emotional, and spiritual toll; and how they navigated stressful holiday get-togethers with extended family. Each chapter provides discussion questions, action prompts, quotes from the Catechism of the Catholic Church and various popes, and additional online and print resources to stimulate the couple’s conversation, mutual understanding, and positive change.
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Free worksheets and other supplemental resources, including a study guide for engaged couples, are available on the authors’ website, canwecana.blogspot.com.
“Practical, yet spiritually rich.” From the foreword by Christopher West Author of Good News about Sex and Marriage
February A CatholicMom.com Book
Divine Mercy for Moms
Sharing the Lessons of St. Faustina MICHELE FAEHNLE AND EMILY JAMINET Foreword by Fr. Michael E. Gaitley, MIC The Divine Mercy devotion of St. Faustina Kowalska is one of the most celebrated of all Catholic devotions. Catholic bloggers and speakers Michele Faehnle and Emily Jaminet break open the history, practices, and prayers associated with the devotion, guiding busy moms to receive God’s message of Divine Mercy and pass it on to others through their words, deeds, and prayers. In her famous Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul, St. Faustina recorded a series of visions of Jesus where he revealed the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and promised that anything can be obtained with the prayer if it is compatible with his will. The Marians of the Immaculate Conception are dedicated to spreading the Divine Mercy devotion; the foreword of this book was written by Fr. Michael E. Gaitley, MIC, author of Divine Mercy Explained and 33 Days to Morning Glory. In Divine Mercy for Moms, Faehnle and Jaminet draw upon their own experiences to introduce readers to St. Faustina and her five essential elements of the Divine Mercy message: • The image of the Merciful Jesus • The Feast of Divine Mercy • The Chaplet of Divine Mercy • The House of Mercy • Spreading the honor of Divine Mercy With heartwarming stories and practical advice, this book reveals that mercy is not just a gift to be received in the confessional but a spiritual resource that strengthens those who extend themselves in word, deed, and prayer.
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The book is being released during the “Holy Year of Mercy” extraordinary jubilee declared by Pope Francis.
“I hope you will read this book and help save the world.” From the foreword by Fr. Michael E. Gaitley, MIC
978-1-59471-665-2 · $14.95 · 160 pages On-Sale Date: February 26, 2016 World Rights · 5.5" x 8.5" · Paperback Category: Prayer/Women’s Spirituality Imprint: Ave Maria Press
MICHELE FAEHNLE is a speaker, blogger, and codirector of the Columbus Catholic Women’s Conference. She and her husband, Matthew, have four children and live in Columbus, Ohio. EMILY JAMINET is a speaker, blogger, and serves on the leadership team of the Columbus Catholic Women’s Conference. She and her husband, John, have seven children and live in Columbus, Ohio.
Author of 33 Days to Morning Glory
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“I love this book. One Ordinary Sunday will be illuminating not just for regular parishioners but for those who stand outside the Church and wonder what those Catholics are up to.� Ron Hansen
Author of Mariette in Ecstasy and A Stay Against Confusion
March One Ordinary Sunday
A Meditation on the Mystery of the Mass PAULA HUSTON The popular, award-winning writer Paula Huston draws on her spiritual wisdom and her talent as a novelist to provide both a moment-by-moment record of her experience of one particular Mass on one particular Sunday in her home parish in California and a theologically and historically rich exploration of the origin and meaning of the liturgy. For Catholics, the Mass is the “source and summit of the Christian life,” as the documents of the Church put it. Yet many Catholics might confess to not understand in any depth what goes on in an “ordinary” celebration of the Eucharist. In perhaps her most compelling and original book to date, Huston, a novelist and spiritual writer, guides us through a Mass on the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time at her home parish in Arroyo Grande, California. A natural storyteller, Huston deftly illuminates what might seem either mysterious to those unfamiliar with the Mass or overly familiar to those who have lost an appreciation of its mystery, including what it means to say that the Mass is a sacrifice; what the purpose of the Eucharistic Prayer is; and what happens at the consecration of bread and wine. This is a book for all Catholics, especially those who have questions about the basic practices of their faith, who are new to the Church, or who have left the Church behind but still feel like part of the family.
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The author of eight previous books and a professor of creative writing, Paula Huston has been an awardwinning novelist, memoirist, and essayist for more than twenty years.
978-1-59471-595-2 · 256 pages · $16.95 On-Sale Date: March 11, 2016 World Rights · 5.5" x 8.5" · Paperback Category: Catholicism/Spirituality Imprint: Ave Maria Press
“To say I loved the book would be an understatement. Bless Paula for writing this book and sharing an ordinary Sunday Mass, which—like da Vinci’s Last Supper—manages to capture the divine amidst the turmoil and confusion of Christ’s breaking of the bread on the night he was betrayed, when he gave himself, as he continues to give himself and as only God can.” Paul Mariani
Biographer, poet, and author of Thirty Days: On Retreat with the Exercises of St. Ignatius
“Paula Huston has made something beautiful for God and for us. This book will do much good.” Mike Aquilina
Author of The Mass of the Early Christians
PAULA HUSTON, a National Endowment for the Arts fellow, wrote literary fiction for more than twenty years before shifting her focus to spirituality. She taught writing and literature at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and mentors graduate students in creative nonfiction for Seattle Pacific University’s MFA in Creative Writing program. Huston is the award-winning author of several spiritual nonfiction books, including The Holy Way and Simplifying the Soul.
AUTHOR’S OTHER TITLE Simplifying the Soul ISBN: 978-1-59471-269-2, $14.95
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March Redeeming Conflict 12 Habits for Christian Leaders ANN M. GARRIDO Foreword by Sheila Heen
It seems counterintuitive: conflict can be a blessing. But Catholic theologian and conflict mediator Ann M. Garrido identifies conflict as a fruitful exchange that arises from living and working together in the diverse world God created. Garrido, author of the bestselling Redeeming Administration, offers twelve practical habits for responding to conflict.
