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DAILY REFLECTIONS ON PURITY
These to-the-point daily reflections on purity counter the lust served up by the media 365 days a year. If you've ever felt alone in your efforts to lead a clean ...
EXPLORE THE MASS
"If you are looking for a balanced and comprehensive treatment of what Catholics believe about this sacrament, there are many books which you might find helpful-not the least important of which would be the Catechism of ...
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Catholic Church Faith And Practice
What we believe, how we express that belief, and how we celebrate our shared faith is the substance of these offerings, exploring what makes us Catholic and what keeps us Catholic.
   
Being Truly Catholic Today
?In this Update we're going to consider how to be more fully Catholic at the unpredictable dawn of the third millennium,? writes Archbishop Weakland. ?Before Vatican II the Church had identified itself pretty much with Western civilization. Now, since the time of Vatican II it is becoming truly catholic. The tensions of the age we live in as Church are how to be truly a universal Church in every culture, every race on this globe. It's a great moment of history because ...
   
   
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Leonard Foley wrote Believing in Jesus to help "born Catholics" come to a deeper understanding of the beliefs and practices they have held all their lives and to ...
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Revised Sixth Edition

This classic best-seller has been revised and updated to include those recently canonized beatified. The new entries include Charles de ...
WISE COUNSEL
"The young adult years are a time to listen and a time to discern among the many voices that inspire, encourage and invite. It is a time to discover the voice that whispers deep within."-From ...
HOPE FOR CARETAKERS
"When women choose to marry and have children, they start on a daring venture. It takes courage to commit mind, body and heart to another person and to found a family in which the labors and joys, the risks and struggles ...
   
Nine Things That Make Us Catholic
Groome outlines nine core tenets of the faith, tracing our understanding of them throughout Church history. "It's a good time to wonder about what ...
A Quick Look at the New U.S. Catechism
Morrow offers highlights and core themes of the new United States Catholic Catechism for Adults. "Catholics of different nations or regions ...
What It Means to Be Catholic
Best-selling author Father Joseph Champlin explores 12 key ways in which the Catholic Church helps its members fulfill their deepest personal needs. ...
   
 
   
       
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