Cpc larec 2015 catalog

Books for Spiritual Living and Religious Thought

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Dear reader, We welcome you to the pages of this catalog which attempts to give a glimpse into our large and diverse book list. These books have one thing in common: they invite you, the reader, to focus on things significant and lasting, to go deeper in your quest for the meaning of life, the importance of community, and the active compassion so desperately needed for peace in this world. We hope you enjoy perusing these pages, and we wish you a wonderful time sharing and learning at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress 2015.

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Index n Pope Francis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 n Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 n New and Noteworthy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Gregory Popcak. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 n Spirituality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Timothy Gallagher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 n Theology and Church. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 n Books for and about Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 n Christian Living. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 n Body & Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Focus on Fasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 n Family and Relationships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 n Religious Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Focus on Barbara Fiand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

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New release: What the Mystics Know See page 8 New release: Six Months to Live‌ See page 19 Order form and ordering instructions on page 55.

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Books by Pope Francis

POPE FRANCIS

“I was making one of my occasional visits to talk with my archbishop when he told me that he was gathering together all his writings and other papers. He wanted to have them in order since he would turn 75 in December and so present his resignation to the Pope according to canonical norms.” – Gustavo Larrazabal, Editor of Jorge Bergoglio and of Open Mind, Faithful Heart which is one of the few books initiated, written, gathered and edited by Pope Francis himself when he still had the time to do so. An invaluable treasure of profound insights into what Francis himself sees at the center of his spirituality and understanding of life, ‘Open Mind, Faithful Heart’ demonstrates how a lifetime of work, prayer and reflection is bearing fruit in the extraordinary service and love Pope Francis is offering the church and the world.

“In a sea of books by, for, and about Pope Francis, this outstanding (and particularly attractive) volume by the Argentine Pontiff HIMSELF takes us inside his mind, heart and soul and gives us a blueprint for living, an example of how to live the Christian vocation. I highly recommend it!”

—Deacon James Keating, Ph.D., Institute for Priestly Formation, Creighton University “I highly recommend this volume as instructive and illuminating spiritual reading for all audiences.”

—Rev. Thomas Massaro, S.J “I finished this book feeling that I knew Pope Francis better. The media may not find in this collection of essays the one-liners that are heard so often. But anyone who delves into this book will come away knowing that, indeed, the world has a pope with truly an open mind and a faithful heart.”

—Deacon Michael E. Bulson, St. Andrew Parish, Riverton, Utah “Christians of any denomination will find this book by the reigning pontiff to be of great assistance in their personal spiritual journey. Intentionally composed to be useful in ordinary day-to-day situations, the monograph will be highly useful for individual prayer and meditation as well as serviceable to prayer and Bible study groups.”

—Fr. Rick Gribble, CSC “To read this volume is to get a strong sense of Francis’ own sense of mission and the way he is trying to offer his own path as a guide for others.”

—Christopher M. Bellitto, Ph.D., author of 101 Questions And Answers On Popes And The Papacy 4

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The Book Jorge Bergoglio Wrote POPE FRANCIS Jorge Mario Bergoglio

Open Mind, Faithful Heart Reflections on Following Jesus

This book is not just for reading. It is a path for prayer and a guide for life.

Pope Francis connects with people, especially the young, the forgotten, and the forlorn.

The cameras show him in Rome, in Brazil, in Lampedusa reaching out to the crowds, holding infants, embracing the disabled.

What is the source of his energy, and his spiritual vitality? This book is perhaps the best introduction to what makes the Pope the engaging pastor he is.

“The secret of Pope Francis is found in this book.”

—Bishop Martinez Camino

FROM THE INTRODUCTION “Among the large number of publications that have appeared in the months since the conclave, we do well to distinguish between books ‘about’ the Pope and books ‘of ’ the Pope…the Pope’s own books, of which this is one, come directly from his own hand…These are the books that show us all the depth and breadth of Francis…”

— Gustavo Larrazabal, CFM, The Editor of the Pope

During his years as archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Bergoglio often spoke to those collaborating with him in pastoral ministry.

His constant theme was how to follow Jesus unreservedly, even in the hectic turmoil of our modern world. The texts of these talks, handpicked by the author for this volume, reveal the spiritual depths of Pope Francis as perhaps no other work does.

The strong scriptural orientation of the Pope is evident in the countless references to both Old Testament and New. To help the reader, this edition has supplemented the original text with appropriate scriptural citations.

The language of these pages speaks to the heart as much as to the mind. These are meditations to be savored rather than just read quickly and filed away.

978-0-8245-2085-4 $24.95 pb / 320 pages * “Now in paperback” 978-0-8245-1997-1 $29.95 cloth / 320 pages 978-0-8245-2085-4 $24.95 pb / 320 pages E-book editions available

FROM THE BOOK “WE WILL NEVER be able to explain to our complete satisfaction the mysterious designs of God, who has wanted to reveal himself in the course of history. Over a long stretch of time we humans have been learning, like little children from their father, how to recognize and respond to the face of God. None of the Lord’s past revelations was partial; they all mysteriously contained the totality of the mystery of God in Christ; we perceived it only slowly, in bits and pieces.

It is the same with our personal histories: the Lord reveals himself ‘historically’ in the unfathomable mystery of those who seek God and also in those who reject God and flee from him. That is to say, God reveals himself in the historical mystery of our movement through grace and sin.”

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POPE FRANCIS

Introduction by Gustavo Larrazábal CFM Prologue by José María Arancedo Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz

POPE FRANCIS

The Pope Francis Resource Library

I Ask You Be Shepherds Reflections on Pastoral Ministry

These encouraging reflections for all who minister to God’s people combine texts from Pope Francis’ homilies authorized by the Vatican, and texts, exclusively translated by Herder & Herder, from Bergoglio’s time as Archbishop of Buenos Aires.

The Pope Francis Resource Library 978-0-8245-2057-1 $16.95 pb / 120 pages

The People Wish to See Jesus

Reflections for Those Who Teach Written with expressive gratitude for the work of teachers, and translated exclusively for this volume from talks by Archbishop Bergoglio for the catechists of Buenos Aires, offer deep understanding and challenge for successful catechesis, teaching, and education.

In these unique volumes that aim to give deeper insight into the spirituality and theology of Pope Francis, you will find carefully selected texts from works by Archbishop Bergoglio (exclusively published in English by Crossroad), and texts by Pope Francis (authorized by the Vatican for these editions)

The Pope Francis Resource Library 978-0-8245-2036-6 $19.95 pb / 140 pages

2014 Catholic Press Association Year of Faith Award

Stefan von Kempis Philip F. Lawler (editor)

A Call to Serve

Pope Francis and the Catholic Future This thoughtful, vivid introduction to Pope Francis’s life and his promising future in the Vatican details the historic events surrounding Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation, the subsequent election of Pope Francis, and the particulars of the new Pope’s spirituality and thought.

The Pope Francis Resource Library 978-0-8245-5005-9 $16.95 pb / 160 pages 6

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A clear map to the Pope’s thoughts and feelings.

Diego Fares, S.J.

The Heart of Pope Francis

How a New Culture of Encounter Is Changing the Church and the World

POPE FRANCIS

The culture of encounter is like a map to the thoughts and feelings of Pope Francis. At the heart of his vision lies a keen interest in people, a passion for understanding the life experience of the other. By reaching out, welcoming and listening to others, especially those at the margins, Pope Francis has already changed the church more than we might even understand.

This small book written by a friend and fellow Jesuit who has worked for many years with Jorge Bergoglio, offers clear and encouraging insights to better understand and dare to follow the Pope.

The Pope Francis Resource Library 978-0-8245-2074-8 $14.95 pb /100 pages

FROM TH E FO RE WO RD BY AN TO N IO SPADARO, S . J .

Coming Soon!

“I remember,”says Father Fares “the first conversation with Jorge took place at the headquarters of the Provincial Curia, an old, stately house in the neighborhood of Flores. I came from Mendoza, where I worked with the Jesuits in a poor neighborhood and the Office of the Provincial was striking me as quite wealthy, with old furniture and a good library. I think he understood because before leaving for the Novitiate, he wanted me to come along to get his coat. We climbed up to the terrace and he showed me where he lived: it was one of those little rooms that are usually found on the terrace of houses and are used as closets for brooms and junk. That day was cool and I noticed that the door did not keep out the cold. Since that day, my feelings and opinion of Jorge, especially on the coherence between what he says and what he lives, never changed. As says Peguy, friendship happens in a moment.”

Jorge and Diego have been friends for almost forty years. To read the pages of this book, therefore, is to enter into the veins of a friendship that has developed over time on a spiritual and intellectual level, within a pastoral and social context.

In a recent interview when I asked Diego Fares about the future of the Church he said: “The arrival of Francis is a time of consolation, not only of the Church but throughout the world. We live what St. Ignatius describes as consolation: an increase of hope, of faith and charity, inner joy that calls and leads the Gospel and all those things that are good for the soul…”

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New, beautifully illustrated book by Richard Rohr Richard Rohr

What the Mystics Know Seven Pathways to Your Deeper Self

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Drawing from the best and most poetic of Richard Rohr’s writing from nearly a quarter of a century, each chapter in this new collection examines one of the seven core mystical truths. Organized according to the mystical path that every seeker must follow, Rohr identifies the pitfalls of everyday life, and shows us opportunities for change even in the face of pain, thereby transforming one’s deeper self into a beacon of light. Illuminating these insights with reflections on Christian and Jewish scriptures while citing the greatest religious writers throughout the ages, Rohr offers an unparalleled window into the wisdom of the mystics, within a succinct volume that represents the best treasury of his vast library of writing.

978-0-8245-2039-7 $19.95 pb / 176 pages E-book editions available

“Richard Rohr opened a new spiritual path for a lot of Americans.”

–Dr. Mehmet Oz

Fr. Rohr with Oprah on Super Soul Sunday FROM THE INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR:

I hope that this book can invite you into the seemingly simple yet always profound realm of those who have found their way close to God and all of creation, and it can place the path of the mystic within your reach. …

Through each of the seven pathways outlined in the book, we can discover, in the context of a mature Christianity, or any religion, the God who is “closer to me than I am to myself” as St. Augustine puts it. Through the use of scriptures and both traditional and new metaphors, I want to give thoughtful guidance from classic sources, so you can know that your experience is not just your experience but the common domain of the perennial, or wisdom, traditions, which will always come to the surface in every age. …

By applying what the mystics know to your momentary outlook, you will be able to bring open-heartedness into the life you lead and the work you do.

Then you might just be able to recognize that the ordinary path can also be the way of the mystic. It is all a matter of the eyes and the heart.

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“Self-worth is not created, it is discovered.” –Richard Rohr

Simplicity

Richard Rohr’s spiritual classic— revised and with a new reading guide

The Freedom of Letting Go

Everything Belongs

St. Francis’s ancient call to the simple life of freedom and happiness, as seen by America’s foremost Franciscan. Richard Rohr shows you how to: recognize radical dependence on others; understand why less is more; break through to contemplation; embrace deeper spiritual freedom.

The one book every Rohr reader must own.

This bestselling guide goes to the heart of Christianity and teaches us how to let go of ego and open to the connecting and integrating power of contemplation.

978-0-8245-2115-8 $19.95 pb / 192 pages

The Gift of Contemplative Prayer

978-0-8245-1995-7 $17.95 pb / 192 pages

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Richard Rohr

Richard Rohr

The Naked Now

Learning to See as the Mystics See “The Naked Now is a deep breath of fresh air. Richard Rohr invites us, all of us, to slow down and to find God, or be found by God, in all the places we never thought to look.”

–Jim Wallis, President of Sojourners 978-0-8245-2543-9 $19.95 pb /192 pages

JOY IN IMPERFECTION Christian maturity is the ability to joyfully live in an imperfect world.

–From What the Mystics Know

Richard Rohr

Adam’s Return

The Five Promises of Male Initiation Richard Rohr, a leader in the men’s spirituality movement, shares the key concepts of traditional male initiation, and shepherds readers toward an awakening into a conscious, alert, and mature masculinity. A catalyst for a transforming revelation of true self—from a master.

978-0-8245-2280-3 $19.95 pb / 224 pages

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Richard Rohr and Andreas Ebert

The Enneagram A Christian Perspective

Richard Rohr and Andreas Ebert’s runaway bestseller unveils the dynamic, personal evolution that the Enneagram offers. This updated resource discusses the applications of the ancient tool for discernment and reveals the harmony between its principles and the core truths of Christian thought.

