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“A stunner.”
More than 50,000 copies sold!
Msgr. Kevin W. Irwin
Former Dean, School of Theology and Religious Studies, The Catholic University of America
“Humorous, candid, insightful.”
“An eminently practical how-to book.”
Most Rev. Joe S. Vásquez Bishop of Austin
Theresa Rickard, O.P. Executive Director, RENEW International
“An excellent resource for parishes.”
“Stunningly honest.”
Archbishop William E. Lori Archbishop of Baltimore
Matthew Kelly
Author of Rediscover Catholicism
“A must-read for pastors and future pastors.”
“A barn burner.”
Rev. John Horn, S.J.
Rev. Michael Roach
President-Rector of Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, Archdiocese of St. Louis
Pastor of St. Bartholomew Roman Catholic Church, Manchester, MD
320 pages, $19.50
“If you love your parish, read this book.” Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan Archbishop of New York
“Wow! This is a powerful and immensely readable field guide.” Patrick Lencioni
Author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
“A must-read for anyone involved in the great work of parish ministry.” Cardinal Seán O’Malley Archbishop of Boston
NEW!
Tools for Rebuilding
75 Really, Really Practical Ways to Make Your Parish Better Michael White and Tom Corcoran 320 pages, $19.50
March
Reclaiming Francis
How the Saint and the Pope Are Renewing the Church
Charles M. Murphy
Foreword by Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley As Pope Francis continues to call for the rebuilding of the Church, Msgr. Charles M. Murphy, author of The Spirituality of Fasting and Eucharistic Adoration, offers a timely look at what today’s Church can learn from St. Francis of Assisi about evangelization and renewal. When Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio chose the name Francis, a renewed sense of hope and energy swept through the Church. In this timely book, Msgr. Charles M. Murphy examines the correlations between the two Francises and shows why St. Francis is an ideal model for today. Just as in St. Francis’s time, today’s Church can only be rebuilt and reinforced by a spiritual renewal that comes from within itself, a vision that Pope Francis carries forward in the New Evangelization. Pope Paul VI, the first modern pope to focus on evangelization, once said, “People today listen more to witnesses than to teachers.” Pope Francis knows that St. Francis is just such a witness, and Murphy enlivens them both for his readers.
“Sure to inspire rich conversation and deep reflection on the meaning of Christian discipleship in our time.” Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M. Author of Dating God
Features & Benefits: After the avalanche of introductory books on the new pope, this is the first book to assess how Pope Francis’s identification with St. Francis is guiding his effort to rebuild the Church through the New Evangelization.
Examines why St. Francis is a particularly good model for the Church and individual Catholics today.
Details . . . ISBN: 978-1-59471-478-8 Price: $16.00 Binding: Paperback On-Sale Date: March 10, 2014 Foreign Rights: World 160 pages · 5.5” x 8.5” Category: Spirituality Imprint: Ave Maria Press
Murphy’s books have sold well in both the trade and parish markets.
Author’s Other Titles . . . Monsignor Charles M. Murphy is the director of the permanent diaconate for the Diocese of Portland, Maine. Previously, he served his diocese as director of education and has pastored four different parishes. He is the author of several articles and books, including Eucharistic Adoration and The Spirituality of Fasting.
Eucharistic Adoration ISBN: 978-1-59471-308-8, $14.90
The Spirituality of Fasting ISBN: 978-1-59471-243-2, $14.90
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Robert J. Wicks, who received
his doctorate in psychology from Hahnemann Medical College, is on the faculty of Loyola University Maryland. Wicks has taught in universities and professional schools of psychology, medicine, social work, nursing, and theology. He has authored more than fifty books, including Streams of Contentment and Riding the Dragon.
