As I Have Loved You
Dr Gerard O'Shea
This book is a fine resource on which parents can readily draw in their efforts to talk to their children, through the years of innocence and puberty, about sexual development and the responsibilities that come with it. Using easy to understand language and graphics, it offers parents advice and materials for training their own children in a well integrated sexuality according to the mind of the Church.
"The best thing about this course is that it respects the right of parents to educate their children about human sexuality and relationships and supports them without undermining their confidence or dismissing their competence..." Edmund P. Adamus, Director, Dept for Pastoral Affairs, Archdiocese of Westminster.
978 085244 775 8 88 pages illustrated £9.99
Augustine of Hippo
Virgilio Pacioni, OSA
Saint Augustine's philosophy, often only studied in a particular historical context, has once again shown itself to be extraordinarily modern. Virgilio Pacioni, an Augustine scholar at the Patristic Institute Augustinianum in Rome, takes advantage of two avenues of interpretation to examine Augustine's philosophical thought: an anthropological one benefiting from the innovative analyses of Nello Capriani, and a formal, logical one enhanced by the contribution of Michele Malatesta.
978 085244 737 6 348 pages £14.99 available
A Biblical Search for the Church Christ Founded
Linus F. Clovis
This excellent resource keeps in mind the misinterpretations of Scripture with which our children are bombarded, confused and seduced. It was, therefore, necessary not only to show that the Church Christ founded is clearly identifiable from Scripture but, also, to indicate the means to recognise her from among numerous claimants. Additionally, this book provides a useful guide for those people of goodwill who are searching for the Church Christ founded, but do not have the skill or the time to sift through the various claims.
978 085244 771 0 - 224 pages £9.99 available
The Billings Method - New Edition
Dr Evelyn Billings and Dr Ann Westmore
A new updated edition of the bestselling title shows nature has provided every woman with a precise signal of her state of fertility, which she can quickly learn to recognise. This simple fact if the basis of the Billings Method, which has helped millions of women around the world to tune into their own bodies and achieve healthy, natural fertiliy control. Using this reliable method couples can be confident in making love to either achieve or avoid pregnancy.
978 085244 262 3 152 illustraed pages £9.99 available
Blessed John Henry Newman - A Richly Illustrated Portrait
Sr Dietz FSO and Sr Dechant FSO
Many may wonder why Newman was beatified, what it was that made him holy? The authors inidicate an answer to this question. His was not a life of extraordinary signs and wonders, of visions and ecstasies, not of physical trials. His holiness consisted in living up to the divine gifts and virtues of faith, hope and love, accepting and obeying God's will in the ordinary, everyday circumstances of life, as well as in extraordinary spiritual trials he faced for long periods.
978 085244 724 6 160 illustrated pages £12.99 @ Special Price £10.00
Edmund Campion
Richard Simpson
A new and definitive life of Campion. Simpson's classic biography has been thoroughly revised and enlarged by Fr Peter Joseph. With a foreword by Cardinal Pell. St Edmund Campion, born in London in 1540, was an outstanding student and orator from his early years. After schooling at St Paul's, and Christ Church, he entered St John's College, Oxford, where he studied philosophy, theology and the classics.
As Master of Rhetoric at Oxford, he became legendary for his eloquence, talents and winning personality. Caught in the middle of the Elizabethan Reformation, he compromised his Catholic faith at University, took the Oath of Supremacy, and was ordained an Anglican deacon. After a change of heart and retreat into Ireland, he spent two years at Dr Allen's seminary at Douay, and then went to Rome to enter the Society of Jesus in 1573. In 1580 he was commissioned by the Jesuit General to minister to the persecuted Catholics in England. He entered England in June 1580 and began a secret ministry, passing from home to home in thirteen counties, via an underground Catholic network. A nationwide man-hunt was begun for him, but he evaded his pursuers and secretly printed his book, Ten Reasons, which caused a sensation. Betrayed by a false Catholic, Campion was captured in July 1581, imprisoned in the Tower of London and tortured on the rack. On 1st December 1581, before an enormous crowd at Tyburn, he was fearlessly martyred by hanging, drawing and quartering.
978 085244 734 5 688 pages £25.00 hardback available
Catholic Priest, Image of Christ 
Through Fifteen Centuries of Art
Steen Heidemann - Editor
"Usually images speak louder than words and are more expressive than words and, therefore, a work devoted to the priesthood acquires a very special dimension when, alongside the various texts, the reader can look at illustrations chosen from paintings of the Old Masters who portrayed eminent priests at various stages of their lives.
The priestly minstry is a fundamental element of the Church, exactly as Our Lord Jesus Christ wished. He Himself was and is, for all eternity, the sovereign and eternal Priest of the New Covenant, because, as the Epistle to the Hebrews teaches us. He offered to the Father, on the Cross, the sacrifice of perfect adoration, of thanksgiving, propitiation of sins of the world and the granting of grace for all the spiritual and temporal needs of mankind. In this holiest of Sacrifices which is made by the whole Church every time the Eucharist is celebrated, Christ is present as Priest, Victim and Altar.
