Catholic Living

You’ve heard Anti-Catholic Argument X a thousand times before—maybe it’s about how Catholics “added books” to the Bible, or how we supposedly worship Mary and the saints. Even if you don’t know all the facts, your...

It’s the one thing we all should be doing but probably aren’t. (Or not enough.) Exercising? Eating right? Calling Mom? No: spreading the good news about Jesus Christ and his salvation. This job isn’t optional. It’s an explicit...

The work of apologetics—the reasoned explanation and defense of the Faith—is certainly a work of the mind. It requires disciplined study, patient practice, and the cultivation of logical and rhetorical skills. But it is first and foremost a...

Like many young women of her generation, Christine Flynn never had much use for “organized religion.” But she sure was spiritual. In fact, she considered herself spiritually advanced. Unlike her peers who sat in church pews on Sunday, blindly...

Several popes have referred to St. Peter Julian Eymard (1811-1868) as "the Apostle of the Eucharist." Nonetheless, he is not that well known in the universal Church. When it comes to worldwide recognition of his extraordinary life, as well as the many...

From May to October, 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared six times to three shepherd children in the tiny village of Fatima, Portugal. What started as a private matter was soon known all over town, throughout the country, and around the world. These...

This is the definitive biography of Fr. Vincent Robert Capodanno, a chaplain for the Marine Corps during the Vietnam war. Greatly beloved by so many who served under his spiritual care, Fr. Capodanno died on the field of battle giving the last rites to...

Exploring Scripture and Tradition in his energetic and poetic style, Hadjadj offers a fresh and beautiful meditation on Saint Joseph, his life with Jesus and Mary, and his exceptional fatherhood. In twelve profound and often humorous chapters, Hadjadj...

In this introduction to the life and thought of Dorothy Day, one of the most important lay Catholics of the twentieth century, Terrence Wright presents her radical response to God's mercy. After a period of darkness and sin, which included an abortion...

Vinny Flynn, best-selling author of 7 Secrets of the Eucharist, shares his favorite ways to pray in Eucharistic Adoration. Written in the author's personal, conversational style, complete with puns and other bits of humor, 21 Ways to Worship is an easy...

Discipleship?? Isn’t that a Protestant thing? If you think that, you’re not alone. The concept of Christian discipleship gets stressed so much in Evangelical culture that many Catholics assume that—like “altar calls” or the...

Distractions, fatigue, boredom at Sunday worship-maybe we experience these because we don't fully appreciate what's going on at Mass. Howard's profound and practical look at the liturgy focuses our wandering minds. It reminds us that at Mass the veil...