Author’s Other Titles
“I found myself not wanting to move through the book too quickly, but savoring the daily reflections the way they were meant to be read. This book is perfect for anyone who tries daily to live the faith in the fullest sense but too often gets caught up in the chaos of life around us.” Mary DeTurris Poust
Streams of Contentment
978-1-933495-60-6, $18.35
Riding the Dragon
978-1-893732-94-0, $14.90
Author of Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self Image, and God
“This is spiritual writing at its best— firmly grounded in the wisdom figures of the past and present and psychologically informed with the best of holistic thinking.” Donald Cozzens
Prayerfulness 978-1-933495-30-9, $17.20
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Author of Notes from the Underground: The Spiritual Journal of a Secular Priest
March
No Problem
Turning the Next Corner in Your Spiritual Life — An Inner Workshop
Robert J. Wicks With total book sales of more than 200,000 copies, spiritual teacher Robert J. Wicks brings his characteristic warmth and insight to his newest book, an “inner workshop” for the soul. He shows readers that personal transformation is attainable through a simple, day-byday process of identifying and turning the next corner of his or her spiritual life. For Robert Wicks, forward motion in the spiritual life is “no problem.” All it takes is the right perspective and a little bit of knowledge—both of which he provides through his book’s three-part structure: twenty lessons, three doorways, and thirty daily exercises. Wicks’s twenty lessons are bite-sized and practical, and he shows how the two great commandments (love God, love others) and the parable of the good Samaritan form doorways to spiritual riches. In part three, Wicks provides the tools and coaching for readers to conduct their own inner workshops. In these thirty spiritual exercises, Wicks invites his readers to acknowledge, accept, and start where they are, employing simple practices and assuring that God’s grace will carry them around the next spiritual corner.
“Gentle, wise, and sensible advice from an experienced spiritual guide to help you find God in all that you do, and in all that you are—and will be.” Rev. James Martin, S.J. Author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything
Features & Benefits Robert J. Wicks’s eleven books with Ave Maria Press/Sorin Books have sold more than 200,000 copies.
Details . . . ISBN: 978-1-933495-64-4 Price: $25.00 Binding: Hardcover On-Sale Date: March 24, 2014 Foreign Rights: World 128 pages · 5.5” x 8.5” Category: Spirituality Imprint: Sorin Books
Readers who feel stuck in their spiritual lives will find a variety of helpful suggestions for moving forward.
Wicks has published more than fifty books. Among his
recent popular books are Riding the Dragon (lifetime sales of more than 50,000 copies) and Crossing the Desert (lifetime sales of more than 18,000 copies).
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March
Thérèse, Faustina, and Bernadette
Three Saints Who Challenged My Faith, Gave Me Hope, and Taught Me How to Love
Elizabeth Ficocelli Author, speaker, and retreat leader Elizabeth Ficocelli introduces her readers to three remarkable women saints who became not only her role models, but also her lifechanging friends. Thérèse, Faustina, and Bernadette taught Ficocelli about faith, hope, and love, and showed her what true Catholic womanhood looks like. Some of the best saint stories are not about wonder-workers, but rather the everyday saints—friends who understand the challenges of marriage and motherhood and the banalities of day-to-day life. Bestselling author Elizabeth Ficocelli discovered three such friends in Thérèse of Lisieux, Faustina of the Divine Mercy, and Bernadette of Lourdes. The witness of their lives moved Ficocelli to cultivate the virtues of faith, hope, and love as she journeyed from a successful career as a marketing executive to what she found was a more authentic, even counter-cultural Catholic womanhood. Ficocelli offers women the wisdom of these saints for their own spiritual journeys.
Details . . . ISBN: 978-1-59471-374-3 Price: $17.20 Binding: Paperback On-Sale Date: March 10, 2014 Foreign Rights: World 192 pages · 5.5” x 8.5” Category: Christian Living / Women’s Spirituality Imprint: Ave Maria Press
“Tender, honest, introspective, and deeply personal, this book provides beautiful witness to the loveliness and wonder of the feminine genius!” Rev. Donald Calloway, M.I.C. Author of Under the Mantle: Marian Thoughts from a 21st Century Priest
Features & Benefits: Award-wining author and popular speaker Elizabeth Ficocelli draws on her extensive retreat ministry in her newest book.
Practical applications and study/reflection questions make
this book great for individual devotion, individual or group retreats, and group study.
Elizabeth Ficocelli is a bestselling, award-winning author of fifteen books for adults and young people and a contributor to national Catholic magazines. She is a frequent guest on EWTN television programs and Catholic radio, and a popular speaker at conferences, parishes, schools, and retreats. She lives in Columbus, Ohio.
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March
St. Peter’s B-list
Contemporary Poems Inspired by the Saints
Edited by Mary Ann B. Miller Foreword by Ron Hansen Afterword by James Martin, S.J.
