CTS Autumn eCatalogue 2016

CTS NEW TITLES Autumn 2016

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Amazing grace! How sweet the sound...

Amazing Grace Finding Love and Forgiveness in the Sacrament of Reconciliation Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation £2.50 PA30 A6 Paperback 72pp ISBN 978 1 78469 141 7

This guide helps us to understand why we should go to confession, how to prepare for confession, and what to do after confession. It also gives reflections from well-known writers and contains inspiring texts to help us prepare and gain more from the sacrament.

“The joy of God is the joy of forgiveness. It is the joy of the shepherd who finds his lost sheep; the joy of the woman who finds her lost coin; the joy of the father who welcomes home his lost son.” Pope Francis.

The Joy of Mercy with Pope Francis £2.95 Do924 A6 Paperback 104pp ISBN 978 1 78469 129 5

Pope Francis gave inspiring catechesis during the Year of Mercy on the theme of Mercy, in which he explores God’s unending love for us. Mercy is the enduring motif of his pontificate.

“Mercy can heal wounds and can change history. Open your heart to mercy! Divine mercy is stronger than the sins of men.” Pope Francis 2

How to Prepare for Confession - Leaflet CTS Essentials Fr Robert Taylerson £9.50 LF77 Pack of 50 A6 Leaflets 16pp EAN 506 0 13900 073 4

The Sacrament of Reconciliation is, as Pope Francis has said, a healing Sacrament. Yet it can be hard to approach it, and even for those who go regularly, it can be hard to treat each confession afresh.

This helpful leaflet provides several different methods to examine our conscience prior to the sacrament, with a helpful explanation of each. An indispensable guide for all Catholics, and all those who are learning about the faith.

Mother Teresa Road to Sainthood

Last Testament In His Own Words Pope Benedict XVI

with Peter Seewald £14.95 RRP £16.99 4672 216 mm x 135 mm Hardback 224pp ISBN 978 1 47294 467 2

In this touching and revealing book Pope Benedict speaks with disarming honesty and humility of his inner life, his life of prayer and his firm belief in God. He also addresses the causes célèbres which dogged his pontificate. On a more personal level he writes with great warmth of his successor Pope Francis and writes beautifully of his love of Mozart.

Saints of South Asia Jean Olwen Maynard

Jim Gallagher

£2.50 B768 A6 Paperback 72pp

£2.50 B672 A6 Paperback 78pp

ISBN 978 1 78469 124 0

ISBN 978 1 86082 189 9

As Agnes Bojaxhiu left her home in Albania to join the missionary Loreto Sisters in Ireland, she began a journey which would make her one of the most famous women of the twentieth century.

Jim Gallagher recounts her life of openness to God and of service to those whom the world considered worthless. From her care for the dying in the streets of Calcutta to her defence of the unborn in the West, her life shows the power of true holiness and heroic Christian witness.

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The Christian heritage of South Asia stretches back to the time of the Apostles, yet what do most of us know about the saints and holy people of these lands? The history of St Thomas the Apostle, St Francis Xavier and the evangelisation of the region is given, along with information on how the people of these regions developed and defended their strong Christian faith. With short biographies of saints such as Gonsalo Garcia, John de Britto, Joseph Vaz, Teresa of Calcutta, and others.

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10-Minute Diary 2017 Fr Javier Ruiz-Ortiz £7.95 inc VAT M46 A5 Hardback 224pp ISBN 978 1 78469 133 2

Do you struggle to find time for God each day? Do you want to deepen your prayer life but not sure where to start?

Then this diary is for you.

The 10-Minute Diary is designed not only to support your daily management of tasks, appointments and events, but also to help you to take 10-minutes out of your busy day to meditate on God’s Word.

Following the four principal stages of Lectio Divina (read, meditate, pray and act), you will be guided by Fr Javier Ruiz Ortiz through the Sunday Gospel for each week, helping you to encounter God each day.

