Love in Recovery

One Woman’s Story of Breaking Free from Shame and Healing from Pornography Addiction

RACHAEL KILLACKEY

Love in Recovery is shame-free essential reading for Catholic women who want real answers about how to handle sexual desire and addiction to pornography and masturbation.

Rachael Killackey, founder and executive director of Magdala Ministries—an organization that helps women heal from sexual addiction—shares her personal story as she helps you to overcome your dependency, be free from shame, and live in hope.

In this much-needed and practical resource, Killackey offers compassionate, down-to-earth advice and identifies the gateways to pornography addiction, its complexities, and the path to healing. You will learn that you can:

• understand that your first exposure to porn was not your fault;

• forgive yourself;

• be honest with the Lord through the Sacrament of Confession;

• seek accountability and help in a group setting and professional, counseling or spiritual direction, if needed;

• replace old habits of lust with new ways to love; and

• share your story for the sake of freeing others.

Love in Recovery is also the perfect resource for those working to minister to sexually broken women.

Features And Benefits

• Racheal Killackey’s appearance on Matt Fradd’s Pints with Aquinas has more than 100,000 views on YouTube.

978-1-64680-210-4 · 192 pages · $17.95

On-Sale Date: April 21, 2023

Foreign Rights: World · 5.5" x 8.5" · Paperback Category: Catholicism / Sexuality Imprint: Ave Maria Press

“In this popular biblical survey of salvation history, John Bergsma shows how marital love is at the heart of God’s plan in both the Old and New Testaments. This small book is deceptively simple.

It is clear yet deep, practical yet profound. And the line drawings make the lessons more memorable and teachable—for all ages! Highly recommended.”

—Scott Hahn Catholic theologian

Love Basics for Catholics

Illustrating God’s Love for Us throughout the Bible

JOHN BERGSMA

When you begin to see the Bible as a book of love, it will change the way you view love, sex, marriage, family, and your personal relationship with God.

Walk with popular scripture scholar John Bergsma from the creation of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden to the wedding between the Lamb and the New Jerusalem in the Book of Revelation to learn how marriage in the Bible represents the love between God and his people.

Bergsma focuses on what nine biblical marriages tell us about God’s relationship with us. These stories include:

• Adam and Eve—who show us that marriage is the culmination of all creation and that marriage can be an image of the Trinity;

• Ruth and Boaz—who display the tenderness and virtue of a marriage;

• Solomon and his bride in the Song of Songs—who illustrate a positive, healthy view of the body and physical beauty; and

• Jesus as Bridegroom of his people, the Church.

Using his popular, whimsical stick-figure illustrations and engaging style, Bergsma helps us understand scripture and salvation history in a unique, memorable way. He also provides insight into Church teachings on marriage and relationships—such as monogamy, the single life, the Sacrament of Matrimony, and Jesus’s words about divorce—to show how these teachings come from the love God shares with his people through the covenants in scripture.

Features And Benefits

• John Bergsma’s books with Ave Maria Press have sold more than 100,000 copies.

“Through his trademark teaching style, simplicity, and humor, you will see love, marriage, and family in thrilling clarity as both human and divine, historical and eternal, personal and universal. We’ll call this required reading for all our couples!”

—Damon and Melanie Owens Cofounders of Joyful Ever After

“Love Basics for Catholics is John Bergsma at his very best! Witty, engaging, inspiring, every chapter takes the reader deeper and deeper into the mind and heart of God through his sacred Word. This little gem is a must read for all Catholics!”

—Mark Hart

Coauthor of Our Not-Quite-Holy Family

978-1-64680-196-1 · 160 pages · $16.95

On-Sale Date: March 10, 2023

Foreign Rights: World · 5.5" x 8.5" · Paperback Category: Catholicism / Bible Imprint: Ave Maria Press

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AUTHOR’S OTHER TITLES

Bible Basics for Catholics

978-1-59471-291-3, $15.95

New Testament Basics for Catholics 978-1-59471-582-2, $17.95

Psalm Basics for Catholics 978-1-59471-793-2, $15.95

978-1-59471-285-2 · 192 pages · $9.95

On-Sale Date: January 2, 2023

Foreign Rights: World English · 5" x 7" · Paperback Category: Catholicism / Catechism Imprint: Ave Maria Press

MICHAEL FRANCIS PENNOCK (1945–2009) was the author of several bestselling religion textbooks published by Ave Maria Press for Catholic high schools, including Encountering Jesus in the New Testament, Your Life in Christ, and Our Catholic Faith. He also is the author of This Is Our Faith, The Seeker’s Catechism, Questions from Seventh Period, and Ready for College.

Pennock taught theology for more than thirty-five years, mostly at his alma mater, St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, Ohio.