This soul-stirring collection of more than one hundred poems—composed by a wide variety of contemporary awardwinning poets—awakens readers to the beauty and humor in the broken, imperfect striving of the saints for holiness. Featuring poems by Dana Gioia, Mary Karr, Paul Mariani, and Kate Daniels, as well as many new and emerging poets, this anthology invites readers to view the saints as they’ve never imagined them, reaching for the sacred, doubting, bumbling, and then trying again. The collection features wide-ranging poems on ordinary topics, such as a mother trying to get her newborn to fall asleep, an older brother concerned about the marriage of his sister, a lonely man trying to meet a woman in a bar, and a burn victim’s compassion for a small child. Neither devotional nor pious, these poems capture how, in unexpected ways, the saints illuminate daily life for everyday saints-in-the-making and engage readers in the important struggle to see the action of God in their lives.
“A lush and generous feast of saint-inspired poems that both invite and challenge. A lovely collection!” Christine Valters Paintner Author of Eyes of the Heart: Photography as a Christian Contemplative Practice
Features & Benefits: The seventy poets in this anthology include well-known writers, such as Franz Wright, James Tate, Brian Doyle, and Judith Valente.
The blogs, websites, and public readings of the seventy poets included in this collection will serve as a platform for both publicity and sales.
Details . . . ISBN: 978-1-59471-474-0 Price: $18.35 Binding: Paperback On-Sale Date: March 24, 2014 Foreign Rights: World English 288 pages · 5.5” x 8.5” Category: Poetry / Spirituality Imprint: Ave Maria Press
The popularity of contemporary poets, such as Mary Oliver,
John O’Donohue, and David Whyte and classic writers, such as Rumi and Hafiz, points to the interest in poetry as a source of spiritual reflection.
Mary Ann B. Miller is a professor of English at Caldwell College, a small liberal arts college in the Dominican tradition. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Dallas and her doctorate from the Catholic University of America. Her research interests are the intersections of theology and literature.
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April
Be Healed
A Guide to Encountering the Powerful Love of Jesus in Your Life
Bob Schuchts Foreword by Rev. Mark Toups In the tradition of such beloved spiritual teachers as Francis MacNutt and Michael Scanlan, Be Healed offers Bob Schuchts’s popular program for spiritual, emotional, and physical healing through the power of the Holy Spirit and the sacraments. This renowned program for spiritual restoration is steeped in scripture and the wisdom of the Catholic Church. Deeply intimate and vulnerable about his own journey of healing, Catholic therapist Bob Schuchts connects with his readers by sharing his own story—as a young boy he endured sexual abuse and subsequently wrestled with doubt about God and faith. Be Healed is based on the program first used in dioceses across the United States to form the hearts and minds of Catholic clergy. Schuchts’s trusted process for finding inner peace and healing is now expanded to serve the entire body of Christ, helping people recognize their brokenness and find hope in the risen Christ.
Details . . . ISBN: 978-1-59471-476-4 Price: $19.50 Binding: Paperback On-Sale Date: April 7, 2014 Foreign Rights: World 256 pages · 6” x 9” Category: Spirituality/Personal Growth Imprint: Ave Maria Press
“Our world, filled with brokenness and suffering, needs to experience the truth of Christ’s healing power! Reading this book will begin that encounter with Jesus.” Most Rev. Samuel J. Aquila Archbishop of Denver
Features & Benefits: Readers will find helpful tools (such as charts, tables, lists, reflection questions) and personal challenges to help guide them on their journeys of healing.
The topic of Christ-centered healing is a timeless one that appeals to a broad range of Catholics, from the popularity of the charismatic movement in the sixties to its influence on young people at places, such as Franciscan University of Steubenville.
Bob Schuchts is a licensed marriage and family therapist who has integrated his Catholic faith and the charism of healing into his therapy practice and teaching/training activities for more than thirty-five years. Schuchts is the founder and president of the John Paul II Healing Center in Tallahassee, Florida.