This is the Catholic image of the priest and this handsome book will greatly help towards appreciating its very rich facets and the endless ways the grace of God shines through each priest for the glory of the Blessed Trinity and the spiritual welfare of the Church and each Christian within Her."
His Eminence Jorge Cardinal Mendina Estévez
978 085244 178 7 320 pages 560 colour illustrations £40.00hb available
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Catholic Social Conscience
Francis Davis and Keith Chappell
This outstanding collection of essays sets out to explore the possibilites for a renewed Catholic social conscience in the aftermath of three related - but contrasting - crises namely the demise of European communism, the recent and ongoing international economic collapse and the devastating blow to Catholic credibility in the public sphere represented by the widespread and senior cover-up of clergy child sex-abuse. Interdisciplinary in nature, the essays seek to reground theological thinking in a fresh way, to draw out traditions that have been lost in the midst of political and cultural struggle and to focus on specific instances of social need.
This book will be of particular interest to all Christians who have believed that the Catholic Social Teaching tradition, up to now, had something to offer the Christian community as a whole by way of resources to navigate the call to civic and social action. It will appeal to Catholic parish council members, charity workers, activists, catechists, religious, seminarians, and academics. Indeed, it should inspire those seeking to reflect on the future of Catholic social thought.
978 085244 773 4 240 pages £12.99 available
Christ in His Mysteries
Blessed Columba Marmion
This is Blessed Columba Mamion's great meditation on the treasure-house of grace Christ offers us in the Church's liturgical year. In the clear inspiring language that made him a favourite of Popes and lay faithful alike, he explains:
* How the Mysteries of Jesus are now our mysteries- springs of living water we are meant to drink from.
* How Christ's wisdom, His holiness, His strength, are now our wisdom, our holiness, our strength.
* How to acquire special graces during each liturgical season.
"Writings of deep insight and great value... An authentic treasury of original truth." Pope John Paul II
978 085244 735 2 496 pages £17.99 available
Christ Our High Priest 
Spiritual Exercises with Pope Benedict XVI
Cardinal Albert Vanhoye
'With a sense of humility and united to the gentle heart of our Lord, I rejoice to be at your service for these Spiritual Exercises. There are many topics that I would like to put before you but I am reassured by the awareness that I am not the main actor. In Spiritual Exercises, the principle actor is clearly the Holy Spirit; otherwise they would not merit being called Spiritual Exercises. Therefore, I suggest to you that, above all, we entrust ourselves with great openess to the guidance of the Holy Spirit who will bring us to understand the Word of God deeply.'
978 085244 768 0 164 pages £9.99 available
Christianity in Iraq - New Edition
Suha Rassam
This classic work is now available with fully revised. Few people in the West are aware of Christianity's vibrant past in this reqion, or of the fact that Christianity has continued to be a significant cultural and religious presence in Iraq right up to the present day. This book helps us exlpore the ancient heritage while shedding much needed light on the present dire situation for Christians in Iraq, under occupation and transitional rule through to the present day. It is essential reading for all those in the West who are concerned for the future of Iraq and its people.
978 085244 738 3 320 pages £12.99 available
A Civilization of Love
The Catholic Vision for Human Society
William Newton
The Second Vatican Council exhorted the faithful to 'seek the kingdom of God by engaging in temporal affairs and by ordering them according to the plan of God' (Lumen Gentium, 31). The contours of this mission are given by Catholic social teaching and yet, regrettably, this treasure remains undiscovered by most Catholics. Conscious of this, the popes of the modern age have consistently expressed their desire that this aspect of the Church's doctrine and mission become more widely known. Responding to that desire, this book, guides the reader through the major themes of Catholic social teaching by drawing directly upon the primary source of the doctrine, in particular the social encyclicals of the popes from Leo XIII to Benedict XVI.
978 085244 761 1 280 pages £12.99 available
Climbing the Mountain
The Journey of Prayer
James Tolhurst
In this book we find a sure companion for the journey of prayer, showing us how to begin to pray, exploring the many sources of prayer that we may encounter, and sharing the experience of the saints and other spiritual writers from both Eastern and Western Christianity. The great variety of prayer, meditation and mystical experience in the Christian tradition is expertly treated, as well as the many stumbling blocks and obstacles that may come our way.
978 085244 372 9 150 pages £7.99 available
Companion to Catholic Education
Edited by Leonardo Franchi and Stephen McKinney
This reader introduces the key theological themes of Catholic Religious Education today, providing an appropriate core text for those who are being educated to become Catholic teachers and preparing to work in Catholic schools. An ideal aid for managers and classroom teachers, it will also be useful for catechists and parents.
This resource for Catholic educators is designed for use in conjunction with other dedicated textbooks and good curricular material. It is not a stand-alone reference guide for educators but will orientate those new to the study of theology and Religious Education towards key theological themes they will encounter in their teaching and act as a catalyst for further and deeper study of the range of themes covered. Teachers and student teachers can use this text to chart their way through the many curricular packages with which they are faced today.