978-1-59471-613-3 · $15.95 · 288 pages On-Sale Date: March 11, 2016 World Rights · 5" x 7" · Paperback Category: Pastoral Ministry Resources Imprint: Ave Maria Press
ANN M. GARRIDO is the author of five books, including Redeeming Administration. She is an associate professor of homiletics at Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, where she also serves as director for a number of programs including the doctor of ministry program in preaching, the master of arts program in pastoral studies in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, and the Aquinas Ministry Integration Project. Garrido travels nationally and internationally doing conflict education and mediation work.
AUTHOR’S OTHER TITLE Redeeming Administration ISBN: 978-1-59471-428-3, $14.95
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In Redeeming Conflict, Ann Garrido explains that conversion comes through conversation, that there is a difference between “the truth” and “my truth,” and that you should be curious and practice “Pentecost listening”—or empathetic listening—even if you think something is way off base. Garrido will help Christian leaders discover how to speak directly with colleagues about tensions and about how to get to know themselves well enough to keep from becoming defensive in the face of negative feedback. She uses saintly examples to illustrate her points, calling upon stories of St. Francis and a Muslim sultan, Leo the Great, Archbishop Óscar Romero, and Our Lady, Undoer of Knots. Garrido also offers sample exercises and tools to work through conflict within an organization and provides self-assessment questions and a prayer at the end of each chapter to help apply it to your personal and professional life.
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Garrido’s previous book, Redeeming Administration, sold more than 10,000 copies and was a 2014 Catholic Press Association Award winner in the professional books category.
“This book has the potential to make a great difference in how we, as persons and Church, communicate, dialogue, and resolve problems.” Sr. Rose Pacatte, F.S.P. Director of the Pauline Center for Media Studies
February Transformed by God’s Word
Discovering the Power of Lectio and Visio Divina STEPHEN J. BINZ Icons by Ruta and Kaspars Poikans Bestselling author and biblical scholar Stephen J. Binz presents the first book to combine the ancient Western practice of lectio divina (sacred reading) with the lesser-known Eastern Orthodox tradition of visio divina (sacred seeing). Binz offers a life-changing way to pray through twenty gospel readings paired with beautiful, never-before-published contemporary icons. St. Benedict urged his followers to listen to God’s Word “with the ear of the heart.” Eastern Orthodox spiritual writers focused on gazing at icons, as St. Paul said, with “the eyes of the heart.” Popular speaker and retreat leader Stephen J. Binz draws on the richness of both traditions by combining lectio and visio divina. Contemplation is more difficult than ever during this digital age and Binz offers a proven and profound way to cut through the noise and pray the gospels. He walks you through six steps: reading, seeing, meditating, praying, contemplating, and acting. Binz also provides simple suggestions for self-reflection that can lead to practical changes in your everyday life. The book’s twenty Bible passages—starting with the Annunciation and ending with Pentecost—are paired with full-color icons of each story.
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The book features never-before-published icons, the icons were created by Ruta and Kaspars Poikans, for the Unity Chapel at the Mary of Nazareth International Center in Israel. This is the first book to combine the practices of lectio divina (sacred reading) and visio divina (sacred seeing).
978-1-59471-651-5 · $16.95 · 224 pages On-Sale Date: February 26, 2016 World Rights · 6"x 9" · Paperback · Full Color Category: Catholicism/Spirituality Imprint: Ave Maria Press
STEPHEN J. BINZ is a popular Catholic speaker, biblical scholar, psychotherapist, and an award-winning author of more than forty books in biblical theology, commentary, and spirituality, with cumulative sales of more than 400,000. RUTA and KASPARS POIKANS make icons, frescoes, mosaics, sculptures, and liturgical furnishings in their Saint Luke Workshop at Notre Dame des Dombes Abbey in France.
“This skillful melding of lectio and visio divina helps the reader personally engage God’s Word and be shaped by its power. Prepare to be blessed!” Sarah Christmyer Author and codeveloper of The Great Adventure Catholic Bible Study Program
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“Whether studied as theology, used as a companion on retreat, or read in quiet moments, this is a life-changing book.” Austen Ivereigh
Author of The Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope
February Remembering God’s Mercy
Redeem the Past and Free Yourself from Painful Memories DAWN EDEN In the first book to explore how memories impact and are affected by faith, bestselling author Dawn Eden offers a guide to the process she used to heal the pain of her past. Through her own story, as well as the examples of St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Peter Faber, and Pope Francis, she shows how the mercy of God can bring you healing and inner peace. Dawn Eden’s My Peace I Give You helped thousands find peace after abuse and established her as the leading Catholic authority on recovering from traumatic stress. In Remembering God’s Mercy, Eden—who suffered childhood sexual abuse that left her with PTSD—describes how she was inspired by the example of Pope Francis, St. Ignatius, and St. Peter Faber, all of whom suffered from their own painful experiences and followed a similar path to healing. Through the wisdom of these three Jesuits, Eden developed an Ignatian model of healing: • Acknowledge your memories. • Accept that they change the way you see God, your fate, and other people. • Allow God to transform your memories with his story of salvation. In each chapter, Eden will engage you with specific steps to take using the most famous Ignatian prayer, the Suscipe— Latin for “receive”—to transform your past traumas into an offering to God that is united with Jesus’ own self-offering.
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The book is being released during the “Holy Year of Mercy” extraordinary jubilee declared by Pope Francis. The Thrill of the Chaste has sold more than 20,000 copies. My Peace I Give You has sold more than 10,000 copies. 978-1-59471-636-2 · 160 pages · $14.95 On-Sale Date: February 26, 2016 World English Rights · 5.5" x 8.5" · Paperback Category: Catholicism/Christian Living Imprint: Ave Maria Press
“Dawn Eden’s openness to the Holy Spirit is evident on every page of Remembering God’s Mercy, drawing you into the same. Open this book and experience God lifting a veil and enveloping you in his Divine Mercy.” Kathryn Jean Lopez
Editor at National Review and coauthor of How to Defend the Faith without Raising Your Voice
“This is an exceptional book. Remembering God’s Mercy breaks new ground and adds significantly to works about healing from trauma and the painful memories that follow.” Rev. James Kubicki, S.J.
