by Mary Nona McGreal, OP
Journeyman, Preacher, Pastor, Teacher
"This story traces Mazzuchelli's journey from birth to death, setting each stage of the way in its historical and geographical context...allowing...

A book for middle-school-aged children about friendship and religion. Learn about Father Samuel Mazzuchelli and the first four years of his ministry in Michigan and Wisconsin in the mid-1800s.

by Sister Mary Nona McGreal, OP

This book is a kaleidoscope of scenes from Mazzuchelli's life. Samuel Mazzuchelli was a priest of the Order of Preachers in 19th century America.

At age 17, Samuel Mazzuchelli, a gifted Italian youth from Milan made the decision of his life. In 1823, he entered the Order of Preachers, the Dominicans. Five years later, he sailed to the United States,...

Father Samuel Mazzuchelli, OP, founder of the Sinsinawa Dominicans and pioneer priest of the tri-state area, gives an account of his work in the 1800s.

This book is Volume I of The Order of Preachers in the United States: A Family History. It is the work of a collection of Dominican scholars that begins with the prophetic challenges of Spanish friars...

By Simon Tugwell

by Mary Clemente Davlin, O.P.

Piers Plowman, a fourteenth-century English poem, is recognized as a masterpiece of literature, but is almost unknown as a spiritual treasure and guide. "A Journey...

by Joan Chittister
"The Gift of Years is an amazing compendium of wisdom not only for people facing aging or providing support, but for everyone who wants to live a spiritually centered and balanced...

by Joyce Rupp and Macrina Wiederkehr

Two of the most popular authors writing on spirituality today, turn to the seasons of the earth to connect with life's sacred center.

Using reflections,...

by Joyce Rupp

At age 60 Joyce Rupp didn't know what she was getting into when she began a 37-day pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain. Joined by her walking friend Tom,...

Ever-popular author Joyce Rupp shares her highly personal search for growth, inner freedom, and peace in her first collection of poetry. Rupp helps us grow in spirit by encouraging us to discover the...

Writings on nature by Thomas Merton. Merton is now revealed as a man whose spirituality is rooted in nature, an environmentalist ahead of his time. His nature writings serve as a primer on ecospirituality,...

"Witness to Integrity" details the dispute in the 1960s of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters (IHM) with James Francis McIntyre, the Cardinal Archbishop of Los Angeles. The book is a dramatic account...

edited by Miriam Brown, OP
"Sustaining Heart in the Heartland was written so that people of the heartland in all their variety and richness would find themselves in it, rejoice in their call, and...

The Sinsinawa Collection of Painted Porcelain and Art Pottery

This publication introduces an amazing woman artist through a major, private collection of porcelains and art pottery, housed at...

by Anne Margot Boyd, editor, writer, and Dominican Associate

The author has selected fifteen etchings illustrating key moments in the life of Jesus Christ. She presents the relevant Gospel passage...

by Michael H. Crosby, OFMCap.

Michael Crosby, a Franciscan priest and authoritative voice in Catholic renewal, helps us rediscover the treasures of Christianity. By making the great prophetic...

by Diarmuid O'Murchu

A seminal thinker on religious life suggests a new vision at an historical turning point.

"A passionate exploration of the future not only of religious life, but...

by Diarmuid O'Murchu

No story has ever had the life-changing power of the gospel of Jesus Christ. But too often, this story is weighted down with outdated theology and metaphysics. For those...

by Helen Raphael Sands

*Explore the history of the labyrinth and its related traditions as they have affected people over the centuries
*Follow the path of the labyrinth and tune in to your...

by Elizabeth A. Johnson

"Truly Our Sister is an inspiring book: poetically written and enlightening, it calls on all Elizabeth Johnson's learning and insight to present us with a view of Mary...

By Ronald Rolheiser

By Mani Bhaumik

By Joan Chittister

Learning to love beyond our fears. By Ronald Rolheiser.

