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Not Just Spiritual
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Now: $15.95Was: $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...Now: $15.95Was: $18.95 -
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Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen: Convert Maker
Now: $17.95Was: $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...Now: $17.95Was: $19.95 -
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Into the Deep: An Unlikely Catholic Conversion
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Now: $16.95Was: $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...Now: $16.95Was: $18.95 -
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The Hermit: The Priest Who Saved a Soul, a Marriage, and a Family
Now: $16.95Was: $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...Now: $16.95Was: $18.95 -
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The Maid of Orleans: The Life and Mysticism of Joan of Arc
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Now: $15.95Was: $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...Now: $15.95Was: $17.95 -
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Knight of the Holy Ghost: A Short History of G. K. Chesterton
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Now: $15.25Was: $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...Now: $15.25Was: $16.95 -
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The Grunt Padre
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Now: $14.35Was: $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...Now: $14.35Was: $15.95 -
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The Priest Barracks
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Now: $16.15Was: $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...Now: $16.15Was: $17.95 -
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Bakhita: From Slave to Saint
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Now: $16.95Was: $18.95When she was about nine years old, Josephine Bakhita was kidnapped near Darfur, Sudan, by Arab slave traders. For several years she was subjected to brutal and humiliating treatment until she was ransomed and taken to Venice, Italy, where she became a...Now: $16.95Was: $18.95 -
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Jérôme Lejeune: A Man of Science and Conscience
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Now: $17.95Was: $19.95The intelligence of one is a gift for all. Such is the case of Jérôme Lejeune, an extraordinary man who put his brilliance at the service of children with Down syndrome. A pioneer of modern genetics, Dr. Lejeune discovered the chromosomal...Now: $17.95Was: $19.95 -
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To Raise the Fallen: A Selection of War Letters, Prayers, & Spiritual Writings of Fr. Willie Doyle
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Now: $16.95Was: $18.95Irish military chaplain Fr. Willie Doyle, S.J., died in action during the Battle of Passchendaele on August 16, 1917, having been hit by a German shell while rushing to the aid of wounded soldiers trapped in No Man's Land. In To Raise the Fallen,...Now: $16.95Was: $18.95 -
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Catherine of Siena
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Now: $17.95Was: $19.95Sigrid Undset's Catherine of Siena is critically acclaimed as one of the best biographies of this well known, and amazing fourteenth-century saint. Known for her historical fiction, which won her the Nobel Prize for literature in 1928, Undset based this...Now: $17.95Was: $19.95