- More than any other study edition of the Bible on the market, the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible is “like a householder who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old” (Mt 13:52). It draws insights from the best of modern scholarship as well as the best of the Catholic tradition of interpretation through the ages.
- ISBN: 9781586176136
- Hardcover, 7 x 10 inches, 2316 pages.
- Includes the entire Bible with commentary, notes, and maps.
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- This book is an invitation to joy, an invitation to discover the little-known daily lives of monks of Fontgombault, the mother house of Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey, to help us understand the peace that dwells within them.
- ISBN: 9781639661848
- Softcover, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 275 pages.
- Written in French in 2020, this is the first edition translated into English (2024).
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- The Way of Perfection is an astounding work by an astounding saint, St. Teresa of Avila, a highly detailed and immensely useful guide to approaching the Lord through higher and higher degrees of meditative prayer and contemplation, written by the queen among the saints of meditation, beyond compare in mystical wisdom.
- ISBN: 9781505134087
- Softcover, 355 pages, 5.5 x 8.5 inches.
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- Here is the astonishing true story of the harrowing experiences of a young German seminarian drafted into Hitler's dreaded SS at the onset of World War II. Without betraying his Christian ideals, against all odds, and in the face of Evil, Gereon Goldmann was able to complete his priestly training, be ordained, and secretly minister to German Catholic soldiers and innocent civilian victims caught up in the horrors of war. How it all came to pass will astound you.
- ISBN: 9780898707748
- Softcover, 5.25 x 8 inches, 345 pages.
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- It has all the hallmarks of a best-selling fictional thriller: espionage, conspiracy, a struggle against evil powers, undercover work by dark of night... but it's all true. The Scarlet and the Black tells the astonishing and heroic true story of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty, the man dubbed "The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican" during World War II.
- ISBN: 9781586174095
- Softcover, 5.25 x 8 inches, 191 pages.
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- The story of how Bella Dodd left the Catholic Faith of her childhood to become a high-ranking member of the Communist Party USA, and later found her way back to the Church.
- ISBN: 9781621382928
- Softcover, 5.35 x 8 inches, 264 pages.
- Read in the refectory at Clear Creek Abbey in 2018.
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- Based on exclusive, personal interviews with Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Joseph Pearce's biography of the renowned Russian dissident provides profound insight into a towering literary and political figure.
- ISBN: 9781586174965
- Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 392 pages.
- Read in the refectory at Clear Creek Abbey in 2010/
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- It is the tale of an unfolding, developing relationship with God — told with directness and honesty — and of a painful surrender at the foot of the Cross. It is the account of a lifelong, transformative love of reading and the story of how a competitive fencer put down her sabre to pick up the sword of the Spirit.
- ISBN: 9781586178932
- Softcover, 5.25 x 8 inches, 187 pages.
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- Captured by a Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a “Vatican spy,” Jesuit Father Walter J. Ciszek spent twenty-three agonizing years in Soviet prisons and the labor camps of Siberia. Ciszek learns to accept the inhuman work in the infamous Siberian salt mines as a labor pleasing to God. And through that experience, he was able to turn the adverse forces of circumstance into a source of positive value and a means of drawing closer to the compassionate and never-forsaking Divine Spirit.
- ISBN: 9780804141529
- Softcover, 5 x 7 inches, 208 pages.
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- Carlo Acutis is a sign of contradiction in the modern world who serves as a heroic model for today's young people--a teenager who programmed computers and enjoyed films and comics yet lived as an authentic and sincere disciple of Christ.
- ISBN: 9781644134849
- Softcover, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 193 pages.
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- This work is an extraordinary contribution to contemporary history and an eyewitness account of a Church and country under brutal Communist domination in the Cold War era.
- ISBN: 9781621645856
- Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 445 pages.
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- This autobiography of a Jesuit priest in Elizabethan England is a most remarkable document and John Gerard, its author, a most remarkable priest in a time when to be a Catholic in England courted imprisonment and torture; to be a priest was treason by act of Parliament.
- ISBN: 9781586174507
- Softcover, 5.25 x 7 inches, 370 pages.
- Read in the refectory at Clear Creek Abbey in 2016.
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- This provocative account of the persecution of the Catholic Church in Mexico in the 1920s and 1930s tells the stories of eight pivotal players. The saints are now honored as martyrs by the Catholic Church, and the sinners were political and military leaders who were accomplices in the persecution.
- ISBN: 9781621642626
- Softcover, 5.25 x 8 inches, 286 pages.
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- Father Pro's generous love for the poor, the young, the sick, the tempted, and the spiritually weak attracted many hearts to him, and through him to Christ. In addition to his charity, his wit and courage make him a model for all Christians, especially those being persecuted for their faith and young people, who are inspired by his heroism.
- ISBN: 9781621641667
- Softcover, 5. 25 x 8 inches, 155 pages.
- Read in the refectory at Clear Creek Abbey in September 2019.
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- This is the amazing story of the famous Jesuit missionary priest to China, Fr. Matteo Ricci, revered as a "Wise Man" by the Chinese. He arrived in China in 1582 and died there twenty-eight years later, having developing a deep knowledge of and love for the country, the culture and the people.
- ISBN: 9781621640042
- Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 280 pages.
- Read in the Refectory at Clear Creek Abbey in 2017.
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- The Smile of a Ragpicker brings us the heroic story of Satoko Kitahara, a young, beautiful woman of wealth who gave up her riches and comfort to be among the ragpickers in the Tokyo slums. Motivated by her newfound faith in Christ, she plunged into the life of the poor, regardless of the consequences.