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March
The Heart of Catholicism
Practicing the Everyday Habits That Shape Us
Bert Ghezzi Bert Ghezzi, bestselling author and popular speaker, invites readers into his deep love for the Church. With great warmth and authenticity, Ghezzi shows how foundational habits such as praying, studying scripture, serving others, celebrating the sacraments, and learning from the saints remind us who we are as followers of Christ. In this completely revised and expanded version of Being Catholic Today, Bert Ghezzi brings together his love for the Church and his teaching expertise in this practical introduction to the way Catholics live. Ghezzi uses stories from his own life to show how Catholicism is contagious spreading from person to person because of the things Catholics do that are distinctively Catholic. Essential practices, such as praying daily, celebrating the sacraments, reading and applying scripture, honoring the saints, confessing and overcoming sin, participating in parish life, caring for the poor, and evangelizing, are treated in seventeen brief and inspiring chapters.
“A first-rate resource from a trusted author, perfect for the task of growing more deeply through study, reflection, and practicing just how we live our beautiful Catholic faith.” Cardinal Donald Wuerl Archbishop of Washington
Features & Benefits: There are many books about what Catholics believe. This one explores how Catholics live.
First published in 1998 as Being Catholic Today: Your Personal Guide, the book sold 14,000 copies. Now it’s completely revised and updated.
Includes reflection questions, action steps, stories, and resource lists.
Details . . . ISBN: 978-1-59471-440-5 Price: $17.20 Binding: Paperback On-Sale Date: March 24, 2014 Foreign Rights: World 192 pages · 6” x 9” Category: Pastoral Ministry Imprint: Ave Maria Press
Bert Ghezzi is a popular Catholic speaker and the author of more than twenty books, including Voices of the Saints and Mystics and Miracles. For more than forty years, Ghezzi has been involved in all levels of religious education and has served as an editor for publishing companies since 1975. Ghezzi and Mary Lou, his wife of forty-nine years, have seven children and fifteen grandchildren. They reside in Winter Park, Florida.
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Januar y
Prayers for Life Forty Daily Devotions
Mary Ann Kuharski Mary Ann Kuharski, longtime activist and champion of prolife causes, presents an inspiring forty-day devotional for anyone concerned about abortion and the dignity of life. These brief, powerful, Christ-focused reflections remind the reader of prayer’s potency as a force for change. The call to preserve life requires both work and prayer and this moving fortyday devotional offers readers the spiritual sustenance for the road ahead. Each day’s reflection expresses a vital theme in the struggle to end abortion. A brief quotation from scripture serves as a meditation and is followed by short reflection points. Drawn from the Bible, the writings of the saints, and the words of recent popes, Kuharski’s reflections solidly root pro-life efforts in Catholic spirituality. An added feature highlights the growth of the unborn child during its early days of development. Suitable both for personal and small-group use.
“Mary Ann Kuharski beautifully reminds us that all of our actions to preserve life must be focused on Christ and rooted in prayer. This is a wonderful resource for individuals and pro-life groups of all kinds.” Joseph M. Scheidler National Director Pro-Life Action League
Details . . . ISBN: 978-1-59471-419-1 Price: $11.45 Binding: Paperback On-Sale Date: January 27, 2014 Foreign Rights: World 128 pages · 5” x 7” Category: Prayer & Spirituality Imprint: Ave Maria Press
Features & Benefits: Unique resource that engages the reader in prayer and reflection on both the beauty of life and the call to protect it.
The author is an active speaker on life and family issues and
founder of PROLIFE Across AMERICA, which offers positive, persuasive messages through 6,500+ billboards in 44 states.
P ROLIFE Across AMERICA has a broad social media platform, and their web traffic has grown fourfold since January 2013.
Mary Ann Kuharski is a founding member and current president of PROLIFE Across AMERICA, also called “The Billboard People,” which is based in Minneapolis and known best for its positive, educational pro-life messages. She is the author of four books, including Raising Catholic Children and Parenting with Prayer.
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Februar y
Tiny Blue Lines
Reclaiming Your Life, Preparing for Your Baby, and Moving Forward with Faith in an Unplanned Pregnancy
Chaunie Marie Brusie
Foreword by Helen M. Alvaré Chaunie Marie Brusie—creator of TinyBlueLines.com and Catholic pro-life advocate for young mothers—draws on her own experience when she was an unmarried, pregnant college student, offering those in similar situations the resources they need to thrive in education, career, faith life, and the journey of motherhood. When Chaunie Marie Brusie stared down at the pregnancy test her senior year of college and saw two tiny blue lines—a positive test—she knew the road forward would be filled with difficult decisions, but she rose to the challenge. Brusie graduated from college, got married, and became a labor and delivery nurse, as well as vocal advocate for the millions of young women who experience unplanned pregnancies each year. In her debut book, Tiny Blue Lines, Brusie offers coaching to young women, reminding them that their plight is near to the heart of Mary and that there is healing to be found in such Catholic practices as the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
“If you are that girl or that woman … the scared, pregnant one … you need the humor, the stories, the practical advice, the perspective that this graced little book so generously provides.” From the foreword by Helen M. Alvaré Author of Breaking Through
Features & Benefits: Compassionate, honest, and sometimes humorous, Tiny Blue Lines showcases real stories of women who have faced the challenges and surprising joys of unplanned pregnancy.
