Sheen was written as a pastoral guide to finding peace, hope and contentment in this life and eternal happiness in the life to come.

    When his existing homilies were exhausted, Knox began to write new ones for his students based on the Apostles' Creed. The homilies were so well-received that they were later published as The Creed in Slow MotionWith resurgent interest in the life and writings of Knox, as well as forthcoming changes to the English translation of the Creed, the new edition of this classic could not be more timely.

    While one may help the patient gain some peace of mind, the Christian gains something far greater through the grace of Confession: peace of soul.Sheen has...analyze[d] the inner troubles of frustrated post-war man...to make religion up-to-date, attractive, and necessary to the unhappy, God-repelling souls of the present. (Library Journal)Paperback

    We offer our readers in this booklet many easy but infallible means of reaching a high degree of sanctity.” With these encouraging words Fr. Paul O’Sullivan begins An Easy Way to Become a Saint—a very optimistic book which shows how an “ordinary” Catholic can become a great saint without doing anything extraordinary—just by using the many opportunities for holiness that to most people lie hidden in each day.The “secret” is to love God—since one act of love is worth a thousand acts of any other virtue. Fr. O’Sullivan gives us the keys to obtaining love for God—even if we feel cold and dry toward Him now. He shows that every act of love of God in this world is of priceless value and will have an eternal reward. Fr. O’Sullivan points out that each day most of us overlook many rich opportunities to increase this love and make great strides in holiness; he shows us how to capture these opportunities and use them to please God and to gain immense rewards for eternity.An Easy Way to Become a Saint is a book of simple, practical steps that—if we follow them—are certain to make us Saints. And it is written with an assurance of the success of these methods that is totally convincing and infectious. Fr. O’Sullivan’s readers simply cannot come away from his books without being convinced he is right. The immense popularity of all his books rests in this very quality—that we simply cannot read him without imbibing his holy assurance and complete confidence in the truth of what he is saying.

    But Sister Catherine was sure she had truly seen Our Lady…and then Our Lady appeared to her again! Would the priest ever believe her? Would he ever have the Medals made as Our Lady had asked? This wonderful story captures what happened when the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to St. Catherine Laboure and the beginning of the Miraculous Medal. Mary Fabyan Windeatt was known as “the storyteller of the saints.” In the 1950’s and 60’s she wrote over twenty historical fiction novels on the saints, bringing to life these holy men and women for young readers across the world. By artistically rendering familiar stories, the Windeatt books help readers see that the saints are real people whom we can emulate.   Ideal for all children, especially those enrolled in TAN Academy in kindergarten through third grades for easy reading literature.

    

    McGlynn's Vision of Fatima. In these fascinating pages, Fr. McGlynn tells the remarkable story of his time with Sr. Lucia one of three witnesses of Our Lady's apparition near Fatima as she directed him in his sculpting the famed statue we know as Our Lady of Fatima. Fr. Tom's first encounter with Sr. Lucia was in 1947, thirty years after she and two other shepherd children witnessed the apparition of our Blessed Mother. He brought to her his initial sculpture which he had created in the United States, asking for her blessing and approval. But she refused, claiming it was all wrong. Fr. McGlynn protested that he be allowed to show artistic expression in the statue, but Sr. Lucia would have none of it.