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“Only those who love rightly see rightly.” – Richard Rohr

Richard Rohr

Contemplation in Action Where else can you find spiritual inspiration from Richard Rohr, Edwina Gateley, Thomas Keating, Basil Pennington, Paula D’Arcy, and others in one accessible volume? This book, designed for bedside devotion, offers the best of Richard Rohr’s Radical Grace newsletter, published by Rohr’s Center for Action and Contemplation.

Richard Rohr

Quest for the Grail Using the mythological investigations of Joseph Campbell and Robert Moore, Richard Rohr brings alive the ancient legends of knights and the search for King Arthur’s grail, and shows how they can serve as models for a journey of the psyche and spirit.

978-0-8245-1654-3 $19.95 pb / 192 pages

978-0-8245-2388-6 $16.95 pb / 160 pages

Richard Rohr

Grace in Action Inspired reflections by Richard Rohr and his colleagues at the Center for Action and Contemplation on how to be a healing presence in the world today, Grace in Action is a hopeful book that looks to the Church community as a positive change agent--a place where justice, healing, love and faith are ushered into a world hungry for meaning and direction.

978-0-8245-1379-5 $14.95 pb / 214 pages

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Richard Rohr

Job and the Mystery of Suffering

Spiritual Reflections Richard Rohr plumbs the depths of the Job’s story to reveal its relevance for us today. This important book shows how the tension between suffering and faith can be a powerful means to an authentic connection with the divine.

978-0-8245-1734-2 $19.95 pb / 192 pages

Richard Rohr

The Good News According to Luke Spiritual Reflections

Richard Rohr shares his understanding of Luke’s message for today’s reader. Grounded in scholarship, but accessible to a general audience, this commentary sheds light on the main themes of Luke’s gospel.

RESURRECTION TAKES CARE OF ITSELF It is not quick or easy, we find, to allow the true self or to allow the true God. The task of life is the gradual unveiling of both. . . Resurrection takes care of itself. It comes naturally once the false self is abandoned.

But what an abandoning!

Every movement toward union will feel like a loss of self-importance and self-control —What the Mystics Know

978-0-8245-1966-7 $19.95 pb / 192 pages

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Books by Ronald Rolheiser

Ronald Rolheiser

Ronald Rolheiser

Rediscovering a Felt Presence of God

The Finger of God in Our Everyday Lives

The Shattered Lantern

This evocative, readable book looks at how practical atheism and disbelief have crept into our world and how, in the face of it, we can restore the “shattered lantern” and bring back the light of God. 978-0-8245-2275-9 $14.95 pb / 192 pages

“We need to become missionaries again within our own culture that, it would appear, the church must most address in terms of taking to heart Jesus’ parting challenge: “Go out to all nations and baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.”

—Ronald Rolheiser

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Ronald Rolheiser, O.M.I. is one of the most wellknown authors of Catholic spiritual books. He is president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas, and a specialist in the fields of spirituality and systematic theology.

Against an Infinite Horizon Fr. Rolheiser speaks of the deepest human longing in words that have reached hundreds of thousands of readers. This book is an attempt to develop a vocabulary that can help decipher the accidents in every life everyday, that might aptly be called divine providence.

978-0-8245-1965-0 $16.95 pb / 240 pages

Ronald Rolheiser

Secularity and the Gospel Being Missionaries to Our Children

Today, our own children might know little about the Gospel. In this important contribution Fr. Rolheiser offers original chapters on the topic, then introduces leading voices in Catholic thought to show how Christian faith can thrive in a secular world.

978-0-8245-2412-8 $24.95 pb / 240 pages

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Books by Speakers

Ronald Haney, Michael O’Neill McGrath

Stations of the Cross The Story of God’s Compassion

Prayerful reflections by Father Haney and memorable illustrations by Brother O’Neill McGrath make this a wonderful meditation aid for Lent.

978-0-8245-1769-4 $14.95 pb / 96 pages

Robert Wicks

Thomas Groome

The Practical Art of Sharing and Receiving Mentoring

A Spiritual Vision for Every Teacher and Parent

Sharing Wisdom

As caring adults we give and receive informal mentoring every day. Sharing Wisdom can help you nurture your natural talents as well as to better appreciate the guidance offered by others. Includes common questions, and a summary of the mentoring guidelines

“…distinguished from most others in the philosophy of religious education by the connections that the author makes with both the spiritual and the practical concerns of home and school.” –International Journal of Education and Religion

978-0-8245-1838-7 $17.95 pb / 144 pages

978-0-8245-1970-4 $39.95 pb / 472 pages

“A state of interior freedom resulting from a relaxed, honest appreciation of one’s ordinary self, which spontaneously results in sharing oneself with others in a way that encourages the best in them as well.”

“Written with ecumenical sensitivity by one of America’s leading religious educators, this groundbreaking work reweaves old and new wisdom into fresh possibilities for education wherever it takes place; in public and parochial schools, in congregation and parish programs, in our families. This humanizing proposal for education in our time is ‘Catholic’ in the riches sense of the term-‘open to all.’”

–From Sharing Wisdom

Ronald Haney, Michael O’Neill McGrath

Prayers for Priests

And Those Who Pray for Them A collection of contemporary prayers, this book is divided into two parts. “Scriptural Meditations,” offer 31 intercessory prayers based on Biblical themes. “Saintly Intercessions,” offer 31 intercessory prayers directed to popular saints such as John Vianney and Francis de Sales.

Educating for Life

–Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, President Emeritus, University of Notre Dame

978-0-8245-2638-2 $16.95 pb / 128 pages 12

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Meditations for a changed life.

Fr. Kennedy’s proven techniques bring Jesus and the Gospel to life in a new way as the text –and the CD featuring Martin Sheen—open doors to a reinvigorated experience of prayer and contemplation.SPEAKERS

“Michael Kennedy certainly helps us find and experience God in the modern world.”

–Martin Sheen, actor

Michael Kennedy, S.J. is the founder and director of Jesuit Restorative Justice Initiative to create restorative practices and retreats for incarcerated people with an emphasis on youth tried as adults. He speaks throughout the United States on his method of Ignatian meditation.

Michael Kennedy, S.J.

The Jesus Meditations Includes CD

A Guide for Contemplation Have you ever longed to walk beside Jesus on the dusty roads of Palestine? Entering into the world of these meditations will change forever your relationship with Jesus, yourself, and the world around you.

978-0-8245-1929-2 $19.95 pb / 192 pages

Michael Kennedy, S.J.

Michael Kennedy, S.J.

Michael Kennedy, S.J.

Una guia para la contemplacion

A Guide for Contemplation With illustrations by Gantier Zelada

Ten Mediations for a Changed Life

Los Ojos en la Cruz

“Michael Kennedy verdaderamente nos ayuda a encontrar y experimentar a Dios en el mundo modern.” –Martin Sheen, actor 978-0-8245-2315-2 $29.95 pb / 256 pages

Eyes on the Cross

Another extraordinary, and powerful work that brings forth the richness of the gospels through the stark reality of personal stories and the mediations that accompany them.” – Martin Sheen, actor 978-0-8245-1879-0 $19.95 pb / 224 pages

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Experiencing Jesus

With CD narrated by Martin Sheen and Janne Shirley

In the midst of a changing world faced with challenge there was never a greater need for Christians to return to Jesus in prayer and contemplation. Let this book take you by the hand to find your own way to Christ.

978-0-8245-2146-2 $19.95 pb / 144 pages 13

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Ignatian Spirituality

Joseph A. Tetlow

The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola

“The Call to Discernment in Troubled Times is challenging, yet infused with passion and hope, this book will provide valuable insight both to students of Ignation spirituality, and more generally, to those who wonder how Christian spirituality can continue to shape a creative and faith-filled response to our crucified world.”

–J. Matthew Ashley, Notre Dame

With Commentary

A compelling re-introduction to Christianity as a lived experience. In times of spreading violence, poverty, and environmental crisis, Fr. Brackley points us beyond dogmatic withdrawal and paralyzing fear to inner freedom, constructive response, and hope.

978-0-8245-2539-2 $16.95 pb / 168 pages

St. Ignatius Loyola Letters to Women

Reprinted by popular demand, this major volume in Crossroad’s library of Jesuit Spirituality unveils Ignatius’ spiritual wisdom for women. Rahner’s research and insights offer a priceless glimpse into Loyola’s relations with women—as spiritual directees, supporters, and confidantes.

978-0-8245-2475-3 $45.00 pb / 612 pages 14

The Call to Discernment in Troubled Times

New Perspectives on the Transformative Wisdom of Ignatius of Loyola

This readable translation and step-by-step commentary unfolds the relevance of a spiritual classic to modern life—for every reader, Christian or not. Stories, analogies, and approachable language make this an ideal companion for anyone seeking inspiration and personal growth.

Hugo Rahner, editor

Dean Brackley, S.J.

978-0-8245-2268-1 $19.95 pb / 320 pages

Anthony de Mello, S.J.

Praying Body and Soul Each chapter offers an awareness exercise, a mental focus, and an imagining exercise using stories from the Bible, and concludes with a short parable or text from tradition. The texts draw from the clarity of the Ignation Exercises and reflect an outstanding experience with prayer and meditation in today’s world.

978-0-8245-1673-4 $16.95 pb / 144 pages

John Horn, S. J.

Mystical Healing

The Psychological and Spiritual Power Of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises Foreword by James Fowler “This book describes sensitively and insightfully how God can use the Spiritual Exercises to bring about deep healing and transformation. Rich with powerful stories and practical applications…”—Maureen Conray, R.S.M. 978-0-8245-1582-9 $19.95 pb / 192 pages

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“O God , you are my God, for You I long.” Psalm 63:1 Timothy M. Gallagher, O.M.V.

Praying the Liturgy of the Hours A Personal Journey

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Father Timothy Gallagher, loved for his popular guides to Ignatian spirituality, shares in this informative, inspiring volume his own experiences and insights into the daily prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours, a part of his life for the last 40 years.

All around the world, every day, for hundreds of years, Catholics have prayed the psalms, with added readings from the bible and from tradition, in a formal way called the Liturgy of the Hours. And like any meditative practice, there are blissful days and there are others that are just a dry challenge. Fr. Gallagher invites the reader into the beauty and possibilities of this rich prayer, available to all.

978-0-8245-2032-8 $16.95 pb / 112 pages

“As Father Gallagher unlocks the depth of the Divine Office, the reader is led to understand and embrace this prayer of the Church with a renewed sense of appreciation and awe.”

—Donald Cardinal Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington “As Father Gallagher unlocks the depth of the Divine Office, the reader is led to understand and embrace this prayer of the Church with a renewed sense of appreciation and awe.” “Delight, struggles to continue, boredom, and peace: these are all words to describe what happens to anyone who desires a continued relationship with God through prayer. Father Gallagher lives them all.”

—Elizabeth Koessler, spiritual director, wife, and mother “Praying the Liturgy of the Hours stirred my interest right away and kept me fully engaged from beginning to end… I heartily endorse Praying the Liturgy of the Hours: A Personal Journey, and recommend it in particular for priests and religious, and for all those who want to grow closer to Jesus in their daily lives.”

—Most Reverend Thomas Olmstead, Bishop of Phoenix, AZ “… his greatest contribution is the sharing of his personal struggles with the “office” over many years. His honest and searching self-examination will prove invaluable to anyone who has undertaken the responsibility of praying this great prayer of the Church.

—Father Robert Barron, rector of Mundelein Seminary and author of Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith, Word on Fire: Proclaiming the Power of Christ, and others “I have prayed the Liturgy of the Hours for over forty years, and Father Gallagher has helped me find new depths in it, as well as offering paths to other ways of enriching this form of prayer…”

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SPIRITUALITY

When your life is at a crossroads.

An Ignatian Guide for Everyday Living

The Discernment of Spirits: A Reader’s Guide An Ignatian Guide for Everyday Living

When you’re ready to move more deeply into Ignatian thought, discover this great favorite of spiritual directors, directees, and others who want to understand Ignatius’s Rules for discernment—their keen insight into the human soul and their ability to explain the real-life struggles of spiritual seekers today.

An Ignatian Guide for Everyday Living Audio Book

A companion to the bestselling Ignatian guide, this workbook provides a practical means of unlocking the wisdom of The Discernment of Spirits. Each chapter includes key concepts, additional case studies, and questions to consider in the personal application of the teachings.