Brusie has appeared on CatholicTV and has been published
in The American Feminist, CatholicMom.com, Yahoo!, Babble, Scrubs, Early Mama, and elsewhere.
Details . . . ISBN: 978-1-59471-424-5 Price: $16.00 Binding: Paperback On-Sale Date: February 10, 2014 Foreign Rights: World 160 pages · 5.5” x 8.5” Category: Christian Living / Family & Relationships Imprint: Ave Maria Press
Chaunie Marie Brusie is a writer, editor, speaker, obstetric nurse, and an advocate for women facing unexpected pregnancy. She is a regular contributor to several parenting publications—both regional and national—and lives with her husband and three children in southern Michigan. Visit her online at tinybluelines.com.
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LENT
Directory of Devotional Prayer Congregation of Holy Cross 978-1-59471-300-2, 256 pages, $17.20
The Cross, Our Only Hope Daily Reflections in the Holy Cross Tradition Edited by Andrew Gawrych, C.S.C., and Kevin Grove, C.S.C. Foreword by Hugh Cleary, C.S.C. 978-1-59471-162-6, 512 pages, $20.65
ADVENT
The Gift of the Cross Lenten Reflections in the Holy Cross Tradition Edited by Andrew Gawrych, C.S.C. 978-1-59471-202-9, 96 pages, $4.00
You Have Redeemed the World
Praying the Stations in the Holy Cross Tradition Edited by Andrew Gawrych, C.S.C., and Kevin Grove, C.S.C. 978-1-59471-262-3, 32 pages, $2.95
Available in Spanish
Has Redimido al Mundo The Gift of Hope Advent and Christmas Reflections in the Holy Cross Tradition Edited by Andrew Gawrych, C.S.C. 978-1-59471-221-0, 96 pages, $4.00
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Rezando el Vía Crucis con la Congregación de Santa Cruz 978-1-59471-268-5, 32 pages, $2.95
April A Holy Cross Book
Basil Moreau
Essential Writings Edited by Kevin Grove, C.S.C., and Andrew Gawrych, C.S.C. Foreword by John C. Cavadini This definitive introduction to the life and vision of Blessed Basil Moreau, C.S.C., is the first book to gather together the essential spiritual, pastoral, and educational writings of the nineteenth-century French priest who founded the Congregation of Holy Cross. Basil Moreau: Essential Writings is an anthology of all the important published and previously unpublished writings of Basil Moreau, who was beatified in 2007 by the Catholic Church. This anthology provides generous selections from Moreau’s sermons, pastoral letters, educational treatises, and spiritual reflections, which reveal a figure who was no stranger to difficulty and conflict but also a man deeply committed to a hope that can only emerge from Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection.
“An absolute treasure.”
Most Rev. Charles J. Brown Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
“[A] superb and much-needed work.” Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. President, University of Notre Dame
Features & Benefits: Editors are two Holy Cross priests whose previous books on
Holy Cross spirituality have combined sales of 50,000 copies.
A valuable introduction to the spiritual and educational vision of Basil Moreau for the hundreds of thousands of alumni and supporters of such Holy Cross institutions as the University of Notre Dame and the University of Portland.
Blessed Basil Moreau (February 11, 1799–January 20, 1873) was the French priest who founded the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1837. The congregation’s name was taken from the small French town, Sainte Croix, in which the congregation was founded. Moreau was beatified on September 15, 2007, in Le Mans, France.
