The Devil-ution of Society: From a Civilization of Life to a Culture of Death to an Age of Insanity by Paul Murano In July, 1968, Pope Paul VI promulgated Humanae Vitae in which he observed that "a man who grows accustomed to the use of contraceptive methods may...

An Unlikely Gardener: Prose and Poems by Francis Etheredge This book began as a failed article about gardening; however, having written one, several more followed and so it became a short book, wonderfully enriched by the criticisms of my eldest daughter and a...

Flow Gently Days by Rachel Heise The author endeavors in this book of poetry to demonstrate an alertness to the divine glorious moments in time that often pass by underappreciated. She encourages all readers to be on the lookout for a trail of lights that leads back...

Ad Maré by Grace Bourget A kingdom living in the shadow of a five-hundred year curse.  A people banished for protecting their home against it. Seven stars gliding westward. One ancient city has already fallen to the sea.  The only hope to save Celae and her people...

The Guilty: A Man is Stabbed to Death and a Community Examines its Conscience This book revolves round a fatal stabbing but is not about the three dagger thrusts that killed a man. It is a whodunnit of another kind--a social and psychological sleuthing that may well...

Light of Faith: Poems and Plays by Grace Bourget Journey by poem from Bethlehem's grotto to Calvary; follow by prose as St. Francis creates the first Nativity scene, to modern times, as young Clare struggles to trust in Heaven's love through her sickness.    ...

Things Beloved: Two Short Novels by Glenn Morrow The Better Boat Wandering the coast, 12-year-old Anthony comes upon a man kicking a sailboat. The derelict boat is stranded high on the shore, so the man sells it to Anthony for a dollar. In an idyllic Rhode Island...

Nkar: The Village of Myths and Legends by Fr. Eugen Nkardzedze Fr Eugen Nkardzedze has provided a vindicating account of the juiciest myths and legends of Nkar that does justice to history, culture, religion, and the general anthropology of the people of Nkar. Very...

So Shine is the debut album by brothersister  10 new original Catholic Christian songs Music & Lyrics by Fr. Lawrence Edward Tucker, SOLT“‘So Shine’ strikes an excellent balance between Catholic hymns and classic rock.” – Check out the review at Aleteia.orgMasters...

Cross of Secrets by Thérèse Judeana An impenetrable shadow has bound the galaxy of Andromeda for centuries. After a freak accident of space, an empire of slave traders learns to control time. Now nothing can stop them from taking whom they will. In the deadly currents...

Trial by Time by Thérèse Judeana An impenetrable shadow has bound the galaxy of Andromeda for centuries. After a freak accident of space, an empire of slave traders learns to control time. Now nothing can stop them from taking whom they will. In the deadly currents of...

Shards of Crystal by Thérèse Judeana An impenetrable shadow has bound the galaxy of Andromeda for centuries. After a freak accident of space, an empire of slave traders learns to control time. Now nothing can stop them from taking whom they will. In the deadly...

A Sword Will Pierce by L. Blosser-Medley L. Blosser-Medley offers her readers a love story, showing the great love Mary has for God, always saying, "God's will be done" and doing His will, always trusting fully in Him. Our Blessed Mother became the first and most...

The Messiah of the Metro Café By Ronda Chervin It was 9:00 A.M., October 24, 2022. The reporters of the Catholic Weekly of Los Angeles met in the chief editor’s office for their special assignments. “This cult leader is influencing some St. Mark’s seminarians from his...

True Love: 12 Christmas Stories, My True Love Gave to Me by Ben Bongers Let’s face it, life is messy and so are emotions. But, as Hellen Keller said, “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.”...

Vale of Hope by Grace Bourget In 15th-century Spain, a reckless youth finds himself grounded with the worst punishment he can imagine: volunteering in a leper camp. Working amongst those the world has proclaimed as dead to society, Paul finds that there is more to...

Goat-Song and Other Stories by David Ross Goat-Song and Other Stories is a collection of one novella and two short stories. The novella, Goat-Song, concerns an exclusive theatrical production, and the two people involved, one alive, the other dead. One short story,...

Figures in Orbits of Symphony: Stories and Ideas by Angelyn Spignesi Kopylec Arden Psychological figures, which provide a way not only to self-knowledge, but also healing and growth to one’s true vocation knowing oneself and others, are not spirit or matter but...

