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Who is this Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, and why is there such a great devotion to him? There are those who had called him a living saint during his lifetime. Very few people could have anything but great admiration and love for him. He was born in Fussen, Germany in 1819.

Meet Hoppin John and his friends as they discover the real meaning of Easter. Jesus story is told simply and with colorful illustrations any child will find fascinating. This childrens tale includes information and biblical references for parents to support further Bible study with young children....

When the new principal of a once-illustrious school in the rural Eastern Cape disappears, journalist Nix Mniki goes in search of her. Boniswa, the missing woman, had arrived at Girdwood College five months earlier, determined to restore the school to its former glory and to empower children from the...

Helena has a secret that she shares with her grandparents. Every Tuesday during the school holidays she spends the day with them and if the date of that Tuesday happens to contain a seven, she knows she's in for a magical time. When Helena is set a school project for the summer holidays, she...

Table of Contents: Saints Maligned Misunderstood and Mistreated Part II Biographies of the following Saints: Saint Bernardine of Siena Saint Bonaventure Blessed Angela of Foligno Saint Joan of Arc

Biographies of these Saints: Saint Ignatius of Loyola Saint Robert Bellarmine Saint Charles Borromeo Saint Teresa of Avila Saint Ignatius was born in 1491, the year before Christopher Columbus was commissioned by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to go to the New World, in thanksgiving for Spain having...

For thousands of years, religion has been a key element of human societies. Whenever we, as educators, exclude or minimize religion’s vast role in society, we leave out a large part of our world’s shared history. This is a serious act of educational omission, even neglect, on the part of our nation’s...

Learning to communicate with other people is perhaps the most important learning children do. Children with social communication problems may have trouble picking up the crucial skills of interacting and communicating with their peers, which can have more serious implications later on in life. This...

Addressing everything from the basics of reference to the complex and highly specialized duties of program development, this handbook is perfect for both librarians and support staff who are assigned to the children's department of a library. This second addition of Crash Course in Children's Services...

'I believe that [this book] could be of value to practitioners working with birth-five year olds, heads or managers of nurseries, health professionals or students who wish to gain an overview of this subject….I enjoyed reading this book and it literally gave me much food for thought' - Early Years 'This...

Aziliz se sent investie d’un devoir nouveau depuis qu’elle a appris que sa jeune sœur était la fille illégitime de Dame Katel et avait été confiée à la naissance à ses parents. Aujourd’hui, c’est à elle de prendre soin d’Aelig, poursuivie par des ennemis puissants et invisibles....

Héritiers des larmes TOME 4 À l’automne fleurissent les bruyères et l’amour… Pour préserver sa fille, Katel était prête à se sacrifier en acceptant un mariage de convenance avec le baron Darren Seton, le séduisant frère du laird. Mais, pour consentir à cette union, Katel...

XIXe, Arkansas La passion et le sens du devoir. Voilà ce qui anime Ayokha, Violette et Clémentine, trois femmes courageuses qui vont bouleverser les esprits dans la petite ville de Little Rock. Alors que rien ne les prédestinait à sortir du rang, un amour sincère et interdit va les pousser à...

Have you ever stopped and watched contractors lay down a house's foundation? Watching them, did it occur to you all that is required just to set the concrete in? How far into the earth before they got the rock to make the concrete? If all that work is just for laying down a house's foundation, then...