- ISBN: 9781586178819
- Softcover, 5.35 x 8 inches, 254 pages.
- Read in the refectory at Clear Creek Abbey in January 2018.
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- A Song for Nagasaki tells the moving story of this extraordinary man, beginning with his boyhood and the heroic tales and stoic virtues of his family's Shinto religion. It reveals the inspiring story of Nagai's remarkable spiritual journey from Shintoism to atheism to Catholicism.
- ISBN: 9781586173432
- Softcover, 5.25 x 8 inches, 267 pages.
- Read in the refectory at Clear Creek in June 2012
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- Pewter medal of the three hearts of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph with 23" chain and prayer card.
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- This book is intended to help young people discover the hidden treasure of their vocation, and to encourage them to sell all to possess that treasure. Contains a section including answers to common questions about discerning a vocation.
- ISBN: 9781601140104
- Softcover, 5 x 7 inches, 128 pages.
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- Dubbed “the Mother Teresa of D.C.,” Sr. Dede continues to provide medical care to the marginalized from her convent basement clinic and administer the abortion pill reversal procedure that has resulted in the delivery of more than a dozen healthy babies.
- ISBN: 9798889113768
- Softcover, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 251 pages, includes color photos.
- Published in 2024 and read in the refectory at Clear Creek Abbey in January 2025.
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- In Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Conquest of Darkness, Warren Carroll recounts one of the greatest conquests in history and how Mary helped secure the victory of life over a dark culture of death in Aztec Mexico.
- ISBN: 9780931888120
- Softcover, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 123 pages.
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- Saint Bonaventure’s Expositio Missae (“Exposition of the Mass”) offers inspiring and touching insight into the multiple layers of meaning and symbolism embodied within the sacred actions of the Eucharistic celebration.
- Hardcover, 5 x 7 inches, 105 pages.
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- Father Popiełuszko's witness of spiritual resistance, deeply rooted in the life of Christ, retains its relevance and urgency in the twenty-first century. The young Polish priest who stood up to Communist totalitarianism at the cost of his life will embolden those who resist tyranny and defend human dignity.
- ISBN: 9781621641681
- Softcover, 5.25 x 8, 125 pages.
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- From this excellent popular biography, read the definitive life of St. Catherine Laboure by Fr. Joseph Dirvin. Included are also 61 pictures and photographs to edify readers' piety and devotion to this holy advocate of our causes before Our Lady and Our Lord.
- ISBN: 9780895552426
- Softcover, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 245 pages.
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- In Saintly Women of Modern Times, best-selling author Joan Carroll Cruz presents portraits of seventy-five Catholic women from the past century whose extraordinary holiness set them on the path to sainthood.
- ISBN: 9780895558619
- Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 259 pages.
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- This book will inspire those already committed to the cause of life, and make abortion advocates second-guess their convictions.
- ISBN: 9781621644545
- Softcover, 5.25 x 8, 178 pages.
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- The Price to Pay is the true story of Joseph Fadelle's conversion to Christianity. He risks everything--family, friends, his inheritance and home, and even his life--in order to follow Christ.
- ISBN: 9781586175993
- Softcover, 5.25 x 8 inches, 224 pages.
- Read in the refectory at Clear Creek Abbey in 2016.
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- Derya's story in From Islam to Christ provides a window into both Islam and modernity. It shows that the grace and the mercy of God know no bounds. Rather, the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ reaches souls in the most unlikely places.
- ISBN: 9781621641124
- Softcover, 5.25 x 8 inches, 203 pages.
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- This inspiring book gives you a splendid example of how to live as a Christian in a secular environment that can be indifferent or hostile to your Faith. For Elisabeth Leseur had two great loves: God and her husband Felix, who was an atheist.
- ISBN: 9781928832485
- Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 290 pages.
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- In An Exemplary Couple: Saint Gianna Beretta and Pietro Molla, you will read the story of the spouses Saint Gianna Beretta and Pietro Molla, and with an account, through direct testimonies, of the most significant moments of their married life.
- ISBN: 9781505132625
- Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 146 pages.
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- 1″ Pewter medal with 23″ chain with clasp.
- Sold individually and includes a prayer card with an image of Saint Carlo Acutis.
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- Set in rural France, the novel recounts the joys and travails of a young parish priest, tormented by illness and afflicted by awkwardness, as he deals with a colorful cast of local characters and endures deep interior suffering. Accessible to Catholic and non-Catholic readers alike, it is a tour de force of spiritual storytelling, destined to be a classic for generations to come.
- New translation made in 2025 by Michael Tobin.
- Softcover, 288 pages, 5.25 x 8 inches.
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- In this astounding interview, you will marvel as Antonia and Andrea retrace the path they walked with Carlo and share fascinating moments in his life in which his faith matured, including the plan of life that he developed for himself on the day after his First Holy Communion.
- Softcover, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 143 pages.
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- Frequently, St. Frances of Rome experienced ecstasies and visions, especially after receiving Holy Communion. In these absorbing pages, translated by Fr. Robert Nixon, O.S.B., her spiritual director records her life, mystical graces, and miracles as well as her severe demonic attacks and her unwavering trust in God throughout.
- Softcover, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 135 pages.
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- Fascinating biography of Mother Veronica Namoyo Le Goulard, her conversion and vocation story.
- Softcover, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 189 pages.
