Catherine Gandeaktena died in 1673, held in such high regard that her priests believed she would immediately attain the bliss of heaven. Her wonderful story is scattered in the accounts of the Canadian Jesuits as well as the biographies of St. Kateri Tekakwitha. For the first time ever, they have been assembled here into a short readable biography of her life, with particular attention to the virtues that marked her passage from her childhood in the Erie and Oneida villages to her marriage, Baptism, and holy death.
Catherine Gandeaktena died in 1673, held in such high regard that her priests believed she would immediately attain the bliss of heaven. Her wonderful story is scattered in the accounts of the Canadian Jesuits as well as the biographies of St. Kateri Tekakwitha. For the first time ever, they have been assembled here into a short readable biography of her life, with particular attention to the virtues that marked her passage from her childhood in the Erie and Oneida villages to her marriage, Baptism, and holy death.
Take All Hallows Eve back for Holy Mother Church with this fantastic collection that includes Mass and Breviary texts for All Hallows Eve, powerful prayers against evil spirits and the occult, and devotions for souling, for the benefit of the Church suffering in Purgatory.
Take All Hallows Eve back for Holy Mother Church with this fantastic collection that includes Mass and Breviary texts for All Hallows Eve, powerful prayers against evil spirits and the occult, and devotions for souling, for the benefit of the Church suffering in Purgatory.
Spend your Lent profitably with this handy collection of prayers that you can carry in your pocket wherever you go. These excellent devotions from traditional sources will keep your focus on Christ crucified and help stir up a lively repentance and contrition for your sins.
Spend your Lent profitably with this handy collection of prayers that you can carry in your pocket wherever you go. These excellent devotions from traditional sources will keep your focus on Christ crucified and help stir up a lively repentance and contrition for your sins.
A collection of traditional prayers and devotions to Saints Augustine and Monica, including commemorations, triduums, a litany, a chaplet, and other prayers. Also includes the traditional morning and evening prayers of the Augustinian Order.
A collection of traditional prayers and devotions to Saints Augustine and Monica, including commemorations, triduums, a litany, a chaplet, and other prayers. Also includes the traditional morning and evening prayers of the Augustinian Order.
Includes prayers and devotions to the saints of Roman Africa, such as St. Cyprian of Carthage, Perpetua and Felicity, Cyril of Alexandria, and the three African Popes. Also includes a Litany to the African Saints based on one composed at Carthage by Cardinal Lavigerie.
Includes prayers and devotions to the saints of Roman Africa, such as St. Cyprian of Carthage, Perpetua and Felicity, Cyril of Alexandria, and the three African Popes. Also includes a Litany to the African Saints based on one composed at Carthage by Cardinal Lavigerie.
Featuring litanies, novenas, and prayers to and by the American Saints, this collection includes Elizabeth Ann Seton, John Neumann, Katherine Drexel, Kateri Tekakwitha, the North American Martyrs, Francis Xavier Cabrini and more.
Featuring litanies, novenas, and prayers to and by the American Saints, this collection includes Elizabeth Ann Seton, John Neumann, Katherine Drexel, Kateri Tekakwitha, the North American Martyrs, Francis Xavier Cabrini and more.
Catherine Gandeaktena died in 1673, held in such high regard that her priests believed she would immediately attain the bliss of heaven. Her wonderful story is scattered in the accounts of the Canadian Jesuits as well as the biographies of St. Kateri Tekakwitha. For the first time ever, they have been assembled here into a short readable biography of her life, with particular attention to the virtues that marked her passage from her childhood in the Erie and Oneida villages to her marriage, Baptism, and holy death.
Catherine Gandeaktena died in 1673, held in such high regard that her priests believed she would immediately attain the bliss of heaven. Her wonderful story is scattered in the accounts of the Canadian Jesuits as well as the biographies of St. Kateri Tekakwitha. For the first time ever, they have been assembled here into a short readable biography of her life, with particular attention to the virtues that marked her passage from her childhood in the Erie and Oneida villages to her marriage, Baptism, and holy death.
Journey with St. Katharine Drexel, the beloved Philadelphia heiress-turned-saint, as she recounts in her own words a 1922 trip through the Southwest and her visitation of the Navajo mission that she helped finance. Mother's first-hand perspective shines throughout, from her leaving the Motherhouse of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament at Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania, to all the other sights she observed on her trip: a view of the pueblos from the railroad car, the baptism of a dying Indian child, her tour of the school, and her encounter with medicine-man Hastin Yazhi. Features five photos taken on the journey and two contemporary maps.
