Biographies
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John Henry Newman: A Life Sacrificed
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$19.95This unparalleled introduction to St. John Henry Newman—mind, heart, soul, and personality—brings the great cardinal to life before our eyes, and with him the charged air of nineteenth-century England. Drawing from his letters, writings, and...$19.95 -
George Cardinal Pell: Pax Invictis, A Biography
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$29.95This definitive biography traces Cardinal George Pell’s life from his childhood in Australia to his role as the Vatican treasurer; through his trials, unjust imprisonment, and exoneration to his untimely passing away on January 10, 2023. Richly...$29.95 -
Not Just Spiritual
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$18.95Like 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...$18.95 -
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen: Convert Maker
$19.95Venerable Fulton J. Sheen was one of the greatest spiritual leaders—and entertainers—in America’s tumultuous twentieth century. His television shows, for which he eventually won an Emmy Award, reached millions of viewers, and in the...$19.95 -
Father Joseph Fessio, S.J.: California Blackrobe
$27.95This in-depth, page-turning biography of Father Joseph Fessio, S.J., founder of Ignatius Press and the University of San Francisco’s Saint Ignatius Institute, is written by one of Fessio’s earliest Jesuit mentors, historian Father Cornelius...$27.95 -
Into the Deep: An Unlikely Catholic Conversion
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$18.95Into the Deep traces one woman's spiritual odyssey from birthright evangelicalism through postmodern feminism and, ultimately, into the Roman Catholic Church. As a college student, Abigail Favale experienced a feminist awakening that reshaped her...$18.95 -
The Hermit: The Priest Who Saved a Soul, a Marriage, and a Family
$18.95In his raw and tender memoir, biographer Kevin Wells pulls readers into the unforgettable story of a parish priest turned hermit, Father Martin Flum, who orchestrated the slow resurrection of his wife, Krista, from the nightmare of her deep wounds...$18.95 -
Isaac Jogues: Saint Among the Mohawks
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$21.95"I go, but I shall never come back again." These were Isaac Jogues' words on the eve of embarking for a second missionary attempt in America. Shortly afterward, a skull-splitting Mohawk tomahawk made him a martyr. Fresh from the elegant life of...$21.95 -
The Maid of Orleans: The Life and Mysticism of Joan of Arc
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$17.95This acclaimed work on the life and mysticism of Joan of Arc is considered by historians as one of the most convincing, well researched and best written accounts of the Maid of Orleans. Stolpe vividly creates the contemporary situation in France during...$17.95 -
Knight of the Holy Ghost: A Short History of G. K. Chesterton
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$16.95Who was Gilbert Keith Chesterton? A rotund man in a cape brandishing a walking stick? Certainly. A twentieth-century writer? Prolifically. A great champion and defender of the Christian Faith? Gallantly. He is known too as the "prince of paradox" and an...$16.95 -
The Grunt Padre
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$15.95This 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...$15.95 -
The Priest Barracks
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$17.95At the Nazi concentration camp Dachau, three barracks out of thirty were occupied by clergy from 1938 to 1945. The overwhelming majority of the 2,720 men imprisoned in these barracks were Catholics—2,579 priests, monks, and seminarians from all...$17.95