This week-to-view 12-month diary also contains a wealth of additional features including a prayers for different occasions, a world map showing pilgrimage sites, references for daily readings from the Catholic Lectionary for each day, and much more.

CTS Calendar 2017 £3.50 inc VAT M47 A4 Paperback 28pp EAN 506 0 13900 075 8

As Christians we live in a time which is marked

by God, each day a gift of life from his hands. The cycles of nature, together with the Church’s seasons and liturgical year, teach us to live in joy and freedom, one day at a time.

This Calendar is designed to help those who wish to participate in these seasons and times of grace, to be encouraged to Provisional cover reflect on Holy Scripture, on saints’ days and feasts, to pray and to live a life of peace and hope.

Containing a beautiful image for each month on seasonal themes, with a calendar grid marking out secular days of note, feasts and seasons of the Catholic calendar (in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland), the readings for the day and Pope Francis’s prayer intentions for each month, plus an inspiring quotation.

The CTS New Sunday Missal 2017

Companion to the Sunday Gospels

£5.95 RM23 A5 Paperback

Year A

630pp ISBN 978 1 78469 126 4

Dom Henry Wansbrough OSB £2.95 SC122 A6

“...the liturgy of the Word £5.95 welcomes us: Jesus explains the Scriptures to us and rekindles in our hearts the warmth of faith and hope, and on Communion he gives us strength.” Pope Francis A beautiful Sunday Missal and ideal companion for the liturgical year, with major feasts and seasons introduced with the words of Pope Francis.

Masses and readings for all Sundays & Solemnities (UK & Ireland) are presented in calendar order - just turn to the right date and you will find everything you need.

This volume runs from the First Sunday of Advent 2016 to Christ the King 2017.

Paperback 120pp ISBN 978 1 78469 137 0

‘Happy the merciful: They shall have mercy shown to them’.

Matthew 5:7

Fr Wansbrough guides the reader through each of the Sunday Gospels during Year A from the First Sunday of Advent to the Feast of Christ the King. Each Gospel passage is accompanied by a succinct commentary on both the story and in particular, the place of God’s love in Christ’s ministry and in our own everyday life, as his disciples.

Dom Henry is a renowned Biblical scholar who regularly writes exegesis and commentaries on scripture. He was General Editor of the New Jerusalem Bible. He is a Benedictine of Ampleforth.

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Survival Guides for Dating & Relationships The Catholic Survival Guide to Dating & Relationships

Vultum Dei Quaerere Seeking the Face of God Pope Francis

With illustrations

£3.95 Do928 A5

Mary Beth Bonacci

Paperback 56pp

£2.50 PA27 A6 Paperback 56pp

ISBN 978 1 78469 147 9

ISBN 978 1 78469 132 5

...to be ‘In love’ is not just a feeling.

It is a decision.

Be ‘beacons and torches’ that guide and accompany humanity.

Mary Beth Bonacci

Pope Francis

Life can be a challenge. This applies especially to relationships – from the quest to find Mr or Mrs Right to what happens when you do. In The Catholic Survival Guide to Dating & Relationships the renowned international speaker Mary Beth Bonacci uses her experience to help single and committed Catholics to consider their approach to finding the ‘perfect’ partner.

The author will guide readers through all the triumphs and potential pitfalls of dating, answering questions about love, sexual attraction, healthy relationships, holding out for marriage, knowing when you’ve met the right marriage partner, and much more. All topics are handled in the context of authentic Catholic moral teaching.

In his latest address to consecrated people, Pope Francis expresses his appreciation for “contemplative sisters”, emphasising that the Church needs them “to bring today’s men and women to the good news of the Gospel”.

This is not an easy mission, in view of the current situation in the world, which Francis suggests is “dominated by the mindset of power, wealth and consumerism”. However, this is the challenge indicated by the Pope to contemplative sisters: to be “beacons and torches” that guide and accompany humanity on its journey and a “stairway” by which God descends to encounter humanity, and humanity ascends to encounter God and to contemplate his face in the face of Christ.

