Victory over Death: Foretastes of Eternity in Prayer by Ronda Chervin

Victory over Death: Foretastes of Eternity in Prayer by Ronda Chervin

Victory over Death: Foretastes of Eternity in Prayer

By Ronda Chervin

This beautiful little book is meant for all of us — because no one can escape the mystery of death. To nourish trust in God and overcome our fears, the author teaches us to immerse ourselves in God’s great love, a love which has gone to the greatest lengths to open the doors to the Kingdom.
 
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TESTIMONIALS

“In Victory over Death, Dr. Ronda Chervin poignantly addresses physical and spiritual truths one faces as death, even from a distance, approaches each of us.  We encounter physical changes in body and soulful longings in spirit.  Dr. Chervin provides insight and thoughtful exercises which focus on ‘experiences of disillusionment, contemplation of God’s invisible beauty, and immersion in God’s great love.’  By the final chapter, Dr. Chervin has beautifully paved the way with spiritual steppingstones for us to walk as we embrace God’s perfect love that casts out fear.” – Wendy Forest, author ofCurrents of Water: A Widow’s Walk with Jesus and Mary

“Reading this book has opened a whole new way of life for me. The author’s comparison between divine and human love has made the sacraments, dogma, prayer, and love of neighbor — to name only a few of the topics treated — gift of himself to us. His sacraments are loving embraces. Our loving response to his love transforms us into true Christians. I only wish I had been handed this book when I was preparing for Baptism.” – an anonymous young student of Ronda Chervin’s at Loyola University, 1972

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ronda Chervin, PhD, is a professor of philosophy, widow, grandmother, and great grandmother. She has taught at Loyola Marymount University, St. John’s Seminary of Los Angeles, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Our Lady of Corpus Christi, and Holy Apostles College and Seminary. She is the author of numerous books about Catholic living and presents on EWTN and Catholic Radio. Most well-known of her books are The Way of Love, Treasury of Women Saints, Avoiding Bitterness in Suffering: How our Heroes in Faith Found Peace amid Sorrow, and, most recently, with co-author Albert Hughes: Escaping Anxiety on the Road to Spiritual Joy. 

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Sharon by Annette F. Wilcox

Sharon by Annette F. Wilcox

Sharon

by Annette F. Wilcox

Set in Salt Lake City in the late 1990s, Sharon by Annette F. Wilcox tells the poignant story of Sharon, a nine-year-old girl deeply affected by her father’s serious illness and her mother’s struggle to maintain normalcy, who finds solace in the warmth of her neighbor, Mrs. Harris’s, home. Over time, Mrs. Harris becomes a pivotal figure in Sharon’s life, providing care and emotional support during after-school hours. As Sharon’s bond with Mrs. Harris deepens, she begins to find moments of joy and safety amidst her challenging circumstances though underlying tension persists.

The story explores themes of childhood anxiety, resilience, and the power of intergenerational friendship and highlights the importance of compassion, community, and the small acts of kindness that can profoundly impact a child’s life. With its heartwarming portrayal of resilience, it underscores the value of hope and healing through connection and understanding.

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TESTIMONIALS

Sharon is such a wonderful book. Here is a line in it about a different book which perfectly describes Sharon: ‘A good book, one that has that spark that makes it a really good book, well, people of any age can enjoy it. That’s what I think anyway.’  With the heroine, Sharon, a 9-year-old girl, one would think it would only appeal to children. Not so, it is a sort of catechism written by means of an ingenious fictional plot. So good to read aloud to a 8-year-and-older child, but also a convincing treatise for adults. Bravo Annette Wilcox!” – Dr. Ronda Chervin is philosophy professor, a speaker and a writer of numerous books

“From fear to confidence a young girl learns the most important lessons of life through experiences that are relatable to young and old alike. Sharon will appeal to pre-teens who like to read or be read to. But mostly this is a story about the power of faith and why it’s never too early to look to the heavens.” – Dcn. Chris Sandner, Regional Assistant to Bishop Slawomir Szkredka