Details . . . Paperback: 978-0-87061-283-1, $28.75 Hardcover: 978-0-87061-288-6, $57.50 On-Sale Date: April 7, 2014 Foreign Rights: World 576 pages · 6” x 9” Category: Religious Studies Imprint: Christian Classics
Also Available . . . Basil Moreau ISBN: 978-1-59471-133-6, $18.35
Rev. Kevin Grove, C.S.C., and Rev. Andrew Gawrych, C.S.C., are the coeditors of The Cross, Our Only Hope and You Have Redeemed the World.
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April
Meditations before Mass
The classic guide to preparing for Mass by the author of The Art of Praying
Romano Guardini A treasury of spiritual wisdom on how to prepare your mind, body, and heart for Mass from one of the twentieth century’s great theologians, Meditations before Mass is Romano Guardini’s smart and beautiful guide to spiritual preparation for the source and summit of Christian worship. Meditations before Mass is a wise, pastoral, and timeless classic on preparing for Mass—it is an example of twentieth-century theologian Romano Guardini at his very best. Meditations before Mass was written before Vatican II, but its relevance has endured over the past sixty years. Not a “howto” book for either the old or the new Roman Rite, it is instead a spiritual feast for the mind and heart and a guide for modern people who wish to make sense of the Church’s feasts and liturgies. Meditations before Mass has helped thousands of readers participate more fully in Christian liturgy and continues to do so today.
Details . . . ISBN: 978-0-87061-285-5 Price: $16.00 Binding: Paperback On-Sale Date: April 28, 2014 Foreign Rights: World 224 pages · 5” x 7” Category: Religious Studies Imprint: Christian Classics
“Like fine wines some books get better as they age. Placed alongside the reformed Eucharistic liturgy of Vatican II, this veritable classic will continue to instruct, inspire, and enrich the present and future generations of Catholics for whom the liturgy is the summit and source of our lives.” Msgr. Kevin Irwin Walter J. Schmitz Chair of Liturgical Studies Catholic University of America
Features & Benefits: Books on how to better understand the Mass by contemporary writers like Scott Hahn, Brant Pitre, and Edward Sri are very popular right now. Guardini is considered by Catholic scholars to be a theological giant.
Author’s Other Titles . . . Jesus Christus ISBN: 978-0-87061-257-2, $14.95
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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a student of Guardini’s, paid
homage to Guardini by naming his own book on the liturgy after Guardini’s The Spirit of the Liturgy.
Romano Guardini (1885–1968) is regarded as one of the most important Catholic intellectuals of the twentieth century. Guardini’s prolific status as a scholar and teacher heavily influenced the reforms of the Second Vatican Council and his intellectual disciples include Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
April
Pastoral Liturgy
An invaluable work that helped shape the reforms of Vatican II
Joseph A. Jungmann, S.J.
Introduction by John F. Baldovin, S.J. A classic theological text rediscovered and brought back to print, Pastoral Liturgy is an important contribution to the field of liturgical studies and a prophetic vision of the Church’s future. In 1960, soon after Pope John XXIII announced the Second Vatican Council, Jesuit priest and scholar Joseph Jungmann followed up his The Mass of the Roman Rite with another great theological work titled Pastoral Liturgy. In many ways a companion to The Mass of the Roman Rite, Pastoral Liturgy chronicles the history and evolution of the people’s participation in the Liturgy and in the prayers and devotions common at the dawn of the council. Pastoral Liturgy is prophetic as well as academic. Its essays about the place of the Church in the modern world are as relevant as ever and Jungmann’s work anticipates in many ways what George Weigel and others have called “Evangelical Catholicism”—the attempt to proclaim the good news in word and sacrament while recognizing the challenges presented by the modern secular world.
“In the current situation where so much nostalgia and amnesia reign in many parts of the Church, these reprinted essays of a master historian, theologian, and pastoral strategist are a welcome contribution to the conversation.” John Baldovin, S.J. Boston College
Features & Benefits: Follow-up to The Mass of the Roman Rite that can also serve as its companion.
A prophetic call to engage in what is today being called “Evan-
Details . . . ISBN: 978-0-87061-287-9 Price: $28.75 Binding: Paperback On-Sale Date: April 28, 2014 Foreign Rights: World English 448 pages · 6” x 9” Category: Religious Studies Imprint: Christian Classics
gelical Catholicism.”
Written by one of the great Catholic scholars of the twentieth century.