National Director of the Apostleship of Prayer
DAWN EDEN is a blogger and author of The Thrill of the Chaste (originally published in 2006 and now available in a revised Catholic edition) and My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saints. Eden received her pontifical licentiate in sacred theology from the Dominican House of Studies in 2014 and is studying for a doctorate in theology at Mundelein Seminary. She speaks throughout North America and abroad and has been featured in the New York Times and on EWTN.
AUTHOR’S OTHER TITLES My Peace I Give You ISBN: 978-1-59471-290-6, $16.95
The Thrill of the Chaste (Catholic Edition) ISBN: 978-1-59471-558-7, $15.95
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April Keep Your Kids Catholic
Sharing Your Faith and Making It Stick MARC CARDARONELLA Foreword by Scott Hahn Many Catholic parents are tempted to leave the religious education and spiritual formation of their children to their parish or Catholic school. Professional catechist, popular blogger, and father of two, Marc Cardaronella has a passionate plea for those parents: Be your child’s primary educator in the faith by what you do and say. This practical guide gives parents what they need to create a faith-nurturing environment at home.
978-1-59471-605-8 · $14.95 · 160 pages On-Sale Date: April 8, 2016 World Rights · 5.5" x 8.5" · Paperback Category: Catholicism/Christian Living Imprint: Ave Maria Press
MARC CARDARONELLA is director of the Bishop Helmsing Institute for Faith Formation at the Diocese of Kansas City–St. Joseph, Missouri. He served as director of religious education at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Champaign, Illinois, 2002–2014; and was a US Navy aviator 1988–1999.
When Marc Cardaronella started his job as a catechist, he could empathize with parents who came to him to talk about how their now-grown children had left the Church because he had been there: Despite years of religious education and regular Mass attendance, Cardaronella never really practiced his faith and stayed away for twenty years. Now it’s his mission to equip families like yours to hand on your faith. His passionate message is that the faith formation children need is not taught in standard religious education classes and probably never will be. Cardaronella is on a quest to help parents fill the gaps by first strengthening their own faith. He gives parents the tools to pass that faith on to their kids and make it stick by teaching them how to pray with their children consistently, about adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, the power of the Examen prayer, and how to motivate kids to be engaged in parish life and Christian outreach.
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Compact, practical, field-tested, and affordable, the book is perfect for bulk purchases by Catholic parishes wanting to support parents as primary educators in the faith.
“Marc Cardaronella is on target as usual, bringing vitality, precision, and inspiration to a superbly written book that is equal parts field guide, spiritual retreat, and personal witness.” Lisa Mladinich Catholic author and creator of Amazing Catechists
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April Illuminating the Way
Embracing the Wisdom of Monks and Mystics CHRISTINE VALTERS PAINTNER Popular author of eight books and abbess of the online retreat center Abbey of the Arts, Christine Valters Paintner explores how the lives and spirituality of twelve monks and mystics offer distinct patterns of thought that will guide you on the path to your true spiritual identity. In Illuminating the Way, Christine Valters Paintner takes you on a journey through your inner life accompanied by twelve great monks and mystics from the Christian tradition. Each figure invites you to discover the energy and potential of a particular archetype—the inner sage in Benedict; the inner visionary in Hildegard of Bingen; and the inner orphan in Dorothy Day. Paintner is beloved by readers for her creative practices, guided meditations, and beautiful prayers and poems, and she has included all of these elements to further explore the image associated with each mystic. Her insightful reflections on key selections of each mystic’s writings will help you gain greater self-knowledge and experience a deeper encounter with God.
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Christine Valters Paintner’s four previous titles with Sorin Books have combined sales of more than 25,000 copies. Each chapter includes a full-color painting of each monk or mystic by Marcy Hall with commentary by Paintner and mediations by Paintner’s husband, John. Supplemental materials, including a CD with music, a DVD with movement prayers, and a book that includes images, poems, and music notations are available on Paintner’s website, abbeyofthearts.com.
“A wonderful resource. I joyfully recommend it.” Macrina Wiederkehr, O.S.B.
978-1-933495-93-4 · 224 pages · $17.95 On-Sale Date: April 29, 2016 World Right · 6" x 9" · Paperback / Full Color Category: Prayer/Spirituality Imprint: Sorin Books
CHRISTINE VALTERS PAINTNER is the webbased abbess of Abbey of the Arts, a virtual monastery offering online courses on contemplative practice and creative expression. She holds a doctorate in Christian spirituality and is a Benedictine oblate. She is the author of The Eyes of the Heart; Water, Wind, Earth, and Fire; and The Artist’s Rule and is a columnist for the progressive Christian portal at Patheos.
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“In The Enthusiast, Jon Sweeney uses his sharp historical insight to shed light on the widely known, but little understood friendship of St. Francis and Elias of Cortona. This book is an immense and important contribution to our understanding of the great saint.� Richard Rohr, O.F.M., Center for Action and Contemplation Albuquerque, New Mexico
March The Enthusiast
How the Best Friend of Francis of Assisi Almost Destroyed What He Started JON M. SWEENEY Popular historian and award-winning author Jon M. Sweeney relates the untold story of St. Francis’s friendship with Elias of Cortona, the man who helped him build the Franciscan movement. Sweeney uses the complexities of their relationship in a gripping narrative of how their efforts changed the world and how Elias’s enthusiasm betrayed the ideals of his friend. Few biographies of St. Francis have examined his complicated relationship with close friend Elias of Cortona. In The Enthusiast, award-winning author and historian Jon M. Sweeney delves into this little-known partnership that defined and then almost destroyed Francis’s ideals. Blending history and biography, Sweeney reveals how Francis and Elias rebuilt churches, aided lepers, and entertained as “God’s troubadours” to the delight of everyday people who had grown tired of a remote and tumultuous Church. At the height of their spiritual renaissance, however, Elias became “the devil” to many of the other friars; they believed him to be a traitor to their ideals. After Francis’s premature death, the movement fractured. Scorned by most of the Franciscan leadership, Elias followed a path that would leave him a lonely, broken man. Sweeney shows how Elias’s undoing was rooted in his attempts to honor his old friend.
