- 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 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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- 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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- 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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- ISBN: 9781682784372
- First Biography of Pope Leo XIV written just days after his election to the See of Peter on May 8, 2025.
- Softcover, 137 pages, 5.5 x 8.5 inches.
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- This colorful memoir by Fr. Amorth offers a rare, up-close glimpse of the life and personality of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, Padre Pio, the beloved Italian monk who was blessed with extraordinary gifts.
- ISBN: 9781621644408
- Softcover, 157 pages, 5 x 7 inches.
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- The Life of St Francis of Assisi by St Bonaventure conveys a picture of the Saint that renders an indelible impression of a man totally transformed by God.
- ISBN: 9780895551511
- Softcover, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 165 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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- 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
- Out of stock
- The purpose of this volume is to gather in one place all Benedictine men and women with a reputation for heroic virtue and holiness, whether officially canonized or not, as a supplement to the Roman Martyrology, along with brief biographies for each entry.
- ISBN: 9781965303641
- Hardcover, 6 x 9 inches, 341 pages.
- Reprint of the 1922 English edition.
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- Made in Italy
- Life-like and sturdy
- Perfect for families!
- Fontanini 54115
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- Thomas Aquinas: A Historical, Theological, and Environmental Portrait.
- ISBN: 9780809153862
- Softcover, 404 pages.
- Read in the Refectory at Clear Creek beginning in February 2022.
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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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- 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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- ISBN: 9780898704785
- The fast-paced, moving conversion story of the evangelical preacher and scripture scholar Scott Hahn.
- The monks of Clear Creek are reading this in the refectory, starting in August 2022.
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- Made in Italy
- Life-like and sturdy
- Perfect for families!
- Fontanini 52562
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- The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis is the most engaging account of temptation—and triumph over it—ever written.
- ISBN: 9780060652937
- Softcover, 209 pages, 5.5 x 8 inches.
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- The beloved G.K. Chesterton presents a well-crafted and joyous work of political fantasy about a small group of rebels who rail against the government’s attempt to impose prohibition in England.
- ISBN: 9781621641032
- Softcover, 295 pages, 5.25 x 8 inches
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- Considered by many to be Chesterton's greatest masterpiece of all his writings, this is his whole view of world history as informed by the Incarnation.
- ISBN: 9780898704440
- Softcover, 276 pages, 5.25 x 8 inches.
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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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- 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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- 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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- Fascinating biography of Mother Veronica Namoyo Le Goulard, her conversion and vocation story.
- Softcover, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 189 pages.
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- ISBN: 9781505134865
- Hardcover, 7 x 10 inches, 40 pages.
- Features over a dozen beloved Christmas hymns rooted in Catholic tradition with thoughtful reflections that invite meditation on the meaning behind each carol.
- Click here to see a preview of the book.
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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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- Made in Italy
- Life-like and sturdy
- Perfect for families!
- Fontanini 52587
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- ISBN: 9781960711120
- A Brief Introduction to the Traditional Latin Mass by Joseph Shaw.
- 2023 edition
- Paperback
- 84 pages, 4 x 6"
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- 1″ Pewter medal with 23″ chain with clasp.
- Sold individually and includes a prayer card with an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe and a Spanish prayer.
- 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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- In his Sermons on Conversion, St. Bernard of Clairvaux draws a picture of the perfect frontier bishop, and holds him up as a model for bishops everywhere.
- Translated and published in 1981, this volume includes:
- On Conversion: A Sermon to Clerics
- Lenten Sermons on the psalm "He who dwells."
- ISBN: 9780879079253
- Softcover, 282 pages, 5.5 x 8.5"
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- This deluxe hardcover edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic prelude to his Lord of the Rings trilogy contains a short introduction by Christopher Tolkien, a reset text incorporating the most up-to-date corrections, and all of Tolkien’s own drawings and full-color illustrations, including the rare “Mirkwood” piece.
- ISBN: 9780618968633
- Hardcover, 300 pages, 5.5. x 8.5 inches.
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- The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Fëanor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite all the heroism, against the great Enemy. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part.
- This deluxe hardcover edition includes Tolkien's own paintings and drawings, which reveal the breathtaking grandeur and beauty of his vision of the First Age of Middle-earth.
- ISBN: 9780063280779
- 6 x 9 inches, 358 pages, includes maps.
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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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- 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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- Sigrid Grabner's vivid narrative of the life of Pope Gregory I reads like a novel, evoking the landscape of early medieval Italy with humanity and realism. It brings us face-to-face with a man who, for all his weakness, became an instrument in the hand of God and let himself be made great.
- ISBN: 9781621643647
- Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 279 pages.
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- Made in Italy
- Life-like and sturdy
- Perfect for families!
- Fontanini 55103
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- ISBN: 9781619705036
- Hard leather cover
- 5.5 x 7.5 inches, 789 pages
- Novum Testamentum Latine or Latin New Testament is Latin only, with the text of the New Vulgate
- Published by Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 3rd edition 2014
- Includes maps
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- Made in Italy
- Life-like and sturdy
- Perfect for families!
- Fontanini 54117
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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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- In He Gave Us So Much, Cardinal Sarah traces the spiritual contours of Benedict XVI's life and thought, revealing the image of a man on fire with love for God and neighbor.
- ISBN: 9781621646846
- Hardcover, 231 pages, 5.5 x 8.25"
- Published in 2023.
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- Classic translation of the letters of St. Bernard of Clairvaux. This 2003 edition takes into account much modern scholarship on the 469 letters included.
- ISBN: 9780879071622
- softcover, 6.25 x 9.25"
- 562 pages.
