Books & Reading

The Roman Catholic Daily Missal (1962) is considered the most complete missal produced in the English language! It contains all the Masses of the Liturgical year according to the Roman Calendar of 1962, an explanation of the Liturgy, and a summary of...

The Rosary devotion was given to Saint Dominic by the Mother of God to overcome the heresies and enemies of the Faith. For centuries it has been the weapon of choice for true devotees to Our Lady.  In 1884, at an apparition of Our Lady of Pompeii...

Francis Talbot, SJ, gives a gripping account of the life and missionary works of Saint Isaac Jogues, SJ.  Jogues left Renaissance France, to work as a missionary in the the savage wilderness of America in 1636. A priest of zeal and devotion, he...

This is the definitive life of Saint Catherine Laboure, the humble Sister who was privileged with apparitions of Our Lady. Through her, Our Lady had the Miraculous Medal made and promoted, which became a source of tremendous graces and conversions...

This is the inspiring story of a canonized contemporary woman. Gianna Molla (1923-1962) risked her life in order to save her unborn child. Diagnosed with uterine tumors during her fourth pregnancy, she refused a hysterectomy that would have aborted the...

The Hurons stared at the giant young Norman, as tall and broad as they, a Jesuit priest robed in black and with a full black beard on his gentle face. He was to live among them for nineteen years, patiently and with enormous difficulty learning their...

Reflections on the Miracle of the Sun. By Msgr. Joseph A. Cirrincione On October 13, 1917, just before the great "Miracle of the Sun" was manifested to some 70,000 spectators at Fatima, Portugal, there appeared to the three child-visionaries an unusual...

Though written for children 12 and older, this is also the best biography for adults of St. Louis De Montfort, the "Apostle of Mary," famous preacher and author of True Devotion to Mary and The Secret of the Rosary. Truly inspiring! By Mary Fabyan...

Though nothing historical is known of her, she was declared a Saint in 1837, only 35 years after discovery of her relics. Here is the whole incredible story, plus many accounts of her tremendous favors and miracles. Another St. Jude to call on in our...

The early Roman virgin-martyr whose bones were discovered in 1802. She immediately began answering prayers, with so many favors and miracles being granted that she was raised to sainthood by Pope Gregory XVI--becoming the only person recognized by the...

"The only tragedy is not to be a saint", wrote the French novelist Léon Bloy. And St. Francis de Sales said that "A sad saint would be a sorry saint." But what is a saint? One way to answer is to analyze sanctity, theologically and psychologically...

These pages remind us that God's grace can conquer every human flaw . . . Christ came not to call saints but to make them — often out of weak, stupid, and sinful men. That’s why the saints are not only models of holiness for us to...