978 085244 757 4 £12.99 available
The Council in Question
A Dialogue with Catholic Traditionalism
Moyra Doorly and Aidan Nichols, OP
Introduction by Cardinal George Pell
Presents an exchange of letters between a Catholic journalist and a leading Dominican theologian which addresses the issues central to the long-standing dispute between the Society of Saint Pius X and the Church of the Second Vatican Council. Going beyond the more familiar liturgical questions raised by the Conciliar reforms, The Council In Question covers subjects such as Religious Liberty, Ecumenism, continuity in Tradition, and the Social Reign of Christ the King, topics crucial not only to an understanding of the positions taken by the SSPX and by Rome in this decades-old dispute, but also to any assessment of the direction the current doctrinal discussions might take.
978 0 85244 765 9 112 pages £7.99 available
Dignitas Personae Explained
Dr John I Fleming
Infertility and the suffering associated with it has always been a tragic part of the human experience. This is especially true today. Various medical remedies have been developed to deal with human infertility, with artificial reproductive technologies being widely used. There are many treatments for infertility which are approved by the Catholic Church. But the use of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and related technologies have been condemned as contrary to the natural moral law. This book provides both an account of Church teaching and why the Church teaches what she does in a way that is accessible to the interested layperson. "Dr John Fleming reflects on, and amplifies, this new teaching document of the Church to make it all the more accessible to those who ought to benefit from it, not only those in the pew but also those in the laboratory who are not even religious." Dr John Hass, from the Foreword
978 085244 751 2 80 pages £6.99 available
Dominus Est - It is the Lord!
Reflections of a Bishop of Central Asia on Holy Communion
The Most Reverend Schneider
Holy Communion is not just a convivial moment of spiritual nourishment; it is the most personal encounter possible in this life between the faithful Christian and his Lord and God. The best interior attitude to this encounter is one of receptivity, humility, and spiritual childhood. Such an attitude, by its very nature, is expressed through gestures of adoration and reverence. We have eloquent witnesses to this truth from the tradition of the Church, summarised by the sayings cum amore ac timore (with love and fear) from the first millennium and quantum potes, tantum aude (dare to do as much as you can) from the second. To illustrate how this attitude manifests itself, the author shares stories of three "Eucharistic women" known to him from the Soviet Underground. This book encourages Catholics of the third millennium to treat the Lord, in the august moment of Holy Communion, in a manner appropriate to the Church's tradition.
'I have read the whole book with delight. It is excellent' - Francis Cardinal Arinze
978 097788 461 2 64 pages £5.99 available
Early Carthusian Writings
St.Bruno
A collection of key texts from early Carthusian writing in the 11th and 12th centuries. Including a letter from St Bruno to his Carthusian sons at Chartreuse, and a letter on the solitary life from Blessed Guigo, fifth prior of the Grande Chartreuse
978085244 689 8 96 pages £7.99 available
See also: Carthusian Spirituality
Echoing the Silence
John Skinner
A companion volume to Sounding the Silence which asks: What is prayer? How may we approach our Maker in a simple, direct way? In listening to the Silence within. For if once we begin to attend to our deeper Self then we begin that most enriching encounter: to see Self enclosed within our Maker. Julian of Norwich tells us: "God is nearer to us than our own Soul". See also Hear Our Silence and Revelation of Love.
978 085244 193 0 134 pages £7.99 available
Elizabeth of the Trinity
Marian T Murphy, OCD
'A vibrant prophet of the presence of God' is how Pope John Paul II descibed Elizabeth of the Trinity. In this compelling book we enter deeply into her life and spirituality and see how relevant Elizabeth's message is for those of us living in today's highly secularised society. Attractive, lively, ardent, talented, yet with her share of faults, Elizabeth shows us that when we give ourselves to God, he builds on our nature and transforms us gradually to himself. She challenges us to follow her example and respond to God's universal call to holiness, while reawakening us to the immense depth and beauty of the normal channels of God's grace: prayer and sacraments.
978 085244 728 4 160 pages £9.99 available
Elizabeth Prout: 1820-1864
A Religious Life for Industrial England
Edna Hamer
A revised edition of this classic biography of a remarkable woman, a heroine of the Industrial Revolution who immersed herself in the chaos of Manchester's worst slums and brought comfort, education and hope to the poorest of the poor - the largely Irish and immigrant Catholic mill workers. All this was almost incidental to her overriding vocation, for Elizabeth Prout was the founder of a religious order whose members were themselves mainly from working-class backgrounds. Without endowments or wealthy patrons, these Sisters of the Cross and Passion worked tirelessly both to support themselves and to help the slum dwellers amongst whom they lived.
978 085244 171 8 376 pages Illustrated £15.99 available
The Elusive Father Brown
Julia Smith
G K Chesterton's much-loved priest-detective, Fr Brown, was based on his friend John Joseph O'Connor, born in Ireland and ordained a Catholic priest in 1895. Mgr John O'Connor became known for possesing one of the finest intellects in early twetieth-century europe, friend and confidante of statesmen, writers and artists, his own literary output was prolific. He collected fine works of art, the sale of which part funded the building of his first church, and through his friendshipwith Eric Gill he commissioned the Stations of the Cross for his Bradford church. This, the first biography, aims to introduce the shadowy figure whowas involved in so many different worlds.