Journey with St. Katharine Drexel, the beloved Philadelphia heiress-turned-saint, as she recounts in her own words a 1922 trip through the Southwest and her visitation of the Navajo mission that she helped finance. Mother's first-hand perspective shines throughout, from her leaving the Motherhouse of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament at Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania, to all the other sights she observed on her trip: a view of the pueblos from the railroad car, the baptism of a dying Indian child, her tour of the school, and her encounter with medicine-man Hastin Yazhi. Features five photos taken on the journey and two contemporary maps.
A historically important contribution to black Catholic hagiography, Sister Mary Petra OSP's life of St. Benedict the Moor provides a great introduction to this beloved saint and is a historically important contribution to black Catholic hagiography. The son of slaves, Benedict endured prejudice from his peers, dissolution of his hermitage, and the menial work he assumed among the Franciscans, Benedict was eventually celebrated as the patron saint of Palermo and the Africans of the diaspora.
A historically important contribution to black Catholic hagiography, Sister Mary Petra OSP's life of St. Benedict the Moor provides a great introduction to this beloved saint and is a historically important contribution to black Catholic hagiography. The son of slaves, Benedict endured prejudice from his peers, dissolution of his hermitage, and the menial work he assumed among the Franciscans, Benedict was eventually celebrated as the patron saint of Palermo and the Africans of the diaspora.
This novena to the Canadian Martyrs dedicates a day to each of the eight martyrs plus one to Our Lady of Martyrs, and features a historical account of each martyr, followed by a reflection and then a Collect and a prayer of petition.
This novena to the Canadian Martyrs dedicates a day to each of the eight martyrs plus one to Our Lady of Martyrs, and features a historical account of each martyr, followed by a reflection and then a Collect and a prayer of petition.
This set of prayers honors the North American martyrs who died at the Mohawk village of Ossernenon near Auriesville, NY. It makes an excellent devotion for the three-day Pilgrimage to Restoration, with a historical accounts followed by reflections, a brief litany, and prayers honoring the martyrs and St. Kateri Tekakwitha.
This set of prayers honors the North American martyrs who died at the Mohawk village of Ossernenon near Auriesville, NY. It makes an excellent devotion for the three-day Pilgrimage to Restoration, with a historical accounts followed by reflections, a brief litany, and prayers honoring the martyrs and St. Kateri Tekakwitha.
This novena dedicated to the eight North American Martyrs and St. Kateri Tekakwitha was written by Fr. Anthony G. Schirmann, SJ, consisting of a historical account of each martyr, followed by a reflection, a brief litany, and other prayers.
This novena dedicated to the eight North American Martyrs and St. Kateri Tekakwitha was written by Fr. Anthony G. Schirmann, SJ, consisting of a historical account of each martyr, followed by a reflection, a brief litany, and other prayers.
This booklet compiles a number of traditional devotions to the eight North American Martyrs, including Mass propers, texts from the Divine Office, a litany, novenas, and other prayers to Sts. John de Brebeuf, Isaac Jogues, and their companions.
This booklet compiles a number of traditional devotions to the eight North American Martyrs, including Mass propers, texts from the Divine Office, a litany, novenas, and other prayers to Sts. John de Brebeuf, Isaac Jogues, and their companions.
An easy way to integrate the traditional Divine Office into your morning prayers! This simplified office of Prime in English was specifically recommended for morning prayer by the American bishops in the 1880s.
An easy way to integrate the traditional Divine Office into your morning prayers! This simplified office of Prime in English was specifically recommended for morning prayer by the American bishops in the 1880s.
Keeping this booklet on your nightstand makes it easy to integrate the Divine Office into your bedtime prayers. This full Office of Compline in English was produced expressly for the use of the laity by the same American bishops who authorized the Baltimore Catechism.
Keeping this booklet on your nightstand makes it easy to integrate the Divine Office into your bedtime prayers. This full Office of Compline in English was produced expressly for the use of the laity by the same American bishops who authorized the Baltimore Catechism.
The handy pocket guide to Sunday Vespers. Features the full text of the Sunday office in both Latin and English. Includes the standard Sunday Psalms 109 through 113 as well as the other Psalms sung in special seasons and on feast days.
The handy pocket guide to Sunday Vespers. Features the full text of the Sunday office in both Latin and English. Includes the standard Sunday Psalms 109 through 113 as well as the other Psalms sung in special seasons and on feast days.