This title is also availible as an audiobook, read by Fr. Daniel P. Barron, O.M.V. The book comes on 8 CDs and lasts 9 hours, covering the entire text of the printed book.

The Discernment of Spirits

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Read by Daniel P. Barron

The Discernment of Spirits

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“Father Gallagher meets

the pressing needs of retreat directors, retratants students of spiritual theology, and others interested in deepening their spiritual lives.”

—Harvey E. Egan, S.J., Professor of Systematic and Mystical Theology, Boston College

Begin Again

The Life and Spiritual Legacy of Bruno Lanteri Bestselling author Timothy M. Gallagher offers a remarkable biography of Father Bruno Lanteri, who overcame great odds to become the foremost spiritual leader of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, ultimately founding the Oblates of the Virgin Mary.

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Which Ignatian title is right for you?

Learn more at: www.crossroadpublishing. com/crossroad/gallagher Titles are available in the following formats: • eBook • Paperback • Hardcover • Audio • Video

An Ignatian Introduction to Prayer Scriptural Reflections According to the Spiritual Exercises When you need short, practical exercises for young and old, this volume provides forty short (2-page) Ignatian meditations, including scripture passages, meditative keys for entering into the scriptural story, and guided questions for reflection. For either beginning or experienced groups and individuals.

978-0-8245-2487-6 $16.95 pb/ 96 pages

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A remarkable teacher of Ignatian spirituality

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Meditation and Contemplation

An Ignatian Guide to Prayer with Scripture To understand the two practices essential to Igatian spirituality, meditation and contemplation, discover this volume. Fr. Gallagher explains what is unique to each practice, shows how you can profit from both at different times in your spiritual life, and reveals how their structure can be adapted to your particular spiritual needs.

978-0-8245-2488-3 $14.95 pb / 112 pages

Discerning the Will of God An Ignatian guide to Christian Decision Making

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Father Timothy M. Gallagher, O.M.V., is a member of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary, a religious community dedicated to retreats and spiritual formation according to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. A sought after speaker and retreat master, Fr. Gallagher has dedicated many years to an extensive ministry of retreats, spiritual direction, and teaching about the spiritual life.

Discerning the Will of God Video Course

Fr. Gallagher’s indispensable guide will help you make spiritual sense of major decisions and align with God’s true purpose for you. Real-life experiences bring home the benefit of Ignatius’s ageless teachings and offer tools for finding clarity in a challenging and complex world.

978-0-8245-2489-0 $19.85 pb/ 172 pages

Spiritual Consolation

The Examen Prayer

Those with some familiarity with Ignatian spirituality will enjoy this book, which extends the approach of The Discernment of Spirits, interweaving stories and Ignatian principles for a more profound understanding of Ignatius’s Second Rule for discernment.

When you want classic spiritual discipline to apply every day, this highly practical book is an important resource. The Examen prayer helps you discover the hand of God in your everyday life and learn to be receptive to God’s blessings.

An Ignatian Guide for Greater Discernment

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Ancient Wisdom for Our Lives Today

978-0-8245-2367-1 $19.95 pb / 192 pages

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Recipient of the Eric Hoffer Award Robert J. Cormier

Better than We Believed NEW AND NOTEWORTHY

How to Apply the Vision That is Faith to the Struggle That is Life

The news that Father Robert J. Cormier died in a climbing accident when a snow cornice collapsed beneath him on Mount Hood, Oregon arrived the same May 2014 morning as the email notifying the publisher that Cormier’s latest book received the Eric Hoffer Award.

“Better Than We Believed”, read the letter, “endured rigorous judging and surpassed dozens of titles within its category. Each winner was determined to be unique, worthy, and well produced in all aspects of writing and publishing. Your title helps maintain the circulation of ideas, which is a vital and necessary function for a thriving society.”

978-0-8245-4980-0 $12.95 pb / 192 pages

“Robert Cormier is a superb communicator.

He makes faith come alive in words that people can understand. He makes you want a life of faith, and he shows you how to find it.”

–Arthur Rev. Caliandro, Marble Collegiate Church, New York

Fr. Cormier spent his life ministering in inner city churches, schools and hospitals, rehab centers and prisons in Newark, NJ. Besides he served as a deacon in Thailand, a priest to Mayan Catholics in Guatemala, and he loved to travel the world, often with friends. He was a pilot, scuba diver and an accomplished mountain climber and he played the conga. He is the creator of Christian Materialism, a strikingly new synthesis of philosophy and faith.

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“It is difficult for medical science to explain…”

-Dr. Francis James McGovern, Mass Hospital

Arthur P. Boyle and Eileen McAvoy Boylen

Six Months to Live . . .

Three Guys on the Ultimate Quest for a Miracle

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As aired on the DAN REA Show CBS Radio

“One of the most important lessons Artie beautifully communicates as you follow his healing journey is the need for men to be intimately involved in the spiritual leadership of their families. His words and story of an impossible healing will not only stay with you for a very long time, but challenge you to the person God called you to be.”

–Jim Caviezel, star, The Passion of the Christ

“Six Months to Live follows three regular guys on a desperate life-saving journey. Filled with remarkable discoveries, it’s an unforgettable story of friendship, hope and unshakable faith.

Get ready to believe in miracles.”

–Mary Lou Quinlan, author, New York Times bestseller, The God Box

About the Author Artie and Judy grew up in Quincy, Massachusetts where they met as teenagers. Each of them came from families with eight children and they went on to have thirteen of their own. Ranging in age from thirteen to thirty-six, the Boyles are a diverse group including a medical doctor, a professional hockey player, a seminarian, a theologian, and many talented athletes and students. They also have fifteen grandchildren. Since Artie’s miraculous healing in Medjugorje in 2000, he has traveled the world with Ivan Dragicevic, one of the visionaries, speaking to thousands of people in the US, South America, Canada, and Europe. In Ireland, one of their recent talks drew 6,000 attendees.

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NEW AND NOTEWORTHY

New York, May 19, 2014— Metastatic cancer strikes a father of thirteen children. He receives a terminal diagnosis from a team of Boston’s best physicians, with a survival chance of just five percent. Facing the abyss, he throws himself on God, and makes the arduous trip to a controversial shrine in the former Yugoslavia, in search of a miracle. Two of his best friends come along, and these three “hockey dads” enter a whole new world of visionaries, pilgrims, and persecuted priests. They encounter a message that demands that they change their lives—and meet people whose own lives were transformed by that message of prayer, sacrifice, and love.

NEW AND NOTEWORTHY

Violence, Peace, and Redemption

Gil Bailie

Thomas Merton

Francis Cardinal Arinze

Humanity at the Crossroads Introduction by Rene Girard

Reflections on War and Nonviolence

A Call for Solidarity to the Religions of the World

Violence Unveiled

“Anyone concerned about the rise of violence and social disintegration in our culture, and who wants to understand what is really happening, must read this book.” –Sojourners 978-0-8245-1645-1 $29.95 pb / 312 pages

Passion for Peace

In times of violence we seek resources for peace. This essential book presents the core of Thomas Merton’s insights into the nature of violence, and terrorism, and the Christian call for active, non-violent engagement in the world.

978-0-8245-2415-9 $14.95 pb / 176 pages

Religions for Peace

“This is a book that needs to be read, reflected on, and responded to by all who care for the future of mankind.” –Rabbi Sr. Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of Britain and the Commonwealth 978-0-8245-4700-4 $16.95 pb / 165 pages

“Religions therefore do have a role. They supply the moral and spiritual principles and strength without which those who strive to build the earthly city of peace would not be at their best.”

–From Religions for Peace

George Weigel

Michael H. Crosby

Christianity and Democracy, War and Peace

From Control to Compassion

Against the Grain

“A bracing collection of pieces worth reading—and remembering.”–Jon Meacham, Editor of Newsweek 978-0-8245-2448-7 $24.95 hc / 352 pages

The Paradox of Power

“Everything regarding violence, nonviolence and compassion begins with power.”

–From The Paradox of Power

Everything regarding violence, nonviolence, and compassion begins with power. Power is the ability to influence.

Whether you are in a personal relationship, a corporate or political leadership role, this book offers new insights into understanding and dealing with power.

978-0-8245-2470-8 $19.95 pb / 192 pages

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“Life is a teacher of universal truths.” – From The Rule of Benedict Joan Chittister, O.S.B.

The Rule of Benedict A Spirituality for the 21st Century

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A Spirituality for the 21st Century Joan Chittister is one of the most influential religious and spiritual leaders of our age. For over 30 years she has been a passionate and energetic speaker, counselor, and clear voice for the global community. A Benedictine Sister of Erie, PA, Sister Joan was prioress of her community for 12 year, and received many awards for her work on the renewal of spirituality, especially on women in the church.

Sister Joan is an international lecturer and award-winning author of over 40 books.

She is the founder and executive director of Benetvision, a resource and research center for contemporary spirituality located in Erie.

A speaker at many of the most influential gatherings of recent decades, including the Parliament of World Religions in Melbourne, Australia, she serves as co-chair of the Global Peace Initiative of Women, a partner organization of the UN. The Rule of Benedict The Rule of Benedict is a little guidebook that was written 1500 years ago by Benedict of Nursia. Ever since, its simple words have attracted people wanting to walk the spiritual path in community with others. Even today, tens of thousands of people follow the Rule of Benedict, both in monastic and in lay communities around the world.

This book includes the original text of the Rule of Benedict, each chapter followed by the visionary and inspiring commentary by one of the most influential Benedictines alive today.

Like no other, Sr. Joan is able to draw out the contemporary relevance and urgency of this short yet so influential book.

The book is accompanied by carefully chosen images, and via a download, prayers sung in the ancient Gregorian Chant cultivated through the centuries by Benedictine monasteries. Together the texts, images, and music invite you to a special experience of The Rule of Benedict.

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“By offering informed commentary that links St. Benedict’s Rule with contemporary questions (stewardship, relationships, authority, community, balance, work, simplicity, prayer, and spiritual and psychological development), Sr. Joan succeeds in her task of making an ancient document accessible to a modern reading public.”

—New Oxford Review “Chittister’s interpretation . . . arranged according to the three-cycle reading Benedictines accomplish each year, is one of the best I have seen. Her commentary is itself a modern reworking of the Rule for contemporary Christians.”

—The Episcopal New Yorker “Any religious or lay person will welcome and identify with her book’s universal themes and concrete examples. Its message is profound and yet accessible to those ‘beginners’ for whom Benedict intended his Rule in the first place.”

—Review for Religious

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Spiritual Legacy Books

Robert Royal Dante Alighieri Divine Comedy, Divine Spirituality

Robert Barron Thomas Aquinas Spiritual Master

Dennis E. Tamburello Bernard of Clairvaux Essential Writings

A careful, reader-friendly exploration of The Divine Comedy as well as a fine biographical portrayal of Dante—the man, writer, and spiritual lover extraordinaire.

Royal reveals how the psychological reality of Dante’s story unfolds within the context of God’s universe.

In this award-winning book, Robert Barron shows how Aquinas’s profound understanding of Christian mystical life animates his writings on Jesus Christ, creation, God’s “strange” nature, humanity—the wonderful hybrid of flesh and spirit, and the divine’s powerful call to ecstasy.

Conceived during the religious renewal of medieval monasticism, the sensual and vibrant theology of Bernard of Clairvaux still speaks to our times. Tamburello’s narrative explores the themes of the saint’s work to achieve a vivid and inspiring portrait of the radical mystic.

978-0-8245-1604-8 $24.95 pb / 248 pages

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This I say: one who has not believed, does not understand.

For the one who has not believed will not have experience; and will not understand.

–Anselm

Kieran Kavanaugh John of the Cross Doctor of Light and Love

William H. Shannon Anselm The Joy of Faith

A thorough, engaging, and accessible introduction to the defining themes in the life of John of the Cross, revealed through the perspective of his writing. The text is prefaced by a translation of the saint’s poems and his drawing of the mystical ascent of the soul.

The singular and passionate personality of Anselm, the twice-exiled Archbishop of Canterbury, comes to life in William H. Shannon’s thoughtful biography. An intellectually and spiritually enriching account of the life and writings of the 11th century genius of Christian theology.

978-0-8245-2515-6 $16.95 pb / 216 pages

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God loves infinitively and always.” – Thomas Keating, O.C.S.O.

Thomas Keating

Thomas Keating

An Introduction to Centering Prayer

An Introduction to Contemplative Christianity

Intimacy with God

A founder of the Centering Prayer movement, Cistercian monk and bestselling author Thomas Keating offers here an introduction filled with insight and practical advice. “This is perhaps Keating’s most readable and enlightening work.”