978 085244 698 0 230 pages £12.99 available
English Catholic Heroes
John Jolliffe (Editor)
A book to inspire Catholics of all ages and to inform non-Catholics of the impressive gallery of England's Catholic heroes. A strong team of authors, including Clare Asquith, Abbot Aidan Bellenger, Robert Gray, Archbishop Vincent Nichols and A.N.Wilson have selected their heroes from many centuries from St.Aidan and the Venerable Bede to St.Robert Southwell, St.Edmund Campion, Cardinals Hume, Manning, Newman and Pole, Hilaire Belloc, St Thomas Becket, Augustus Welby Pugin and many more.
978 085244 604 1 224 pages Illustrated £9.99 available
English Catholic Heroines
Joanna Bogle (Editor)
In this book a group of distinguished authors with varying interests champion the achievements of twenty-three seminal figures in the history of the English Church, from the seventh century to the present day, who through their Catholic witness have made a contribution to the spiritual, intellectual, ethical and physical welfare of the nation which can be fairly described as "heroic". Includes chapters on: St.Hilda and St.Etheldreda, Julian of Norwich, St.Margaret Clitherow, M Elizabeth Hayes, and Elinor Brent-Dyer.
978 085244 185 5 328 pages £9.99 available
Fr Alexander Men
Martyr of Atheism
Michel Evdokimov
Father Alexander Men (1935-1990), a priest assassinated after the fall of communism, is a highly regarded figure in Russian Orthodoxy. He was brought up during the War and marked by the Stalinist era. Following the completion of his theological studies in Moscow, he was appointed to various parishes around the capital, in particular Alabino and Novaïa Dérévnia. But his personality and influence soon brought him into conflict with the authorities and he was persistently hounded by the police and subjected to interrogations and searches of his home. Father Men was not an agitator but the embodiment of an ideal of spiritual resistance to communism effected through prayer, the liturgical and sacramental life, and the valuing of the human person.
978 085244 608 9 108 pages £6.99 available
Festa Paschalia
A History of the Holy Week Liturgy in the Roman Rite
Philip Goddard
This book provides the first comprehensive history in English for eighty years. Describing how the first apostles and disciples, and their immediate successors, came during 33AD to celebrate an annual feast of the Resurrection, and the form which this first century celebration took. It goes on to explain the subsequent changes, elaborations, innovations and developments to the ceremonies which made them as they are today.
978 085244 764 2 - 352 pages £15.99 available
First Initiation into the Carthusian Life
A Carthusian
Carthusian spirituality and wisdom have a great attraction for our age. The goal of Carthusian life is union with God in Love. A union as profound and continual as is possible in this life. This book is written as a guide to help the beginner during the first months in the Charterhouse. It is a practical introduction for the aspirant to the Carthusian life, providing guidelines of orientation to help during the first steps in solitude as well as essential themes of spiritual formation.
978 085244 147 3 80 pages £7.99 available
See also: Carthusian Spirituality
Following the Silence
A Contemplative Journey
Georgina Alexander Foreword by William Johnston, SJ
"Meditators will find sound advice and guidance in the work of Georgina Alexander. She has read the mystics of the Byzantine school, but her work is primarily a description of her own experience and her own search... This [account] confirms me in my conviction that contemplative prayer is the way of the future in the world and that Georgina's message is somehow prophetic." William Johnston, SJ
978 085244 492 4 96 pages £6.99 available
From Hermes to Benedict XVI
Aidan Nichols, OP
The question of Faith and Reason is central to Catholic thought today. Aidan Nichols charts the development of the topic through key figures who set in every essential the terms of the debate between faith and reason whose issue, where official Catholicism is concerned, may be found as the twentieth century drew to its close in the encyclical letter Fides et ratio (1998) of John Paul II.
Aidan Nichols is an invaluable guide through the various accounts of the faith/reason relationship available within the parameters of Catholicism, and offers an approach which seems well-suited both to the demands of theology and to the philosophical needs of the present time.
978 0 85244 699 7 288 pages £14.99 available
George Myers: Pugin's Builder
Patricia Spencer-Silver
George Myers (1803-1875) was one of the mid-nineteenth century's great masterbuilders. From his workshops, first in his native Hull and later in London, he directed a nationwide contracting business executing many large and important contracts. These included the original army camp at Aldershot, military hospitals, asylums, workhouses, banks and commercial premises, country houses and restorations - among the last was the Norman Chapel of St.John in the tower of London.
But it was as the favourite builder of the prolific Gothic-revival church architect, designer and polemicist, A.W.N.Pugin, that Myers became well known, to the extent of earning himself the soubriquet 'Pugin's builder'. Described by Pugin as 'a rough diamond, but a real diamond', Myers executed most of Pugin's English commissions, among them no fewer than four Catholic cathedrals - Birmingham, Southwark, Newcastle and Nottingham - all built within the space of a single decade.