“Among the hundreds of biographies of St. Francis of Assisi, The Enthusiast stands out as a truly great read.” Paula Huston
Novelist and author of One Ordinary Sunday
“Jon Sweeney takes away the calcified, garden statue image of St. Francis and returns to us something much more valuable—a Francis who is flawed, strange, and disruptive, but unmistakably holy.” Kaya Oakes
Author of Radical Reinvention
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Sweeney’s twenty books have combined sales of more than 225,000 copies. Sweeney writes for America and other periodicals and has appeared on Fox News, CBS News in Chicago, CBS Saturday Morning, WGN-TV, WTTW on Chicago’s Chicago Tonight, and PBS television, as well as a wide variety of radio programs.
978-1-59471-601-0 · $18.95 · 288 pages On-Sale Date: March 25, 2016 World Rights · 5.5" x 8.5" · Paperback Category: Christianity/Biography Imprint: Ave Maria Press
JON M. SWEENEY is an independent scholar and one of religion’s most respected writers. He is the bestselling author of The Pope Who Quit. Sweeney’s other works include When Saint Francis Saved the Church, Inventing Hell, The Complete Francis of Assisi, and The St. Francis Prayer Book. He writes regularly for America and The Tablet and is also the editorial director at Franciscan Media.
AUTHOR’S OTHER TITLE 2015 Catholic Press Association Award Winner
When Saint Francis Saved the Church ISBN: 978-1-59471-646-1, $15.95
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February Room 24
Adventures of a New Evangelist KATIE PREJEAN Foreword by Mike Patin Five years after she graduated from high school, teacher, youth minister, and sought-after speaker Katie Prejean returned to her alma mater in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to teach freshman theology. In the early years of her career, Prejean’s hormonal, sometimes grumpy, and often confused students taught her what it means to evangelize. Her frequently witty and always candid stories—and the ten lessons she offers—will inspire anyone who works with youth in the Church today.
978-1-59471-649-2 · $13.95 · 192 pages On-Sale Date: February 26, 2016 World Rights · 5.5" x 8.5" · Paperback Category: Pastoral Ministry Resources Imprint: Ave Maria Press
KATIE PREJEAN is a passionate teacher, youth minister, author, and speaker who travels across the country using her unique style of “theological comedy” with audiences ranging in size from ten to ten thousand. Prejean is the freshman theology teacher and assistant campus minister at St. Louis Catholic High School in Lake Charles, Louisiana. MICHAEL PATIN is an award-winning Catholic speaker and author of This Was Not in the Brochure: Lessons from Work.
As she began her first year of teaching, Katie Prejean was eager to impart the Catholic doctrine she loves to her class in room 24 at St. Louis Catholic high school, but she was quickly rattled by the magnitude of the task, especially when she was challenged by a teen who said he didn’t believe. Prejean shares humorous and hopeful interactions she’s had with her students that helped her learn that teaching them about Jesus and his Church is not as important as knowing them, loving them, and inviting them to know and love Jesus as a personal friend and savior. Her frequent mistakes and occasional successes with her students taught Prejean how to evangelize young people by building relationships in joyful, humble, and prayerful ways. Likewise, Prejean determined that the power of inviting conversation, welcoming questions, and witnessing to faith through personal stories engages students and helps them fall in love with Jesus.
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Prejean has been published in Project Youth Ministry and Catechetical Leader and has appeared on EWTN’s Life on the Rock and Bookmark.
“I’m thrilled to have this book from Katie Prejean! Her passion for Christ and the work of his Church is contagious and this book is brimming with her inspirational vision and practical advice.” Chris Stefanick Founder and President of Real Life Catholic
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March To Heal, Proclaim, and Teach
The Essential Guide to Ministry in Today’s Catholic Church JARED DEES Popular author, catechist, and creator of The Religion Teacher website Jared Dees learned a valuable lesson from his students: teaching is not the same as evangelization. He found instead—as in Jesus’ own ministry—if you focus first on healing the wounded, then proclaiming the Word of God, and finally teaching, you can bring people of all ages to Christ. Jesus had a threefold ministry on Earth: to heal the sick and wounded, proclaim the Good News, and teach those who became his disciples. It’s an approach imitated by the saints throughout history and continues to be the cornerstone of successful ministry in parishes, Catholic schools, and other vibrant programs today. Jared Dees—author of 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator—will help you understand how Jesus’ ministry transformed lives through the biblical examples of Paul, Bartimaeus, the centurion’s servant, and the woman at the well. He shares the importance of healing through the ministries of saints, such as Mother Teresa, Br. André Bessette, Ignatius of Loyola, and Fr. Damien of Molokai. Dees offers practical examples of how to apply Jesus’ threefold ministry to everyday life: allow yourself to be constantly evangelized; learn to help others through both good and bad times; and root yourself in community. He also suggests examples of ministries that are effectively reaching the faithful of all ages today.
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Dees keeps a rigorous and expanding speaking schedule across the United States.
“An extremely readable, entirely practical guide for anyone interested in this critically important topic. Great book; we love it!” Rev. Michael White and Tom Corcoran Authors of Rebuilt
978-1-59471-619-5 · $15.95 · 288 pages On-Sale Date: March 25, 2016 World Rights · 5.5" x 8.5" · Paperback Category: Pastoral Ministry Resources Imprint: Ave Maria Press
JARED DEES is the creator of the popular website The Religion Teacher and the author of 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator. He has volunteered and worked in a variety of Catholic ministries, including Catholic schools, parish religious education, youth ministry, campus ministry, RCIA, and adult faith formation.