–Spiritual Book News

The Heart of the World The Christian heritage is rich in contemplative wisdom literature and practices. As fresh and vibrant today as when it was first published, this classic book is essential to a deeper understanding of this spiritual center of Christianity.

978-0-8245-2529-3 $16.95 pb / 232 pages

978-0-8245-2495-1 $14.95 pb / 100 pages

Thomas Keating

Thomas Keating

Thomas Keating

978-0-8245-1044-2 $16.95 pb / 16 pages

A Lenten Passage

Awakenings

Journey to the Center

Thomas Keating

Reawakenings

The perfect companion for the 40 days of Lent, this book offers a bible reading, a commentary by Father Keating, and a prayer for contemplation for each of the days of Lent.

978-0-8245-1149-4 $18.95 pb / 132 pages

978-0-8245-1895-0 $9.95 pb/ 120 pages

Two wonderful collections of Fr. Keating’s best biblical reflections. Each volume contains 30 bible texts and Fr. Keating’s reflection.

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Fr. Keating is a monk at St. Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado.

He is one of the principal architects and teachers of the Christian contemplative prayer movement for renewal of the contemplative dimension of Christianity.

Mediations on the Parables of Jesus TGathering the strongest texts from The Kingdom of God Is Like, Awakenings, and Reawakenings, this book shows you how to apply meaning of the parables to your spiritual journey today.

978-0-8245-2607-8 $16.95 pb/ 144 pages

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“Hope is the dynamism of human beings.” –Maria Boulding, O.S.B.

Gernot Candolini

Gerald May, M.D.

M. Basil Pennington

Walking Toward the Center With a foreword by Paula D’Arcy

The Spirituality of Mental Health

Renewing the Ancient Practice of Praying the Scriptures

Labyrinths

“These pages are a rich, wondrous blend of history, faith’s deep call, and the wisdom gleaned from the journey.”

–Paula D’Arcy 978-0-8245-2102-8 Including 40 b/w illustrations $16.95 pb/ 146 pages

Simply Sane

At an early time Dr. May integrated spirituality and psychology, and years after later he remains a trusted guide. This is, by his own account, his favorite book, and it continues to offer helpful guidance for a balanced, healthy lifestyle.

Lectio Divina

A popular introduction to the “way of friendship,” the ancient meditative practice of the West. No matter where you are on the spiritual journey, Lectio Divina can guide you to wisdom, guidance, and joy.

978-0-8245-1366-5 $19.95 pb / 216 pages

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Carole Ann Camp

Joyce Rupp

Joyce Rupp

Meditations for Walking the Labyrinth

The Path of Midlife Spirituality

Hope and Strength in Times of Suffering

Praying at Every Turn

Carole Ann Camp’s insightful book deepens our understanding of the transformative practice of walking the labyrinth.

Bible readings, prayers, and stories from the author’s many years of experience with this powerful ritual support us as we take a journey of faith.

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Dear Heart,Come Home Joyce Rupp shares her own midlife journey—its ups and downs—with honesty and insight that will support and inspire other seekers looking to deepen their spiritual lives.

978-0-8245-1556-0 $19.95 pb / 208 pages eBook editions available

Your Sorrow Is My Sorrow A sensitive reflection on the seven sorrows of Mary, connecting the divine mother’s suffering and pain with the trials and afflictions that every human must bear. Let Mary’s patient wisdom guide you as you face life’s difficulties.

978-0-8245-1566-9 $16.95 pb / 192 pages eBook editions available

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“We are God’s unfinished work of art…” –Maria Boulding

Spiritual Passages

The Psychology of Spiritual Development This book is intended to relate some of the sounder insights of contemporary psychology to the classical outline of the spiritual journey contained in the immense and facinating literature of spirituality.

978-0-8245-0628-5 $19.95 pb / 224 pages

Anthony de Mello, S.J.

Walking on Water Indian Jesuit priest Anthony de Mello knew like few others how to engage Eastern and Western spiritual traditions in a gentle and truthful way. An exhilarating storyteller himself, in this gift volume he uses stories of monks and rabbis, soldiers, and fairy tales and legends, leading the reader through the basics of spiritual life to the place where “walking on water” is within our reach.

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Benedict J. Croeschel

Maria Boulding

Gateway to Hope An Exploration of Failure

This little spiritual classic has helped thousands of readers over the decades. Failure or disappointment may be God’s chance to open us more effectively than we can ever open ourselves, and to stretch us beyond our small hopes and expectations.

978-0-8245-2698-6 $16.95 pb / 160 pages

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Avis Clendenen and Troy Martin

Forgiveness

Finding Freedom Through Reconciliation “This book is an invaluable resource for healing broken relationships in all areas of life, personal and societal.” –Sister Carol Frances Jegen, BVM, Loyola University, Chicago 978-0-8245-1964-3 $18.95 pb/ 144 pages

John Jacob Raub

Who Told You that You Are Naked?

Freedom from Judgement, Guilt and Fear of Punishment

Neil and Gerlinde Kennedy-Jones and Andrew Seddon

Walking With the Celtic Saints A Devotional

Readers are sure to find peace in this consoling call to overcome feelings of guilt. Combining the wisdom of Christian spirituality with insights from A Course of Miracles, the author writes with great simplicity about our unbreakable union with God.

Original stories, poems, and blessings from 15 people who can teach us what matters most.

By Neil Kennedy, bishop of the Celtic Catholic Church of Canada, Gerlinde Jones, a family counselor, and Andrew Seddon, an MA in Celtic Christianity and a physician.

978-0-8245-1203-3 $16.95 pb / 156 pages

978-0-8245-2264-3 $16.95 pb/ 160 pages

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“Where is the silence?”–Meister Eckhart Meister Eckhart

The Complete Mystical Works of Meister Eckhart Translated by Maurice O’C Walshe With a Foreword by Bernard McGinn

SPIRITUALITY

For the first time, you can own Meister Eckhart’s complete mystical teachings in one volume. With a new introduction by Bernard McGinn and Walshe’s elegant translation, this comprehensive and authoritative work is a blessing for every serious spiritual seeker, and the finest volume on Eckhart ever to appear in English.

Complete Edition

Meister Eckhart, the great Christian mystical writer and philosopher, presented his works in two forms. The Latin works introduce his thought in more analytic detail and precision.

He used his German (vernacular and popular) works to introduce his more personal reflections—his mystical writings on the poverty of spirit, the birth of Christ in the soul, and other themes for which he is renowned. This new treasury contains the entire text of all the mystical works of Meister Eckhart, making it the authoritative volume on Meister Eckhart’s enduring legacy to Western Christianity and to all seekers of truth.

A Herder & Herder book 978-0-8245-2517-0 $98.00 hc / 640 pages / metallicized jacket

FROM THE COMPLE TE MYSTIC AL WORK S OF MEISTER ECKHART:

“ If mysticism in the traditional Western sense implies communion with God, then there is a real sense in which Eckhart may be said to go beyond this, for according to him the soul has to proceed beyond ‘God’ to the nameless Oneness of the ‘Godhead.’ ... Eckhart speaks with authority born of personal experience. But the ‘object’ of that experience is strictly indescribable and ineffable. It can be hinted at and to some extent defined by what it is not. This, of course, is the way of the so-called negative (or apophatic) theology.”

—from the introduction by Maurice O’C Walshe

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“…an indispensable record for future generations.”

–Rabbi A. James Rudin

Eugene J. Fisher, Ph.D., Rabbi Leon Klenicki, editors Pope John Paul II How Pope John Paul II Transformed Catholic-Jewish Relations

His Complete Texts on Jews, Judaism and the State of Israel 1979-2005 Pope John Paul II’s efforts can serve as a model for reconciliation, inspiring both believers and non-believers to pursue deeper understanding and work together in harmony to help improve the world and achieve Shalom, the Hebrew word for Peace, wholeness and right-relationship, for all of humankind.

“ A must read for everyone interested in the positive and historic role Pope John Paul II played in Catholic-Jewish relations. Leon Klenicki and Eugene Fisher have rendered an important service that will be an indispensable tool for future generations.”

–Rabbi A. James Rudin, author, Christians & Jews-Faith to Faith: Tragic History, Promising Present, Fragile Future

Rabbi Leon Klenicki was a renowned scholar, theologian and interfaith pioneer, and the Anti-Defamation League’s longtime director of Interfaith Affairs and Co-Liaison with the

“This important volume makes crystal clear how John Paul II dedicated much of his twenty-six year papacy to rapprochement between Jews and Catholics. The writings collected here show that step by step he unpacked the implications of the Second Vatican Council declaration Nostra Aetate, producing a theological body of work with a breadth and authority that remains unsurpassed in implementing the Catholic Church’s new relationship to Judaism.” –Philipp Cunningham, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia A Herder & Herder book 978-0-8245-2682-5 $44.95 pb / 398 pages

Also of interest in this context: Gian Franco Svidercoschi

John Paul II’s Letter to a Jewish Friend

The heart-Rending Story of Two Polish Boys Divided by World War II, Reunited

by Love

Vatican.

“…an all-important insight into the origins of the man I have come to know and work with.”—Maestro Gilbert Levine

Dr. Eugene J. Fisher is Distin-

978-0-8245-2044-1 $16.95 pb / 108 pages

guished Professor of CatholicJewish Studies at Saint Leo University.

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THEOLOGY & CHURCH

The Saint for Shalom

THEOLOGY & CHURCH

The Church

Norman P. Tanner

Thomas Day

T. Howlands Sanks

A Short History

Revised and Updated with New Grand Conclusions and Good Advice

The Community Called Church

The Councils of the Church The editor of the magisterial Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils provides the best overview of the councils available in English, from the early and medieval councils to the Second Vatican Council, showing their abiding importance in the life of the church.

978-0-8245-1904-9 $15.95 pb / 144 pages

Frederick Quinn

To Be a Pilgrim

The Anglican Ethos in History “Frederick Quinn has provided an imaginative window into the nature of Anglicanism that is eminently readable and carefully conceived…in ways that will attract a widespread and welldeserved readership.”

978-0-8245-1900-1 $24.95 cloth / 320 pages

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Why Catholics Can’t Sing

“If you are a Baptist, read this book. Or a Lutheran, Episcopalian, Methodist, Presbyterian, or Whatever. Roman Catholics (of course) should read it. Day is writing about the culture of American Christianity, and what it does to our understanding of God…”—First Things 978-0-8245-4984-8 $24.95 pb / 192 pages

Claire E. Wolfteich

American Catholics Through the 20th Century Spirituality, Lay Experience and Public Life

“This is a great story well told.”

—Don S. Browning, University of Chicago 978-0-8245-2637-5 $19.95 pb / 216 pages

Salt, Leaven and Light This book has been a standard text for years, “an open and engaging survey of the theology of church in its biblical roots, its historical development, and its setting in today’s complex world…this work has few rivals.”—Avery Dulles, S.J. 978-0-8245-1666-6 $27.95 pb / 246 pages

Patrick Fleming, Sue Lauber-Fleming and Mark T. Matousek

Broken Trust

Stories of Pain, Hope, and Healing from Clerical Abuse Survivors and Abusers “These stories stir in us the ancient memories of the Church about redemption, not onl7 for individuals, but for the Church as a community of faith.”—Bishop Gerald A. Gettlefinger, Evansville, IN. 978-0-8245-2410-4 $19.95 cloth / 240 pages

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Hans Urs von Balthasar

The Ethical Thought of Hans Urs von Balthasar This remarkable study, honored by the College Theology Society, uncovers the ethical dimension of von Balthasar’s thought, showing its relation to other concepts in his works, and to key figures such as Ignatius Loyola, Karl Barth, and especially Karl Rahner.

978-0-8245-1915-5 $35.95 pb / 240 pages

Kevin Mongrain

The Systematic Thought of Hans Urs von Balthasar

THEOLOGY & CHURCH

Christopher Steck

Hans Urs von Balthasar

An Irenaean Retrieval

“This comprehensive, erudite, and sophisticated study is one of the best published works on the subject in any language.”

–Cyril J. O’Regan, Univ. Notre Dame . “… the best comprehensive account of von Balthasar’s thought.” –George Lindbeck, Yale University.

978-0-8245-1927-8 $29.95 pb / 256 pages

“Only those who follow the church have a sure guarantee for the fact that, in their obedience to Christ, they have not really followed just their own know it all wisdom.”

