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Reflections on the Priesthood and the Renewal of the Church
I Will Give Them a New Heart
recognizes that now is a time burdened with doubt, mistrust, and suspicion of the Church and those who serve her. Dr. Baars presents profound insight to aid laypersons, priests and religious in order to help usher in a new springtime of life into the Church.
Sheen's Last Book Has Become a Classic!
 In Those Mysterious Priests, the late Archbishop
Fulton J. Sheen offers priests a clear presentation of their role as other Christs and how they can fulfill
their sacrificial calling, emphasizing in a special way the indispensable aid to their spiritual growth that
can come from a daily Holy Hour of Adoration.
New Homily Helps for Cycle "B"
To resist the temptation to do evil and employ all our energies in doing good, to take up
our cross each day and follow Jesus are among the challenges the Gospel puts before us. In
The Challenge of the Gospel one or another
aspect of that challenge is placed before us in these brief reflections for each Sunday of Cycle B.
A New 3-Volume Series of Sunday Homilies!
 In Captured Fire: The Sunday Homilies, Fr.
S. Joseph Krempa brings the skill which brought him such acclaim for his 3-volume set of Daily Homilies
to this work, providing the reader with some spiritually advantageous deliberations for each Sunday and Holy Day
of Cycles A, B and C of the liturgical year.
Everything You Need to Know
The material covered in this invaluable little guide, Preparing Your
Catholic Wedding, will save
couples an untold amount of time, money and, above all, grief so that they will be prepared to enjoy a truly
joyful and prayerful wedding liturgy.
Reflections on the Responsorial Psalm
Drawing on the riches of the psalm verses used at Mass each Sunday in years A, B and C,
Praying the Sunday Psalms is meant for preachers and laypersons alike who
are looking for a fresh approach to the Sunday readings.
A New Day Is Dawning
This new work,
Religious Life in America, by Brother Sean Sammon, the Superior General of the Marist Brothers invites us to take another look at the
signs of the times and to derive hope for the future of religious life from the positive
elements to be found there.
For Eucharistic Ministers!
 Jane
and Jim Harnedy have put together in this brief work, A Handy Guide for
Eucharistic Ministers, some very helpful tips for those who are assigned to minister Holy
Communion to shut-ins outside of Mass.
Insights into a Wonderful Calling!
 Fr.
Sean Connolly, a young priest, reflects on the life of a priest in the 21st century in his book
Simple Priesthood, and offers suggestions on how to make this
extraordinary vocation even more rewarding and helpful.
Revised and Updated Classic!
This eminently practical
and very readable work, The Marginal Catholic,
reminds us of the need for pastoral sensitivity in dealing with those who have distanced themselves
from the Church so that, when they need us, we "challenge" but "do not crush" them.
A Priest's Successful Struggle with Cancer!
 The reflections in the pages of From Time to
Eternity and Back take us on a journey with Msgr. Joseph M. Champlin to eternity and back
as we agonize with him, are buoyed up with hope, then cast into despair, all the while asking the
questions that all those who suffer ask: Why? Why me? Why now?, etc.
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A Practical Handbook for Pastoral Ministry
Firm but Kind and Gentle has been written especially for priests, deacons, and the increasing number of pastoral ministers who regularly encounter situations like those treated in this volume. Readers will find here both reassurance and challenge as they seek to be firm but kind and gentle in applying the directives of the Church to individual pastoral circumstances.
Reflections on the Priesthood
In Meditations on the Catholic Priesthood Father Connor
reaffirms the traditional teaching of the Church on the priesthood and its understanding of
the priest as an alter Christus, another Christ.
A New Series of Homilies for the Easter Season!
 In Life Out of Death, Fr.
Buetow presents a thought a day for the Easter season, providing the reader with some
spiritually advantageous deliberations for each day of this very special time of the year.
Daily Reflections for Ordinary Time
 This
three-volume work, Day by Ordinary Day by Fr.
Mark G. Boyer, focuses on the Sundays and Weekdays of Ordinary Time and
provides plenty of food for meditation, prayer and homily preparation.
An Overview of Catholic Social Teaching
In this brief work, God, Society and the Human Person
the author clearly spells out the basic principles of Catholic Social Teaching and shows its
importance to the world in which we live.
Book on Prison Ministry!
 Fr.
David M. Schilder in this handbook for those in Prison Ministry,
Inside the Fence, suggests ways to bring Christ to those who are
incarcerated as well as to their relatives, friends and members of the staff.
Brief Homilies for the Sundays of the 3 Cycles
 Charles
E. Miller, C.M. in his latest work, Sunday
Preaching offers brief, to-the-point messages that will help
the homilist in the preparation of his Sunday sermons for Cycles A, B and C.
Sacred Heart Devotion!
In
Homilies on the Heart of Jesus and the Apostleship of Prayer,
Fr. Herbert F. Smith, S.J. provides some helpful sermon material to encourage devotion to the
Sacred Heart of Jesus.
A Trilogy on the Liturgy
Three volumes covering everything you ever wanted to know about the official prayer of the
Catholic Church, Liturgy for the People of God treats in Vol. 1, the
Foundations of Vatican II liturgy; in Vol. 2, the celebration of the Eucharist; and in vol. 3,
the sacraments and other liturgical matters.
A Marriage Preparation Handbook
Designed to give couples an easy-to-grasp introduction to
the Catholic Church's teaching on the Sacrament of Marriage, Partners
in Life and Love also provides a handy guide to the preparation of
the Wedding Liturgy. With readings from the New Lectionary.
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