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Trust: In Saint Faustina's Footsteps
St. Faustina – the greatest Christian mystic of the 20th century – and her devotion to Divine Mercy, now the fastest spreading religious devotion in the world. Rich illustrations; a love story about God's immense love for his people recipricated by the humble Polish nun declared a saint by John Paul II. Available en Español. See more...
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Saint John Paul the Great: His Five Loves
Discover the great loves of St. John Paul II through remarkable unpublished stories from bishops, priests, students, Swiss Guards, and others. Mining a mountain of papal resources, Jason Evert explores in depth his five great loves: Young People, Human Love, The Eucharist, Our Lady, The Cross. See more...
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Works of Love Are Works of Peace
Over four years in the making and published with the permission and cooperation of Mother Teresa, this large-format 224 page book photo-documents the work and prayer life of the Missionaries of Charity. This "illustrated prayer book" portrays the peace and joy that come when "small things" are done with great love. See more...
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Bakhita: From Slave to Saint
When she was about nine, Josephine Bakhita was kidnapped near Darfur by Arab slave traders. For years she was subjected to brutal, humiliating treatment until ransomed and taken to Venice, where she became Catholic and a nun, serving in a small Italian town until her death. Then something quite remarkable happened. See more...
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Saint Gianna Molla: Wife, Mother, Doctor
This is the inspiring story of a canonized contemporary woman. Gianna Molla 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 child, and opted for a riskier surgery in an attempt to save the baby. See more...
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The Song of Bernadette
This classic work tells the true story surrounding the miraculous visions of St. Bernadette Soubirous at Lourdes in 1858. Werfel, a highly respected anti-Nazi writer from Vienna, became a Jewish refugee who barely escaped death in 1940, and wrote this moving story to fulfill a promise he made to God. See more...
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Saints and Angels
Richly illustrated with fine art, Saints and Angels describes the lives and works of many familiar and unfamiliar saints and angels including the apostles, John the Baptist, Joan of Arc, and America's first saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton. Covers feast days, patronages, choirs of angels, guardian angels, and fallen angels. See more...
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Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Mother Teresa's life sounds like a legend. The Albanian girl who entered an Irish order to go to India as a missionary and became an "Angel of the Poor". Greatly revered by Christians as well as Muslims, Hindus, and unbelievers, she brought the message of Christian love for one's neighbor from Calcutta to the whole world. See more...
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Joan of Arc, by Mark Twain
Very few know that Mark Twain wrote a major work on Joan of Arc. Still fewer know he considered it not only his most important but also best work. He spent 12 years in research, making several attempts until he finally had the story right. A remarkably accurate biography of Joan of Arc by one of America's greatest storytellers. See more...
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Miracles of John Paul II
An instant best-seller when released in Europe, this powerful book describes the life and impact of Pope John Paul II as told by individuals from all over the world who give moving personal testimonies how they experienced healings through the intercession of Pope John Paul II during his lifetime. See more...
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Diary of St. Faustina
Deluxe Leatherbound Edition. St. Faustina was a relatively uneducated Polish nun, but this diary captures the extraordinary visitations and revelations that released a potent, enlightening, and spiritually refined formulation of Divine Mercy into the world. Illustrated; burgundy leather with gold foil, gilded edges. See more...
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Saint Therese of Lisieux
Fr. Bernard Bro, a key figure in publishing definitive editions of her writings, sets out aspects of her life, personality, and writing that mark Therese as one of the great exponents of Catholic doctrine. What she offers in her life and writing, he claims, is "one of the most certain and simplest evangelical shortcuts ever proposed". See more...
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Saints and their Symbols
Saints are often depicted with particular objects or symbols that played a dramatic role in their lives, and these objects have become symbolic of the saints and can be used to identify them in art. This book details the feast days, patronages, appearances, biographies, and symbols of more than 120 saints. See more...
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