This office is among the Church's most solemn commemorations of a departed soul. It was most often recited on All Souls' Day and on the anniversary of a loved one's death, and it was an important component of the medieval Book of Hours. This traditional English version of the Office, including Matins and Lauds, was prepared for the laity by American bishops in the 1880s.
This office is among the Church's most solemn commemorations of a departed soul. It was most often recited on All Souls' Day and on the anniversary of a loved one's death, and it was an important component of the medieval Book of Hours. This traditional English version of the Office, including Matins and Lauds, was prepared for the laity by American bishops in the 1880s.
Follow the liturgical year with this catalog of African sanctity highlighting over 300 saints in the Martyrology who lived or suffered in Roman Africa: including Saints Augustine, Cyprian, Perpetua and Felicity, and the martyrs of Carthage. Also includes the saints long honored in the African diaspora.
Follow the liturgical year with this catalog of African sanctity highlighting over 300 saints in the Martyrology who lived or suffered in Roman Africa: including Saints Augustine, Cyprian, Perpetua and Felicity, and the martyrs of Carthage. Also includes the saints long honored in the African diaspora.
We've scoured old prayer books to put together this unique collection of commemorations, litanies, novenas, and other devotions traditional to the African diaspora in America. Includes prayers to Our Lady and St. Joseph as well as Saints Benedict the Moor, Peter Claver, Martin de Porres, and more.
We've scoured old prayer books to put together this unique collection of commemorations, litanies, novenas, and other devotions traditional to the African diaspora in America. Includes prayers to Our Lady and St. Joseph as well as Saints Benedict the Moor, Peter Claver, Martin de Porres, and more.
A fantastic collection of traditional prayers for the nation, including Archbishop Carroll's Prayer for the Church and Civil Authorities as well as litanies and devotions to Our Lady, the North American Martyrs, and the Guardian Angel of the United States.
A fantastic collection of traditional prayers for the nation, including Archbishop Carroll's Prayer for the Church and Civil Authorities as well as litanies and devotions to Our Lady, the North American Martyrs, and the Guardian Angel of the United States.
Continue the celebration of All Hallows Eve all through Hallowtide! This collection brings together devotions for All Saints' Day and its octave from traditional Catholic sources. Includes ancient favorites like the Mass prayers from the feast, hymns from Vespers, and the Litany of the Saints, as well as new devotions in a traditional style, like the Little Hours of all Saints and the Litany of Our Lady, Queen of the Saints. Invoke the protection of all heaven with these powerful prayers.
Continue the celebration of All Hallows Eve all through Hallowtide! This collection brings together devotions for All Saints' Day and its octave from traditional Catholic sources. Includes ancient favorites like the Mass prayers from the feast, hymns from Vespers, and the Litany of the Saints, as well as new devotions in a traditional style, like the Little Hours of all Saints and the Litany of Our Lady, Queen of the Saints. Invoke the protection of all heaven with these powerful prayers.
A tribute to the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, this moral allegory examines the limits of natural science and the supernatural reality of the soul. A bright young zoology professor arrives at a prestigious Long Island college filled with jaded, materialistic scientists. But in a tower high above their heads, the college's angelic heiress devotedly watches over a collection of handmade animals made of a more mysterious stuff than cloth and string.
A tribute to the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, this moral allegory examines the limits of natural science and the supernatural reality of the soul. A bright young zoology professor arrives at a prestigious Long Island college filled with jaded, materialistic scientists. But in a tower high above their heads, the college's angelic heiress devotedly watches over a collection of handmade animals made of a more mysterious stuff than cloth and string.
A new Epic Poem set in ancient Italy, the Laviniad tells the story of bronze-age Lavinium right after the death of the Trojan War hero Aeneas. His young son Ascanius is thrust to the fore as leader of the Trojan emigrants and native Latins, now threatened by the bloodthirsty Etruscan tyrant Mezentius. Meanwhile Aeneas's faithful widow Lavinia conceals a secret that drives her to flee the safety of the city past the swords of the enemy and into the Italian wilderness.
A new Epic Poem set in ancient Italy, the Laviniad tells the story of bronze-age Lavinium right after the death of the Trojan War hero Aeneas. His young son Ascanius is thrust to the fore as leader of the Trojan emigrants and native Latins, now threatened by the bloodthirsty Etruscan tyrant Mezentius. Meanwhile Aeneas's faithful widow Lavinia conceals a secret that drives her to flee the safety of the city past the swords of the enemy and into the Italian wilderness.