An extensive catechism, 640 pages in length, with contributions from many scholars."Best of the catechisms to date" --Father Andrew Greeley."A scholarly, well-documented, comprehensive presentation of Catholic teaching" --Cardinal Humbert Madeiros of Boston."This catechism fills a long-felt need. It contains a clear and simple presentation of what the Catholic Church teaches and believes and it does this in a way that is fresh and compelling." --Cardinal William Conway, of Armagh, Ireland.... (more information)

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During the twentieth century, Jesuit priest-scientist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin developed a truly innovative spirituality. By integrating evolution and science into the spiritual life, Teilhard presented a new way of understanding the Word of God. This book is a spiritual guide for the day-by-day use of Teilhard's ideas.The author, Louis Savary, holds doctorates in both mathematical statistics applied to the social sciences and in spirituality and theology. Author and co-author of many books, Savary has... (more information)

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With a foreword by Malcom Muggeridge. A pictorial biography. Oversize. 128 pages.Mother Teresa--a tiny nun in a sari, an Albanian from Yugoslavia living in Calcutta, 1979 Nobel Peace Prize Winner and companion to the poorest of the poor, the orphans and beggars and lepers. Mother Teresa was, quite simply, a living miracle. ... (more information)

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This is the second edition of the 1992 book with the same title. The author relies especially on Alexander Schmemann, Aidan Kavanagh, and Robert Taft. The aim of this book is to gain some clarity in understanding the term "liturgical theology." Fagerberg proposes two defining attributes of this theology: (1) It is theologia prima. (2) It is found in the structure of the rite, in its lex orandi. In other words, the liturgical community itself does genuine theology; the law of prayer establishes the Church'... (more information)

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An excellent review of theological renewal, just before the Second Vatican Council. This book provides some of the salient elements of intellectual renewal in the 1950s in the Catholic Church. Clearly written.... (more information)

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This book employs poetry, drama, literature, sacred art, and nature, all to reveal the spiritual significance of each liturgical season.The author, Father Dennis J. Billy, C.Ss.R., is an American Redemptorist. He is professor of the history of moral theology and Christian spirituality at the Alphonsian Academy in Rome.... (more information)

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When The Seven Storey Mountain was first published, Thomas Merton was hailed as a new, contemporary spiritual voice. He became one of the most popular and successful writers on spirituality. Although Merton wrote over forty books on prayer, until now we have known little about his own prayer life. Now, the distinguished Merton scholar, Robert Waldron, explores the inner life of Merton.... (more information)

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The essays in this volume were first presented in 1977 at the Catholic University of America and at the parish of St. Benedict the Moor, Washington, D.C. 104 pages.... (more information)

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Third revised edition. Massive, oversize, 310 page volume. Lavishly illustrated in full color.Never before has the history of the world been so vividly and arrestingly presented. From the origins of humanity two million years ago to the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond, The Times Illustrated History of the World charts the full sweep of the human story. Its 26 chapters use clear text, powerful illustrations, and dynamic maps to cover the world of the stone age hunters, the first farmers, the earlies... (more information)

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In addition to the English-language text of the document, Introduction: Lectionary for Mass, the late Ralph Keifer provides four chapters of commentary. His insightful and clear observations are still useful to any pastoral musician or priest. As he says, this document represents a significant turn in official statements of this kind. Here are his chapter headings: The reform continues. Words and music are central. The Word proclaimed. The liturgical year.The author, for example, rightly points out that... (more information)

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In this book, Kenneth Stevenson relates the ritual process to the three stages or "deep structures" of traditional rites of passage. We find them exemplified most clearly today in the Roman Rite in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.To Join Together is a study of the Roman Rite of Marriage, showing that historic liturgical practice celebrated marriage in three stages: betrothal, liminality, and incorporation. Though this practice has faded from the liturgy, it continues to be followed actively i... (more information)

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Liguori. Paperback. Good. ... (more information)

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Revised edition of a book that has sold thousands of copies: marriage options for those marrying at Mass. The author is a parish priest with years of experience.... (more information)

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This book is a convenient means of preparation for couples getting married within a Liturgy of the Word, without the Mass. The author is a parish priest with years of experience.... (more information)

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At the end of the thirteenth century, the author published this book under the title "A Description of the World." Indeed, it was. The author spoke of previous unknown regions and cultures, from the Polar Sea to Java, from China to India. In Western Europe, the book was a bombshell. As a result of this book, people became strongly interested in the Orient. There followed more and more travel and commerce. Moreover, Polo wrote well. Even in this English translation by Ronald Latham, the book is fascin... (more information)

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A classic of English literature. Beautifully illustrated and bound. Gold inlay on cover and spine. Mint condition. A collector's edition.Set in New Caledonia by The Folio Society. Printed on Ibis Wove paper at The Bath Press, Bath, and bound there in full cloth, blocked with a design by David Eccles.... (more information)

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This is a fascinating collection of full color reproductions of some of the finest works in the Vatican museums. This book gudies the reader through the public galleries and behind the scenes of these Vatican museums. The editor, Alan Levy, is foreign correspondent of ARTnews magazine.In Treasures of the Vatican Collections, Levy takes the reader to see Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes being cleaned on a scaffold sixty feet high. He brings us to hear the artisans tell how they restored Miche... (more information)

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Spiral-bound book, so it will lie flat. Various texts related to each day of the Triduum. Special texts for initiation and Easter Sunday as well. ... (more information)

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Here presented in the form of a choral octavo, is an English-language setting of the famous Svaty Boze. First published by ACP in the 1970 edition of The Johannine Hymnal, this Bortniansky setting of the Trisagion [triSAHgeeawhn], the "thrice-holy," is presented here in four languages: Latin, Greek, Old Slavonic, and English. The standard setting is presented, much as it is sung today in the Divine Liturgy of the Ukrainian, Russian, Belarussian, Serbian, and Bulgarian Churches. Also included is a setting... (more information)

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Introduction by Paul I. Webb. Also included is Paul Hardy's preface to the 1895 edition. This is a collector's edition, beautifully printed and bound. You also get a rigid slipcase for the book.Set in Linotype Baskerville by BP Datagraphics, Bath, and printed at the Bath Press, Avon on Elan Cream Wove paper. Bound at the Bath Press in Berkeley cloth blocked with a decorative motiv drawn by the artist.... (more information)

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