Liturgical Press: 724 books
Reading, Praying, Living Pope Francis's Laudato Sì
A Faith Formation Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2015
Once again, Pope Francis has set the pundits, news outlets, and politicians buzzing, this time with an historic encyclical letter on care for the environment called Laudato Sì: On Care for our Common Home. As an alternative to all the noise and bloviating, the faithful and the curious alike will...
Just Prayer
A Book of Hours for Peacemakers and Justice Seekers
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
Just Prayer is a four-week prayer cycle for morning and evening readings to support people who “hunger and thirst for justice.” Patterned on the ancient monastic Hours, it offers psalms, intercessions, and reflections fashioned to strengthen a personal commitment to justice. The weekly themes...
A Season of Little Sacraments
Christmas Commotion, Advent Grace
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
The lament swells every December, as perennial as the jingle of Salvation Army bells: the season of Advent is lost in the secular trappings of Christmas preparation. For those aspiring to a reverent Advent but caught up in twenty-first-century to-do lists, A Season of Little Sacraments offers a fresh...
Stations of the Cross
Community Prayer Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Stations of the Cross: Community Prayer Edition offers parishes and other communities a unique and contemporary way to pray the Stations. It includes new prayers composed by Fr. Timothy Radcliffe, along with excerpts from his full-length meditations and the remarkable images that accompanied them...
The Catholic Church in Southwest Iowa
A History of the Diocese of Des Moines
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2018
Commissioned by the diocese to commemorate its centenary, this is the first book-length study of the history of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines, Iowa. Formally established in 1911, the Diocese of Des Moines built on the foundations laid by earlier generations of missionaries, religious women,...
Rutilio Grande
A Table for All
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
In Rutilio Grande: A Table for All, veteran journalist Rhina Guidos explores the inspiring life and ministry of the Salvadoran priest whose killing changed the church in El Salvador and the life of his close friend, the country’s most prominent church member, Archbishop Oscar Romero. Born in a...
The Girl Got Up
A Cruciform Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
And immediately the girl got up and began to walk about . . .
At this they were overcome with amazement." (Mark 5:42)
The Girl Got Up is a spiritual memoir, or as Rachel Srubas says, "retrospection with an eye toward the eternal." Though it is, to be sure, a resurrection memoir,...
by James A. Wallace CSsR
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
Emphasizing both spiritual and practical preparation, this book will help both experienced and beginning lectors develop their understanding of the ministry of proclaiming the word of God as well as the skills needed to do it well. Wallace offers insight to various aspects of the lector’s work (job,...
by William C Graham
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
We all have moments of grace in our lives, glimpses of God’s presence and God’s mystery. The Word made flesh, God-with-us, inspires these moments and sometimes lets us see and feel that transformation in grace. In 100 Days Closer to Christ, Father William C. Graham invites us to consider these...
Benedictine Living
Reflections for Prayer and Meditation
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Open up your everyday experiences by considering them through a Benedictine lens with this accessible collection of reflections. Meaningful and insightful at any time of the year, this companion offers Benedictine and scriptural wisdom to the timeless themes of our lives. Each reflection is coupled...
American Magnificat
Protestants on Mary of Guadalupe
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
When Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to Juan Diego at Tepeyac, she sent him to the bishop with the message that she desired a hermitage where all people would be welcomed and would experience her love. And yet, until recently, the message of Guadalupe has been limited to Catholics, particularly Mexicans...
Lost in Translation
The English Language and the Catholic Mass
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
In this book, Gerald O'Collins, SJ, takes a systematic look at the 2010 English translation of the Roman Missal and the ways it fails to achieve what the Second Vatican Council mandated: the full participation of priest and people. Critiquing the unsatisfactory principles prescribed by the Vatican...
Rb 1980: The Rule of St. Benedict
In Latin and English with Notes
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
For fifteen centuries, Benedictine monasticism has been governed by a Rule that is at once strong enough to instill order and yet flexible enough to have relevance fifteen hundred years later. Unabridged Edition
by Notker Wolf OSB, Enrica Rosanna FMA
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Without question, managing people effectively requires strong leadership. Are these leadership qualities easily teachable? What exactly characterizes good leadership qualities? And what are the significant gender differences between masculine and feminine leadership styles?
Abbot Primate Notker...