Han Urs von Balthasar, edited by Medard Kehl and Werner Loser

Rodney A. Howsare, Ph.D. and Larry S. Chapp, Ph.D.

Hans Urs von Balthasar was one of the most influential Catholic theologians of the 20th century. This easy-to-use, onevolume reader contains his essentials writings, on everything from the miracle of human existence to the nature of God.

15 Scholars Reflect on the Meaning of Balthasar for Their Own Work

The von Balthasar Reader

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How Balthasar Changed My Mind

A first-rate introduction to Balthasar, and a window into the way that great theologians understand the driving questions of their work: “Read this book at your own risk, for you will be different after setting it down.” –Edward T. Oakes, S.J. 978-0-8245-2569-9 $34.95 pb / 312 pages 29

“And so the church is our shelter in the storm...”

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–Robert Barron, Heaven in Stone and Glass

Robert Barron

Robert Barron

Robert Barron

Experiencing the Spirituality of the Great Cathedrals

A Theology of Transformation

Proclaiming the Power of Christ

Heaven in Stone and Glass

And Now I See

Word on Fire

“Robert Barron, an inspired writer, illuminates the teachings of ‘the great tradition’, showing how they coalesce with the best literary witnesses to liberate us to our true selves.”–David B. Burrell, Notre Dame University

One of the leading introductions to Catholic faith and culture. Based on specific readings from the Bible this lively presentation uses art, music, painting, poetry, philosophy and the saints’ lives to offer a passionate call to evangelism.

978-0-8245-1753-3 $29.95 pb / 296 pages

978-0-8245-2453-1 $19.95 pb / 240 pages

John J. Dietzen

Msgr. Charles Murphy

Ronald D. Witherup

All You Want to Know about Catholicism

A Personal Training Guide for the Deeper Catholic Spiritual Life

A Catholic Handbook for Beginners Second Edition

Gothic cathedrals hold many secrets about the soul’s yearning for God. Fr. Barron teaches us how to read these secrets, with beautiful reflections on aspects such as light and darkness, the labyrinth, the meaning of gargoyles and much more.

978-0-8245-1993-3 $14.95 pb / 128 pages

Catholic Q&A

This award-winning popular book offers candid information and engaging advice that speaks to every Catholic and everyone curious about Catholicism.

It’s all here: answers about matters of the practice of faith; personal morality; Catholic traditions or interpretation of scripture. Authoritative, readable, and intuitively organized.

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Belonging to God

A practical, concise guide based on tradition and contemporary life. A ‘training in holiness’ course for working Catholics who want to grow in their spiritual lives but don’t have access to a spiritual director or hours of free time.

978-0-8245-2148-6 $16.95 pb / 184 pages

The Bible Companion

This award-winning popular book offers candid information that speaks to every Catholic and everyone curious about Catholicism. It’s all here: answers about matters of the practice of faith; personal morality; traditions and interpretation of scripture. Authoritative, readable, and intuitively organized.

978-0-8245-2547-7 $14.95 pb / 264 pages

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“All that counts is words.” –Lorenzo Albacete, God at the Ritz

Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I.

Lorenzo Albacete

What the Apostles Really Believed, and Why It Matters

A Catholic Vision of Faith, Communion, and Culture

Attraction to Infinity

The Quest for the Creed

A surprisingly appealing, and engaging examination of this often overlooked, yet truly basic prayer of the Church.

978-0-8245-2674-0 $19.95 pb / 192 pages

The Difference God Makes Penned by a leading intellectual in the American Catholic church, this collection brings together Francis Cardinal George’s most influential writings on Catholic faith, communion, and culture, and stresses the importance of ecumenism and community among people of all beliefs.

A Herder & Herder book.

978-0-8245-2627-6 $19.95 pb / 368 pages

God at the Ritz From Charlie Rose and the NY Times to CNN and Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, Albacete, a NASA physicist and Catholic priest, is a leading voice on the reason and necessity of faith. “The book, like the monsignor, crackles with humor, warmth, and intellectual excitement.”–Hendrik Hertzberg, The New Yorker 978-0-8245-2472-2 $14.95 pb / 208 pages

Walter Cardinal Kasper

Howard P. Bleichner

Stratford Caldecott

How the Traditional Roles Can Serve the Christian Community Today

The Coherence of Catholic Belief

Entering the Mysteries of God

Leadership in the Church

In the Circle of the Mysteries

The Seven Sacraments

“Within these pages can be found some of the best contemporary Roman Catholic reflection on many of the most pressing challenges facing all the churches.”

–William G. Rusch

While various elements of the Catholic faith are familiar to everyone, many struggle to understand how the wide array of beliefs, dogmas, and practices relate to one another. This book offers a clear vision of the whole of Catholicism.

“Only a handful of books disclose the Christian mysteries…, and also capture our minds and hearts with such bold brilliant clarity. There are no shortcuts to the mystical life, but this book is an overwhelming enticement…” – Scott Hahn

978-0-8245-1977-3 $24.95 hc / 240 pages

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978-0-8245-2376-3 $19.95 pb / 160 pages

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THEOLOGY & CHURCH

Dwight Longenecker

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Christ, not the church, is the lumen gentium Christopher Ruddy

THEOLOGY & CHURCH

The Local Church

Tillard and the Future of Catholic Ecclesiology As Christianity becomes increasingly global in its membership and its practices, how will it deal with increasing tensions between the unity of the faith and the diversity of its expressions? How should the papal ministry of unity be exercised, so that, in the words of Pope John Paul II, “while in no way renouncing what is essential to its mission, [it] is nonetheless open to a new situation”? How can the relationships between local churches and the universal church be improved? Building upon the work of leading theologians over the past two centuries, particularly the Dominican ecumenist and papal consultor Jean-Marie Tillard, Christopher Ruddy’s The Local Church offers signposts to guide the Church as it responds to these and other challenges.

978-0-8245-2347-3 $29.95 pb / 272 pages

“This book will richly reward anyone interested in what the next generation of liberation theologians, in Latin and North America, will look like.”

–J. Matthew Ashley

Christopher Ruddy is assistant professor of theology at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. His writing has appeared in America, Christian Century, Commonweal and Logos.

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The hidden ideological roots of modern biblical criticism THEOLOGY & CHURCH

Scott W. Hahn and Benjamin Wiker

Politicizing the Bible

The Roots of Historical Criticism and the Secularization of Scripture 1300-1700 Penetrating the pretense of objectivity often presented in secular studies, Hahn and Wiker bring to light the appropriation of scripture by politically motivated interests and trace the lineage of today’s theological approaches to the power-mongering of the late Middle ages.

978-0-8245-9903-4 $59 hc/ 624 pages

“Hahn and Wiker show how the study of Scripture was transformed by centuries of conflict over the fundamentals of Western civilization. They demonstrate their thesis in minute detail. The Bible clearly emerges as the foundational document of western civilization and its academy.”

—Jacob Neusner, professor of religion and senior fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard College

Catholic social teaching for a new generation Samuel Gregg

Tea Party Catholic

The Catholic Case for Limited Government, a Free Economy, and Human Flourishing Samuel Gregg draws upon Catholic teaching, natural law theory, and the thought of Catholic founding father Charles Carroll of Carrollton to develop a Catholic case for free economy, limited government, and ordered liberty in America.

978-0-8245-4981-7 $24.95 pb / 272 pages

“A stimulating reading of Catholic social teaching and the American Founding and its application to some of today’s most sharply contested public policy issues, particularly those touching on economic and religious freedom. Give it to your favorite Commonweal reader and let the debate begin!”

—George Weigel, papal biographer and author of Evangelical Catholicism

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“Outstanding.” –Gustavo Gutierrez Michael E. Lee

Bearing the Weight of Salvation THEOLOGY & CHURCH

The Soteriology of Ignacio Ellacuría With a Foreword by Gustavo Gutiérrez

Hispanic Theological Initiative Book of the Year Award “Lee penetrates the significance that Ellacuría assigns to salvation in history. He helps us to see that the profound immersion in historical reality of Ellacuría’s thought and life is owed precisely to that role that Ellacuría attributes to the transcendence of God the liberator. In the midst of the difficult situation of conflict in his country, where he decided to live (and die), Ellacuría was able to nourish the hope of a crucified people, as he said. According to Paul Ricoeur, theology is born of the intersection between a space of experience and a horizon of hope. The keen, mature analysis of Michael Lee, which expounds a complex system of thought with great clarity, places the theology of Ignacio Ellacuría in that perspective.”–Gustavo Gutierrez (from the foreword) 978-0-8245-2421-0 $34.95 pb / 256 pages

“This book will richly reward anyone interested in what the next generation of liberation theologians, in Latin and North America, will look like.”

–J. Matthew Ashley

Michael E. Lee holds graduate degrees from the University of Chicago and the University of Notre Dame, and is currently assistant professor of Systematic Theology at Fordham University.

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Africa & African-American Perspectives

The History of Black Catholics in the United States This book makes an extremely valuable contribution to our understanding of African-American religious life by presenting the first full-length treatment of the Black Catholic experience. It should be read by all interested in the history and culture of Black Americans.

978-0-8245-1495-2 $24.95 pb / 366 pages

Joyce Hollyday

William Kelley

The American Missionary Association’s Bold Campaign to Educate Minds, Open Hearts, and Heal the Soul of a Divided Nation

The Life of Henriette Delille

On the Heels of Freedom

“…provides a rare, well-researched, anecdotal history of the blossoming of education among former slaves in the post-Civil War South. I was riveted to and challenged by every page.” –Stephen A. Hayner, Peachtree Professor of Evangelism, Columbia Theological Seminary

Benezet Bujo

Inspirations from the Zairean Liturgy

Beyond the Universal Claims of Western Morality

In 1988 the Vatican approved a special rite of the Catholic mass initiated in CongoZaire, and based on the African spiritual experience. This practical guide introduces readers to the practice of worship as celebrated in the African tradition.

978-0-8245-1489-1 $14.95 pb / 168 pages

A Servant of Slaves A life-changing historic novel of the pre-Civil War South, by Academy Award winner William Kelley. Henriette Delille’s astonishing and inspiring story is a testimony to how each of us has the power to transform the world.

978-0-8245-1998-8 $19.95 pb / 224 pages

978-0-8245-2348-0 $19.95 pb / 240 pages

Nwaka Chris Egbulem

The Power of Africentric Celebrations

THEOLOGY & CHURCH

Cyprian Davis

Foundations of an African Ethic In this groundbreaking book, Benezet Bujo, a leading voice in African Christian theology, offers an informed critique of Western ethics and lays the theoretical groundwork for a new African ethic.

978-0-8245-1905-6 $24.95 / 232 pages

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Frederick Quinn

African Saints

Saints, Martyrs, and Holy People from the Continent of Africa Episcopal priest and former foreign service officer, Frederick Quinn, who spent many years in Africa, offers a much-needed retelling of lives, prayers, poetry and sacrifice that together form the rich story of African spirituality, nurtured by Africa’s people.

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The Bible

Sandra M. Schneiders

Written That You May Believe

Encountering Jesus in the Fourth Gospel Revised and Expanded Edition “…Creative, practical, and eminently lucid. This is a guide that offers the kind of introduction to the inexhaustible riches of the Fourth Gospel that many students and searching adults are looking for today.”

—Mary Ann Hinsdale

John A. Sanford

Dorothy Lee

A Psychological Commentary on the Gospel of John

Symbolism, Gender and Theology in the Gospel of John

Mystical Christianity

Flesh and Glory

“…the mature fruit of a lifetime steeped in the Christian mysteries, and especially the Johannine words and images which portray them. And this book sheds light on its myriad meanings.”—Praying

Lee’s Flesh and Glory, a beautifully written feminist interpretation of the Gospel of John, is an organic reading, uncovering a text that is life-giving, rich in symbol, and visionary.

978-0-8245-1412-9 $34.95 pb / 360 pages

978-0-8245-1981-0 $34.95 pb / 296 pages

978-0-8245-1926-1 $29.95 pb / 328 pages

Rudolf Schnackenburg

The Johannine Epistles A Commentary

“…at once thorough and readable. The theological flow of the Gospel…is paramount in Schnackenburg’s presentation. Translation is careful and clear.” –Choice 978-0-8245-2536-1 $49.95 pb / 320 pages

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Richard J. Cassidy

Paul in Chains

Roman Imprisonment and the Letters of St. Paul “This volume will need to be taken seriously by specialists but is accessible to the general reader as well. Highly recommended.”