AUTHOR’S OTHER TITLE 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator ISBN: 978-1-59471-384-2, $9.95
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March Hidden in God
Discovering the Desert Vision of Charles de Foucauld BONNIE THURSTON Blessed Charles de Foucauld (1858–1916) was a complex man. Born into French aristocracy, he failed as a military officer, but rediscovered his childhood Catholic faith and eventually lived voluntarily as an impoverished priest/hermit in the Sahara Desert in Algeria. Foucauld wanted to emulate the hidden life of Jesus in Nazareth and in doing so, left a spiritual legacy that attracted such figures as Dorothy Day and author, poet, and spiritual director Bonnie Thurston.
978-1-59471-659-1 · $14.95 · 160 pages On-Sale Date: March 11, 2016 World Rights · 5.5" x 8.5" · Paperback Category: Catholicism/Spirituality Imprint: Ave Maria Press
BONNIE THURSTON is a New Testament scholar, poet, and Protestant minister, as well as a spiritual director and experienced retreat leader. She is a founding member and past president of the International Thomas Merton Society. She is the author or editor of eighteen theological books and five collections of poetry.
Published in celebration of the one-hundredth anniversary of Charles de Foucauld’s death on December 1, 1916, Hidden in God highlights the profound conversion that led Foucauld to embrace the life of a hermit in the Sahara, where he was eventually murdered by a band of marauders. Foucauld’s legacy is an enduring spiritual vision: if you believe in God, you should live for God and make him your reason for living. Drawing from his letters and journals, Bonnie Thurston explores how the hidden life of Nazareth brings the grace of great closeness to Jesus; the gift of the desert is the grace of complete dependence on God; and the grace of public life is the practice of charity and self-giving. Thurston adeptly demonstrates how these three locations are metaphors for states of spiritual life and ministry and how each one brings both a challenge and a danger. Words of wisdom from Foucauld, as well as questions to ponder and biblical texts to explore conclude each chapter.
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The one hundredth anniversary of Foucauld’s death is on December 1, 2016.
“Bonnie Thurston’s beautiful book introduces Charles de Foucauld as a spiritual guide and companion whose wisdom speaks clearly to the rhythms of our lives and the needs of our time.” Robert Ellsberg Editor of Charles de Foucauld: Writings
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February Lord of the World
A Novel ROBERT HUGH BENSON Introduction by Mark Bosco, S.J. In January 2015, Pope Francis mentioned Robert Hugh Benson’s Lord of the World and said, “I advise you to read it.” 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. Popular young adult books such as The Hunger Games and Divergent, as well as literary classics such as Walker Percy’s Love in the Ruins and Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, have created a growing interest in dystopian novels. In one of the first such novels of the twentieth century, Benson imagines a world where belief in God has been replaced by secular humanism. In this harrowing novel, apocalyptic conflict looms as Julian Falsenburg arises as leader of the world, promising peace in exchange for blind obedience. Those who resist are subject to torture and execution. As the Catholic Church in England rapidly disintegrates, Rev. Percy Franklin is left to provide hope and stability. With an imagination to rival H. G. Wells and theological insight akin to G. K. Chesterton, Benson’s astute novel has captured the attention of many today. This new edition features a biography of Benson by Martyn Sampson and a theological reflection by Rev. Michael Murphy, S.J.
978-0-87061-298-5 · $15.95 · 352 pages On-Sale Date: February 26, 2016 World Rights · 6" x 9" · Paperback Category: Religious Study Imprint: Christian Classics
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Lord of the World has been praised by Pope Francis as depicting “the spirit of the world which leads to apostasy.”
“By including both a fresh, context-clarifying introduction to Robert Hugh Benson and his dystopian tale—as well as an invaluable meditation on the theology that drives it—Ave Maria Press has given us a relevant and readable edition of a harrowing 1907 novel that, in places, seems all too familiar and timely.” Elizabeth Scalia
ROBERT HUGH BENSON (1871–1914) was an English Anglican priest who joined the Roman Catholic Church in 1903 and was ordained a Catholic priest in 1904. He was lauded in his own day as one of the leading figures in English literature and was the author of many novels and apologetic works. MARK BOSCO, S.J., is an associate professor at Loyola University Chicago where he also directs the Joan and Bill Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage.
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March Seasons in My Garden Meditations from a Hermitage ELIZABETH WAGNER
In Seasons in My Garden, award-winning writer Sr. Elizabeth Wagner reveals how tending to a garden in her Maine hermitage brought her to a deeper understanding of what it means to have faith, love others, and hope in the mercy of God. Her keen eye for the most intricate details of nature will help you find a path that brings you closer to God as well.
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SR. ELIZABETH WAGNER lives a contemplative life at Transfiguration Hermitage, which she founded in Maine as a semi-eremitical community devoted to prayer and solitude following the Rule of St. Benedict. Sr. Wagner is a hermit, writer, spiritual director, and retreat leader. She is also formation director, gardener, and groundskeeper of the hermitage. Her work has appeared in a variety of periodicals, including Catholic Digest, Capital Weekly, and Willow Review, where she won the prize for nonfiction in 2011.
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Sr. Wagner believed God was calling her into deeper contemplation, so she built a hermitage in the Maine wilderness to ponder nature and become closer to God. Seasons in My Garden is a thought-provoking series of meditations, written as Sr. Wagner watched her own monastic garden progress through the seasons. Her reflections invite you to look over her shoulder as she tends to her beautiful garden and meditates on the mysteries of God’s creation. You will relate to Sr. Wagner as she struggles with feelings of a cold heart—just as her garden lay frozen under a foot of snow—and realizing that God was working to renew her spirit. As sudden storms threatened to destroy her hard work, Sr. Wagner will help you understand that careful preparation of the soul will help you resist the temptation to resent others. Seasons in My Garden intricately weaves insights from Sr. Wagner’s own growth through the seasons with spiritual guidance and an understanding that patient tending to your soul will help you grow into a beautiful garden that God can use to reflect his glory.
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Spiritual meditation through creation is a long-standing contemplative tradition in the Western Church represented by writers such as Thomas Merton and St. Augustine.