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- Encouraging humility, patience, prayer, introspection, and love, the Desert Fathers and Mothers have influenced centuries of believers, showing how contemplative practice can reveal the true meaning of everyday life.
- ISBN: 9781557257802
- Softcover, 5.25 x 8"
- 129 pages.
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- This volume contains the entire ferial Office for the day Hours (Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers, and Compline) according to the Roman Breviary of 1568.
- Latin only, with musical notation. No English translation.
- ISBN: 9798860889941
- Softcover, 235 pages, 6 x 9 inches.
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- Baxter gives modern readers not just an accurate translation of Dante’s Italian but an immersive experience into the feelings, intimations, and realizations Dante’s original readers must have had as they made their way through the unmatched moral evocations and inner tutelage of this second panel of The Divine Comedy.
- ISBN: 9798892801003
- Paperback, 9 x 6 inches, 240 pages
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- This classic novel by the brilliant G. K. Chesterton tells the rollicking tale of Innocent Smith, a man who may be crazy-or possibly the most sane man of all.
- ISBN: 9781586174798
- Softcover, 5.5 x 8 inches, 195 pages.
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- Purportedly set in 1902, this tale was begun in 1907 but not published until 1912. The pilgrims here are Belloc and three others who meet on October 29 in an inn called the George, just inside Sussex, and decide to walk from one end of the county to the other. The idea for this walk is hatched by Belloc himself who feels that yearning of Odysseus ‘to see once more the smoke going up from his own land, and after that to die.’
- ISBN: 9781960711311
- Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 170 pages.
- Out of stock
- Wooden spatula hand-carved by the monks of Clear Creek.
- Length: 16 in
- Width of spatula blade: 2.5 in
- Out of stock
- Made in Italy
- Life-like and sturdy
- Perfect for families!
- Fontanini 71514
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- Made in Italy
- Life-like and sturdy
- Perfect for families!
- Fontanini 72563
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- Made in Italy
- Life-like and sturdy
- Perfect for families!
- Fontanini 72572
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- ISBN: 9781944418601
- Softcover, 133 pages.
- 5 x 8 in (13 x 20 cm).
- Inspiring meditations by Thomistic Theologian Romanus Cessario, OP, on the grace to be a priest.
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- Mother Mary Francis sets out to correct the record with the truth and beauty of the vocation to the contemplative life by toppling the “strange gods” that have assumed majesty and power in the post-modern age.
- ISBN: 9781685952495
- First published in 1965. New edition 2023.
- Softcover, 192 pages, 5.5 x 8.5"
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- Structured around Tolkien’s Middle-earth creation myth, The Flame Imperishable follows the thought of Aquinas as a guide in laying bare the deeper foundations of many of the more familiar themes from Tolkien’s legendarium, including such notions as sub-creation, free will, evil, and eucatastrophe.
- ISBN: 9781621383154
- Softcover, 289 pages, 6 x 9 inches.
- Published in 2017.
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- A fascinating autobiography in the spirit of Bl. John Henry Newman, Drawn from Shadows Into Truth: A Memoir is the intriguing story of how a married minister in the Disciples of Christ eventually came to be an ordained priest in the Catholic Church.
- Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 256 pages.
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- ISBN: 9781505122848
- Hardcover, 5 x 7 inches
- 102 pages.
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- In No Strange Land illuminates the richness of mysticism--in the life of Philip Neri--as an “experience of the activity of God.”
- ISBN: 9781621381341
- Softcover, 9 x 6 inches, 296 pages.
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- Since its first release in 1967, Christy has sold an astonishing 10 million copies. Now the beloved story is available in a special 50th anniversary edition which includes an afterword reflecting on the success of the book and how many people Christy's story has reached, as well as added features like a character list and a town map to enhance the reading experience for fans old and new.
- ISBN: 9781683701323
- Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 506 pages
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- The impact of Tolkien's great notoriety, his relationship with material possessions, and his deep religious faith are all examined at length in this biography, making it possible to understand both the man and the myth that he created.
- ISBN: 9780898708257
- Softcover, 257 pages.
- 5 x 8 inches
- Read in the refectory at Clear Creek September-October 2022
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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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- 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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- ISBN: 9780824524142
- The Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century by Robert Royal is a fascinating, edifying, and eye-opening view of the panorama of martyrs of the past century.
- The monks of Clear Creek have read this book in the refectory August - November 2023.
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- 1″ Pewter medal with 23″ chain with clasp.
- Sold individually and includes a prayer card with an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
- Made in the USA.
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- In writing this work, Mother Mary Francis, P.C.C., carefully and prayerfully examined the decree on religious life promulgated by Vatican II and uncovered its noble meaning and purpose.
- ISBN: 9781586171193
- softcover, 118 pages, 5.25 x 8"
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- Inspired by Benedict XVI's vision of the history of the Church, Joseph Pearce in The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful, traces three strands interwoven in Church History: The Good Saints, The Bad Persecutors, and The Beautiful Art.
- Published in 2023 and read in the refectory of Clear Creek Abbey beginning in January 2024.
- ISBN: 9781621645344
- Softcover, 309 pages, 5.25 x 8"
- Out of stock
- Here is a list of 100 books to read before you die with short reviews written by lay people of all ages and walks of life.
- ISBN: 9781621382683
- Softcover, 6 x9"
- 306 pages.
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- Further Up & Further In: Understanding Narnia by acclaimed Catholic author Joseph Pearce invites readers to return with the eyes of an adult to C. S. Lewis’s magical land of Narnia entered through that most important wardrobe in literary history.
- ISBN: 9781505108668
- Hardcover, 202 pages, 5.5 x 8.5"