Joseph A. Jungmann, S.J. (1889–1975), an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and scholar, was ordained to the priesthood in 1913 and entered the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) four years later. He spent most of his career as a professor of pastoral theology at the University of Innsbruck, where he taught both catechetics and liturgy.
Author’s Other Titles . . . The Mass of the Roman Rite Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-87061-271-8, $103.50 Paperback ISBN: 978-0-87061-274-9, $57.45
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November
Sacred Space for Lent 2014 The Irish Jesuits
Now in its eighth year of publication, Sacred Space for Lent 2014 continues to attract and retain a devoted readership for whom it serves as a complement to the hugely popular website sacredspace.ie and as a daily Lenten resource of unmatched quality. Sacred Space for Lent 2014 is a convenient, pocket-size book that makes it easy to enter into prayer during Lent—the most important season of the year. Using the simple six-step method first developed by St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, this booklet provides the same daily readings and prayer starters, accompanied by the weekly Lenten themes found in the larger book. Inexpensive and portable, Sacred Space for Lent 2014 is the perfect gift for your parish, campus ministry program, small group, friend, a family member, or for yourself.
“Friendly, concise, and consistently thought provoking, these books are perfect for anyone who would like to pray more and be more connected to God, but may feel too busy to do so. In other words, everyone!”
Rev. James Martin, S.J. Author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything
Details . . . ISBN: 978-1-59471-437-5 Price: $2.00 (Short discount) Binding: Paperback On-Sale Date: November 25, 2013 Foreign Rights: World English 128 pages · 4.25” x 6.75” Category: Prayer / Lent Imprint: Ave Maria Press
Also Available . . . Sacred Space: The Prayer Book 2014 978-1-59471-434-4, $18.35
Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2013–2014 978-1-59471-436-8, $1.45 (Short discount)
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Features & Benefits: A proven Lenten resource with solid sales history—last year it sold more than 20,000 copies.
Competitively priced with other Lenten products and features superior content.
Perfect for parish-wide distribution during Lent.
The Irish Jesuits are engaged in a wide range of ministries both at home and throughout the world. They serve as teachers, caregivers for homeless youth, parish priests, academics, artists, and administrators. Their website, Sacred Space, attracts more than six million visits annually and is produced in twenty languages.
Januar y Revised!
Everyone’s Way of the Cross Clarence Enzler
Artwork by Annika Nelson and Gertrud Mueller Nelson Clarence Enzler’s perennially bestselling Stations of the Cross booklet has sold more than 3 million copies since it was first published in 1970 and is now updated with fresh, bold, commissioned woodcuts by renowned artists Annika Nelson and Gertrud Mueller Nelson. For more than forty years, the simple, intimate, and powerful words of Clarence Enzler’s Everyone’s Way of the Cross have invited readers to grow closer to Christ by embracing the mystery of suffering in the world. By joining Christ on this transformative journey, we learn to become his disciples—his other self—to a hurting world. Enzler’s classic is given new vibrancy with beautiful, meditative, commissioned woodcuts by Annika Nelson and her mother Gertrud Mueller Nelson. The artists express how these meditations show Christ among us—often in unexpected places. In their words, “We find him in the subway, yearning at the border, standing in the soup line—the bewildered soldier, the single mother, the abused child, the lonely senior, the bullied teen.” Also available in Spanish and in a large-print edition, this booklet is ideal for private study and for parish-wide distribution for Lenten observance of Stations of the Cross. Clarence Joseph Enzler (1910–1976) was an accomplished speechwriter, speaker, and the bestselling author of Everyone’s Way of the Cross, In the Presence of God, and My Other Self. He held a doctorate from the Catholic University of America and was a deacon in the Archdiocese of Washington. Annika Nelson is an award-winning visual artist. She has illustrated several books, and her work has appeared in such publications as Cricket and the San Diego Union Tribune and has been used by such companies as Patagonia and Elite Racing. Gertrud Mueller Nelson is an author, illustrator, teacher, and speaker. She is especially known for her clip art and her award-winning, bestselling book on ceremony and ritual, To Dance with God.