978 085244 184 8 294 illustrated pages £20.00hb available
See also: Augustus Welby Pugin
The Gift of Thérèse of Lisieux
John Udris
'Perfection lies in being just what he wants us to be.' Thérèse of Lisieux understood our unique identity in God, and spent her life bringing others to know this truth, leading her to describe herself once as "the mother of souls". But Therese is also widely known as "The Little Flower" for her simplicity and her belief in smallness as an attitude before God. Allied to smallness is weakness and Therese found this to be an essential part of the Christian's journey, encouraging us to be joyful in it as it leads us to God on a daily basis. Such gratitude overflows her thinking, making her praise and prayer simple and immediate.
This book is written by the noted Thérèse scholar John Udris, Dean of Northampton Cathedral, and superbly illustrated by well-known calligrapher Lynne Muir.
978 0 85244 598 3hb 128 pages Illustrated £7.99 available 
A Glimpse of Heaven DVD
Great Catholic Churches of England and Wales
When Christopher Martin's survey of Catholic churches 'A Glimpse of Heaven', with photography by Alex Ramsay, was published in 2006 it was a great and immediate success. It was "A revelation" according to both The Times and The Independent on Sunday, a "landmark" and "a pioneering survey". Now the author has created a DVD which tells the extradordinary story of how the Catholic faith in England and Wales survived after the Reformation. The architectural legacy is breathtaking ranging from the imperious Gothic of Pugin and the High Victorians to theByzantine magnificence of Westminster Cathedral or from a simple village in Cumberland to the unflinching Modernism of Liverpool Cathedral. The story ends with a triumphant return to the Classical style at Brentwood Cathedral - the last important Catholic commission in Britain. Taking part are architects, distinguished historians, churchmen and conservationists including Marcus Binney, Lord Camoys, Gavin Stamp, Mark Girouard, Abbot Geoffrey Scott OSB, Sophie Andreae, Bishop Thomas McMahon, Quinlan Terry and Austin Winkley. The DVD features Alex Ramsay's splendid still photography which is intercut with the brilliant cinematograohy of Charles Chabot.
978 085244 697 3 (2 DVD set) 110 minutes £12.99
A Glimpse of Heaven
New revised 2009 text paperback
978 1905624 62 1 224 pages £20.00
Special Offer Paperback copy of the book plus the DVD for £25.00
The Great Prayer
Hugh Ross Williamson
At a time when there is renewed interest in the Extraordinary Rite, Hugh Ross Williamson's classic exposition of the Roman Canon provides a superb commentary to provide priest and people alike with a deeper devotional understanding of the Mass.
978 085244 295 1 194 pages £9.99 available
The Holiness of G. K. Chesterton
Sheridan Gilley, Ian Ker, Nicholas Madden OCD, Aidan Nichols OP, John Saward and Bob Wild
Introduction and Edited by William Oddie
G. K. Chesterton was one of the most provocative and well-loved English writers of the 20th century. Renowned for his journalism and as an essayist, he was the author of around eighty books, some two hundred short stories, four thousand essays and several plays. His writing ranged from fiction and poetry, to history, philosophy, political, social and literary criticism, theology and Catholic apologetics. His works reflect a life that was filled with wonder and joy, a constancy in fighting for the Christian faith in a world losing belief, a lifelong devotion to the Blessed Virgin and his love for all men, especially the poor. But are these grounds for his canonisation? The late Cardinal Emmett Carter described G. K. Chesterton, on the 50th anniversary of his death as one of the "holy lay persons" who have exercised a truly prophetic role within the Church and the world.
978 085244 725 3 160 pages £9.99 available
The Holy Eucharist
Studies on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, its Celebration and Concelebration
Joseph de Sainte-Marie, OCD
Without calling for a change in the post-Conciliar discipline of the Latin Church, the author offers a complete and trenchant historical and dogmatic critique of the recent neglect of the individuallly celebrated mass in favour of concelebration.
978 085244 310 1 472 pages £20.00 July 2012
Learning to Love
at the School of John Paul II and Benedict XVI
Livio Melina (translated by Joel Wallace)
This beautiful little book places the reader at the feet of Pope John Paul II and his successor, Pope Benedict XVI to learn the "fascinating beauty" of human love. At this "school of love", one is drawn to the human mystery, since "Christ reveals man to himself and makes known to him his sublime calling".
"..Learning to Love is a masterpiece, a message every heart is ready for." Prof Carl A.Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus
978 085244 778 9 - 92 pages £6.99 available
Liturgical Reflections of a Papal Master of Ceremonies
Reverend Monsignor Guido Marini
Anyone who watches or participates in a papal liturgy is struck by the seeming effortlessness with which it is conducted , resulting in a celebration which is prayerful, dignified, and uplifting. Of course, as anyone might also surmise, such an achievement is not possible without great effort - study, prayer, reflection, rehearsal. The person responsible for bringing the many elements together (liturgical texts, music, ministers, worship aids for the congregation, the Pope himself) is the priest designated as the "Master of the Pontifical Ceremonies". He is discretely omnipresent, always found standing to the left of the Sovereign Pontiff. For some time now, that man has been Reverend Monsignor Guido Marini, a priest of the Archdiocese of Genoa, known for his gentleness and clear vision.
