New Releases

New Releases
	A Victorian Convert Quintet by Fr. Michael Clifton In this fascinating study of the faith journeys of five converts to Catholicism from the Oxford Movement, Fr. Michael Clifton invites the reader to consider the lessons we might learn from this quintet of learned men.
	Altar and Sacrifice by The Proceedings of the 1997 Third International Colloquium of historical, canonical and theological studies on the Roman Catholic Liturgy, organized by the Centre International d'Études Liturgiques (CIEL).
	Augustine of Canterbury The definitive life of England's great apostle by Margaret Deanesly The Anglo-Saxon conquerors of Britain were converted by St. Augustine of Canterbury, who founded a mother church for them in the old city of Durovernum, now Canterbury, on the Kentish Stour.
	Benedict XVI and Cardinal Newman by Peter Jennings WILL IT BE BENEDICT XVI, the first Pope of the twenty-first century, who will canonize John Henry Newman – the best-known English churchman of the nineteenth century – and declare him a Doctor of the Church?
	Beyond the Blue Glass, Volume I - Catholic Essays on Faith and Culture by Aidan Nichols, O.P The first of two volumes of dazzling essays on faith and culture by one of the most gifted and erudite Catholic thinkers today
	Casta Meretrix (The Chaste Whore) An Essay on the Ecclesiology of St. Ambrose by Giacomo Cardinal Biffi Is the Church a sinner? This is the central question in Cardinal Biffi's exposition of St. Ambrose's teaching about the Church.
	Comfort for the Faint-Hearted by Ludovicus Blosius & Louis de Blois This little book, written half a millennium ago, offers modern man what he so desperately yearns for: reassurance that God loves him.
	Deification and Grace by Daniel A. Keating The doctrine of deification came under challenge during the Reformation. Likewise, Orthodox Christians have sometimes charged that Roman Catholic teachings on deification lack coherence.
	Dies Domini: On Keeping Sunday Holy by Pope John Paul II In this apostolic letter released in July 1998, Pope John Paul II provides rich insights on the importance of keeping the Lord’s day holy
	Discovering the Mass by Abbey of Le Barroux In the midst of the liturgical crisis with which we are all too familiar, this little book calmly lays forth the rich liturgical heritage of the traditional Roman Mass.
	Eternity, Time, and the Life of Wisdom by Matthew Lamb Faith & Reason Series. Father Matthew Lamb has devoted his life to recalling students and believers to the reality that there is a "life of wisdom," a way of living in the light of eternity, living in accord with what is highest in the human person.
	Four Benefits of the Liturgy by Abbey of Le Barroux The liturgy is the mystical school for the soul, formed during the course of sixteen centuries of Christian spirituality.
	From Physics to Metaphysics by Fr. Francis J. Selman This book presents an outline of classical metaphysics, built on an examination of the five basic concepts of form, substance, existence, cause and nature, together with an answer to the question "What are nominalism, idealism and realism?"
	Introduction to Catholic Social Teaching by Fr. Rodger Charles, S.J. The best available single-volume introduction to the official teaching of the Catholic Church.
	John Gerard: The Autobiography of an Elizabethan by This is the gripping true story of an Elizabethan hunted priest. John Gerard was a Lancashire man, educated at Oxford and ordained in Rome.
	John Henry Newman – In His Time by John Henry Newman is undoubtedly the greatest English churchman of the modern era.
	Language Redeemed: Chaucer’s Mature Poetry by David Williams Sapientia Classics Literature Series. The contemporary reader of Chaucer's poems is often surprised to discover how bawdy they are. A superficial veneer of Christian culture seems to give way easily in Chaucer to the celebration of a light-hearted hedonism.
	Letter to My Sister by G. Webb and A. Walker Towards the end of his life, St. Aelred received a request from his sister, an anchorite, for a rule of life. This is his reply.
	Letters of Spiritual Direction by G. Webb and A. Walker In the English-speaking world Bossuet is perhaps chiefly remembered for his controversy with Fénélon; in France (at least in secular France), as one of the greatest prose stylists in the language.
	Life of St. Philip Neri by Antonio Gallonio St. Philip Neri is one of the best-loved saints of all time. Known as the 'Apostle of Rome', he set in motion a great renewal of Christianity at the heart of the Church's capital city.
	Ministerial and Common Priesthood in the Eucharistic Celebration by The Proceedings of the 1998 Fourth International Colloquium of historical, canonical and theological studies on the Roman Catholic Liturgy, organized by the Centre International d'Études Liturgiques (CIEL).
	Newman’s Mariology by Michael J.L. Perrott A great many writers have dealt with the towering figure of John Henry Newman, and he is often held up by commentators as a champion of ecumenism.