“[Sr. Wagner] provides us with mini-retreats for the soul in each beautifully written chapter.” Judith Valente Author of Atchinson Blue
May Revised Edition
The Cross, Our Only Hope
Daily Reflections in the Holy Cross Tradition EDITED BY ANDREW GAWRYCH, C.S.C., AND KEVIN GROVE, C.S.C. Foreword by Richard V. Warner, C.S.C. The first edition of The Cross, Our Only Hope in 2008 established it as a foundational work of contemporary Holy Cross spirituality. This thoroughly revised edition is a must-have for members of the Congregation of Holy Cross; its friends, lay collaborators, and benefactors; and anyone interested in the spiritual tradition of the religious order. Priests and brothers of the Congregation of Holy Cross— including pastors, teachers, and administrators—offer an introduction to the rich, vibrant spirituality of the Congregation through a series of daily reflections on the themes of the Holy Cross spirituality: trust in God, zeal, compassion, hope in the cross, discipleship, and the promotion of justice. This revised edition includes a new foreword, a new introduction by the authors, new reflections, new contributors, and quotes from St. André Bessette. The ministries of the Congregation of Holy Cross include Ave Maria Press, the University of Notre Dame, the University of Portland, Stonehill College, King’s College, and many other Holy Cross schools and institutions around the world.
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“What is the deep, true nature of the men of Holy Cross, their idiosyncratic characteristic thing and flavor and charisma? What differentiates them from other Catholic orders? This is the only book I know that pokes after shy answers: their blunt honesty, their refreshing lack of ego, their absolute conviction that the divine is the ocean in which we swim every minute of the day.” Brian Doyle
REV. ANDREW GAWRYCH, C.S.C., serves as the director of the Congregation’s International House of Formation in Santiago, Chile, after years working in parishes in the United States. Fr. Gawrych is the editor and coeditor of several Holy Cross books, including the first edition of The Cross, Our Only Hope; The Gift of Hope; The Gift of the Cross; You Have Redeemed the World; and Basil Moreau: Essential Writings. REV. KEVIN GROVE, C.S.C., was recently awarded a PhD in theology from the University of Cambridge. Fr. Grove is the coeditor of the first edition of The Cross, Our Only Hope and Basil Moreau: Essential Writings. REV. RICHARD V. WARNER, C.S.C., is the superior general of the Congregation of Holy Cross.
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April Letters to My Lord
Intimate Conversations with Christ DANIEL A. LORD, S.J. Foreword by Michael Rossmann, S.J. In this rediscovered spiritual classic, Rev. Daniel A. Lord, S.J., offers a collection of sixteen deeply personal letters written to Christ as Lord was dying of cancer. First published in 1963 and now back in print, these letters are still a shining example of an intimate relationship with Christ and a model of how to talk with God in an honest and intimate way.
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DANIEL A. LORD, S.J. (1888–1955), was a prolific writer of more than ninety books and three hundred pamphlets. He was also a talented musician and composer. In 1927, Lord consulted for Cecil B. DeMille’s production of the silent film King of Kings and helped create the Motion Picture Production Code to ensure decency in film production, earning him the nickname “the Hollywood priest.” REV. MICHAEL ROSSMANN, S.J., is the editor-in-chief of The Jesuit Post. REV. DAVID J. ENDRES is codirector of field education and assistant professor of Church history and historical theology at The Athenaeum of Ohio.
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In 1954, Fr. Daniel Lord made his annual Ignatian retreat while being treated in a St. Louis Hospital. On the second day of his eight-day retreat, Lord learned that his lung cancer would leave him with only a short time to live. He shares his reflections in this collection of letters written to Christ during that retreat. Remarkably, Lord doesn’t write about his cancer, and if not for the introduction by the book’s original editor, Rev. Thomas Gavin, S.J., readers would never know of it. This is no ordinary retreat companion. Lord’s originality and lively imagination shine through as he reflects on the beauty of a hyacinth, compares himself to a goldfish in a bowl, and pictures the scene of himself standing before God in judgment. This new edition includes a foreword by Michael Rossmann, S.J., editor of the Jesuit Post and an introduction to Fr. Daniel Lord’s life and work by US Catholic historian Rev. David Endres. Lord’s popular article, “Cancer Is My Friend” from 1955, is included as an epilogue.
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A lively expression of the Spiritual Exercises and a model of how to pray through letter writing or journaling. Lord is already beloved by older Jesuits and the foreword by Michael Rossmann, S.J., editor of the Jesuit Post, will introduce Lord to a new generation.
“What a spiritual gift to see Fr. Lord’s epic work republished! It’s as timely today as it was when I first read it fifty years ago!” Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan Archbishop of New York
October Bringing Lent Home with Pope Francis
Prayers, Reflections, and Activities for Families DONNA-MARIE COOPER O’BOYLE This timely fourth title in the Bringing Lent Home series by EWTN host and popular author Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle invites families with children to let the wisdom and spiritual insight of Pope Francis be their guide through Lent. In Bringing Lent Home with Pope Francis, Cooper O’Boyle offers Pope Francis as a guide through Lent. Guided by the threefold Lenten practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, the booklet offers inspiring stories, practical ideas for family prayer, easy-todo activities, and suggestions for conversations. Building on the popularity of Bringing Lent Home with St. John Paul II, Bringing Lent Home with Mother Teresa, and Bringing Lent Home with St. Thérèse of Lisieux, this booklet provides the same practical elements: a quotation from Pope Francis, a story about his life, and practical suggestions for prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Parents can enhance their own daily prayer by using the booklet’s “Reflections for Parents.” On Sundays, families focus on the themes assigned to that Sunday of Lent, and Cooper O’Boyle suggests a project for the week ahead.
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The previous three books in this series have sold more than 21,000 copies. The focus on families with young children makes this a unique resource among Lenten offerings that are usually for individuals and small groups. It can be used during any of the three Catholic lectionary cycles. This booklet is being released during the “Holy Year of Mercy” extraordinary jubilee declared by Pope Francis.
