Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati used to tell his friends how much he loved to feel "that pure joy which can only be felt in the mountains." He loved that there was a place he could go for peace and time with God. In I'm Joyful in the Mountains, young readers will meet this amazing young man and feel encouraged to connect with God through experiences that bring joy!

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What characterizes, in a singular way, Jesus's teaching on prayer is the recourse to parables. Jesus did not invent a new system for praying. Jesus was not a hermit, a Buddhist monk, or a yogi. He instead chose the daily life of his people to teach prayer with parables. This book explores the parables in the Gospels explicitly related to prayer, with Jesus as your guide.

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The Beyond Sunday Study Guide is the companion to Teresa Tomeo’s Beyond Sunday: Becoming a 24/7 Catholic. This eight-week study guide is designed to help you live your faith beyond Sunday in your everyday life, with a community of people seeking growth in faith alongside you. Each week provides prayers, reflection questions, a holy habits challenge, the story of an inspirational person or saint, and lined pages for your notes. This is just the beginning of your journey to a richly rewarding life of faith.

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Many Catholics view fasting as hard, burdensome, weird, or only for Lent. This little book demonstrates that fasting can be so much more than that! It's an opportunity for prayer, reflection, and solidarity with the suffering of the world. The Handy Little Guide to Fasting is your easy-to-read, down-to-earth introduction to this ancient practice. Author, speaker, and award-winning journalist Deacon Greg Kandra presents a way to blend faith and fortitude to make fasting more spiritually fulfilling.

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The Stations of the Cross help us to better understand the Eucharistic mystery. Given for You reflects on Jesus' passion and death and points us back to the present reality of the Eucharist, where we encounter his self-gift in a close, personal way. In praying these stations, may we come to love Jesus more and run to him, truly present in the sacrament of his body and blood.

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Whether you already know your temperament — some combination of deep Melancholy, peaceful Phlegmatic, take-charge Choleric, or playful Sanguine — or you have never been introduced to the four classic temperaments, My Type of Holiness provides meaningful, practical insight and guidance, interspersed with inspiring profiles of saints. This book helps give you a fuller understanding of the way God made you and how he wants to perfect you.

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Based on a true story, The Too-Tall Swiss Guard is a timeless tale that teaches children about courage, generosity, and trusting in God. As readers journey with Andreas, they see how God created each person and all our unique traits for a purpose.

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The Way of the Cross with Saint John Paul II provides a simple but profound opportunity to practice this devotion publicly or privately, during - and beyond - the Lenten season.

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In Science, Reason, and Faith, Fr. Robert Spitzer, SJ draws the modern reader's attention to the many seeming conflicts between science, reason, and Catholic teaching. By tackling these difficult questions, he shows that it is precisely through the integration of science, reason, and faith that we can truly discover ourselves, our world, and our God.

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Martyred and Blessed Together provides a detailed account of the virtuous lives and martyrdom of the Ulma family, while placing their lives and actions within the horrors of World War II and the historical relations between Poles and Jews. This is the first time the Catholic Church has beatified an entire family together.

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As the Catholic Church embarks on the mission of teaching the Christian faith, the new Directory for Catechesis (2020) lays the how-to guidelines for catechesis and presents universal norms to guide pastors and catechists in the work of evangelization. The Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization presents the Directory to guide the proclamation of the Gospel by the Christian faithful to people of all ages and in all seasons of life.

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A comprehensive and practical guide to all things related to making stewardship work at the parish level. How-tos, sample letters, step-by-step programs, and more.

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Go and Make Disciples provides a clear roadmap for evangelization in today's world. Written for all Catholics, not just those in parish and evangelization ministry, this book provides the faithful with a powerful instrument for opening wide the doors of Christ.

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The first book to explore the lives of the six Black Catholics from the United States whose causes are under formal consideration by the Catholic Church for canonization. Including biographies and personal reflections from diverse contributors, this book shows how these six men and women provide a model of holiness for all Catholics and people of good will.

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Allelu! is an exciting early childhood program with innovations that make it easy to engage every child and build his/her faith! The Kindergarten program begins with the Holy Trinity, then delves into Catholic identity and participation in the faith community. Kids learn about the importance and meaning of Baptism, the Mass, the Church year, and Christ's presence in the Eucharist. This level also covers kindness, forgiveness, and the beginnings of conscience formation.

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The key concepts, doctrinal content, and chapter objectives in Alive in Christ are fully explained and conveniently located at the beginning of each chapter. A clear, concise, wraparound lesson plan leads the catechist page-by-page through the effective three-step process with integrated background on Sacred Scripture and doctrine, teaching tips, and connections to music, liturgy, and Catholic Social Teaching.

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