The Martins of Lisieux-Saints Thérse, Louis, and Zélieby: Stephane-Joseph Piat"God gave me a father and mother more worthy of heaven than of earth." -St Therese of LisieuxThe recent, and unprecedented, canonization by Pope Francis of a husband and wife, Louis...

by Stephen K. RayRay, a former Evangelical Protestant and Bible teacher, goes through the Scriptures and the first five centuries of the Church to demonstrate that the early Christians had a clear understanding of the primacy of Peter in the...

Women MysticsHadewijch of Antwerp, Teresa of Avila, Therese of Lisieux,Elizabeth of the Trinity, Edith SteinLouis Bouyer Focusing on the lives and writings of five women mystics, the great theologian and spiritual writer Louis Bouyer shows that, far from relegating women...

The Leaven of the SaintsBringing Christ into a Fallen WorldDawn Marie Beutner The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened. -Matthew 13:33 How can we...

Blessed Carlo AcutisA Saint In SneakersCourtney Mares How does a boy from Milan who only lived to the age of 15 become a global "influencer for God" more than a decade after he died? Discover the inspiring story of Blessed...

Women of the ChurchWhat Every Catholic Should KnowBronwen McSheaWhile many Catholics are aware of great female saints such as Catherine of Siena and Thérèse of Lisieux, a view persists that, over the centuries, women played a limited role in the...

NEW COPY OUT OF PRINT BOOKOn the Song of Songs IIIby: Bernard of ClairvauxThese eighty-six sermons are among the most famous and most beautiful examples of medieval scriptural exegesis. In them the modern reader can catch a glimpse of the...

St. Peter and the First Years of ChristianityAbbe Constant Fouard Next to the period of Our Lord's earthly life, the apostolic age that followed was-and is-the richest and most revealing for Christians. It was then that the blueprint for living...

by: Dom Mauro-Giuseppe LeporiO.Cist"At every stage of my life as a man, a Christian, a monk, an abbot, I have found Saint Peter to be a companion to walk ahead of me... Peter is the Gospel saint who is more...

Praying Like Saint Augustine A Guided Prayer Journal Christopher Kaczor   In his Confessions, Saint Augustine of Hippo wrote to God, "Allow me to speak: for I am addressing your Mercy, not a man who would laugh at me." The...

by: Mike AquilinaOnce again, Mike Aquilina delves into the life and world of a legendary saint too often surrounded by more “legend” and less certainty. While traversing history in an imaginative and engaging way, Aquilina’s keen interest in both historical...

by Allison Lunsford and Illustrated by Joan BennettSaint Acacius, Saint Barbara, Saint Blaise, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Christopher, Saint Cyriacus, Saint Denis, Saint Erasmus, Saint Eustace, Saint George, Saint Giles, Saint Margaret, Saint Pantaleon, Saint VitusThese fourteen saints were...