By Elizabeth Ficocelli
Illustrations by Anne Catharine Blake
Child's Guide to First Holy Communion presents the sacrament in an entertaining yet informative way. This colorful picture book explains...

Author Joyce Rupp shares her story of pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago. The book is full of adventure, humor, heartbreak, and insight for each of us wherever we are on life's journey.

Author Ronald Rolheiser introduces leading voices in Catholic thought to show how Christian faith can thrive in a secular world. In the recent past, "missionary work" often meant bringing our familiar...

Author Joan Chittister, OSB, takes the reader from abondonment to zeal. This alphabet of monastic values will help you experience peace and love in the midst of life's pressures and problems.

Author Joan Chittister, OSB, explores friendship. Friendship colors the very air we breathe; it is everywhere around us. It binds past and present and makes bearable the uncertainty of the future. Chittister...

In times of violence, we seek resources for peace. This essential book presents the core of author Thomas Merton's insights into the nature of violence, war, adn terrorism, adn the Christian call for...

Author Donald Goergen, OP, invites us to recognize the power and ever-expanding presence of the Spirit in our own lives, in the life of the church, in the religious traditions of the world, in the world...

This book-and-CD includes the songs of Taize that are known and sung by young people all across the world. This selection, taken from different recordings made at Taize, gives a sense of how singing can...

Author Lauren Artress has revised and updated this book. Walking the labyrinth has reemerged today as a metaphor for the spiritual journey and as a powerful tool for transformation.

In this book, author Jill Kimberly Hartwell Geoffrion includes over 120 meditations and is complemented with poems, images, beautiful photographs, pilgrimage suggestions, and journaling space.

This lively and compelling book by Paul Murray, OP, names and celebrates aspects of the Dominican tradition which are at the very core of its spirituality. The lives of the Dominicans whose voices we...

Author Timothy Radcliffe, OP, explores this question. Writing with a prophetic edge, Radcliffe's argument for Christian belief is profoundly Catholic and profoundly human.

by Linda Schaefer
A Photojournalist's journey into the world of Mother Teresa
Linda Schaefer became the last professional photographer to have full access to Mother Teresa prior to the illness...

by Carol March McLernon

"In the early days of America, young Father Samuele Mazzuchelli left his native Italy. He came to America to preach, to teach and to build churches throughout the wilderness...

By Loretta Dornisch, OP

A woman writes poetry--in desperate times, in times of ecstasy, in times of reverie.

She stops in the Art Museum. A painting catches her attention. She fumbles...

Author Joan Chittister, OSB, studies the way change happens and gives examples of it. It is an inspiring story, addressed to the wider church, about how to redefine the essentials of faith in a time when...

Praying with the Psalms

From the writings of Joan Chittister

This prayer journal can be the start of a rich, quiet life of growth in interior prayer that brings peace and faith and reflection...

The Path of Midlife Spirituality

By Joyce Rupp

In invitation--and a treasure map--to disvover the spiritual riches that are uniquely yours.

Joyce Rupp shares her own midlife...

How desire became corrupted-and how we can reclaim it

by Diarmud O'Murchu

What is most basic, most fundamental, to our existence? What makes us human? Desire.

"Desire--so...

Edited by Timothy Radcliffe
An indispensable resource for individuals, groups, and parishes who wish to include poor communities throughout the world in their prayer and worship.
The book begins...

by Walter Brueggemann
In this his newest work, renowned Walter Brueggemann sets forth a new vision of the Christian church in today's world. Based on recent speaking engagements surrounding his critical...

By Charles R. Ringma
This reflective book invites you to the very core of the Christian tradition, where solitude, meditation, prayer, faith, and hope are essential for discerning God's will and finding...

By Henri Nouwen
With Michael J. Christensen and Rebecca J. Laird
Henri Nouwen, beloved author, priest, and world-famous spiritual counselor and guide, served as spiritual director to many men...

By Joan Chittister
Are the Ten Commandments a set of rules, or a way of life? How does each one call us to reflect and to act? What does it mean to love God and neighbor in a world of violence and...

by Joyce Rupp
A bestselling author inspires us not only to talk to God but to listen to the "still, small voice of God" within us.