Here Monsignor Marini takes the oppurtunity to explain why he makes the liturgical judgements he makes and how they are grounded in both sound theological principles and the goals of Pope Benedict XVI for the liturgical life of the whole Church.
What the Pope does in the sacred rites has taken on even greater importance in the present age of easy communication and travel, making papal ceremonies even more accessible and thus, potentially, even more exemplary.
978 0 9778846 5 0 112 pages £6.99 available
The Origins of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi
Andrew Breeze
One of the most revolutionary books ever published on the literatures of Britain – its subject is the four stories in the collection of Welsh prose tales known as The Mabinogi which have long enjoyed popularity as Wales's most significant contribution to world literature.
The four branches are tales of love, adventure and magic, but also rape, adultery, betrayal and attempted murder. Although most scholars agree that the four stories are the work of a single author, there has been no agreement on where and when they were composed. It has always been assumed that they were the work of a male author, however, Andrew Breeze's sensational analysis convincingly shows they were composed by a female author.
978 0 85244 553 2 164 pages £9.99 available
A Passion for Justice
An Introductory Guide to the Code of Canon Law
G.J.Woodall
This book provides a theological and juridical introduction and explanation on the various aspects of the Church's life. The schematic presentation of 'key canons' is designed to enable the reader to understand the principal elements of a specific section and to see how those canons can be broken down so that their inter-related parts may be read, analysed and applied. The Code of Canon Law, then, can be seen as a valuable instrument in fulfilling the Church's mission for those with a passion for justice, rooted in the Gospel of Christ.
978 0 85244 478 8 604 pages £25.00 available
The Path to Rome - Revised
Dwight Longenecker and Cyprian Blamires (Editors)
First published ten years ago. The Path to Rome has since established itself as a classic of its kind. Largely ignored by the mainstream media, the impressive flow of conversions to the Catholic Church which took place in the last two decades of the twentieth century has shown no sign of abating in this new millennium. This new edition re-groups the established stories and gathers a fresh collection from a wider range of contributors. The Path to Rome has helped many people towards the fullness of Catholic Faith and this new edition continues that tradition.
978 085244 729 1 412 pages £12.99 available
A Peculiar Kind of Mission
The English Dominican Sisters 1845-2010
Anselm Nye
This book traces the development of five communities of Dominican Sisters, founded during the nineteenth century, whose mother houses were eventually established at Stone, Stroud, Leicester, Harrow and Portobello Road in London.Though these foundations clung to their essential Dominican identity, each had its own particular distinct character and manner of carrying out its own 'peculiar kind of mission'.
978 085244 763 5 352 pages illustrated £25.00hb available
Pope Benedict XVI and the Liturgy
Anselm Gribbin
Joseph Ratzinger has been a well-known figure in Catholic circles for the last forty years. His views have made him a source of controversy to some, while to others he is seen as a prophetic and fearless voice in an increasingly secular world. He has spent his life as a theologian and now a prominent and inescapable feature of his pontificate is the attention which he has given to the sacred liturgy.
978 085244 755 0 256 pages £12.99 available
Ronald Knox and English Catholicism
Terry Tastard
Ronald Knox was hailed as one of the brightest minds of the Edwardian era, and his decision to become Catholic shocked many of his contemporaries. He was to be one of the most outstanding recruits to the Church of his generation, and for thirty years he was one of the best known personalities of English Catholicism. A gifted writer and broadcaster, Knox raised the self-confidence of the Catholic Church and showed how Catholicism was now more at home in England.
978 085244 250 0 232 pages £12.99 available
St.Anthony's Scotland Road, Liverpool
An inner-city English Catholic parish, close to Liverpool docks, which embodies two hundred years of Liverpool's heritage and history. Using documentary evidence and the reminiscences of the people who have lived and worked there, this book tells the fascinating story of the parish, from its origins in the aftermath of the French Revolution with the mission of Fr Jean Baptiste Antoine Gerardot. Woven into its rich history are the threads of Recusancy, of Portugese, Lithuanian, Itlaian and Irish influences, of the Great Famine, Immigration, Epidemics, Riots, the Blitz and the baleful impact of the urban planners' post-1945 dreams, the divided loyalties of the parishioners split between supporting Liverpool and Everton football clubs, and even Cilla Black, who attended the parish school.
978 085244 726 0 560 pages illustrated £20.00hb available
St Thérèse of Lisieux "I Choose All"
Sister Teresa Margaret, D.C.
In this classic account of St. Thérèse's spiritual teaching - 'the little way of spiritual childhood' - Sister Teresa Margaret, D.C. explores with us her life, her devotions, her teaching and her posthumous mission. She demonstrates how readily adaptable is this simple yet far from easy 'ever-ancient, ever-new' method of going to God, by 'doing the tiniest things right and doing it for love'. Shows how the unchanging standards of our Saviour can be adapted in every way to the needs and problems of this present age - a consolation and encouragement for us all.