“Bringing Lent Home with Pope Francis will truly provide your family with a practical structure of family prayers, reflections, and practical activities for each day of Lent. I love this book and I know parents will, too. I will be recommending it frequently.” Deacon Mike Bickerstaff
978-1-59471-617-1 · $3.50 (Short Discount) · 96 pages On-Sale Date: October 2, 2015 World Rights · 6" x 9" · Booklet Category: Prayer/Lent Imprint: Ave Maria Press
DONNA-MARIE COOPER O’BOYLE is an award-winning author and journalist, speaker, pilgrimage host, and the EWTN television host of Everyday Blessings for Catholic Moms and Catholic Mom’s Café. She is the recipient of apostolic blessings from St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI and a frequent guest on national Catholic radio and television programs that she created.
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October The Living Gospel
Daily Devotions for Lent 2016 CHARLES PAOLINO Deacon Charles Paolino, popular columnist, preacher, and editor at RENEW International, brings his enthusiasm for Gospel living to this popular seasonal devotional series. This small book for Lent offers practical insight and spiritual wisdom from leading Catholic homilists and teachers. The popular five-step format of The Living Gospel series of prayer books invites Catholics to pray, embrace the living Word of God, and take small steps toward spiritual growth each day. Daily Devotions for Lent 2016 is the seventh book in the series and fourth Lenten seasonal by popular Catholic preachers, speakers, and homilists. Charles Paolino brings the challenges and lessons of the Lenten Gospel readings to everyday life with his thoughtful commentaries, calls to growth, and simple, elegantly focused prayers. These accessible and affordable devotionals invite Catholics to pray deeply and be converted during Lent.
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CHARLES PAOLINO is associate editor at RENEW International. He is a permanent deacon of the Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey, ministering in liturgy, preaching, and adult education at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Whitehouse Station. He is also a columnist for the Catholic Spirit, the newspaper and website of the Diocese of Metuchen, and a freelance theater critic.
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Since its launch in early 2013, The Living Gospel devotionals have sold more than 78,000 copies. Each day’s five-step devotion can be as brief as five minutes or extended by silent prayer and meditation—a perfect companion for busy Catholics eager to pray each day of Lent. Charles Paolino is a leading voice at RENEW International, which has reached 150 US dioceses and touched the lives of more than twenty-five million Catholics around the world during the last thirty years. Compact size and affordable pricing make this ideal for bulk purchases in parishes, schools, diocesan offices, and other Catholic organizations.
“A gentle call to conversion—a little at a time. This is a must-read for Lent!” Most Rev. Paul Gregory Bootkoski Bishop of Metuchen
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October Sacred Reading for Lent 2016 APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER DOUGLAS LEONARD
Invoking the rich traditions of Ignatian Spirituality, Sacred Reading for Lent 2016 is a unique guide to the use of lectio divina, a six-step process of imaginative prayer and exploration of the gospel readings. Created by the Apostleship of Prayer—the “pope’s prayer group”—an international Jesuit prayer ministry, this new seasonal devotional offers a fresh perspective on the Lenten season. Readers will be guided in reading the gospel, reflecting on God’s presence, praying for themselves and others, and responding to God’s intercession. This inexpensive and convenient seasonal guide, beginning on Ash Wednesday and continuing through Holy Week, will inspire you to readily embrace the living Word of God and will serve as a foundation for encountering Christ in a new way.
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New Lenten resource based on the six-step format by St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits. A fresh approach to the traditional devotional lectio divina, which draws readers in for an intimate encounter with Christ. Portable, easy-to-use format—each day’s meditations are self-contained. Inexpensive format makes this booklet perfect for parish-wide distribution.
“Sacred Reading offers a superb introduction to Ignatian prayer that anyone can use. It’s an innovative way to be invited, with gentle wisdom, into meeting Jesus in your prayer.” Rev. James Martin, S.J. Author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage
978-1-59471-611-9 · $1.75 (Short Discount) · 128 pages On-Sale Date: October 16, 2015 World Rights · 4.25" x 6.75" · Paperback Category: Prayer / Lent Imprint: Ave Maria Press
THE APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER is an international Jesuit prayer ministry that reaches more than 50 million members worldwide through retreats, talks, publications, and its popular website, apostleshipofprayer.org and through talks, conferences, publications, and retreats such as Hearts on Fire. DOUGLAS LEONARD is executive director of the Apostleship of Prayer in the United States.