Details . . . Regular Edition: ISBN: 978-1-59471-430-6 Price: $1.75 (Short discount) 32 pages · 5” x 7” Large Print Edition: 978-1-59471-454-2 Price: $3.25 (Short discount) 32 pages · 6” x 9” Spanish Edition: El Vía Crucis Para Todos 978-1-59471-452-8 Price: $1.75 (Short discount) 32 pages · 5” x 7” Binding: Saddle Stitched On-Sale Date: January 27, 2014 Foreign Rights: World Category: Lent Imprint: Ave Maria Press
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November
Bringing Lent Home with St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Prayers, Reflections, and Activities for Families
Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle Popular author and EWTN host Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle offers the second in a series of daily Lenten devotional resources for families with children through the pre-teen years, this time focusing on the life and wisdom of beloved St. Thérèse of Lisieux. This daily guide for families draws from the wisdom of St. Thérèse, providing everything a parent needs to gather the family together for a time of prayer and conversation, including a daily quotation from St. Thérèse and a story about her life. Cooper O’Boyle also offers practical suggestions on how to put into practice each day the threefold call of Lent: to fast, pray, and give alms or care for the poor. On Sundays, the focus is on the themes assigned to that Sunday of Lent, and a project for the week ahead is suggested. The booklet can be used with any of the three Catholic lectionary cycles and is designed for use with children through the pre-teen years.
“A Lenten treasure!”
Rev. Donald Calloway, M.I.C.
Author of No Turning Back: A Witness to Mercy
Details . . . ISBN: 978-1-59471-421-4 Price: $3.45 (Short discount) Binding: Booklet On-Sale Date: November 25, 2013 Foreign Rights: World 96 pages · 6” x 9” Category: Pastoral Ministry / Lent Imprint: Ave Maria Press
Author’s Other Titles . . . Bringing Lent Home with Mother Teresa ISBN: 978-1-59471-286-9, $2.95 (Short discount)
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“Read this book if you are looking for happiness.”
Mark P. Shea
Author of Salt and Light: The Commandments, the Beatitudes, and a Joyful Life
Features & Benefits: The author created and hosts a regular segment on EWTN TV called Everyday Blessings for Catholic Moms. She has also been interviewed on EWTN TV and featured on Relevant Radio.
The Little Way of St. Thérèse of Lisieux is a simple spirituality of love, humility, and generosity that is ideal for Lent.
Can be used during any of the three Catholic lectionary cycles.
Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle is an award-winning author and journalist, speaker, reviewer, and the EWTN TV host of Everyday Blessings for Catholic Moms, which she created. She is the recipient of apostolic blessings from Blessed Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI and a frequent guest on national Catholic radio and television.
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Daily Devotions for Lent 2014 Theresa Rickard, O.P.
The Living Gospel series of devotional prayer books for Lent and Advent offers practical insight and spiritual wisdom from popular Catholic preachers, speakers, and homilists. As president and executive director of RENEW International—an organization that has touched the lives of twenty-five million Catholics over the last thirty years—Sr. Theresa Rickard, O.P., brings to these daily devotions her unique blend of deeply diverse ministry experience, theological training, and the Dominican charism of preaching. Each day offers a simple blueprint with brief gospel verses, prayers, a crisp reflection on the Word of God, and a specific challenge for ongoing spiritual growth.
“For those of us who long to experience the transformative power of Lent on a more personal level, Theresa Rickard’s beautifully concise and wonderfully wise devotional is a genuine gift.” Paula Huston Author of Simplifying the Soul and A Season of Mystery
Features & Benefits: Series offers Catholics the spiritual wisdom of popular preachers and homilists who are immersed in the day-to-day pastoral life of the Church.
Compact size and affordable pricing—ideal for bulk purchase by parishes.
Five easy steps make this a perfect prayer book for Catholics eager to pray each day of Lent.
Each day’s devotion can be as brief as five minutes or extended by silent prayer and meditation.
Theresa Rickard, O.P., is a Dominican Sister of Blauvelt, New York, and the president and executive director of RENEW International. Since becoming executive director in 2007, she has led RENEW’s expansion into over forty dioceses in the United States, in parishes and on campuses, as well as into five developing countries.
Details . . . ISBN: 978-1-59471-431-3 Price: $2.25 (Short discount) Binding: Paperback On-Sale Date: November 25, 2013 Foreign Rights: World 96 pages · 4.187” x 6.75” Category: Pastoral Ministry / Lent Imprint: Ave Maria Press
Also Available . . . Daily Devotions for Advent 2014 ISBN: 978-1-59471-482-5, $1.75 (Short discount)
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