—Charles H. Talbert 978-0-8245-1921-6 $29.95 pb / 336 pages

Elisabeth Schussler-Fiorenza

Searching the Scriptures A landmark in feminist scholarship.

Volume I: A Feminist Introduction 978-0-8245-1701-4 $39.95 pb / 416 pages Volume II; A Feminist Commentary 978-0-8245-1702-1 $65.00 pb / 894 pages

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Silvester Krcmery

Ronald D. Witherup

A Catholic Handbook for Beginner

Jesus and His Communities at Worship

A True Account of Brainwashing and the Greater Power of the Gospel With a foreword by Michael Novak

Prayer and the New Testament

A theologically provocative and spiritually fulfilling introduction to the latest scholarship on prayer and The New Testament.

978-0-8245-1874-5 $34.95 pb/ 300 pages

Elsa Tamez

The Scandalous Message of James Faith Without Works is Dead

Updated edition with study guide for Christian communities and congregations by professor of biblical studies at the Universidad Biblica Latinoamericana in Costa Rica.

Break Point

Personally endorsed by Pope John Paul II, this is the story of a Czech doctor imprisoned on the basis of his faith, and saved by the power of the gospel which he knew by heart, and therefore.

978-0-8245-1770-0 $19.95 pb / 336 pages

The Bible Companion

The premier Catholic Bible study for groups and individuals. Written by a leading biblical scholar, easy to read and arranged according to the books of the Bible, includes summaries, glossary, commentary and exercises.

978-0-8245-2547-7 $14.95 pb / 246 pages

Etienne Charpentier

Etienne Charpentier

“Combines scholarship, objectivity, and readability…” –Library Journal

Specifically geared to the adult learner, this guide to reading the New Testament captures the richness of Christian tradition and relates the teachings to everyday living. Illustrations throughout.

How To Read the Old Testament

978-0-8245-0540-0 $16.95 pb / 128 pages

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How to Read the New Testament

978-0-8245-0541-7 $16.95 pb / 128pages

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Robert Karris

T H E O LT O CY HURCH H GE Y O L&O G

Catholic scholarship and living

Mitchell Kalpakgian

The Virtues We Need Again

21 Life Lessons from the Great Books of the West

Dwight Longenecker

The Quest for the Creed

What the Apostles Really Believed, and Why It Matters

George Weigel

Practicing Catholic Essays Historical, Literary, Sporting, and Elegiac

Charting a course from the 1960s crack-up of social certitudes through current political meltdowns, George Weigel’s whirlwind tour of Catholicism, politics, literature, sports, and society yields telling insights from a keen observer and a master of the art of the essay.

An enthusiastic advocate for the edifying effects of reading, Mitchell Kalpakgian looks at the admirable qualities of mankind through the perspective of the great characters of Western literature. Find out how fiction informs and inspires fact in this enlightening work.

Exploring the startling statements that the Apostles ’ Creed makes about the nature of God, man, and the universe, this guide reveals the challenge and paradoxical beauty of a Christian cornerstone. A fresh, appealing examination of an often overlooked prayer.

978-0-8245-2655-9 $24.95 pb / 288 pages

978-0-8245-2674-0 $19.95 pb / 192 pages

Thomas Day

Elizabeth Ficocelli

Bernard McGinn

How Your Family Can Find Healing, Strength and Protection in the Sacraments

Thirty-Three Men and Women Who Shaped Christianity

Why Catholics Can’t Sing

Revised and Updated With New Grand Conclusions and Good Advice In this informative and entertaining critique of music in the Catholic church, Thomas Day outlines a stinging indictment of the influence of popular culture on American Catholicism, particularly as expressed in church music.

978-0-8245-4984-8 $24.95 pb / 272 pages

Seven From Heaven

Award-winning author Elizabeth Ficocelli offers the seven sacraments as opportunities for powerful encounters with Christ as well as practical blueprints for joyous family living.

Touching accounts from Ficocelli’s own experience refresh and deepen our understanding of these important Christian rites in daily life.

978-0-8245-2707-5 $16.95 pb / 176 pages

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978-0-8245-0022-1 $24.95 pb / 312 pages

The Doctors of the Church

Written by one of the great authorities onCatholic wisdom, this user-friendly resource is designed as a general introduction to the thirty-three remarkable individuals who shaped the understanding of the Church’s faith.

978-0-8245-2549-1 $29.95 pb / 280 pages

Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I.

The Difference God Makes

A Catholic Vision of Faith, Communion, and Culture Penned by a leading intellectual in the American Catholic church, this collection brings together Francis Cardinal George’s most influential writings on Catholic faith, communion, and culture, and stresses the importance of ecumenism and community among people of all beliefs.

A Herder & Herder book 978-0-8245-2627-6 $19.95 pb / 384 pages

Robert Royal

The Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century A Comprehensive World History

In the twentieth century, more Catholics were persecuted, tortured, and martyred than in any previous century. Robert Royal, president of the Faith and Reason Institute, traces the specific situation of each area and time when martyrdom occurred, and studies the political systems and conditions that gave rise to the persecution.

978-0-8245-2414-2 $19.95 pb / 448 pages

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Women’s Perspectives

Elizabeth A. Johnson

Miriam Therese Winter

A Critical Feminist Ekklesia-logy of Liberation

The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse Winner of the Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion “The most substantial and sophisticated effort yet undertaken to connect ‘feminist and classical wisdom’ in a synthesis at once bold and discerning, critical and doxological, at once engaged with the classical sources of Christian theology.”

–Commonweal Magazine 978-0-8245-1925-4 $29.95 pb / 344 pages

The Story of Ludmila Javarova, Ordained Roman Catholic Priest

Discipleship of Equals

Basic texts for a new perspective on the meaning of church.

978-0-8245-1244-6 $29.95 pb / 384 pages

Barbara Fiand

On Becoming Who We Are

Passionate Musings in the Winter of Life “In this time of turmoil and transition in the church, we need to listen to those who have deeply considered the life of faith and who give now voice to ‘ideas that have ruminated in the stillness.’

–Tom Roberts, National Catholic Reporter 978-0-8245-0024-5 $19.95 pb / 240 pages

She Who Is

Out of the Depths

The story and profound insight into priestly ministry by one of the few women ordained during communism with acceptance of the Vatican. And her obedient acceptance of the role of catechist once the Berlin wall fell. A must read for every minister.

978-0-8245-1889-9 $19.95 hc / 272 pages

John Wijngaards

Phyllis Zagano

Historical Texts and Contemporary Debates

An Argument for the Restoration of the Female Diaconate in the Catholic Church

“The contribution made by John Wijngaards to the ordination debate has been unparalleled by any other English-language writer.” –Margaret Hebblethwaite

The authoritative guide to understanding the case for a female diaconate. Clearly and reasonably argued with great knowledge of the relevant history, tradition, and theology.

978-0-8245-2393-0 $24.95 pb / 240 pages

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Women Deacons in the Early Church

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BOOKS FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN

Elisabeth Schuessler-Fiorenza

BOOKS FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN

Women Saints

Madonna Sophia Compton with Maria Compton-Hernandez and Patricia Campbell

Women Saints 365 Daily Readings

“This book is truly a book where women (and men) can find an honestly ecumenical, timeless, cross-cultural, and crossracial group of women of holiness. This book is meant to be a k ind of abbreviated liturgical breviary, and accompanying a short biography of each saint are readings and prayers.” –Theandros.com 978-0-8245-2413-5 $19.95 pb / 544 pages

Siobhan Nash-Marshall

Joan of Arc

A Spiritual Biography A vivid image of the young country girl who accomplished unprecedented victories for her country shines forth in this moving biography. Witness the spirit and faith of the maid of Orleans in Siobhan Nash-Marshall’s carefully researched page-turner.

978-0-8245-9905-8 $19.95 pb / 192 pages

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Robert Ellsberg

Lyn Holley Doucet and Robin Hebert

Women Saints, Prophets, and Witnesses for Our Time

Living Experiences of Biblical Women

Blessed Among All Women The blessed, the prophets, the heroes of love and faith—these dynamic women come to life in this new collection of biographies from the bestselling author of All Saints. Be uplifted by the courage and spirit of this gathering of women.

978-0-8245-2439-5 $24.95 pb / 320 pages

Guy Gaucher, O.C.D.

The Passion of Therese of Lisieux With an introduction by Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R.

“Bishop Gaucher’s haunting account of Therese’s final eighteen months, when tuberculosis was consuming her young body and the ‘night of nothingness’ tortured her soul, reveals her at the summit of her journey, when she became the saint for the next millennium.”–Bishop Patrick V. Ahern, D.D. 978-0-8245-0987-3 $24.95 pb / 272 pages

When Wisdom Speaks

Female voices of the Bible have been silenced throughout much of history.

What would it be like to get to know the women of the Bible as real, living figures whose lives can challenge our own? Two lively spiritual directors break open these Bible stories and connect them with contemporary women, all of them longing after God’s own heart.

978-0-8245-2570-5 $18.95 pb / 192 pages

Christian Feldman

Mother Teresa Love Stays

The great spirit whose love embraced and uplifted the poor, sick, and orphaned shines from the pages of this accessible and comprehensive biography by Christian Feldman. The inspiring account includes eye-witness reports, photographs, and Mother Teresa’s own timeless words.

978-0-8245-1738-0 $15.95 hc / 144 pages

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Ways of Seeing

Lyn Holley Doucet and Robin Hebert

When Women Pray

When Wisdom Speaks

Our Personal Stories of Extraordinary Grace

Living Experiences of Biblical Women

“This lovely work prayerfully unfolds stories of fruitfulness, joy, pain, beauty, courage, doubt, angst, longing, confusion, and humor.

Robin and Lyn recognize the grace that holds these stories together. They know it is all prayer.” –Macrina Wiederkehr

Female voices of the Bible have been silenced throughout much of history.

What would it be like to get to know the women of the Bible as real, living figures whose lives can challenge our own? Two lively spiritual directors break open these Bible stories and connect them with contemporary women, all of them longing after God’s own heart.

978-0-8245-2279-7 $16.95 pb / 192 pages

– Fr. Don Piraro, Saint Charles Retreat Center

978-0-8245-2570-5 $18.95 pb / 192 pages

Leslie Williams

Jim McManus, C.Ss.R.

Carmen Renee Berry

Who We Are, What We Do, and How We Relate

Mary at the Millennium

Escaping the Messiah Trap

When Women Build the Kingdom Women minister differently from men— this book shows how they use their relationships to build community, how they bring compassion to justice, peace to difficult and violent situations, and authentic spiritual experience to all that they do and are.

978-0-8245-2363-3 $19.95 pb / 208 pages

All Generations Will Call Me Blessed Ecumenical in tone, this book views Mary through scriptural, patristic, and contemporary spiritual lenses. Marian devotions and liturgical feasts are explained, and four doctrines of Mary, including the Immaculate Conception, are explored in depth.

978-0-8245-1787-8 $16.95 pb / 192 pages

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When Helping You Is Hurting Me Do you find yourself trapped in a relationship where you do all the giving and the other person does all the taking? If so, you have fallen into the Messiah Trap. This book is your ticket out. The author with her unsurpassed ability as a writer and teacher shows how we can only help others once we learn to love ourselves.

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Lyn Holley Doucet and Robin Hebert

“An exciting book reflecting the authentic growth of two women of faith, who balance church and Scripture with the deeply felt experience of their lives.”

Focus on Father Henri Nouwen Henri J. M. Nouwen

In the Name of Jesus Reflections on Christian Leadership

CHRISTIAN LIVING

In the Name of Jesus is Henri Nouwen’s bold, honest, and heartwarming message about Christian leadership. According to Nouwen, Christians must give up their desire to be powerful and embrace authority based on prayer and forgiveness. His emphasis on a vigorous Jesus-centered life will be helpful to every committed Christian and in particular to all leaders and teachers in the Christian faith.

978-0-8245-1259-0 $14.95 pb / 120 pages

Translated into 26 languages FROM IN THE NAME OF JESUS:

Invited to Washington, D.C., to give a lecture on Christian Leadership of the Future, Nouwen demonstrated his own style of leadership by bringing with him a member of the community of the mentally handicapped he served at Daybreak, in Toronto. What is he to do when, standing at center stage and acknowledging the applause following his lecture, Bill walks up to him and asks if he, too, may address the audience? Here is a lesson in Christian leadership the reader will never forget: identifying the three temptations that everyone faces, Nouwen shows us how to make leadership truly Christian, by admitting our weaknesses and embracing Christ as the source of forgiveness and integrity.

