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Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but how many of us actually know how to get there? Learn from the writings of St. Francis de Sales, the Doctor of Charity, on this very matter in his work that specifically addresses this most important question.Sku: 9780895552280
An Introduction to the Devout Life
By: St. Francis de Sales$26.95 -
A new edition of a beloved book on Brother Francis of Assisi by internationally acclaimed illustrator and author of children's books, Tomie dePaola.Sku: 9781621643692
Brother Francis of Assisi
By: Tomie dePaola$20.50 -
To study the City of God is to study the source of some of Western society’s greatest and most cherished beliefs. The book serves as the cultural fountainhead of all that followed, and it is unlikely that it will ever be equaled.Sku: 9780385029100
City of God
By: Augustine,$28.00 -
Evelyn Waugh presented his biography of St. 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."Sku: 9781586170981
Edmund Campion: A Life
By: Evelyn Waugh$24.50 -
From the famous Vision Books series of lives of saints for young people, this is the inspiring dramatic account of the colorful and courageous life and death of the martyr, St. Edmund Campion, "hero of God's underground" during the persecutions of the Catholics in England in the 1500s.Sku: 9780898703870
Edmund Campion: Hero of God’s Underground
By: Fr. Harold C. Gardiner, S.J.$17.50 -
Very few people know that Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) wrote a major work on Joan of Arc. Still fewer know that he considered it not only his most important but also his best work.Sku: 9780898702682
Joan of Arc
By: Mark Twain$25.95 -
The story of Patrick's life, from his noble birth in Britain to his being captured and taken to Ireland by a group of bandits, to the "dreams" that led him to convert the Irish people to the Christian faith. DePaola also retells several well-known legends, including the story of how Patrick got rid of all the snakes in Ireland."Sku: 9780823410774
Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland
By: Tomie dePaola$12.49 -
Joan of Arc, a peasant girl in 15th century France, rose up to hold supreme command of the military forces of France at the age of seventeen. Inspired by visions and voices of angels, Joan led French troops to lift the siege of Orléans ensuring Charles VII was crowned King of France in 1429. Twain traveled to France’s National Archives to personally study the transcripts of Joan’s trial. Immerse yourself in her story, told by one of America’s finest writers.
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
By: Mark Twain$24.50 – $37.95 -
Holy Father Benedict, the father of monks in the West, is one of the greatest saints of the Church's illustrious halls of fame. His movement to become a hermit and found monasteries, writing the famous Rule of St. Benedict, was the decisive moment of monasticism's growth in the West, under the maxim of ora et labora, "prayer and work."Sku: 9780895554277
Saint Benedict: The Story of the Father of the Western Monks
By: Mary Fabyan Windeatt$16.50 -
Thanks to the prayers and good example of his young wife, Clothilde, the fierce barbarian Clovis experienced a miraculous conversion on the field of battle and became a Christian in 496, forever changing the destiny of France.Sku: 9781586174736
Saint Clothilde: The First Christian Queen Of France Tells Her Story
By: Blandine Male, Helene Fabe-Henriet$13.50 -
This lovely retelling of one of the less known of the Saint Francis lessons centers on the legend of the great wolf of Gubbio, a ferocious canine who terrorized the town and was slowly reducing it to penury and starvation.Sku: 9781567923209
Saint Francis and the Wolf
By: Jane Langton$24.50 -
Because he was big and strong and sometimes slow to speak, Thomas Aquinas's schoolmates called him the Dumb Ox. Not long afterward, he came to be called Doctor (which means "teacher") because he could actually understand complicated things quickly and explain them well. Which is what he loved to do, preaching often and writing in the course of his lifetime no fewer than eighty-five works of philosophy and theology books that changed the Church and the world.Sku: 9781933184470
Saint Thomas Aquinas
By: Raissa Maritain$17.50 -
Meet Christian saints and heroes from the third century to the Middle Ages and uncover timeless lessons of faith and courage in Saints and Heroes: Volume 1 by George Hodges.
Saints and Heroes: Volume 1
By: George Hodges$13.50 – $27.95 -
Continue your spiritual adventure with Saints and Heroes: Volume 2 by George Hodges. Encounter Christian visionaries and glean valuable lessons on courage, wisdom, and resilience.
Saints and Heroes: Volume 2
By: George Hodges$13.50 – $31.50 -
Saint Francis Xavier's life is, in itself, a dramatic story. With humility and deep religious conviction, the famous Catholic novelist Louis de Wohl takes us into the mind and heart of this great missionary and saint who went by order of St. Ignatius of Loyola to "set all afire" in the Orient.Sku: 9780898703511
Set All Afire: A Novel of St. Francis Xavier
By: Louis De Wohl$24.50 -
Hungarian Princess Jadwiga (Yahd VEE gah) has been prepared from birth to put the peace and prosperity of nations above her own desires. Betrothed in 1378 at the age of five to Prince William of Austria, their education has included spending time in each other’s court for careful training as future rulers. When the balance of power in Central Europe unexpectedly shifts, the Council from faraway Poland demands that Jadwiga become their monarch.Sku: 9781932350739
So Young a Queen: Jadwiga of Poland
By: Lois Mills$21.95