- This special 50th anniversary edition includes three volumes of The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King), along with an extensive new index—a must-own tome for old and new Tolkien readers alike.
- ISBN: 9780618645619
- Hardcover, 178 pages, 5.5 x 8.5 inches.
- Includes Appendices, Index and Maps.
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- This book of reflections by Msgr. Romano Guardini (1885-1968) helps the reader to gaze upon the face of the Living God and come to know him as he truly is.
- ISBN: 9780918477491
- 154 pages
- 5 x 7 inches
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- ISBN: 9781936639847
- 6" x 9"
- softcover
- 114 pages
- Illustrated on every page!
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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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- Featuring a radically expanded index, this volume contains 354 letters, dating between October 1914, when Tolkien was an undergraduate at the University of Oxford, and August 29, 1973, four days before his death.
- ISBN: 9780358652984
- Hardcover, 707 pages, 5.5 x 8.5 inches.
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- ISBN: 9781644134696
- Unique cookbook with many meatless recipes along with essays on fasting and abstinence throughout Church history and in current practice by Scott Hahn.
- Hardcover, 8.25 x 10.25 inches.
- 214 pages with full-color photographs.
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- ISBN: 9781936639755
- 8.25" x 10.5"
- hardcover with dust jacket
- 120 pages
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- ISBN: 9781472971326
- Softcover, 189 pages.
- 5.5 x 8.5 inches.
- The Joy of God contains the collected writings of Sister Mary David Totah, a Benedictine nun of the Solesmes Congregation, on Benedictine spirituality.
- Click here for a preview.
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- Leather hardback
- Baronius Press
- 320 Pages
- 4" x 6"
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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 Guillotine and the Cross, by Warren H. Carroll
- ISBN: 9780931888458
- Paperback, 5.5 x 8.5 inches.
- 203 pages.
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- In this new edition of a classic work, the great Catholic apologist and historian Hilaire Belloc examines the five most destructive heretical movements in Christianity.
- ISBN: 9781621641384
- Softcover, 196 pages, 5.25 x 8"
- Originally published in 1938.
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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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- In The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis again employs his formidable talent for fable and allegory. The writer finds himself in Hell boarding a bus bound for Heaven.
- ISBN: 9780060652951
- Softcover, 146 pages, 5.5 x 8 inches.
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- Mediations on St. Benedict's Twelve Degrees of Humility by Dom Pius Mary Noonan, OSB.
- ISBN: 9780648868828
- Softcover, 5.25 x 8"
- 83 pages.
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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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- 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"
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- The Glory of Christendom: A History of Christendom, volume 3 by Warren H. Carroll
- ISBN: 9780931888540
- Paperback, 6 x 9 inches.
- 774 pages.
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- C. S. Lewis's classic work The Four Loves examines the four types of human love: affection, friendship, erotic love, and the love of God.
- ISBN: 9780062565396
- Softcover, 180 pages, 5.5 x 8 inches
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- The Founding of Christendom: A History of Christendom, volume 1 by Warren H. Carroll
- ISBN: 9780931888212
- Paperback, 6 x 9 inches.
- 605 pages.
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- ISBN: 9780895551993
- Pages: 250
- Binding: Paperbound
- Dimensions: 5.5" X 8.5"
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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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- 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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- According to the author, A Father's Tale is a modern retelling of the parables of The Good Shepherd and The Prodigal Son.
- ISBN: 9781621643654
- Softcover, 1076 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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- ISBN: 9781944418175
- Softcover, 288 pages.
- 5.5 x 8.5 inches.
- Read in the refectory of Clear Creek, October-December 2021.
- The English Way is a compilation of the lives of great English saints by some of the greatest English writers of the 20th century.
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- Leather Hardback
- Baronius Press
- 272 Pages
- 6" x 8.25"
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- The Deliverance of Sister Cecilia is a faith-filled, action-packed true story of a Slovakian nun who lived through the Communist take over of her country which she heroically resisted.
- Read in the refectory at Clear Creek Abbey starting in February 2023.
- Softcover, 344 pages, 5 x 8 inches.
- Click here to read a sample.
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Special offer!Save when you buy the two masterpieces of John Senior, a professor who greatly influenced the founding monks of Clear Creek!
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- Leather Hardback
- Baronius Press
- 6" x 8.25"
- 584 Pages
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- ISBN: 9781505122848
- Hardcover, 5 x 7 inches
- 102 pages.
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- The Crisis of Christendom: A History of Christendom, volume 6 by Warren H. Carroll
- ISBN: 9780931888847
- Paperback, 6 x 9 inches.
- 895 pages.
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- The Cleaving of Christendom: A History of Christendom, volume 4 by Warren H. Carroll
- ISBN: 9780931888755
- Paperback, 6 x 9 inches.
- 801 pages.
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- Experience all of The Chronicles of Narnia in full color in this seven-book paperback box set.
- ISBN: 9780064409391
- Softcover, seven volumes with color illustrations.
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- ISBN: 9780860124627
- 6. 5 x 9.5 inches
- 498 pages
- Compiled and edited by Adrian Fortescue, J.B. O'Connell, and Dom Alcuin Reid.
- Includes detailed rubrics and details on numerous aspects of the 1962 liturgy, including pontifical, solemn and low Mass, Vespers, Holy Week and the liturgical years, the sacraments, Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, funerals, episcopal visitation and more.
- A must-have for priests and sacristans wishing to celebrate the traditional liturgy!
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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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- The Building of Christendom: A History of Christendom, volume 2 by Warren H. Carroll
- ISBN: 9780931888243
- Paperback, 6 x 9 inches.
