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Heroes of Gods Church
$24.95
This book should be part of every Catholic homeschool library. Heroes of God's Church by Fr. P. Henry Matimore, S.T.D. The purpose of this beautiful book is to acquaint our children with biographies that will have some particular influence on the development of their characters. Each story has been planned as a real character training project, not merely as a reading lesson, to inspire admiration for faith and religious heroism. "To accomplish this purpose, we have endeavored to stimulate interest in each saint by presenting him or her as a real human being who lived in a real world among real people and not as a super-being surrounded by miraculous wonders. We have tried to make the saints human, admirable, and lovable, and therefore imitate-able." (from the Foreword) The saints have been chosen from various nations, from all periods of time, from all ages of life, and from all strata of society. In order to help parents, teachers and children, Questions and Things to Do are found at the end of each story. 302 pages, gold embossed hardcover. Beautifully illustrated.
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33 Doctors of the Church, The
$33.00
by Fr. Christopher Rengers, O.F.M. Cap.

Here are 33 chapters about the greatest minds and greatest Saints the Catholic Church has ever produced. Written in a down-to-earth style, The 33 Doctors of the Church is a book that will be loved and appreciated by everyone. This monumental study could easily become 33 small books. But here it is in one compelling volume! Includes St. Athanasius, the defender of the doctrine of Christ's divinity, who was banished 5 times from his diocese for fidelity to Catholic teaching. In a moment of weakness, Pope Liberius even signed his condemnation!
Imprimatur, 715 pgs, paperback.
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New Saints and Blesseds of the Catholic Church
$14.95
by Ferdinand Holbock

In this volume a master of hagiography presents thirty-seven new Blesseds and five Saints beatified and canonized by Pope John Paul II between 1979 and 1983. These are new faces, some of them our contemporaries, who followed Christ under circumstances that were completely different from those of the saints of earlier ages who had the privilege of living in a world that was still more or less whole. The short biographies each include an illustration of the saint, and part of the homily given by the Pope at the canonization or beatification.

In this book you will meet men and women who come from eras of great conflict, who in a heroic way remained faithful to Christ and to His Church, and so have become, as Vatican II says, "companions of our human condition". When the prophet Elijah on his forty-day journey to Mount Horeb collapsed in exhaustion, an angel came to him and strengthened him. The Saints have the power and the duty to help us, to set us aright and teach us strategy for our battle with the powers of darkness. Let us get to know them, so that we can call on them by name. Illustrated

"What a splendid and necessary compilation this is! Here surely is the richest and most lasting legacy of the Pontificate of John Paul II. Such a treasure trove of insight and inspiration about the extraordinary lives of so many otherwise hidden and heroic souls, whose witness to sanctity cries out for our admiration, yes, but even more, our emulation."
—Regis Martin, Author, The Last Things

250 pages; Paperback
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New Saints and Blesseds of the Catholic Church, Vol. 2
$14.95
by Ferdinand Holbock

In this second volume of New Saints and Blesseds of the Catholic Church are depicted the lives and deaths, the struggles and battles of those women and men who were raised to the honors of the altar by Pope John Paul II during the fours years from 1984 through 1987, in forty-nine beatification ceremonies and in seven canonization liturgies.

Among them are Blesseds and Saints from a wide variety of countries, languages, ages and walks of life: lay people, religious, priests, and bishops, confessors and martyrs, including Edith Stein, Elizabeth of the Trinity, Titus Brandsma, Teresa of the Andes, and many more. All of them not only deserve reverence, but are worthy of imitation in their striving for perfection, in their fidelity to the Catholic faith and to the Church of Jesus Christ.

The life of each one of these personages is portrayed briefly, occasionally in greater detail, followed by the homily which the Pope gave at the respective beatification or canonization ceremony. This papal address presents a very contemporary commentary on the life of the new Blessed or Saint.

Anyone who reads these short biographies is edified and touched, moved to give thanks, that the Church, which today is so often reviled and criticized, is still in our days a “Mother and teacher”, the Mother of Saints, and a guide to sanctity. Illustrated with many pictures.

320 pages; Paperback
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Picture Book of Saints
$8.75
by Rev. Lawrence Lovasik, S.V.D. This beautiful and inspiring volume by a well-known author, teacher, and missionary will bring joy to young and old. The book contains the lives of over 100 popular Saints, and each is made more memorable by a twofold portrayal in word and picture. The life of each Saint is carefully and simply written in an informal, pleasing style that will delight parents, teachers, and the children with whom they share these pages. The glorious, full-color illustrations are strikingly beautiful and marked by their fine detail. Hardcover, Fully Illustrated 128 pages. Catholic Book Publishing Co.

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