Jonathan Bengtson and Gabrielle Earnshaw, editors
Reflections on the life and legacy of the bestselling spiritual writer
The essays gathered here were presented at a conference in Toronto marking...

by Joan Chittister
Although each person is unique and lives in a different time and culture from those of his or her predecessors and successors, Chittister insists that all humans have something...

Edited by Bruce H. Lescher and Elizabeth Liebert, SNJM
Sandra M. Schneiders, IHM, commands respect as one of the most significant and influential figures in the emergence of the study of Christian...

by Louis M. Savary
During the twentieth-century, Jesuit priest-scientist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin developed a truly innovative spirituality. By integrating both a comprehensive evolutionary perspective...

by Elizabeth Johnson

Revised and expanded edition of the new companion to the breviary with seasonal supplement. The Liturgy of the Hours with inclusive language.

Includes readings from:
Thomas Merton, Teresa...

The private writings of the "Saint of Calcutta" edited and with commentary by Brian Kolodiejchuk, MC.
This historic work reveals the inner spiritual life of one of the most beloved and important...

By Maryanne Raphael
"Spending time with Mother Teresa and her missionaries of Charity enriched my life, and I want to share Mother's warm spirit, wisdom, and unconditional love."

by Nan C. Merrill
In this book of deep and considerable spirit and power, Nan Merrill explores the idea of "LoveConsciousness" in the liberating journeys each of us takes toward personal enlightenment.

by James A. Coriden
"The mission of the church is advanced when its inner life is regulated by respect and love. The aim of a book that insists on rights is not to foster individualism, for the church...

by Mary Margaret Pazdan, OP
This book offers a fresh perspective and invites persons to develop a personal and communal Christian spirituality. It offers a way to deepen commitment to live as a disciple...

by Carol Ann Smith, SHCJ, and Eugene F. Merz, SJ
Drawing on the classic retreat model, "The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius", "Moment by Moment" offers a new and inviting way to find God in our...

by Carol Ann Smith, SHCJ, and Eugene F. Merz, SJ
The authors invite you to become more attentive to the way the spirit leads you and to perceive more clearly God's presence and action in the world.

Consider...

by Eugene H. Peterson
A way of sacrifice. A way of failure. A way on the margins. A way of holiness. All of these ways prepared the "way of the Lord" that became incarnate and complete in Jesus....

Spiritual strength in difficult times by Kathleen Fischer.

by Thomas Merton
Amid the noise and distractions of everyday life--is it really possible to choose to love the world?
In these times of great uncertainty and anxiety, how can we find God? Thomas...

by Joan Chittister
Joan Chittister is one of the Church's key visionary voices and spiritual leaders in the post-Vatican II period, crisscrossing the globe to speak on behalf of women, peace, and...

by Joyce Rupp
Beloved author and spiritual guide Joyce Rupp explores the rich image of the door as an invitation to growth and awareness. Discovering the many ways that doors are a potent symbol...

by Diarmuid O'Murchu
This fascinating account of humankind, from our beginnings in Africa seven million years ago to the present, blends history, anthropology, and spirituality to demonstrate that...

by Timothy Radcliff
Many people find going to church to be boring and pointless. Why bother? Timothy Radcliffe suggests that the Eucharist works at a deep level, transforming our humanity, so that...

by Thomas McDermott, OP
In his ground-breaking, systematic presentation of Catherine of Siena's teachings, Thomas McDermott draws on Catherine's writings to explain her principal teachings in relation...

by Clare Wagner, OP
The word "prayer" is almost as generic as "food" or "book", says Clare Wagner in her book, and the varieties of prayer forms are countless. In this best and worst of times, Wagner...

by Joyce Rupp
Who among us hasn't longed for a deeper experience of God, especially during times of suffering, doubt, pain, and weariness? Here bestselling author Joyce Rupp offers us the spiritual...