Bonaventure intended his The Tree of Life as an aid to prayer. This republication of Ewert Cousins's translation returns the text to its original purpose. Follow the life of Christ through a series of forty-eight meditations beautifully illustrated with medieval images. Updated notes, a new introduction, and musical notation for the hymn Bonaventure wrote to help recall the chapters of the text also enhance this edition.
Joshua C. Benson is a professor of historical and systematic theology at The Catholic University of America (2008‐present). He teaches and publishes on medieval Franciscan figures and theologians.
Esther T. Jermann is a PhD candidate in the history of Christianity at The Catholic University of America, studying medieval Franciscans and their devotional literature. She has worked as an editor for Catholic and academic presses since 2020.
It's time to retire, time to downsize, time to slow down and exit stage left. Does this mean becoming invisible, putting on the slippers and settling down in the rocking chair? Or is it perhaps the time to embrace the most fulfilling challenge of all ‐ to mature inwardly into our wisdom years?
In The Wisdom Years, bestselling spirituality writer Margaret Silf invites readers to see retirement not as an ending, but as a new beginning—an opportunity to slow down, let go, and embrace the profound gifts that come with a longer view of life.
Margaret Silf is a prolific writer and retreat leader. Growing up in South Yorkshire, U.K., Silf experienced multiple faith traditions. She was baptized and raised Methodist, spent most of her teen years in the Anglican Church, and converted to Catholicism at the age of 20.
Carlo Acutis was a typical teen with an extraordinary heart. Born in London and raised in Milan, he had a deep love for soccer, computers, and his golden retriever. But above all, Carlo was drawn to God in a way that astonished everyone around him. By the age of seven, he was attending daily Mass. By his early teens, he had taught himself coding and created an online exhibition of Eucharistic miracles that would spread around the world. When leukemia claimed his life at fifteen, those who knew him began to speak of his holiness—and miracles followed.
In this warm and accessible biography, historian Michael Collins tells the remarkable story of the first millennial to be declared "Blessed" by the Catholic Church. With sensitivity and clarity, Collins traces Carlo's early years, his surprising spiritual wisdom, and his enduring influence in the digital age. A story of faith, compassion, and grace, God's Influencer is an inspiring portrait of a modern teenager who found joy in serving others and saw the internet as a tool for sharing God's love.
Fr. Michael Collins is a Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Dublin and an accomplished author and historian. He has written and coauthored numerous works on literature, the Bible, church history, the papacy, travel, art, and has penned eight biographies. His publications have been translated into 15 languages, reflecting his broad international appeal.
Higgins plans an introductory chapter that will contextualize the Synod and explain why it's special and potentially transformative. The book will also contain a day‐by‐day record of personalities, crises, and behind‐the‐scenes politics, lapses, triumphs.
Michael W. Higgins has been an administrator and teacher at several Canadian and U.S. Catholic colleges and universities. Currently he is Basilian Distinguished Fellow of Contemporary Catholic Thought, St. Michael's College, University of Toronto, and Distinguished Professor of Catholic Thought Emeritus at Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT. He has authored or coauthored numerous books, including The Church Needs the Laity: The Wisdom of John Henry Newman, and, with Kevin Burns, Impressively Free: Henri Nouwen as a Model for a Reformed Priesthood and Genius Born of Anguish: The Life and Legacy of Henri Nouwen.