Sharon is a heartwarming tale of resilience and hope, showcasing the transformative power of kindness and friendship. A beautifully written story that touches the heart and inspires compassion in every reader.” – Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, author of The Narrative Spirituality of Dante’s Divine Comedy

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Annette F. Wilcox, MA, is a mother of four and grandmother of five. She has been a translator, librarian, ESL instructor and has taught school in three countries, the last being as a lay missionary with the Holy Spirit Fathers in Moshi, Tanzania, East Africa. A family friend once remarked that he admired the way she kept “recycling” herself. The most recent recycle is twelve years in the trucking world where she has driven 1.1 million miles in a semi, hauling heavy loads of all sorts of things on the roads of all forty-eight contiguous United States and six of the provinces of Canada.

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Speaking One’s Soul: Magnifying God’s Word in a Madly Godless World by Patti Hershwitzky and Mary Sobel Ott

Speaking One’s Soul: Magnifying God’s Word in a Madly Godless World by Patti Hershwitzky and Mary Sobel Ott

Speaking One’s Soul: Magnifying God’s Word in a Madly Godless World

by Patti Hershwitzky, Ed.S. and Mary Sobel Ott

Innumerous works through the ages have addressed the contradictions and conflicts between religion and government, particularly from the Catholic perspective over the past 2000 years, with emphasis on societies choosing either God’s soul work or deceptive soul destruction. What sets apart Speaking One’s Soul from those well researched and inspired forums, books, commentaries, and media is its focus on saving the spiritually endangered individual born into the post WWII era, often referenced as a Baby Boomer.  Partly confessional, the authors, Catholic reverts, emphasize the need for unifying friendship and community, but foremost salvational truth. The text integrates the timeless power of Scripture, emphasized in a personalized Rosary; narratives illustrating the deadly impact of deceptive snares but also tales of virtuous heroism; extraordinary relatable conversion stories; and many resources to enable serene commitment, conviction, and courage when confronting evil while endeavoring to save souls. 

Among the points of emphasis:

  • Understanding the finite time God has permitted the Evil One and each of us.
  • Examining one’s personal life from birth onward as St. Francis de Sales advised.
  • Establishing prayer as an indispensable, daily foundational practice, optimally with Scripture, daily Mass attendance and frequent confession. 
  • Recatechizing oneself through Church history, the Church Fathers and Doctors,  Scripture; the Catholic Catechism; numerous timeless, universal encyclicals; and exploring sound treatises on Church politics to successfully navigate the world.
  • Cherishing the marvelous holy examples of the past and present. 
  • Recognizing igneous reactivity vs. responsible response.
  • Distinguishing resignation to evil from surrender to Divine Mercy. 
  • Embracing all persons in the Light of God, Author of all Life. 
  • Cultivating healthy unity and community. 
  • Envisioning the defeat of the Evil One and embracing the joy of Heaven forever.

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TESTIMONIALS

“A fascinating new way to live our faith through prayer related to the evils of our times.”  – Dr. Ronda Chervin, Catholic philosopher, writer, and TV presenter

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Patricia (Patti) Hershwitzky, Ed.S., is the author of three other books:  The Third Millennium Woman (CMJ Catholic Books), West Las Vegas (Arcadia Publications), and Teaching the City of God in the City of Man (En Route Books and Media); articles in various Catholic periodicals and Catholic365; and numerous other published communications

Mary Ott is new to the Christian publishing environment. A cradle-Catholic and a graduate of a Catholic college in California, Mary fully returned to the Catholic faith in early 2023, after a personal experience which she calls “nothing short of a miracle.” Following her illumination of conscience, she began a ‘journey of the soul’ back to Jesus.

While on this journey, she discovered her sister, Patti, was also a faith-soulmate, as well. Following hours of conversation with her sister about life as traditional women, wives, mothers, and grandmothers, along with discussing their differences and similarities, Mary and Patti began a mission to speak from their soul to others about how the modern world is a difficult pathway to walk as a faithful Catholic.