“Only Thomas Merton and C.S. Lewis have had a comparable impact on Christian spirituality in the United States.” –America Magazine ... Michael, a core member at L’Arche community near Toronto who cannot walk or speak ... Hillary Clinton, then First Lady in Washington D.C., one of the most listened-to people in the world ... The late Cardinal Bernardin of Chicago, a beacon of forgiveness and charity to millions ... Whether it is a famous politician, a volunteer in Namibia, or a seminarian in England, people around the world share admiration and enthusiasm for the life and work of the internationally renowned priest and author, professor Henri Nouwen. Without doubt, Father Nouwen has shaped the spirituality of several generations.

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“Listen to a spiritual book as a voice that addresses you directly.”

–Henri Nouwen

Spiritual Living in a Secular World

This spiritual classic began as a simple request from one friend to another. Fred Bratman, a secular journalist and writer, asked Henri Nouwen to write a book explaining the spiritual life in terms that he and his friends could understand, avoiding theology and technical language. Nouwen’s answer has become one of the most cherished books of our era.

The Only Necessary Thing

Finding My Way Home

This meaningful collection of Henri Nouwen’s best writings on prayer and meditation was edited with love and care by one of his close friends, Wendy Greer.

Bringing together four core essays of Henri Nouwen’s work, The Path of Peace, The Path of Power, The Path of Waiting, The Path of Living and Dying, this book “allowed Henri Nouwen to speak about our collective sense of homelessness and the universal thirst for the experience of truly being at home.”

–Sue Mosteller C.S.J.

Living a Prayerful Life

978-0-8245-2493-7 $15.95 pb / 224 pages

Encounters with Merton

Our Second Birth

Encounters with Merton brings together two of the 20th century’s most important and articulate Christian voices.

Henri Nouwen explores themes of solitude, nonviolence, and the encounters between Eastern and Western spirituality as presented by Merton.

Taken from Henri Nouwen’s diary of his last year on earth, the inspirational readings of Our Second Birth throw light on the meaning of life, friendship, and the love of God, and are seen from the perspective of the life to come.

978-0-8245-2149-3 $14.95 pb / 144 pages

Show Me the Way

Readings for Each Day of Lent Share the forty-day Lenten path with Henri Nouwen, from the solemn beginning of Ash Wednesday to the joyous climax of Easter. Each daily section offers a paragraph from the Bible, a Lenten reflection by the author, and a prayer.

978-0-8245-1353-5 $19.95 pb / 192 pages

978-0-8245-2274-2 $15.95 pb / 160 pages

978-0-8245-1986-5 $15.95 pb / 160 pages

Spiritual Reflection

Pathways to Life and the Spirit

CHRISTIAN LIVING

Life of the Beloved

Christian Reflections on Death and New Life

978-0-8245-2365-7 $14.95 pb / 224 pages

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Here and Now Living in the Spirit

Henri Nouwen wrote this book to express what mattered to him most. He shares new insights, new stories, and new information not to be found elsewhere. Now with reflection guide.

978-0-8245-1967-4 $16.95 pb / 232 pages

Beyond the Mirror

Reflections on Life and Death Foreword by Robert Durback “With his brutal self scrutiny and honesty, Nouwen takes us through the interior meaning of his trip to ‘death’s portal,’ and gives us courage and hope for our own encounter some day.”–Church and Synagogue Library Association 978-0-8245-1961-2 $14.95 pb / 96 pages

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Sacrifice is fundamental to Christian life Erin Lothes Biviano

The Paradox of Christian Sacrifice The Loss of Self, The Gift of Self

CHRIST L IAVL I I NT G PIA R INT U Y

This recognized work offers a much needed, revised understanding of authentic sacrifice in terms of dedication to others for the reign of God. Sacrificial self-giving becomes a means to Christian identity—a paradoxical way to find life in the fullest.

“This excellent, thought-provoking work acknowledges the importance of feminist criticisms of self-sacrifice and, in drawing upon the work of Edward Schillebeeckx and Paul Ricoeur, explores healthy ways in which this central Christian ideal can be understood.

An important contribution to constructive theology.” –Leo D. Lefebure, Matteo Ricci Chair, Georgetown University 978-0-8245-2456-2 $39.95 pb / 304 pages

“The first book on Christian sacrifice that not only faces up to its negative distortions and confusing complexity, but also begins to do justice to it as a profoundly positive and fulfilling personal experience. A must-read.”

Erin Lothes Biviano received her doctorate in systematic theology from Fordham University. She holds a master’s degree in theology from Boston College and a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Princeton University. Erin is an Earth Institute Fellow with the Center for the Study of Science and Religion at Columbia University.

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“I laugh because it’s silly, and I cry because it’s true.” –Paula D’Arcy, Gift of the Red Bird

retreat leader, and speaker travels widely in the United States, Canada and abroad.

She is also President of Red Bird Foundation that supports the growth and spiritual development of those in need.

Paula D’Arcy

Paula D’Arcy

A Mother’s Journey Through Grief and Beyond With an Afterword by Beth Starr D’Arcy

The Story of a Divine Encounter

Song for Sarah

In this diary of tender, loving letters before and after her daughter Sarah’s death, D’Arcy transforms her sorrow into a gift of love that offers peace, comfort, and true hope.

978-0-8245-2523-1 $12.95 pb / 144 pages

Gift of the Red Bird

D’Arcy’s spiritual journey took a radical turn when she lost her husband and toddler daughter in a car accident. From that event, D’Arcy draws the hope and strength that have inspired so many readers. In this classic, she writes about venturing out into the wilderness on a vision quest to wait for God to speak. A red bird appeared and, without words, began to teach... .

978-0-8245-1956-8 $14.95 pb / 152 pages

Paula D’Arcy

Paula D’Arcy

Paula D’Arcy

Encountering the Hidden God

Encountering God’s Presence Today

Guidance for Grievers and the Friends Who Care

A New Set of Eyes

Join Paula in this book of comforting reflections, and receive her extraordinary wisdom of living, open your eyes to the knowledge, intuition and love that are like a wellspring already present in your deepest soul.

978-0-8245-2573-6 $14.95 pb / 144 pages

Seeking with All My Heart A series of parables and reflections designed to guide the reader on their path into greater awareness and openness to the presence of the divine in everyday life.

978-0-8245-2599-6 $16.95 pb / 160 pages

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When People Grieve

This classic manual is filled with practical advice on how to deal with profound grief, including, Loss, Shock, Depression, Anger, Moodiness, The Body’s Response, Things Not To Say, Ways to Help, Honest Conversation, Tips on Visiting and many more.

978-0-8245-2339-8 $12.95 pb / 144 pages

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Paula D’Arcy, a writer,

The Rich Tradition of Human Fasting Hellmut Luetzner, M.D.

The New Life Fasting Book Seven Days to a Slimmer, Younger, Happier You

BODY & SOUL

Fasting stimulates your own healing forces, detoxifies your body and regenerates your mind. Fasting creates overall wellbeing, rejuvenates your skin, restores your spiritual balance and positive outlook on life. Fasting can work miracles when done responsibly and wisely. The New Life Fasting Book is the most successful fasting guide to self-directed fasting and has been used for over 30 years across Europe.

Fasting need not come with feeling hungry: Daily plans, recipes and detailed advice for body, mind and spirit guide you through one week of fasting.

978-0-8245- 2590-3 $16.95 hc / 125 pages / fully illustrated

FR OM TH E N E W LI FE FA ST I NG BO O K :

2 million copies in print!

“Every person carries within the ability to change to fasting mode. We just need to relearn how to activate the switch. Certainly, a trained body switches more easily than when one fasts for the first time. The formula “Fasting = Living without Food” is a natural part of our being on this earth. Therefore, it seems strange that most people still do not know about this possibility.

The idea that one can live without food and even be productive seems unfathomable. Some fear hunger, sickness, even death. While such prejudices still seem to hold up, we just need to look around in nature to learn better.”

Dr. Hellmut Luetzner specializes in internal medicine with a focus on fasting. From early childhood, he learned about fasting from his parents who were regular practitioners of the discipline.

Since 1975, he has lead and developed the Fasting clinic in Ueberlingen at the Lake of Constance, a center for practical fasting in Germany. Parallel to a TV series on the subject, Dr. Luetzner produced this bestselling book that has been updated and further enhanced over the last quarter century. Together with Dr. Luetzner’s cookbook, developed with a renowned Berlin chef for “Eating after Fasting,” this book has become the main textbook for the education of Fasting Counselors as offered by the Academy of Fasting in Jena, Germany.

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“If people knew the real me…” –You Are Good Enough

Fasting

What • Why • How To begin the practice of fasting, you first need to clear your mind of misconceptions and learn the basics. This short, no-nonsense introduction from a longtime pioneer and Zen master presents the physical, spiritual, and political dimensions of fasting.

978-0-8245-2540-8 $14.95 pb / 112 pages

Gerald May, M.D.

Simply Sane

The Spirituality of Mental Health At an early time Gerald May sought to integrate spirituality and psychology, and years after his death he remains a trusted teacher.

Simply Sane was by his own account his favorite book, and it continues to offer helpful guidance for a balanced, healthy lifestyle.

978-0-8245-1366-5 $19.95 pb / 180 pages

B.K.S. Iyengar

Anselm Gruen

Robert J. Furey

The Yogic Art of Breathing

The Christian Dimension

Overcoming Feelings of Inadequacy

Light on Pranayama In this classic, a legendary yoga teacher describes the practice of breathing, together with a comprehensive background of yoga philosophy.

978-0-8245-0686-5 $19.95 pb / 320 pages

BODY & SOUL

Niklaus Brantschen

Fasting is a powerful tool for the prevention of illness, the restoration of health, and the gaining of self-knowledge

Building Self-Esteem A Benedictine monk, author and speaker, Anselm Gruen draws on his rich experience as a spiritual counselor and psychologist to present constructive ways to build self-esteem, and deal with powerlessness in our lives.

978-0-8245-1839-4 $16.95 pb / 144 pages

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You Are Good Enough

“...filled with helpful insights, engaging stories, and unrelenting hope.” –William L. White, author of Slaying the Dragon Robert Furey is a psychotherapist in private practice, and professor at St. Louis University and the University of MissouriSt. Louis 978-0-8245-1957-5 $16.95 pb / 144 pages

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“Be best friends with your spouse so you can be a parent to your child.”

FA M I LY & R E L AT I O N S H I P S

–David Code

Peter M. Kalellis, Ph.D.

Why Have You Abandoned Me?

Discovering God’s Presence When a Father Is Absent “...one of those rare books with the power to re-examine and recreate your emotional life.”

—Demetria De Lia, Ph.D. Academy of Clinical and Applied Psychoanalysis Peter Kalellis is a psychotherapist, Orthodox priest and bestselling author 978-0-8245-2628-3 $19.95 pb / 204 pages

David Code

To Raise Happy Kids, Put Your Marriage First “You will never think of your family’s problems the same way again. David Code is a big-picture thinker with a gift for translating scientific facts into practical solutions.” –Jaak Panksepp, neuroscientist and author 978-0-8245-2538-5 $16.95 pb / 288 pages

Peter M. Kalellis, Ph.D.

Twenty Secrets for Healing Thoughts, Feelings & Relationships A Common Sense Companion

“Philosophers and teachers of all time seem to agree that nobody can give us that inner feeling of contentment and peace. The answers lie within our own reach and in our own endowments.” –From the Preface

Peter M. Kalellis, Ph.D.

Restoring Relationships

Five Things to Try Before You Say Goodbye Psychotherapist, and experienced marriage and family counselor, “Dr. Kallelis is refreshing! He offers a wise, warm and deeply informed useful guide to better relationships.”

–Ernie Anastos, Emmy award-winning NY TV news anchor. The five things: Surrender; Dispense Your Anger Wisely; Forgive; Communicate; Love And Live Longer

978-0-8245-2303-9 $16.95 pb / 208 pages

978-0-8245-1880-6 $16.95 pb / 176 pages

Holly van Gulden and Lisa M. Bartels-Rabb

Special Dream

Real Parents, Real Children Parenting the Adopted Child

Required reading for adoptive families, and those considering adoption. This practical, informative book covers topics of vital importance to adoptive parents with sensitivity and insight. The authors bring years of experience to the complex emotional issues involved, and expert advice on establishing a healthy, loving parent-child relationship.

