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Take a new look at Every Day Catholic! Reimagined for today's Catholic Christian, this monthly newsletter raises awareness and understanding of vital faith issues, helping believers make connections to everyday life.
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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Parish Life
What does it mean to live, work and pray together as a parish? How do we respond to the call to make one another holy? For most of us, it all starts with our life in our local parish.
   
Catholic Schools
Writing from her background as a Catholic educator the author offers solid reasons why parents should make Catholic schools their first choice for the education of their children. "Catholic schools' secrets of success aren't really secrets, after all," she writes. "They're a practical and sensible approach to child development. Most important, they recognize that schools exist not only to teach academics, but mainly to help families educate the whole child: mind, body and ...
   
   
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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 ...
NEWLY REVISED!
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 ...
   
Stewardship
"Parish contributions," writes Bookser Feister, "are still important and indeed essential for the life of the Church and why the parish ...
What Does It Mean to 'Be Church'?
Seeks to promote "a greater sense that we are all the Church." Traces the experience of many believers from the Church's days before Vatican ...
   
 
   
       
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