Fueled by a lifelong passion for writing, painting, photography, research, and genealogy after she retired from her business career in 2012, Mary combined her life experience and education skills to co-produce the book, Speaking One’s Soul. Their book also produced a website, www.cultivatingyoursoul.com, and a future podcast series called, Cultivating Your Soul, which will align with the book’s theme. Click here for Mary’s article entitled “Gender Illusion (The Transgender Female)” (September 2, 2025), published by Catholic365.

Currently involved in painting and doing her professional genealogy work, at her business Before The Ink Fades, located in El Dorado Hills, California, Mary finds that her time is also currently devoted to writing another book. When she is not working, Mary spends valuable time with her husband, adult kids, and grandchildren.

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A Rosary for Religious and Restless Minds: The Structured Contemplative Rosary – A New Method of Contemplation within The Holy Rosary by Stephen W. Rouhana, Ph.D.

A Rosary for Religious and Restless Minds: The Structured Contemplative Rosary – A New Method of Contemplation within The Holy Rosary by Stephen W. Rouhana, Ph.D.

A Rosary for Religious and Restless Minds: The Structured Contemplative Rosary – A New Method of Contemplation within The Holy Rosary

by Stephen W. Rouhana, Ph.D.

This book introduces a new method to pray the Rosary that helps the person praying stay focused on the lives of Jesus and Mary. The method takes short phrases from Sacred Scripture and Church writings and inserts them into the Hail Mary/Holy Mary sequence. This keeps the mind from wandering and/or brings it back if it does wander. The author recounts his difficulties praying the Rosary before this method and how the method resolved them. Click to expand the rosary charts below.

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TESTIMONIALS

“In A Rosary for Religious and Restless Minds, Dr. Stephen Rouhana narrates his journey into a deeper appreciation of the Rosary as a contemplative and Christocentric prayer. Drawing upon saints like Louis de Montfort and John Paul II, he explains how the Rosary helps us contemplate the deepest mysteries of our faith through the Heart of Mary. Dr. Rouhana also provides a structured method for praying the Rosary that is rooted in Sacred Scripture. Those who read this book will come to understand why Pope Pius XII referred to the Rosary as ‘the compendium of the entire Gospel.'” Robert Fastiggi, Ph.D. Professor of Dogmatic Theology, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, Michigan

“Dr. Rouhana has written an engaging book in which he shares his own difficulties in saying the rosary and what led him to be able to pray it in a more recollected manner. Well written and an inspiring testimony.” – Dr. Ralph Martin, founder of Renewal Ministries

“In this book, Dr. Rouhana not only shares the personal movement of grace in his own life, but he also provides a very helpful way of contemplating with awe and wonder the mystery of our salvation through the structured contemplative approach to the Rosary. Immersing ourselves in the mystery of salvation through the Rosary in this way will certainly be illuminating for many.” – Msgr. Todd Lajiness, former President-Rector, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, current moderator of Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church, Plymouth, MI

“Like many of us, I often get distracted when praying the Rosary, but this wonderful holy method helps me be much more focused. If I get distracted as I meditate on the Mysteries, it brings me right back to where I need and want to be. This book has been a blessing to me, bringing me closer to the Blessed Mother who guides me closer to her Son.” – LeAnn Thieman, Co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul, Living Catholic Faith

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Stephen Rouhana is a husband, father, and grandfather with a Ph.D. in physics. He worked for 32 years trying to save lives by automotive safety research, first at General Motors and then at Ford. He authored or co-authored more than 80 technical publications and 3 book chapters. He is a named inventor on 18 U.S. patents and 7 international patents. In 2008, he was featured in a nationally aired commercial for Ford Motor Company. Sales promptly dropped.

As a young Catholic, he felt called to serve God. Near the end of his career in research, that calling led him to Sacred Heart Major Seminary for a master’s degree in Pastoral Studies. He currently serves in many ministries within his parish and is a faculty member of the Catholic Biblical School of Michigan (http://www.catholicbiblicalschool.org).

