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 A Cry of StoneIn this fifth novel in his series, Children of the Last Days, Michael O’Brien explores the true meaning of poverty of spirit. Loosely based on the real lives of a number of native North Americans, A Cry of Stone is the fictional account of the life of a native artist, Rose Wâbos. Abandoned as an infant, Rose is raised by her grandm
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 Bleeder"An intelligent, deftly written mystery that offers a skillful blend of reason and faith..." Fr. Boudreau and Reed, a man who is skeptical of religion, become friends. Then Reed becomes the main suspect in the unexplained death of his friend, who collapses and bleeds to death during Good Friday service. |
 CatholicsOn a harsh, barren island off the coast of Ireland stands Muck Abbey, the last spot on earth where the traditional Latin Mass is still celebrated by Catholics after the reforms of the Fourth Vatican Council. Father James Kinsella is sent to put a stop to things, but his confrontation with the monks, especially the blunt Abbot O’Malley, will reveal unexpected, challenging truths about all of them in this evocative novel of faith—and doubt. Includes free discussion guide.
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 ChristopherYoung Christopher Lagorio sees the grandeur of God in the vast Minnesota sky, and in its cold lakes and dark forests. When a Catholic girl introduces him to the Eucharist, Christopher falls in love with her and with the mystery of the Church, but lacks sufficient faith to convert. Page by page, mystery by mystery, adventure after adventure, and with ever-growing urgency, Christopher struggles to see the Light that is ever ancient and ever new, and finally to hear the Song that is beyond human language.
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 Cosmas or the Love of GodCosmas or the Love of God is a wonderful tale about learning how sanctity doesn't mean perfection. Cosmas believes that he has a vocation to become a Trappist monk, but the reality of monastic life disappoints him: fellow monks are irritating; the life of the monastery seems worldly; his own weaknesses appall him. Cosmas or the Love of God is an exquisite tale of one man who teaches us all what it means to be holy in a fallen world. Comes with free discussion guide.
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 Dayspring: A Novel“Dayspring is timeless in that it deals with an ordinary man suddenly and shockingly exposed to eternal realities far beyond his experience or comprehension . . This is a thoroughly modern book in the questions it asks about the nature of Christianity ... It is above all a novel of conversion, of how the rising sun of faith begins to ‘enlighten those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.’ ”
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 Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?Second in John Powers' trilogy of novels, this famous comic tour de force about growing up in the 1960's Catholic subculture was adapted into a screenplay and hit musical that continues to delight theatre-goers across the country.
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 Eclipse of the SunSecond in a trilogy, acclaimed author Michael O'Brien's novel explores the heart of growing darkness in North America, examining events which have already occurred. The reader will take away from this disturbing book a number of urgent questions: Are we living in the decisive moment of history? How dire is our situation? Do we live in pessimistic dread, or a Christian realism founded on hope? This is a tale about the victory of the weak over the powerful, courage over terror, good over evil, and, above all, the triumph of love. |
 Father Brown of the Church of RomeThis is a unique collection of ten of Chesterton's famous Father Brown stories which puts special emphasis on the role that Brown's Catholic faith played in helping him solve the murder mysteries. As Dorothy Sayers once wrote, Chesterton was "the first man of our time to introduce the great name of God into a detective story ... to enlarge the boundaries of the detective story by making it deal with death and real wickedness and real, that is to say, divine judgment." |
 Father ElijahMichael O'Brien presents a thrilling apocalyptic novel about the condition of the Roman Catholic Church at the end of time. It explores the state of the modern world, and the strengths and weaknesses of the contemporary religious scene, by taking his central character, Father Elijah Schäfer, a Carmelite priest, on a secret mission for the Vatican which embroils him in a series of crises and subterfuges affecting the ultimate destiny of the Church. |
 Ida ElisabethIn this compelling drama about fidelity, sorrow and forgiveness, Nobel Prize-winning author Sigrid Undset tells the story of Ida Elisabeth, who marries her teenage sweetheart, Frithjof, in an effort to redeem her reputation. The story poignantly illustrates how poor choices affect the course of a person's life and how the suffering endured because of grievous mistakes can become the means by which a love is purified.
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 Powers' Nostalgic Trilogy SetComplete set of three humorously nostalgic novels by the late John R. Powers, the second and most famous of which (Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?) inspired a classic musical theatre production that continues to delight audiences nationwide. |
 Sophia HouseIn this "prequel" to his best-selling Father Elijah: an Apocalypse O'Brien explores the meaning of love, religious identity, and sacrifice. Sophia House is set in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. Pawel Tarnowski, a bookseller, gives refuge to David Schäfer, a Jewish youth who has escaped from the ghetto, and hides him in the attic of the book shop. Decades later, David becomes a convert to Catholicism, the Carmelite priest Fr. Elijah Schäfer called by the Pope to confront the Anti-christ.
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 The Last Catholic in AmericaFirst in John Powers' trilogy of novels, this classic coming of age tale about growing up in South-side Chicago in the 1950's Catholic subculture is a wonderful work of Catholic nostalgia, written with a pitch-perfect balance between the innocence of the child and the bittersweet knowledge of the adult.
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 The Unoriginal Sinner and the Ice-Cream GodLast in John Powers' trilogy of nostalgic Catholic novels, this tale introduces ambitious Tim Conroy's bittersweet struggles to make sense of God, sex, career, and family in the midst of an insincere world.
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 TreasonAs Stephen Long steps ashore in England one gray dawn in May 1581, he wonders how many more Catholics will have to die to make Queen Elizabeth feel secure. Involuntarily, he trembles at the thought that soon he may be numbered among them. For each time Stephen hears confession or celebrates Mass in the days ahead, he will be committing yet another act of high treason against the British Crown, for which Queen Elizabeth’s swift penalty is gruesome torture and painful death.
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 ViperJust before All Souls’ Day the names of nine parishioners were entered in the church’s Book of the Dead, seeking prayers for their souls. The problem? All nine are still alive! Until they start getting murdered . . . one by one . . . in the precise order their names were entered. |
