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4 Must Reads for Your Summer Spiritual Reading
Anne Stricherz - Jun 24, 2015
I love summer reading. As a child, I was encouraged by the public library in my neighborhood to take June, July and August as time to read and read often. They incentivized it with a reading challenge: read ten books before August 1st for two complimentary tickets to an Oakland A’s baseball game! I don’t think I needed a reward; I got one anytime I read a great book. I still feel that way. -
3 Things to Learn from St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Sara and Justin Kraft - Jun 22, 2015
St. Aloysius Gonzaga is honored in the Church on his feast day June 21. The Church celebrates the feast days of the saints in order to help us call to mind the examples they have left for us in word and deed that we might learn from their example. Therefore let us examine three facts about St. Aloysius which provide spiritual wisdom for us today. -
5 Ways To Nourish Your Spiritual Life Today
Jeannie Ewing - Jun 17, 2015
In our post-modern Information Age, even those of us with fairly subdued lifestyles increasingly find ourselves wondering, How can I grow in my faith? How can I hear God’s voice? Why is life so chaotic? We dance in this sort of catatonic flurry of activity and yet, at the end of the day, we have no idea what we accomplished, much less feel truly grounded and centered on the One who is unchanging.Without presenting a fluffy treatise on simple ways you can possibly add more time... -
4 Ways to Cultivate Christian Joy
Anne Stricherz - Jun 10, 2015
As a child, I loved the song “They Will Know we are Christians by Our Love.” I played it on the piano to accompany my school’s choir. I knew all of the lyrics by heart and I truly understood its message. It was easy for me to sing this song as a prayer. But I wanted more. I wanted it to promote and proclaim how else others might know we are Christians. I thought joy could be the answer.
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- 1I Was A Pilgrim In History
- 2An Introduction to the Life and Writings of Cora Evans
- 3The Refugee from Heaven
- 4A Time to Laugh and a Time to Weep
I Was A Pilgrim In History
The book tells of the journey of the Magi from Egypt where they first witnessed a vision of the birth of the child Messiah. The story follows the Magi to their meeting with Herod and finding the Holy Family. It then follows the Holy Family’s flight to Egypt and their return trip to Nazareth. The story explores some new details of Jesus’ childhood and how His identity was kept secret. The story continues to the time of the Crucifixion of Jesus, and it ends with the Blessed Mother completing the first Stations of the Cross.
An Introduction to the Life and Writings of Cora Evans
An Introduction to the Life and Writings of Cora Evans: Wife, Mother, and Mystic is a personal journal written by one of her best friend, Christian Brother, Edward Behan. Behan shares his knowledge of Cora's life and writings, of her thoughts and insights, which unfolded over six years of inspiring friendship. This book sheds much light on Cora and her relationship with our Lord.
The Refugee from Heaven
The Refugee from Heaven recounts the life of Jesus Christ as an eyewitness, beginning with the first meeting between Jesus and Peter, on the shores of Mount Carmel Bay. With vivid detail and dialogue, this unique account breathes new life into well-known figures of the Gospels.
A Time to Laugh and a Time to Weep
NOW AVAILABLE! A Time to Laugh and A Time to Weep is a prayerful journey for healing, forgiveness, charity, kindness, and courage that traverses the highs and lows of motherhood and faith in light of Cora Evans’ writings. Travel alongside Cora Evans and Jeannie Ewing — one a woman of the early twentieth century, another a modern Catholic living in the frenzied, post-modern Information Age — and realize that truth, beauty, and wisdom exist outside of time.
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