The Catholic Survival Guide to Dating & Relationships for Teens

Available Autumn 2016

With illustrations Mary Beth Bonacci £2.50 PA29 A6 Paperback 72pp ISBN 978 1 78469 136 3

Dating and relationships can be a challenge for anyone, but it can be especially overwhelming for Catholic teenagers. This guide is designed to steer them through this potential maze. Filled with compassionate advice, wisdom and understanding, renowned author Mary Beth Bonacci uses original letters received from teenagers across the globe to answer questions on love and sex, physical attraction, holding out for marriage, healing the hurt when relationships go wrong, and much more.

All topics are handled in the context of authentic Catholic moral teaching.

So whether single or currently in a relationship, this frank and honest guide will give Catholic teenagers the wisdom to choose wisely when journeying along the perplexing road of dating and relationships.

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Mój Mały Modlitewnik - Polish & English My Simple Prayer Book Illustrated by David Belmonte £3.95 CH67 A6 Paperback Booklet 56pp ISBN 978 1 78469 144 8

This simple prayer book for children brings to life well-known Catholic prayers in an attractive and child-friendly style, helping children to engage with their faith. Both English and Polish text appear on facing pages.

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Celebrating a Century of Fatima

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Fatima & the Immaculate Heart of Mary

The Message & Prayers of Fatima

Celebrating the First Five Saturdays

1917 - 2017

Fr Anton Nadrah, O Cist £2.50 D808 A6 Paperback 72pp ISBN 978 1 78469 125 7

Timothy Tindal-Robertson Donal Anthony Foley £2.50 D812 A6 Paperback 64pp ISBN 978 1 78469 139 4

Our aim and the aim of heaven is the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Mary retains nothing for herself, but she gives everything to Christ who, with this triumph, wants to praise his Mother. Anton Nadrah On the centenary of the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima, we can personally engage in the heart of its message through reflection and prayer. Fr Nadrah helps us to rediscover consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the devotion of the first five Saturdays and how we can live out this consecration in our daily lives. The riches of the rosary prayer are also uncovered in a new light, aided by accompanying scripture texts.

Fr Anton Nadrah O Cist is a retired Abbot of the Cistercian Stična Monastery, Slovenia, Professor of Theology and author of many books on religion.

Fatima Prayers Folding Card £4.50 PC102-P Pack of 20 A7 Folding cards 8pp EAN 5060 1 3900 074 1

Containing classic prayers associated with Fatima, and for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, to carry in your pocket in the centenary year.

Our Lady of Fatima, bring all men to the feet of thy Divine Child.

Our Lady of Fatima, obtain peace for the world.

Part of the Litany to Our Lady of Fatima

‘Let us receive the light that comes from Fatima, let us be guided by Mary.’ Pope Saint John Paul II Our Lady’s appeal in 1917 to the three shepherd children of Fatima, for prayer for peace and for a deep conversion of heart, rings out from the site of her apparitions at the world-famous shrine with greater relevance than ever for the people of our times. This is explained in the concise summary of the remarkable developments that have continued up to the present time, which accompanies the Fatima prayers and devotions together with other Marian prayers and reflections that are included in this booklet.

Donal Anthony Foley has written and edited several publications for CTS, and is an established author on Fatima. He is based in Nottingham.

What Happened at Fatima Leo Madigan £2.50 D651 A6 Paperback 88pp ISBN 978 1 86082 091 5

The first objective and comprehensive retelling of the Fatima story in 50 years.

Adhering faithfully to the memoirs of Sister Lucia, the longest surviving seer, this book follows the events of Fatima: from the first stirrings of the wings in the appearances of the angels before the six apparitions of the Blessed Virgin herself, the deaths of Francisco and Jacinta Marto, the subsequent apparitions to Sister Lucia in Pontevedra and Tuy, the consecration of the world and Russia to the Immaculate Heart, the dissolution of Soviet Communism, to the beatifications of Francisco and Jacinta and the opening of the third part of the secret that Our Lady confided to the children in 1917.