 

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Teenager Science and the Curse of the Creative Imagination: Preliminary Survey of Series on Works of St. Thomas Aquinas AND of second Series of Assessments & Refutations of Works of Modern Authors by Donald G. Boland

Teenager Science and the Curse of the Creative Imagination: Preliminary Survey of Series on Works of St. Thomas Aquinas AND of second Series of Assessments & Refutations of Works of Modern Authors by Donald G. Boland

Teenager Science and the Curse of the Creative Imagination: Preliminary Survey of Series on Works of St. Thomas Aquinas AND of second Series of Assessments & Refutations of Works of Modern Authors

by Dr. Donald G. Boland

This book highlights the stark contrast between science as understood by Aquinas (and Aristotle) and modern science since Newton. Yet, most remain unaware of this shift in meaning.

Despite attempts to reconcile these views, modern philosophers often dismiss metaphysics, reducing Aristotle’s logic to a pseudo-logic aligned with empirical science. Sadly, Catholic scholars, including clergy, have been drawn into this mindset due to secular education’s dominance.

The basic cause for Catholics is the neglect of Aquinas’s works, despite repeated calls from the Church to study them. Influenced by secular peers, some Catholic academics are pressed to apologize for subordinating science to Faith. Paradoxically, it is modern scientists generally who embrace a radical scepticism and deny there is any scientific certainty or indisputable scientific proof.

 
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REVIEW BY FRANK CALNEGGIA

It has been my privilege to have written a number of testimonials for Dr. Boland’s books. One was a general testimonial for his 12-Volume Series on Saint Thomas Aquinas: “I truly believe as time passes this unique series will be more and more sought after by those who want a really good education in the philosophy of St Thomas Aquinas and much more besides.” 

Dr. Boland’s work has not stopped with the completion of his 12-Volume Series. He has begun an Assertions and Refutations series. This new series is intended to concentrate the philosophical principles of St. Thomas, explained and developed in depth in the first series, upon a wide field of philosophical subjects, both speculative and practical, in a series or critiques of modern-day Catholic authors. A number of books have already been published in this new series.

To help readers navigate both the 12-Volume series and the growing corpus of critiques in the new series, Dr. Boland has provided a concise overview of both series in the current book Teenager Science and the Curse of the Creative Imagination

Furthermore, and most importantly, he has accurately assessed the main intellectual obstacle – the mindset of Scientism deriving from Newton (all pervasive in education today) – that arrests and confounds human understanding at an inferior level and prevents it comprehending the philosophical principles of St. Thomas, pointedly in natural philosophy, metaphysics, logic and ethics, and thereby reaching maturity – or what should be its normal everyday working level.

This deleterious situation is artificially prolonged at all levels of Catholic education and in all areas of Catholic life by the continued disregard (especially by bishops) for the long and persistent insistence of Popes on the need to pay the utmost attention to St. Thomas, especially in metaphysics. 

Dr. Boland’s excellent and very readable book is something of a primer to the two series noted above, and is a necessary refutation of some basic errors hidden under the guise of modern science; a science very much in need of St. Thomas’s philosophical guidance and correction.

–Frank Calneggia, author of Assertions and Refutations: An Assessment of Dr Tracey Rowland’s Natural Law: From Neo Thomism to Nuptial Mysticism and editor of Analysing the Errors and Exposing the Real Agenda of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J.: The Selected Works of Frits Albers, Vol. 1

​ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Donald G Boland Ll. B. (Sydney), Ph. D. (Angelicum) is a founding member of the Centre for Catholic Studies Inc. in Sydney Australia and is one of its former Presidents. He practiced for a number of years as a lawyer having a degree in law from the University of Sydney. Over much the same time, having obtained a doctorate in philosophy from the University of St. Thomas in Rome, he has taught philosophy and law in both Catholic and secular educational institutions, such as the University of Technology, Sydney, the University of Newcastle, the Aquinas Academy, the Centre for Thomistic Studies Inc., now operating under the name of the Centre for Catholic Studies Inc., and various Catholic seminaries, such as those of the Marists and the Vincentians. His doctoral thesis was on the concepts of utility and value in economics as found in the works of Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas.

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