- 615 pages.
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- ISBN: 9781930278882
- 3.5 x 6", 1248 pages.
- Leather bound.
- The Blessed Sacrament Prayerbook by Fr. Lasance is a classic from 1913 with many novenas, prayers, the ordinary of the Mass and devotions for visits to the Blessed Sacrament.
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- In this #1 international bestseller, a young woman leaves everything behind to work as a librarian in a remote French village, where she finds her outlook on life and love challenged in every way. Inspired by John Senior who had much influence on the founding of Clear Creek Abbey.
- ISBN: 9781476734248
- Softcover, 258 pages, 5.5 x 8.5"
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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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- ISBN: 9781329973763
- Softcover, 54 pages.
- 5.5 x 8.5 in (14 x 21,5 cm).
- Follow the offices of Terce, Sext, and None according to the Monastic Breviary of 1962 in Latin and English.
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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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- ISBN: 9780940112193
- pages: 32
- hardcover
- 8 x 11.5 in
- full color illustrations
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- ISBN: 9782956905509
- softcover, saddle-stitched booklet
- 3.5 x 5 inches
- 68 pages
- Black text with Gregorian Chant notation and red rubrics
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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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- Paperback
- 5.5 x 8 inches
- 221 pages
- Perfect companion to the Antiphonale Monasticum!
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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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The "Greatest Saint of Our Age," according to Pope Pius XI, tells the story of God's grace attacking and conquering her feisty soul. A must for anyone who wants to love God but feels inadequate to the task.
- Leather Hardback binding
- 232 pages
- 5.5 x 8 inches
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- Here, together in a single volume, are the two biographies that many critics consider both Chesterton's best, and the best short portraits ever written of Saint Dominic and Francis.
- ISBN: 9780898709452
- Softcover, 320 pages, 5.25 x 8 inches.
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- Binding: Hardback PPC
- Pages: 240
- Size: 4.5" x 6.85"
This handy little book contains hundreds of direct quotes and short sayings of St. John Paul II, arranged according to the Christian virtues and other spiritual topics, allowing the reader to encounter his thoughts about particular aspects of the Christian life in a more organized manner.
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- Hardback PPC
- 176 Pages
- 4.5" x 6.85"
- Baronius Press
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- This volume contains Saint Bernard's sermons for the liturgical seasons of Lent and Easter. Included are sermons for the Purification, Septuagesima, the feast of Saint Benedict, and the feast of the Annunciation, all of which are interpreted by Bernard in light of the paschal mystery.
- ISBN: 9780879074524
- Softcover, 187 pages, 5.5 x 8.5"
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- ISBN: 9780898707670
- Softcover
- 5 x 8 inches
- 158 pages
- Story of the Life of Saint Benedict for children and young adults
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- This greeting card features an image of the statue of St. Benedict in the cloister at Clear Creek Abbey.
- Sold individually; includes envelope.
- 4.25 x 6.25"
- The inside is blank for your own message!
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- This greeting card features artwork by a monk of Fontgombault Abbey in France.
- Sold individually; includes envelope.
- 4.25 x 6.25"
- The inside is blank for your own message!
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- This high-quality photo book published by the Abbey of Solesmes in 2016, gives an account of the history of that venerable abbey and the day-to-day life of the monks.
- ISBN: 9782852742864
- Softcover, 63 pages, full-color photographs.
- French and English.
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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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- Quality hardcover with ribbon marker
- 4.5 x 6.75 inches
- 216 pages
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- Hardcover, 404 pages.
- 4.75 x 6.75 inches.
- Classic aid to assisting at the Traditional Latin Mass with explanations and meditations on all the feasts and seasons of the Liturgical Year.
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- Leather Hardback
- 152 Pages
- 6" x 8.25"
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- Saints of the American Wilderness: The Brave Lives and Holy Deaths of the Eight North American Martyrs, by John A. O'Brien
- ISBN: 9781928832904
- Softcover, 272 pages
- 8.5 x 5.5 inches
- This book was read in the refectory of Clear Creek Abbey starting in April 2023.
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- Loreto Publications
- ISBN: 9781930278073
- Paperback
- 404 pages
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- Ildefonso Schuster, one of the outstanding ecclesiastical scholars of the twentieth century, has fitted St. Benedict into the times in which he lived, using the Dialogues of St. Gregory the Great as his point of departure.
- ISBN: 9781989905463
- Softcover, 396 pages, 6 x 9 inches.
- Reprint of the 1951 English edition.
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- The popular Saint Andrew Daily Missal is now available in this reprint of the 1945 edition!
- Over 1900 pages, with 5 ribbons and gold page edges.
- Hardcover, 4.25 x 6.75 inches.
- Latin and English texts of the Mass for the whole year and Vespers of Sundays and Feasts.
- Includes the older version of Holy Week liturgies, before the reforms of Pius XII.
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- In Saga of Saints, the account of Christianity’s introduction into Norway and those responsible for defending its development, Sigrid Undset proves herself a resourceful historian of both events and ideas. As the product of Undset’s patriotic piety and native talent for storytelling, Saga of Saints is—in the words of her biographer A. H. Winsnes—“remarkable for her sure critical sense in the treatment of sources and, above all, for her ability to judge men and their conduct in relation to the age and society in which they lived.”
- ISBN: 9781685951399
- Softcover, 262 pages, 5.5 x 8.5 inches.
- A newly-typeset edition; originally published in 1934.
- Read in the refectory at Clear Creek Abbey beginning in June 2024.
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- ISBN: 9780764818622
- Monastic Cookbook
- Hardcover
- 200 Pages
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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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- 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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- 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.