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Liturgical Books & insights into major topics The Order of Celebrating Matrimony (Scotland)

The Complete Order of Celebrating Matrimony (Scotland)

Bishops’ Conference of Scotland/ICEL

With Nuptial Mass and Readings

£50.00 RM24 230 x 162 mm Paperback 152pp ISBN 978 1 78469 143 1

This new ritual book contains the mandatory text for the Order of Celebrating Matrimony, based on the second typical edition, for exclusive use in Scotland.

An expanded introduction gives a deeper exposition of the Church’s theology of Marriage and a useful basis for homilies at weddings. The new ritual book contains full texts for: • Matrimony within Mass • Matrimony without Mass • Order for celebrating Matrimony between a Catholic and Catechumen or non-baptised person. A full listing of the expanded lectionary choices for marriage is included and readings which speak explicitly of Marriage (one of which must now be used) are indicated. Examples are given of Universal prayers that can be used in the wedding service and an expanded selection of Blessings. Additional new rituals are given in the appendices including: • Blessing of an engaged couple • Blessing of a couple on an anniversary including sample formulas for a renewal of commitment and blessing of new or existing rings. • Order of convalidation.

£3.50 D813 A5 Paperback 88pp ISBN 978 1 78469 145 5

The Complete Order of Celebrating Matirmony has been revised in accordance with the new Order of Celebrating Matrimony (mandatory for use in Scotland). It includes all of the new options for the Rite of Matrimony – with and without Mass – including a wider range of: • collects • vows • consents • blessings • readings All texts are fully compliant with civil law in Scotland.

The full set of lectionary options are reproduced, including new readings that have been until now unavailable in the Lectionary.

Compulsory choices are also marked.

The proper of the Mass is included with music.

Discerning & Preparing For Religious Life

The Church Made Anew

A guide for women

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Rachael Marie Collins £2.50 PA28 A6 Paperback 80pp ISBN 978 1 78469 135 6

It can take a long time to discern a call to religious life. Part of the problem is that we haven’t been told how to discern. Discernment is really a period of preparation for and training in the religious life.

This booklet, written as a series of letters to a young woman starting the discernment process, draws on the wisdom of women who embodied the “feminine genius” (John Paul II) - Teresa of Avila, Thérèse of Lisieux, Zélie Martin and others. It provides a lucid overview of the spiritual life and discernment process, drawing on the rich spiritual tradition of the Church.

Iuvenescit Ecclesia £3.95 Do927 A5 Paperback 40pp ISBN 978 1 78469 146 2

Numerous ecclesial groups have arisen before and since Vatican II, constituting a great source of renewal for the Church and the new evangelisation. These new, powerfully dynamic realities, recognised by John Paul II as a ‘providential answer’ to communicating the Gospel in a new way to the whole world, offer a great source of hope.

This document reflects on how a fruitful and ordered participation of these ‘movements’ is achievable in communion with the mission of the Church.

20 Answers: Divorce & Remarriage

20 Answers: Death & Judgement

Jim Blackburn

Trent Horn

£2.50 C300 A6 Paperback 76pp

£2.50 C301 A6 Paperback 72pp

ISBN 978 1 78469 140 0

ISBN 978 1 78469 142 4

What is the meaning of marriage?

What conditions can make a marriage invalid? And what does the Church teach about remarriage after divorce?

Few other subjects in our Church today carry with it such far-reaching emotional and spiritual implications as marriage and divorce. Through a careful exploration of what the Church teaches, apologist Jim Blackburn clears up common misconceptions and explains the nature of a true marriage, in an effort to help equip Catholics to validly enter into authentic lasting unions.

