Books & Reading

  For 2000 years now, young Christians have lived — and often died — for Christ, and with a courage that many adults find hard to muster. Although she was just thirteen, in 304 pagan authorities tortured and murdered brave Agnes of...

  Get the whole story of this beloved Saint, from her autobiography. Written at the request of her superior during her last illness at the age of 24, it is a stunning piece of spirituality, easy to read and to practice. Paperback. 306 pages.

  “…in lively recitative ballad verse, Katharine Tynan tells the entire story of St. Patrick, without missing a single incident of any significance or importance. The book consists of thirty-two large folio pages, where 'a rivulet' of...

  The stories of the 108 Polish Martyrs of World War II ~ for the first time in English! The descriptions of the martyrs are small glimpses of these holy individuals. As you read these accounts of the 108 Polish Martyrs, may they become a prayer,...

    Oftentimes the saints are portrayed as being so super-human, that we find it difficult or impossible to imitate them. This biography of Saint Louis Marie de Montfort was written to reveal the human and imitable side of this great saint...

  The Sacred Heart and Mine in Holy Communion is a wonderful set of brief meditations on the titles of the Sacred Heart, suitable for Communion or visits to the Blessed Sacrament. Sister Mary Philip entered the Bar Convent in 1905, during Mother...

"Listen, Father Jerzy, today is September 14, your birthday. So if you are supposed to do something, this is the day!" So prayed Father Bernard Brien beside the bed of a dying man. As soon as the priest left the hospital room, the comatose patient opened...

Your meditation book for the month of Mary! Daily Meditations for a Profound Reform of Heart in the School of Mary This little book, A Month with Mary, was written by an Italian holy priest Father Dolindo Ruotolo (1882-1970). Originally written as...

  The Divine Favors Granted to Saint Joseph by Pere Binet sets forth the exalted stature of Saint Joseph in the Communion of Saints. Chosen by God for the incomparable vocation of spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and foster father of Our Lord...

  The truth about Purgatory . . . revealed more than 500 years ago to a canonized saint! Here is the sensible view of Purgatory, tainted by neither childish superstition nor modern skepticism. From these holy pages by St. Catherine of Genoa,...

  It’s the year 1570. Fourteen-year-old Guido Callatta, son of a wealthy Venetian merchant, spends his free time roaming the docks, listening to the tales of gnarled old sailors, and dreaming of adventures at sea. But his carefree life is...

  Milton Lomask contributes his second volume to the Vision Books series of saints for youth 9 - 15 years old in this story of the greatly beloved Curé of Ars. Jean-Marie Vianney, a farm boy born during the French Revolution, longed to...