978 085244 452 8 258 pages £9.99 available
The School of Compassion
Deborah Jones
The author engages with the Catholic Church's contemporary attitude towards animals. This is the fullest sustained study of the subject in that faith tradition. In the first part she explores the history of the Church's ideas about animals, the second part forensically examines the Catechism of the Catholic Church's four paragraphs which relate particularly to animals, and finally major contemporary issues are raised.
This book is the fullest systemic treatment of the moral status of animals within the Roman Catholic tradition. It is the result of painstaking scholarship, wide reading, and, most of all, insightful theological exploration.
Revd Professor Andrew Linzey
978 0 85244 731 4 256 pages £14.99 available
The Scope of Philosophy
John Young
Can we have certainty? Is the universe due to chance, or is it designed? Does God Exist? Has each of us a soul that survives after death? Are there unchanging moral laws by which we should live? This book examines these and many other questions from the standpoint of reason. It draws on the wisdom of the past, and especially the perennial philosophy of which St. Thomas Aquinas is the greatest representative, using these insights to discuss topics affecting us.
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The invasion of Tibet in 1950, followed by the voluntary exile of the Dalai Lama and of a significant number of Tibetans, though a disaster was also an opportunity for this traditional culture to become accessible to Westerners eager for a spirituality which would correspond to their needs. The author, a Trappist monk since 1972, has travelled extensively in his meetings and dialogue with non-Christian monastic orders. He presents the history and spirituality of monasticism, detailing his personal encounters with monks of the East, and looking at the differences and agreements he concludes with a theoretical comparison of the philosophies.
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The Venerable English College in Rome has played a crucial role in the history of Catholicism in England from the Reformation period to our own time. It is over twenty years since this remarkable history of the English College first appeared and it has long been out of print. Now republished in a revised and updated edition, with many illustrations from the College's collection, it includes a new chapter 'from Post-War to Post-Conciliar Rome'; the notes and appendices have been expanded to take account of recent research and publication.
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In the twenty-one years since the publication of her best-selling Book of Feasts and Seasons Joanna Bogle has assembled a wealth of further material to help us restore the traditions of the Church Year to our lives - here are fresh ideas for things to make, eat, do and sing around the whole year. An enriching resource for home, school and parish alike. This book celebrates Christian values, culture and history, giving opportunities for hopitality, friendship and learning.
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Catholic School Governors at Work
Christopher Storr
Essential reading for anyone involved in Catholic education, this book will be invaluable for Catholic school governors and those in dioceses and Local Authorities who are involved in Catholic education and in governor training, as well as for all students undertaking undergraduate and postgraduate teacher training courses in England and Wales. It provides historical context to the tension between the state and the Catholic Church, and treats fully the key contemporary issues confronting the Catholic ethos of schools.
The Hermit of Villa Montalto
W T Selley
A much neglected, but major figure of the renaissance. Although Sixtus V was abstemious and devout, living quietly with his widowed sister, he was in the front rank of great reforming Renaissance Popes, and important in the creation of Renaissance Rome. Many of the monuments of Rome, the oblelisks and fountains, the frescoes and Church facades were designed under his influence with a view of easing the path of the pilgrims visiting Rome.
Style Manual for Essays and Theses
Paul Haffner
How often have you struggled over your creative writing or over an academic text and found that you needed help with the style and layout? Many students and scholars find difficulty in organizing their method for producing short papers, dissertations or even books. Here at last is a guide, originally developed for philosophy and theology students, but not exclusively so, which accompanies the would-be writer through the maze of style and method. One consistent approach is followed, in which method is viewed as a means rather than as an end, so that the student should be able to see the wood for the trees. This manual will come to your aid especially if you want to figure out footnotes, end notes, and bibliographies, so as to make your essay or thesis both readable and professional.
Techniques of Icon and Wall Painting
Aidan Hart
This book is a comprehensive and clear explanation of the techniques and materials needed for egg tempera panel painting, gilding, fresco and secco wall painting, written by someone with over twenty years proffesional experience. Although the context is the icon tradition, the techniques covered will be equally useful for any practitioner and student of these mediums. It also explains the history and theology of these sacred images.
The last two decades have seen a bourgeoning interest in icons in the west, as much outside the Orthodox Church as inside it. Icons are being commissioned by Anglican and Roman Catholic cathedrals and churches, as well as by individuals of many demoniations. This very broad interest in icons and the attraction of the Orthodox spirituality behind the icon has greatly increased the number of people who want to learn about the art of iconography. Gloriously illustrated in colour and with a foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales.
(Available in USA from Liturgy Training Publications www.ltp.org)
A Tour of the Catechism: Volume One - The Creed
Fr John Flader
Unpacks the essentials of The Catechism of the Catholic Church and explains them in a way everyone can understand. This book is a must for those who want to know what the Church teaches, both for their own benefit and for the benefit of others: teachers, catechists, parents, converts, and students of all kinds.