Luellen Hoffman

Personal Accounts After the Death of a Loved One “I am fascinated with Special Dream, as it speaks to me. I have had such dreams. They are quite real and reassuring.” – Cliff Robertson, Academy Award Winning Actor 978-0-8245-2541-5 $16.95 pb / 176 pages

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“The home is the first place we learn to care for others.”

–David Robinson

The Busy Family’s Guide to Spirituality

Practical Lessons for Modern Living from the Monastic Tradition “The most innovative book I have seen in the area of family spirituality.” –Spiritual Life. Drawing on the timeless principles of monastic communal living, this spiritual guide for families offers effective tools to meet many challenges and counteract the divisive forces that can splinter a healthy home.

Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle

Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle

A Nine-Month Novena for Mothers To Be Foreword by Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Finding Holiness in the Catholic Home

Prayerfully Expecting

This beautifully crafted book is a reflection guide, keepsake, and prayer journal that offers inspiration for each month of pregnancy in the tradition of the popular nine-day prayer, the Novena.

The Heart of Motherhood When dirty dishes and laundry pile up, it’s easy to believe that the call to sanctity is for someone else. This inspiring book written by a Catholic mother shows us how faith can support mothers in their most holy task— raising children.

978-0-8245-2459-3 $16.95 hc / 192 pages

978-0-8245-2403-6 $16.95 pb / 160 pages

Tian Dayton

Keith W. Frome, Ed.D.

Keith W. Frome

How to Teach Kids to Say What They Feel and Feel What They Say

Practical Answers to Questions Every Parent Asks About Their Kid’s Education

A Meditation on the Spirituality of Parenting

978-0-8245-2524-8 $16.95 pb / 248 pages

Modern Mothering

In this tender and wise book, educational psychologist and Montessori teacher Dr. Tian Dayton—familiar to millions of readers from her appearances on Montel, Geraldo, John Walsh, MSNBC, NBC, and CNN—discusses the latest techniques for nourishing sound emotional development in our children.

978-0-8245-2340-4 $16.95 pb / 168 pages

How’s My Kid Doing?

In this helpful resource experienced teacher and headmaster Keith Frome “calmly answers parents’ most distressing and vexing questions.” –Vanity Fair. Topics range from classroom and discipline questions, to social and moral issues, including school choice, how to get homework done, communication with teachers, video games and many more.

What Not to Expect

In this thoughtful, wise, gently humorous book, Dr. Keith Frome reflects on the unexpected, drawing from his training as a scholar of religion, his experience raising two boys, and his tenure as headmaster of a K-8 school.

978-0-8245-2282-7 $17.95 pb/ 171 pages

978-0-8245-2424-1 $14.95 pb / 208 pages

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David Robinson

RELIGIOUS LIFE

Religious life in search of its soul

Barbara Fiand

Barbara Fiand

Religious Life into the Future

Religious Life in Search of Its Soul

Refocusing the Vision The updated version of this foundational work by Sister Fiand which continues to be used in formation programs around the world.

978-0-8245-1890-5 $19.95 pb/ 272 pages

Wrestling with God

Barbara Fiand calls readers to a deeper awareness of the transformation of consciousness that is beckoning people everywhere. She invites us to let this transformation affect our structures and shape our priorities.

978-0-8245-1620-8 $15.95 pb / 208 pages

Barbara Fiand

Where Two or Three Are Gathered

Community Life for the Contemporary Religious In a clear, systematic and appealing style, Barbara Fiand presents an analysis of community within a human, cultural and religious framework of consciousness.

978-0-8245-1151-7 $12.95 pb / 112 pages

“Perhaps it would be more helpful for us, but also more challenging, to make the question more personal: Is the world a better place because I believe in the vision of Jesus Christ? And if that is too overwhelming: Is my country, my city, my neighborhood, my parish, my family more wholesome, healthier, happier because of me and my commitment to the vision of Jesus?

—Barbara Fiand in On Becoming Who We Are Barbara Fiand

Releasement

Spirituality for Ministry “Releasement challenges each of us to look at the soul behind the systems in which we find ourselves….To do something special we must each be something special.” –Joan Chittister, O.S.B. 978-0-8245-1083-1 $14.95 pb / 120 pages

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“What if God really depends on us to manifest God’s love?”

–From Religion Back to Faith

Barbara Fiand

Barbara Fiand

A Journey of the Heart

Passionate Musings in the Winter of Life

From Religion Back to Faith Is the world a better place because we believe? Sr. Fiand calls us to move beyond the easy answers of religious systems, to take the insights of science seriously, and to take responsibility for loving each other.

978-0-8245-2417-3 $16.95 pb / 200 pages

Barbara Fiand

Barbara Fiand

Exploring the Paths of Our Ancient Belonging

Our Personal Transformation and Cosmic Responsibility

In the Stillness You Will Know Shadowed by grief, Fiand uses her dear friend’s untimely passing as the starting point for ponderings about the nature of hope and the solace that comes from the beauty of nature speaking to us.

978-0-8245-2650-4 $16.95 pb / 176 pages

Prayer and the Quest for Healing

With her usual courage and insight, Barbara Fiand explores the appointed time for everything, and delves into the relationship among prayer, personal healing, and cosmic redemption.

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RELIGIOUS LIFE

Barbara Fiand, is a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur. She gives retreats, workshops and courses throughout the country and abroad on issues related to holistic spirituality, prayer, religious life, feminist spirituality, transformation of consciousness, quantum spirituality, and the psychology and spirituality of human maturation.

On Becoming Who We Are

“[Fiand] invites us to take a leap of courage with her and enter into the unavoidable questions that confront all mature believers in the 21st century. –Tom Roberts, National Catholic Reporter 978-0-8245-0024-5 $19.95 pb / 196 pages

Barbara Fiand

Embraced by Compassion

On Human Longing and Divine Responseh This inspirational guide reveals how our search for ourselves and our search for God will be rooted in our own deeply personal experience, revealing the ways in which faith development and human development can, and do, mutually enrich each other.

978-0-8245-1382-5 $14.95 pb / 144 pages

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After reading this book you will want nothing more than a Catholic marriage!

Gregory K. Popcak, Ph.D.

Holy Sex!

A Catholic Guide to Toe-Curling, Mind-Blowing, Infallible Loving

FA I T H A N D FA M I LY

This is a rare book of sound advice, kind humor, and a series of helpful self-tests and quizzes. This is a genuinely Catholic book in that it offers a universal message, speaks to the whole person in the context of today’s world and is not shy to put forth the promise based in faith and tradition of a truly fulfilled life of love. Holy Sex! belongs on every Catholic family’s bookshelf.

978-08245-2471-5 $14.95 pb/ 352 pages

F R O M H O LY S E X :

“Dynamic, faithful, funny, and informative, [Popcak] demonstrates how the Truth will set you free. Combining practical wisdom with the wisdom of the ages, Popcak leads men and women to the love they long for.”

—Christopher West, fellow, Theology of the Body Institute “I can safely guarantee that all who read this book will find something new and helpful, will laugh a lot, and may even be shocked at what Dr. Popcak reveals to be compatible with Catholic teaching. Great book!”

—Janet E. Smith, Sacred Heart Major Seminary “Holy Sex! is the book that all Catholic young adults have been waiting for.

Popcak uses both scientific references and Catholic tradition to put forth a sexual theology that is both relevant and faithful to tradition.”

—Mike Hayes, author of Googling God and managing editor of www.BustedHalo.com Dr. Gregory Popcak, the author of eight popular books integrating Catholic theology and counseling psychology, is the Executive Director of the Pastoral Solutions Institute, an organization providing telephone counseling and other resources to Catholics worldwide. He and his wife, Lisa Popcak, host the call-in programs Fully Alive! daily on The Catholic Channel–Sirius 159/ XM117 and Heart Mind and Strength daily on the Ave Maria Radio Network. Lisa Popcak is the co-author of Parenting with Grace: A Catholic Parent’s Guide to Raising (Almost) Perfect Kids, a family life coach, and a professional educator as well as a homeschooling mother.

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“There really is a uniquely Catholic perspective on living family life.”

–Greg Popcak Q: What makes the Catholic family different?

“ I can safely guarantee that all who read Holy Sex! will find something new and helpful, will laugh a lot and may even be shocked at what Dr. Popcak reveals to be compatible with Catholic teaching.”

–Janet E. Smith, Ph.D., Sacred Heart Major Seminary

Gregory K. Popcak , Ph.D and Lisa Popcak

A Marriage Made for Heaven The Secrets of Heavenly Couplehood

Finally, a parish-based program for couples who are already married. This 12-month marriage enrichment program comes complete with leader’s guide, couple’s workbook, and DVD presentations. With imprimatur and a video introduction by the most Rev. R. Daniel Conlon, Bishop of Steubenville, OH.

By participating in this program, you’ll: • Explore foolproof techniques for effective communication and problem-solving • Expose the secrets of lifelong passion • Discover techniques for greater intimacy • Win the battle of the sexes • Supercharge your spiritual life • Make the most out of marriage after kids • And much more

Leader’s Guide: 978-0-8245-2532-3 $49.95 pb + DVD / 128 pages

Couple Workbook: 978-0-8245-2533-0 $12.95 pb / 128 pages (Special group pricing available)

Gregory K. Popcak

Gregory K. Popcak

Making Peace with Difficult People

Finding Balance Through God’s Grace

God Help Me! These People Are Driving Me Nuts “We all talk about the people in our lives who make us want to tear our hair out, but nobody has any clue what to do with them.

Greg Popcak is a wonderful antidote to this problem, sharing a wealth of insights and solid wisdom.” –Mark Shea 978-0-8245-2594-2 $14.95 pb / 160 pages

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God Help Me! This Stress Is Driving Me Crazy

When stress threatens to overwhelm you, this book comes to the rescue with practical tips and tools for lessening anxiety. Using the best of psychology and spirituality—and throwing in a good dose of humor.—Greg Popcak shows how to avoid stress and maintain a healthy balance.

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Greg Popcak: Many people are surprised at the idea that there is really a uniquely Catholic perspective on living family life.

Catholics have a tendency to be Catholic in piety but to mirror the popular culture as far as the way we approach marriage, parenting, and family life in general. But when we do this, we miss out on a vast bounty of resources that can help Catholics create uncommonly rich and joyful family lives. Catholics have very different insights into family life from our secular and even Protestant Christian counterparts.

What makes the Catholic family different? How can Catholics create the “communities of love” that enable them to experience all the virtues that enable them to live life as a gift?

When we dive into the deep water that is Catholic tradition and our theology of family life, we discover new and exciting ways to experience the fullness of family relationships.

Lady of the Light, Woman for the World Joan Ohanneson

Hildegard of Bingen

COMING SOON

Lady of the Light, Woman for the World In breathtaking prose, Joan Ohanneson has crafted an unforgettable encounter with Hildegard, the astonishing visionary and prophet, artist and healer, whose music is sweeping the charts again today. Weaving into her text Hildegard’s own vivid accounts of “the Living Light,” the author brings to life the “feather on the breath of God” – Hildegard of Bingen, who shattered stereotypes of women, of saints, and of God for all time..

978-0-8245-2018-2 $19.95 pb, 300 pages

“Ohanneson has dramatized the life of 12th-century Hildegard of Bingen in this fascinating novel. Highly recommended. – Library Journal “In this fictional biography Ohanneson firmly anchors Hildegard of Bingen’s life and prophetic witness in the historical events both religious and secular of twelfth-century Europe, yet weaves for us a remarkable portrayal of a woman, deeply steeped through her visionary insights and mystic experience into the numinous feminine divine which expresses itself as Wisdom and Love.”

—Miriam Schmitt, co-editor of Medieval Women Monastics: Wisdom’s Wellsprings Hildegard of Bingen will rivet the modern reader with its masterly evocation of times and peoples past, of saints and sinners, abbots and popes, and the shadows of great monasteries spreading across the landscape. ... an episode of Masterpiece Theatre at its most arresting and enlightening.”

—Eugene Kennedy, author of Queen Bee and On Becoming a Counselor “Joan Ohanneson succeeds in revealing more of the woman behind the mystic, the visionary, and the prophet -- a woman who saw herself as ‘weak’, but who could make corrupt clergy and kings tremble, a woman who suffered severe bouts of illness, but who could expend her energies in monumental accomplishments. We see the strength and weakness of her human attachments, her anxieties and her fears, but also her daunting courage and her compassion for ordinary folk.”

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