Wall calendar for 2009 based on the traditional Catholic liturgical feasts. Beautifully printed with a unique picture each month, easy to read, and with none of the changes to the calendar forced in by the modernist in the 1950s and 60s. The perfect calendar for every Catholic home.
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In The Age of Martyrs, Abbot Ricciotti records the epochal events of Roman history from the rise of Diocletian to the death of Constantine the Great, a period which witnessed the last and greatest of the 10 persecutions of the Christians by the Roman government.
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Intimate insights from the saint to whom Our Lord gave the Sacred Heart revelations. Includes Our Lord's own words to her and tells how she sought out suffering for the love for God. A very famous book and one of only six saint's autobiographies in existence.
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Bares the soul of a saint and reveals the methods which were so successful for him in converting others. From age 5 he was haunted by the thought of the souls about to fall into Hell. This insight fueled his powerful drive to save as many souls as he could.
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Famous Carmelite classic in a wonderful traditional translation. Her spiritual struggles, vision of her potential place in Hell, mystical graces--yet she remained very down to earth. One of the most admirable women of all time! Nice large print.
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The author has tried to give the Bedside Book some of the coziness that it ought to have. He has tried to bring the Saints near, to bring them home, to bring them to the very bedside. It is comforting to know that in all the Saints there is quite enough of the human element to give a human interest to the story of their lives.
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The well-known Catholic convert and apologist Ronald Knox was highly esteemed for both his gift for writing and preaching. This volume combines both skills as it is a collection of his homilies on his favorite saints, men and women of history who were “inflamed with the love of Christ.”
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In celebration of the golden age of monasticism, this unique book explores the lives of various Celtic saints from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany and Gaul. The mysticism, art and learning associated with this period and these saints are superbly recalled here. Celtic Heritage Saints is written in a very accessible style and gives concise, anecdotal and factual accounts of the lives of these popular saints.
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The definitive life, based on the official "Process of Beatification and Canonization," and thus totally factual and documented. Of humble education and assigned to a forgotten farmers' village, he attracted the whole world to Ars and was proclaimed "Patron Saint of Parish Priests" in 1929.
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Life of the great St. John Vianney (1786-1859). He barely succeeded in becoming a priest, but from the humblest parish imaginable, he became the "Patron Saint of Parish Priests" everywhere. Over 500,000 visit Ars each year! Incredible!
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Defenders of the faith have been raised up in every era of the Church to proclaim fidelity to the truth by their words and deeds. Some have fought heresy and overcome confusion, others have shed their blood for the faith, still others have endured a dry martyrdom like Philip Howard, Cardinal Mindszenty and Fr. Walter Ciszek.
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The lives and heroic deeds of St. Dominic, St. Peter Martyr, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Vincent Ferrer, St. Pius V, St. Rose of Lima, etc. Saints whose lives helped shape the whole world. Here are some of the greatest moments in all history--magnificent traditions that every Catholic should know!
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Evelyn Waugh presented his biography of Blessed Edmund Campion, the Elizabethan poet, scholar and gentleman who became the haunted, trapped and murdered priest as “a simple, perfectly true story of heroism and holiness.” But it is written with a novelist's eye for the telling incident and with all the elegance and feeling of a master of English prose.
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Set of seven books includes St Teresa of Avila, St Catherine of Siena, St Ignatius Loyola, St Monica, St Anthanasius, St John Bosco, St Vincent de Paul. Easy and fun to read. Learn about several of the Church's greatest saints!
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St. Anne, the beloved Mother of Our Lady and Grandmother of Our Lord, has proved herself a heavenly helper in every need. She is especially invoked as Patroness of Mothers, Comfort of the Sorrowing, Mother of the Poor, Health of the Sick, Patroness of the Childless, Help of the Pregnant, Model of Married Women and Mothers, Protectress of Widows and Patroness of Laborers.
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These men whose stories are told here are witnesses to the wisdom and the beauty of the penitential life. Their sacrifices were heroic. Yesterday their lives a scandal, today an inspiration to all.
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Lovely short anecdotes from the lives of the Saints, showing us in a warm, encouraging and inspiring way the importance of prayer and the ease with which we can all derive great benefits therefrom, without yet being Saints ourselves. Covers the meaning of the basic Catholic prayers; plus, the Mysteries of the Rosary and the wonders of the Mass. Written for all and all should read it.
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The stories of 102 canonized Saints and Beati whose bodies were found incorrupt long periods after their deaths, many of which endured abnormally adverse conditions in remaining intact. A fascinating and absolutely documented study--and one which will reinforce people's faith in the Catholic Church--the only religion that possesses the phenomenon of bodily incorruption.
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A remarkably accurate biography of the life and mission of Joan of Arc told by one of this country's greatest storytellers. The very fact that Mark Twain wrote this book and wrote it the way he did is a powerful testimony to the attractive power of the Catholic Church's saints. This is a book that really will inform and inspire.
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In his characteristic style, Hilaire Belloc carefully tells the complete story in the most compelling manner. A great story, a great saint, a great author.
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