	On Contemplating God by G. Webb and A. Walker William of St. Thierry was a Benedictine contemplative whose writings are charged with a particular beauty and intellectual power. He is known to have exercised a great formative influence on St. Bernard.
	On Jesus at Twelve Years Old by G. Webb and A. Walker This work is an ideal introduction to the beautiful writings of St. Aelred, an English Cistercian and one of the great masters of the spiritual life.
	On the Nature and Dignity of Love by G. Webb and A. Walker William of St. Thierry (c.1085-1148), little known until recently, has, in the last few decades, come to be appreciated as one of the great spiritual masters of the Middle Ages.
	Pressing Forward: Alfred, Lord Tennyson and the Victorian Age by Louis A. Markos Sapientia Classics Literature Series. Louis A. Markos places the poetry of Alfred, Lord Tennyson in the context of the crisis of faith that marked the Victorian Age, whose notable figures included Thomas Carlyle, Charles Darwin, John Ruskin, Matthew Arnold, Thomas Huxley, John Henry Newman, and John Stuart Mill.
	Prophets and Priests The Hidden Face of the Birth Control Movement by Ann Farmer Prophets and Priests is a lively and compelling study of the history of the birth control movement.
	Roy Campbell - Selected Poems by Joseph Pearce, Compiler Loved by many, loathed by many others, Roy Campbell was possibly the most controversial English-speaking poet of the 20th century.
	Saint John The Baptist by J. B. Midgley Who is Saint John the Baptist? What is his role in our salvation? What is his message for our world, and how can we honor and imitate this great and holy saint as we should?
	Shakespeare’s Apocalypse by Peter Milward, S.J. Following his recent study of The Catholicism of Shakespeare's Plays, Fr. Peter Milward examines more closely the themes of doomsday and judgment in these great dramas.
	The Catholicism of Shakespeare’s Plays by Peter Milward, S.J. It is now increasingly accepted, on the basis of sound historical research, that Shakespeare had a strongly Catholic religious background and may well himself have been a recusant.
	The Dream of Gerontius by John Henry Newman Newman’s renowned poem describes an old man’s death and his soul’s journey to God.
	The Face of the Nazarene by Noel Trimming This dramatic and involving story is also a profound meditation on the Lord of the Millennia—Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today and forever
	The Gift of Human Life – A Symposium by A symposium convened to mark the 25th anniversary of Humanae vitae shed new light on the Church’s teaching on sexuality, marriage, and family life.
	The Lost Shrine of Liskeard An Grerva Gellys a Lyskerrys by Claire Riche This is the story of the ancient Marian shrine of Liskeard.
	The Magisterium: Teacher and Guardian of the Faith by Avery Cardinal Dulles, SJ Avery Cardinal Dulle, SJ here offers a complete theology of the Church's Magisterium.
	The Sacred Liturgy by Abbey of Le Barroux Welcomed into the intimacy of a monastic community where the Abbot shares these reflections with his monks, the reader discovers the profound riches contained in the liturgy.
	The School of Self-Knowledge: A Symposium from Medieval Sources by Translated by G. Webb and A. Walker Three Cistercians of the school of St. Bernard are the authors of these writings on self-knowledge as the road to true health of soul.
	The Simplicity of the West by Peter Milward, S.J Professor Milward of Sophia University, Tokyo, investigates the features of the genius of Western civilization that have so influenced the course of human history, and asks where the West has gone wrong in our age
	The Steps of Humility by G. Webb and A. Walker This beautiful treatise was St. Bernard's first book: a very striking commentary on the seventh chapter of the Rule of St. Benedict, which the young abbot of Clairvaux wrote down at the express urging of his monks.
	The Teleological Grammar of the Moral Act by Steven A. Long Introductions to Catholic Doctrine Series. Cutting through contemporary confusions with his characteristic rigor and aplomb, Steven A. Long offers the most penetrating study available of St. Thomas Aquinas's doctrine of the intention, choice, object, end, and species of the moral act.
	The True and Only Wealth of Nations Essays on Family, Economy, and Society by Louis de Bonald Interest in the work of the early 19th century French political theorist Louis de Bonald has increased in recent years, due in part to renewed concerns about policies for promoting and sustaining the goods of marriage and the family.
	Trinity, Church, and the Human Person by Gilles Emery Faith & Reason Series. This book provides the best instruction on the most difficult issues that characterize St. Thomas Aquinas's Trinitarian theology.
	Wisdom and Holiness, Science and Scholarship Essays in Honor of Matthew L. Lamb by Edited by Michael Dauphinais and Matthew Levering In his Foreword to this Festschrift presented to Father Matthew L. Lamb on the occasion of his seventieth birthday, Archbishop Charles Chaput comments, "It is a privilege to call him my friend, and to wish on the bishops of the century ahead the good counsel of men like Father Lamb."