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Bishops’ Conference of Scotland/ICEL

While a full understanding of the afterlife can be attained only when the current life ends, there are aspects of the Last Things which we know we must all face. These include: death, judgement, and hell or heaven.

In a language accessible to all, this guide explores the end times described in the Book of Revelation, exploding many myths and answering popular questions on the afterlife – from ‘What is death?’ to ‘How do I get to heaven?’. Each explanation is firmly rooted in the teaching of the Catholic Church.

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Preparing for the Advent & Christmas Season Pack 1 - Pack of 18 CTS Christmas Cards £6.95 Inc VAT CC51 120 x 180mm Pack of 18 EAN: 506 0 13900 069 7

All cards have a quotation from Pope Francis’s Christmas homilies. The message reads: “Every blessing for Christmas and the New Year”. Mixed pack of 18 Christmas cards in 2 designs.

Our Journey to Christmas with Pope Francis

Words for the Advent & Christmas Season

Rev Nick Donnelly

Bishop Hugh Gilbert

£2.50 Do926 A6 Paperback 72pp

£2.50 D782 A6 Paperback 72pp

ISBN 978 1 78469 138 7

ISBN 978 1 78469 007 6

Pope Francis sees Advent and Christmas as a journey, in fact as two journeys — our journey towards God and God’s journey towards us. The Holy Father wants us to understand the nature of our journey towards Christmas so we don’t get sidetracked or lost on the way. He also wants to help us to cultivate the right dispositions necessary to undertake this Advent journey. If we follow his advice in our day-to-day lives during this season, we will place ourselves in the right place for God to meet us on his journey from heaven to earth.

Let this guide to these holy seasons accompany us on our journey with prayers and reflections.

As Abbot of Pluscarden Abbey in Scotland and now as Bishop of Aberdeen, Bishop Hugh Gilbert’s homilies have gained him a reputation as a clear and profound teacher of the faith. This collection of homilies for the Advent and Christmas season are an ideal companion to these wonderful seasons of hope. “Advent is a time of hope. Advent culminates in Christmas, in the birth of a child.

And what gives so much hope as the birth of a child?’

The Adoration of the Shepherds,

by Guido Reni; 1575-1642.

The Adoration of the Magi,

by Pietro Perugino; 1448 – 1523.

The Holy Night,

by Carlo Maratta; 1625–1713.

Pack 2 - Pack of 18 CTS Christmas Cards £6.95 Inc VAT CC50 17.0 x 12cm EAN 5060139000192

Contains 9 copies of 2 different designs and 18 envelopes. Cards include two seasonal quotations from Pope Francis. The quotes inside reads: 1. “In this night, as the spirit of darkness enfolds the world, there takes place anew the event which always amazes and surprises us: the people who walk see a great light.” 2. “He is the Epiphany. He, Jesus Christ, is the manifestation of God’s love. He is with us.”

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Prayers Around the Crib

The Adoration of the Magi.

by Ludovico Cigoli; 1559-1613.

CTS Children’s Books

My Little Chrsitmas Prayer Book

The Most Beautiful Christmas Story

Juliette Levivier

CTS Children’s Books

CTS Children’s Books

Maïte Roche

Maïte Roche

£2.95 CH31 A6 Softback 16pp

£5.95 CH8 155 x 215 mm Hardback 72pp

ISBN 978 1 86082 701 3

ISBN 978 1 86082 446 3

Help your children live the joys of Jesus’s birth through simple prayers that bring out the true meaning of Christmas, all accompanied by the beautiful illustrations of Maite Roche. Suitable for ages 2 to 5.

Small children will love to follow the nativity story told through the stunning illustrations of Maïte Roche. Age group: from 3 years old.

£5.95 CH7 155 x 215 mm Hardback 47pp ISBN 978 1 86082 445 6

Introduce children to the rich cultural traditions of Christmas and their meaning: the Advent calendar, the tree, the wreath, the crib and its various characters which tell the story of Jesus’s birth. Age group: from 5 years old.

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