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Michael White and Tom Corcoran—bestselling authors of Rebuilt and Tools for Rebuilding—share dozens of carefully honed strategies to help Catholic parishes establish and sustain excellent communication from the parking lot to the pulpit so they can better proclaim the irresistible and life-changing Gospel of Jesus Christ. 978-1-59471-578-5, 224 pages, $15.95
“Read this book, absorb it, and take control of your message!” Rev. James Mallon Author of Divine Renovation
Intimate Graces How Practicing the Works of Mercy Brings Out the Best in Marriage TERESA TOMEO AND DOMINICK PASTORE Foreword by Greg and Julie Alexander
In Intimate Graces, bestselling author and Catholic media personality Teresa Tomeo and her husband, Dominick Pastore, invite couples to enrich their marriages by practicing the Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy. 978-1-59471-642-3, 160 pages, $13.95
“An ingenious, engaging, wonderfully readable set of reflections on married life.” Most Rev. Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Philadelphia
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RECENT RELEASES New Testament Basics for Catholics JOHN BERGSMA
Award-winning author and theology professor John Bergsma follows up his popular Bible Basics for Catholics—which has sold more than 60,000 copies— with a more in-depth look at the New Testament. Using simple illustrations and the same clear, conversational style that characterized his earlier book, Bergsma introduces four of the most important writers in the New Testament: Matthew, Luke, Paul, and John. 978-1-59471-582-2, 320 pages, $16.95
“Rare is the book that can take something so deep and make it simple enough for a beginner to understand. This is the work of a master teacher.” Mark Hart Executive Vice President of Life Teen International
Updated Edition
Bible Basics for Catholics JOHN BERGSMA Foreword by Scott Hahn
John Bergsma’s popular Bible Basics for Catholics offers readers an accessible vision of salvation history as it unfolds in the Bible, showing readers how the Bible points us to the saving life and work of Jesus. This new edition includes an additional chapter on covenant fulfillment in the Book of Revelation. 978-1-59471-291-3, 224 pages, $15.95
“You will come to see the Bible in a whole new light, and find yourself reading it—with greater wisdom and insight—for the rest of your life.” Scott Hahn Author of Angels and Saints
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RECENT RELEASES Sacred Reading
The 2016 Guide to Daily Prayer APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER DOUGLAS LEONARD This powerful new prayer book from the Apostleship of Prayer, the “pope’s prayer group,” engages and inspires readers with the daily scripture readings and introduces Catholics and other Christians to the traditional spiritual devotion known as the lectio divina, or “sacred reading,” in a new way. 978-1-59471-607-2, 416 pages, $15.95 “An indispensable resource in deepening your prayer and devotional life.” Most Rev. David L. Ricken Bishop of Green Bay
Pray with Me
Seven Simple Ways to Pray with Your Children GRACE MAZZA URBANSKI Grace Mazza Urbanski, children’s ministry director for the Apostleship of Prayer, gives practical advice on how to help children find opportunities to pray throughout the day. Using warmth, humor, and passion, Urbanski draws on personal experience to show how families are brought closer together through deeper contact with God. 978-1-59471-574-7, 160 pages, $14.95 “I highly recommend this for any parent, grandparent, son, or daughter looking to grow closer to God and their loved ones.” Lisa M. Hendey Founder of CatholicMom.com and author of The Grace of Yes
Stations of the Cross with the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER WILLIAM PROSPERO, S.J. EDITED BY JAMES KUBICKI, S.J.
The spirituality of the Apostleship of Prayer comes to life in mediations on the classic Catholic Lenten devotion, the Stations of the Cross. Recalling the dramatic events of Jesus’ passion and death helps readers enter more fully into the celebration of the Mass that makes these events present in a real way. 978-1-59471-638-6, 64 pages, $5.95 “A powerful understanding of the Eucharist.” Msgr. Charles Murphy Author of Reclaiming Francis
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Slowing Down with the Hail Mary EDITED BY SARAH A. REINHARD Forty of today’s most popular Catholic voices were invited by author Sarah Reinhard to offer an accessible, profound, and unique meditation on one word of the Hail Mary. The result is a new way of looking at one of the most important prayer traditions in Catholic life. 978-1-59471-640-9, 160 pages, $14.95 “As a cradle Catholic who has at times taken our beautiful prayers for granted, Word by Word caused me to stop, think, and really reflect on who our Blessed Mother is and the important role she plays in bringing us and keeping us close to Jesus.” Teresa Tomeo EWTN host and bestselling author of Intimate Graces
Our Lady, Undoer of Knots A Living Novena MARGE FENELON Foreword by Diana von Glahn
Our Lady, Undoer of Knots: A Living Novena is a unique guided meditation from veteran Catholic journalist Marge Fenelon, who has created a new devotional practice from this classic novena that is a favorite of Pope Francis. 978-1-59471-630-0, 160 pages, $14.95 “Exceptional and inspiring, this armchair pilgrimage and prayer guide will help to untangle even the most vicious knots in our lives. A must read!” Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle EWTN host and author of Rooted in Love
My Badass Book of Saints
Courageous Women Who Showed Me How to Live MARIA MORERA JOHNSON CatholicMom.com blogger and popular podcaster Maria Morera Johnson explores the qualities of twenty-four remarkable and holy women who lived lives of virtue in unexpected and often difficult circumstances. These spiritual mentors inspired Johnson, and will help readers, to have the courage to reach for a closer connection to God. 978-1-59471-632-4, 160 pages, $14.95 “This is a book that’s not afraid to talk of the beautiful mess where faith meets real life and where saints and mortals coexist, one cheering the other on to glory.” Pat Gohn Author of Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious
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Creative Passages Through Difficult Times SUSAN BAILEY Catholic recording artist and blogger Susan Bailey reveals how several major losses helped her rediscover creativity and faith. Filled with powerful insights on the presence and action of grace—in the Mass and sacraments, nature, and grief—River of Grace guides readers to strengthen their faith during tough times and discover their own hidden gifts. 978-1-59471-572-3, 192 pages, $14.95 “If, like me, you have experienced failure or loss and can’t quite find your way out of the darkness, you will appreciate this book. Susan Bailey offers gentle reflections with graceful tools that bring light, creative renewal, and a fuller Christian life.” Rev. Robert Reed President of CatholicTV and author of Renewed
The Mystery of Suffering
A Spiritual Classic on Trust in Divine Providence HUBERT VAN ZELLER Foreword by Al Kresta In this timeless classic first written in 1963, celebrated Benedictine monk, author, and sculptor Hubert van Zeller (1905–1984) offers an eloquent response to the question of human suffering: those who endure suffering with hope and trust in Divine Providence will embark on an ever-deeper path to holiness that leads to eternal glory. 978-0-87061-296-1, 128 pages, $12.95 “With his frank, practical, even workmanlike Benedictine spirituality, van Zeller showed me the operation of grace even in my pious failures.” Al Kresta President of Ave Maria Radio
Breath of God
Living a Life Led by the Holy Spirit DAVE PIVONKA, T.O.R. Drawing on personal stories and more than thirty years of ministry experience, Dave Pivonka, T.O.R., walks readers through a new way of relating to the Holy Spirit. What he learned along the way will lead readers to have their own unique encounter and discover the joy of living a life moved by the Spirit. 978-1-59471-580-8, 160 pages, $14.95 “If you want your life to become a new adventure, read this book.” Chris Stefanick Founder and president of Real Life Catholic
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