Pope Francis's Models of Christian Life

Daniel Cosacchi

Using the examples of the “Great Americans” cited by Pope Francis during his visit to the United States, Cosacchi discusses how prophecy can be manifested in our own time.

The Joy of the Gospel Comes Alive

Kevin E. McKenna

Pope Francis and the Parish begins by reviewing the influences that shaped Jorge Bergoglio’s ecclesial vision that were later implemented in The Joy of the Gospel. Based on the experience of a cathedral parish in Rochester, New York, it details the ...

The Human Quest for Meaning

Brian Schmisek

“Brian Schmisek weaves together contemporary experience and writings with those of Greco-Roman classical antiquity. What a delight to discover the long arc of the quest for meaning in our beleaguered world. I found it comforting, challenging, and in...

The Human Quest for Meaning

Brian Schmisek

“Brian Schmisek weaves together contemporary experience and writings with those of Greco-Roman classical antiquity. What a delight to discover the long arc of the quest for meaning in our beleaguered world. I found it comforting, challenging, and in...

And Other Tricky Question about the Church

John Honner

This book explores the real questions that young people ask, including their negative and sometimes irreverent questions. It then provides four supplementary chapters based on advanced questions for adults and a vision for the Church of the future. ...

Becoming Defense-less and Resource-full

David Richo

Everyone is afraid. Sometimes fear is inappropriate and unnecessary. At other times, we have good reason to be afraid. But in every case, fear reduces our ability to be ourselves. It convinces us we shouldn’t take chances or risks.This book is for p...

Revised Edition

Elizabeth A. Johnson

While this derives from a Madeleva lecture of the same title that was delivered in 1993, the points made and updated by Elizabeth Johnson in this revised edition of Women, Earth, and Creator Spirit are even more pressing today. Since the 1990s, the ...

Revised Edition

Elizabeth A. Johnson

While this derives from a Madeleva lecture of the same title that was delivered in 1993, the points made and updated by Elizabeth Johnson in this revised edition of Women, Earth, and Creator Spirit are even more pressing today. Since the 1990s, the ...

Revised Edition

Elizabeth A. Johnson

While this derives from a Madeleva lecture of the same title that was delivered in 1993, the points made and updated by Elizabeth Johnson in this revised edition of Women, Earth, and Creator Spirit are even more pressing today. Since the 1990s, the ...

The Face of the Church in Challenging Times

William A. Clark, SJ; Foreword by Austen Ivereigh

Current interest in the situation and future of parishes in Roman Catholicism has focused largely on qualitative sociological studies and practical pastoral models. These approaches have filled important gaps in pastoral studies literature. Often, h...

Remembering Those Who Have Gone Before Us

Pope Francis

“There is a mysterious solidarity in Christ between those who have already passed to the other life and we pilgrims in this one: our deceased loved ones continue to take care of us from Heaven. They pray for us, and we pray for them and we pray with...

Responding to Today's Challenges

James J. Bacik

The Catholic Spiritual Journey contributes to the on-going discussion of how we can best respond to the challenges and opportunities of the postpandemic world.  The Catholic tradition contributes faith perspectives, moral guidance, and personal witn...

Alice Camille; illustrated by Sarah Evelyn Showalter

Enhanced with jewel-colored illustrations of animals you know—and some you may not know—from the Bible, this book captures the imagination of children as they rehearse basic alphabet skills. This book also offers parents and grandparents the opportu...

Edited by Bernard G. Prusak and Jennifer Reed-Bouley; Foreword by Cardinal Michael Czerny, SJ

Responding to the signs of the time, this book brings the lens of Catholic social thought (CST) to the enterprise of Catholic higher education in the United States. Scandals in the Church and the growth of religious non-affiliation in the culture ha...

Stories and Meditations

George T. Montague, SM

This book outlines various ways that the living God can be found and brought to life. Beginning with the Bible (the Old and New Testaments), the book explores the ways that the gospel comes alive in the faith experiences of others, in a human person...

The Significance of His Theological Vision

Thomas Rausch, S.J.

In this revised and updated edition of Pope Benedict XVI, Thomas Rausch, SJ, examines and critically assesses the pope’s extensive contribution to theology. So much has happened since the first edition was published, including the role of the laity,...

Gian Paolo Ceserani

In this book, the story of one of the most extraordinary women of the twentieth century is accompanied by illustrations and text. Through sharing the primary needs of the poorest among the women and men of the last century, Teresa of Calcutta develo...

American Diplomacy in the Time of Francis

Ambassador Kenneth Hackett; foreword by Ambassador George F. Poulides

There are many who are intrigued by the institution of the Holy See under the pontificate of Pope Francis. The Vatican Code opens a curtain to the Holy See from a unique angle. It browses some of the highlights of the papacy from 2013 to 2017 as wel...

Virginia A. Blass

Over the past thirty years, while offering retreats, spiritual direction, and preached missions, the author was privileged to accompany many on their spiritual journey. She highlights here their common desires for peace, purpose, and meaning in life...

Principles for Catholic Theology, Education, and Preaching about Jews and Judaism

Philip A. Cunningham

This book, to draw upon an ancient Greek form, is a kind of enchiridion, a handbook or set of maxims for theologians, preachers, and educators in one Christian community, the Catholic Church, about how to continue deepening the rapprochement with Je...

Questions and Answers

Phyllis Zagano

These five essays investigating questions relative to women religious becoming ordained deacons first appeared in Global Sisters Report. Each essay presents themes garnered during years of research and consultation with women religious around the wo...

Questions and Answers

Phyllis Zagano

These five essays investigating questions relative to women religious becoming ordained deacons first appeared in Global Sisters Report. Each essay presents themes garnered during years of research and consultation with women religious around the wo...

A New Approach

Michael Guinan, OFM

Most “Introductions to the Bible (or to the Old Testament/New Testament)” will have a chapter devoted to basic issues about the Bible, but these are necessarily brief and leave out many questions. In this work the author starts at the beginning, pre...

Reflections on the Church, Diakonia and Deacons

William T. Ditewig

Courageous humility is a humility that takes risks, investing the talents and strengths God has given us for the good of others. The reflections revolve around that call: “Be strong and courageous!” Chapter One grounds the project in the Trinity, th...

And Other Tricky Questions about Jesus

John Honner

“Did Jesus Have a Girlfriend? Is a great question, one among many John Honner answers ably and well for teachers, catechists, and parents faced with often uncomfortable inquirers of young adults and teens. The book ‘unfolds’ doctrine rather than imp...