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    Father Robert Spitzer, S.J., blends ancient wisdom with modern research in "Escape from Evil's Darkness," a transformative guide from Ignatius Press.

    Escape From Evil's Darkness

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    In this second volume of the Called Out of Darkness trilogy, Father Robert Spitzer, S.J., draws together some of the best advice given by Catholic spiritual masters across the ages and brings it into harmony with modern scientific research, offering...
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    From troubled teen to Catholic priest, Fr. Donald Calloway’s transformation is a powerful story of redemption and devotion to Mary and the Church.

    No Turning Back: A Witness to Mercy

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    Though today a devout Catholic priest, when he was a teenager, becoming a priest was the very last thing anyone ever would have expected of Donald Calloway. In his teens he was a heavy drug and alcohol abuser, a high school dropout who had been kicked...
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    The Spirit and Forms of Protestantism

    The Spirit and Forms of Protestantism

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    Louis Bouyer examines the underlying principles and teachings of the 16th century Protestant reformers. These topics include Scripture alone as source of Christian belief, justification by faith alone, God's free gift of unmerited salvation, the...
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    John Bergsma's book uncovers how the Essenes influenced early Christianity, revealing insights from the Dead Sea Scrolls and Jewish traditions

    Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls

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    From award-winning scholar John Bergsma comes an intriguing book that reveals new insights on the Essenes, a radical Jewish community predating Christianity, whose existence, beliefs, and practices are often overlooked in the annuls of history. Bergsma...
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    The Teachings of the Church Fathers

    The Teachings of the Church Fathers

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    The Fathers of the Church have been a vital source of wisdom and inspiration for countless saints, popes, peasants, and converts throughout the history of the Church. In this powerful one-volume library, Father Willis presents more than 250 selected...
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    Discover the heroic life of Miguel Agustin Pro, S.J., martyred in Mexico City in 1927 for his faith, from Ignatius Press.

    Father Miguel Pro: A Modern Mexican Martyr

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    One chilly November morning in 1927, a slender young priest stood before a firing squad in Mexico City. Five shots cracked through the air, and he fell lifeless on the ground. The man was Miguel Agustin Pro, S.J. His crime? Being a Catholic priest. As a...
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    Explore Saint John of the Cross, the Mystical Doctor of contemplative prayer, in Father Donald Haggerty's insightful guidebook.

    Saint John of the Cross: Master of Contemplation

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    Saint John of the Cross is the Church's premier teacher on contemplative prayer. Catholic tradition even calls him the Mystical Doctor. The sixteenth-century Carmelite priest not only wrote four massive treatises on the spiritual life, along with some of...
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    Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska

    Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska

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    St. Faustina was a relatively uneducated Polish nun, but this diary captures the extraordinary visitations and revelations that released a potent, enlightening, and spiritually refined formulation of Divine Mercy into the world. In honor of the first...
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    A Song for Nagasaki chronicles Takashi Nagai's journey from Shintoism to Catholicism amidst post-atomic Nagasaki, from Ignatius Press.

    A Song for Nagasaki

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    On August 9, 1945, an American B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, killing tens of thousands of people in the blink of an eye, while fatally injuring and poisoning thousands more. Among the survivors was Takashi Nagai, a pioneer in radiology...
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