Catholic Truth Society imprint: 314 books

The lives of the saints mentioned in the first Eucharistic Prayer in the Roman Missal. The Roman Canon, or First Eucharistic Prayer, recalls many saints from the history of the early Church, and their names have become familiar with Mass-goers everywhere. It mentions Peter and Paul, Andrew, James,...

Born of noble parentage, Saint John Ogilvie was raised in the Calvinist tradition and sent abroad to be educated. During a period of spiritual contemplation he converted to Catholicism and was ordained a Jesuit priest. Despite the risk of preaching in a reformed Protestant Scotland, he returned, disguised...

The story of Catholicism in England, told here through the broad sweep of the centuries, covers the periods of conversion, medieval consolidation, the crisis of the Reformation and then the Second Spring and its aftermath. This eBook offers readers a general framework into which they can slot whatever...

What is happening there, and what the Church has said about it. This ebook charts the events at Medjugorje from 1981 to 2002, and the claims that apparitions of Our Lady have taken place there and continue to this day. It describes how the Church authorities have responded to such claims and developments...

Rome - the Eternal City! But where should a visitor begin to explore it? This pilgrim's companion takes you on several carefully planned routes, to discover with wonder and prayer the heart of Rome and of the Catholic world. Bursting with history and beauty, Rome's architectural wonders are outmatched...

The Church’s Year is often something we live through without noticing its importance. From Advent to Christmas, from Lent to Easter, and into “Ordinary Time”, the calendar unfolds in a spiral, teaching us the mysteries of our faith. Studded with the celebrations of the saints as the sky is studded...

Brilliant Oxford scholar, accomplished writer, and deacon of the Protestant Church, Campion became disenchanted with the new religion, and was ordained as a Catholic Priest in 1578. He was one of the first Jesuits sent on the English mission, but was captured within a year and imprisoned in the Tower....

This eBook offers brief biographies of the saints of the English calendar as well as suggestions of places to visit in connection with each saint and quotations from the saint’s own writings. It combines familiar saints such as Thomas Beckett and Edward the Confessor with less familiar ones from...

‘Spirituality’ is a buzzword in our time, yet there is still much confusion about what it means. Arranged alphabetically by spiritual themes, Gerard Bogan opens the spiritual life to a world that is in danger of losing its sense of the divine or the spirit within; a world that has become uncertain...

This ebook of practical advice, discernment and reflection, meditation and prayer, has been written for people coming to terms with chronic illness and other conditions - long-term sickness, disability, grief, depression, anxiety and other forms of suffering.This timely exposition of the Catholic...

At Baptism and Confirmation we take a new name. In this eBook, the well-known Catholic author and journalist, Joanna Bogle, provides an extensive list of names to choose from. She briefly introduces each saint, and reminds us that, by taking a saint's name, we are not just selecting a name we like,...

Some Catholics go to Mass simply because they have always done so, out of obligation, or because their parents, teachers or peers demand that they come. Others have either given up completely or are still searching. Relying greatly upon the new Catechism of the Catholic Church, Fr Michael Evans provides...

Preparing for Confirmation? Why all the fuss? Confirmation is possibly the least understood and most underrated of the Sacraments. But Bishop Evans argues that the Catholic Church has a fascinating and clear teaching on Confirmation rooted in the New Testament, the great thinkers of the Church throughout...

A brief introduction to the moral and social teaching of the Catholic Church, which shows us how to live the way of the Gospel. Strongly influenced by the wisdom of St Thomas Aquinas, one of the greatest Christian thinkers.