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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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The Shadow of His Wings: A Graphic Biography of Fr. Gereon Goldmann
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Now: $13.45Was: $14.95Here is the astonishing true story of the harrowing experiences of a young German seminarian drafted into Hitler's dreaded SS at the onset of World War II. Without betraying his Christian ideals, against all odds, and in the face of Evil, Gereon...Now: $13.45Was: $14.95 -
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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 -
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No Turning Back: A Witness to Mercy
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Now: $15.25Was: $16.95Though 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...Now: $15.25Was: $16.95 -
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Too Small a World: The Life of Mother Frances Cabrini
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Now: $16.95Was: $18.95"The world is too small," Saint Frances Cabrini (1850–1917) once declared. "I would like to embrace it all, to reach every corner." This compelling, authoritative biography chronicles the astounding life of a petite Italian-born religious sister...Now: $16.95Was: $18.95 -
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Father Miguel Pro: A Modern Mexican Martyr
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$18.95Now: $14.35Was: $15.95One 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...$18.95Now: $14.35Was: $15.95