A Trappist Meeting Monks from Tibet
Bernard de Give
Try a Little Lowliness
Memoir of a Cistercian novice
Paddy Lyons
This is a book about a young monk's first year, nearly fifty years ago, in the most austere monastic order in Western Christianity. An order where silence was the rule, hard manual work enjoined on top of a strict vegetarian diet. Where work followed prayer followed study for seventeen hours of the day. Where obedience was total and self-flagellation still a weekly feature. Yet his vivid account of that year will make you laugh, hilariously at times, and also weep as he responded to the challenge of making sense of such a life in such a community.
Turkey in Europe
Roberto de Mattei Translated by John Laughland
European Governmeants and other institutions are currently engaged in complex negotiations over the question of the accession of Turkey to the European union. While Europe is giving up on its Christian roots, Turkey exhibits an extremely well-defined and strong religious-political identity and its request to join the EU has not been put forward in order to renounce such identity, but, on the contrary, to impose it more widely. So would the potential joining of Turkey be of benefit or, instead, an irreparable catastrophe for our Continent? This book poses the question and raises the alarm.
Two Essays on Biblical and on Ecclesiastical Miracles
Works of Cardinal Newman Volume VIII
Introduced by Bishop Geoffrey Rowell. Edited by James Tolhurst
978 085244 456 6 512 pages £25.00 hb available
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The Venerable English College
Michael E Williams
Vita Communis
The Common Life of the Secular Clergy
Jerome Bertram
Vita Communis - "the common life" - is the term used for community life among priests and other clerics, as opposed to monks and friars. While monasticism is familiar, few are aware that pastoral ('secular') priests have lived in communities for most of the Church's history. Many people have suggested that they could do so again, and that this might help with some of the problems facing solitary priests in the modern world. By exploring what was done in the past, we can suggest what might work in the future, learning from the successes as well as the failures of previous priestly communities.
We Believe
Mgr Alfred Gilbey
First published in 1983 and subsequently, to the author's surprise, took a wider readership by storm selling more than 15,000 copies before his death at the age of 97 in 1998. Alfred Gilbey was already a well-known priest, having been from 1932-65 chaplain to the Catholic Undergraduates of Cambridge University. The course of instruction he gave to enquirers in the Catholic Faith had acquired legendary status, and had been responsible for more than forty vocations to the priesthood and religious life. This new edition is an enduring legacy of his life and thought.
William Lockhart
Nicholas Schofield
When William Lockhart died in London in 1892 The Tablet declared that perhaps no man, except Cardinal Manning, had so strong a hold on varying classes and masses of men. An outstanding figure, he was received into the church by Fr Gentili, and immediately joined the Institute of Charity. He is remembered for founding two important missions in London; Our Lady and St Joseph, Kingsland and St Etheldreda's, Ely Place. Alongside his pastoral labours, he encouraged young writers and publishers and helped run several Catholic journals.
A.G.Evans
Born into lowly circumstances in London's East End in 1823 William Wilkinson Wardell became one of Australia's greatest architects whose crowning works are his two cathedrals, St.Mary's in Sydney and St.Patrick's in Melbourne. He also stamped his character and high standard on many of Melbourne's best-loved public buildings. As a contemporary and devoted admirer of Pugin both were converts to the Catholic Faith and shared a deep religious conviction in the superiority of Gothic Architecture for church building.
With Christ in His Passion: Elizabeth Prout
Sr Dominic Savio Hamer, CP
This is the shining story of the founder of the Sisters of the Cross and Passion. Born into a comfortable and happy family in 1820, in her twenties she converted to Catholicism following her encounter with Blessed Dominic Barberi CP, who had opened the first Passionist monastery in England only a few miles from her home. At twenty-one she was the youngest, and the first Catholic English woman to found a religious congregation in 19th century England. At great risk to her health she embraced a religious life working with the poor in Manchester, teaching young mills girls, and founding a female institute to combine both contemplative and active life.
Words and the Word
The Use of Literature as a Practical Aid to Preaching
William R.T.Anderson
Just as a good sermon will lead its listeners beyond appreciation of a preachers' learning or eloquence to simple apprehension of the 'thing' itself, the res of the celebrated mystery, the presence of the Lord, its consequences for our lives, so this book both opens a door into our litereary inheritance and edges us again and again towards the universal questions: What is literature? What is the relationship of the great literary works of humanity - the 'secular Scriptures' - to the Word and words of Christianity and its Jewish antecedent? How might we enter into this literary world, and integrate our human culture with our Christian faith? How might a lectio humana enrich our lectio divina, and vice versa? How might I finally educate myself?
A Year Book of Seasons and Celebrations
Joanna Bogle
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Peculiar Kind of Mission (Nye, A) 9780852447635 £25.00hb available
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Techniques of Icon and Wall Painting (Hart, A) 9780852442159 £40.00 available
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Tour of the Catechism: The Creed (Flader, J) 9780852447765 £12.99 available
Companion to Catholic Education (Franchi, L) 9780852447574 £15.99 available
Fr Alexander Men (Evdokimov, M) 9780852446089 £6.99 available
Festa Paschalia: A History of the Holy Week Liturgy (Goddard, P) 9780852447642 £15.99 available
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