Books & Reading

In this book, authored and illustrated by Fr. Peregrine Fletcher, O. Praem., the Virgin-Martyr herself shares the splendid account of her short life: from the first moment she fell in love with God to her final moment on earth, when she laid down...

  The ever increasing interest in the Liturgical Traditions of the Church gives rise to the need for adequately trained altar servers, and what better way to assist than to resurrect this classic! This famous handbook is an invaluable resource for...

  Mother Mary Loyola's masterful retelling of the story of the Life of Christ is appealing to all ages, and is well-calculated to inspire a deeper love of Our Lord and bring us closer to Him. It is much more than a life of Christ. In many respects...

  In her Story of a Soul, St. Therese relates how influential her family life was in forming her spiritual life. Now, the canonization of her parents Louis and Zelie and the cause for the beatification of her sister Léonie speak volumes for...

  Many books have rightly been written on the Holy Mass, the application to a particular time and place of the Eternal Sacrifice of Christ on the Cross of Calvary. None, however, conveys the power and all-consuming majesty of the Divine Liturgy of...

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...

The Passion of Jesus and Its Hidden Meaning,  by Father James Groenings, SJ   Our Lord’s Passion and Death are explained with vivid detail.  Excellent meditations on the facts related in Scripture about the sufferings of...

  150 years after this great saint and Doctor of the Church was born into the world, the publication of this revised edition enables us to live in her company and enjoy her holy conversations and counsels. When we read her words with faith, her...

  The Passion and Death—of Our Lord Jesus Christ, by Father Alban Goodier, SJ  In this riveting account based on history, culture and his own deep spiritual insights, Goodier brings to life and unifies the many observations,...

  Written by Cardinal Humberto S. Medeiros, this book made Our Lady of Fatima known to the world! Written shortly after the apparitions, the account here relies on the living memory of eyewitnesses and on the words of Lucia herself, who had...

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...

  Truth is stranger than fiction. And nowhere in literature is it so apparent as in this classic work, the Autobiography of a Hunted Priest. This autobiography of a Jesuit priest in Elizabethan England is a most remarkable document and John Gerard,...