- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- This 2nd edition of the classic spiritual portrait of Mother Seton, newly edited with introduction by Sister Betty Ann McNeil, D.C., traces the spiritual journey of the 19th-century American wife, mother, educator, and religious leader, who became the first native-born canonized saint of the United States.
- ISBN: 9781621646617
- Softcover, 5.25 x 8 inches, 296 pages.
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- 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.
- ISBN: 9780898702682
- Softcover, 5.25 x 8 inches, 452 pages.
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- St. Catherine of Siena and Her Times tells the moving tale of Catherine, whose call to live a cloistered life of prayer and penance was trumped not only by the poverty and plagues of her day, but by the explicit orders of the Pope, who, hearing of her remarkable powers of reconciliation of enemies, called her out of obscurity to mediate between the warring parties, sometimes even at the risk to her life.
- ISBN: 9781622824540
- Softcover, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 308 pages.
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- Available in English for the first time, this short book is a powerful introduction to the spiritual wisdom of one of the Church's newest saints: Elizabeth of the Trinity.
- ISBN: 9781622823772
- Softcover, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 110 pages.
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- 1" Pewter medal with 23" chain with clasp.
- Sold individually and includes a prayer card with an image of the saint.
- Made in the USA.
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- 1" Pewter medal with 23" chain with clasp.
- Sold individually and includes a prayer card with an image of the saint.
- Made in the USA.
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- 3/4" Pewter medal with 23" chain with clasp.
- Sold individually and includes a prayer card with an image of the saint.
- Made in the USA.
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- Tales from the Perilous Realm is the perfect opportunity for fans of Middle-earth to enjoy some of Tolkien’s often overlooked yet most creative storytelling. Includes Adventures of Bombadil, Smith of Wootton Major and Leaf by Niggle.
- ISBN: 9780358652960
- Softcover, 403 pages, 5.5 x 8.5 inches
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- This biography of St. Francis stands alone as a richly informed portrait of a man whose complex faith and commitment continue to inspire today. Written by Fr. Augustine Thompson, a Dominican, in 2013.
- ISBN: 9780801479069
- Softcover, 186 pages, 5.5 x 8.5"
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- As he recounts his lifelong search for joy, C. S. Lewis demonstrates its role in guiding him to find God.
- ISBN: 9780062565433
- Softcover, 291 pages, 5.5 x 8 inches.
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- Here is Chesterton in his own words, in a book he preferred not to write, but did so near the end of his life after much insistence by friends and admirers.
- ISBN: 9781586170714
- Softcover, 336 pages, 5.25 x 8 inches.
- Includes photgraphs.
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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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- 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 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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- ISBN: 9781505127300
- Newly published, first-ever comprehensive biography of Empress Zita in English.
- Zita’s life and her integral role within the House of Habsburg during the tumultuous 20th century are not well known. In Zita: Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, Charles Coulombe takes readers through Zita’s lineage and the political climate she was born into, Bl. Charles and Zita’s marriage, her support of Bl. Charles amid the destruction of the Catholic Monarchy, and much more.
- Hardcover, 9 x 6 inches, 412 pages.
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- Jean-Jacques Antier describes Foucauld's dramatic, inspiring life in a vivid narrative style. He based his biography on the man's writings and correspondence as well as interviews with numerous people who knew him.
- Illustrated with sixteen pages of photos, and indexed.
- ISBN: 9781621645153
- Softcover, 9 x 6 inches, 360 pages.
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- This acclaimed work on the life and mysticism of Joan of Arc is considered by historians as one of the most convincing, well researched and best written accounts of the Maid of Orleans.
- ISBN: 9781586171520
- Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 275 pages.
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- A poignant novel about transformation and tradition, growing up and growing wise, and finding yourself—even if it might mean disappointing those you love.
- ISBN: 9781501142468
- Paperback, 8.25 x 5.5 inches, 272 pages
