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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: $15.95Was: $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: $15.95Was: $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 -
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Charles de Foucauld, Second Edition
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Now: $17.95Was: $19.95This definitive biography by Jean-Jacques Antier, a renowned French author of more than 50 books, is the fruit of his exhaustive research on Foucauld's life, writings and correspondence. He was given access to the complete archive on the life of Foucauld...Now: $17.95Was: $19.95 -
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Saint John Paul the Great: His Five Loves
Now: $16.95Was: $18.95Discover the five great loves of St. John Paul II through remarkable unpublished stories on him from bishops, priests, students, Swiss Guards, and others. Mining through a mountain of papal resources, Jason Evert has uncovered these many gems, offering a...Now: $16.95Was: $18.95 -
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Jesuit at Large
Now: $15.95Was: $17.95Father Paul Mankowski, S.J. (1953–2020), was one of the most brilliant and scintillating Catholic writers of our time. His essays and reviews, collected here for the first time, display a unique wit, a singular breadth of learning, and a...Now: $15.95Was: $17.95 -
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From Slave to Priest
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Now: $15.95Was: $17.95Born into a black Catholic slave family, Fr. Augustine Tolton (1854-1897) conquered almost insurmountable odds to become one of the very first black priests in the United States. By his early death at 43, this pioneer black priest left behind a shining...Now: $15.95Was: $17.95