Ben Bongers reading from his book at Catholic Gifts and Books at 13397 Olive Blvd., Chesterfield, MO 63017. See https://catholicgiftsandbooks.com/The Saint Nicholas Society by Ben Bongers Fred went from having it all—the girl, the car, the mansion—to being on the...

"Empty Nest" and Other Stories by Angelyn Spignesi Kopylec Arden The place of the dream, of the inner life that connects to others, where literature touches the unconscious, where Spirit moves and speaks through the material world, has a language and inherent meaning....

Pavement Prayers Kalia confessed to murder last night amid a hushed silence that lasted only a short while before he went into detailed account of the events that led to it . . . Thus begins one of the prayers in this book. This is a book of prayers that tell a story....

Obsidian Mirth The characters in Thom Brucie’s Obsidian Mirth fall into a dilemma where loss and betrayal entangle the need for forgiveness and love. Their choices reveal what distinctions lie between knowing one’s self and knowing another, choices that expose that...

Saynt Lachmi A young street child named Lachmi is whisked into prostitution, rescued, and led by her spirit and providence through the use of her extraordinary gifts to the brink of sainthood. The body, she shows us, is a prism, revealing through its gradations the...

The Squire's Journey This is a story of a journey, written to help young people deal with grief and loss. Every journey has a beginning. Every journey has a starting point, when a person’s life takes a turn and he starts on the path that will be his life for the rest...

The Guest of Night Three teenagers are drawn into the hidden underside of Elizabethan England: a world where how you pray can get you hanged, and misplaced trust can kill.  Catholicism is forbidden in this world, and Catholics walk the line between faith and fear....

¡Una gran noticia! En los Premios de la Catholic Media Association (CMA), la edición original en inglés de... La Redención de San Isidro... ganó el tercer lugar en la categoría Novela Católica; también ganó el tercer lugar en la categoría de Mejor Portada.So Shine is...

¡Una gran noticia! En los Premios de la Catholic Media Association (CMA), la edición original en inglés de... A Quienes el Corazón Decidió Amar... ganó el segundo lugar en la categoría Backlist Beauty.So Shine is the debut album by brothersister  10 new...

It is My Soul that Sings: Selected Poems of Charles Gordon Rex Ed. by Charles Gordon Rex, Jr. Poet and composer Charles Gordon Rex’s style of writing, finally being published in the 21st Century, is that of a bygone era. He was the product of the first half of the...

Senator Bob HillCoda: American Politics, Personal Loss, and Recovery A Novel by Dick Bishirjian Senator Bob Hill (R-PA) is sentenced for involuntary manslaughter for an accident in which he was driving under the influence. Prior to completing his sentence in jail, the...

Only the Lover Sings by Daniel Fitzpatrick All is changed when a hurricane floods the city of New Orleans, displacing fourteen-year-old Roman Moran and his family not only from their home but also from the daily round rehearsed for them by generations of life in the...

Great news! The Redemption of San Isidro won 3rd place in the Catholic Novel category; it also took 3rd place in the Best Front Cover category in the 2021 Catholic Media Awards!So Shine is the debut album by brothersister  10 new original Catholic Christian songs...

Special congratulations to Rick for his being awarded third place in the 2020 Catholic Book Awards contest for best Catholic novel. The Rebirth of Nicodemus by Rick Akins As the Romans prepare to destroy Jerusalem and its Temple in 70 A.D., the Apostle John visits the...

Children of Slate Morgan O’Bryan, studying for the priesthood at St. Francis Seminary, comes under the tutelage of Father Christopher. Father Christopher suspects that Morgan might possess the gift of healing, and he wants to introduce Morgan to the knowledge of and...

Children of the Breath: A Dialogue in the Desert by Martin Chervin Martin Chervin, Ronda’s husband, became a Catholic at the age of sixty, after decades of struggling with doubt. His way of resolving his doubt was to ponder the battle between Satan and Christ during...

Ties that Bind: The Story of a Marriage by Ronda Chervin January 4, 1984 would be a day to remember for Margo Kemperdick. It began when the thirty-five year old woman walked out of her dilapidated, wooden frame row house in the South Bronx one morning to get her mail,...

Sisters Karamazov by Natalie Karamazov “So what kind of a title is that Hmmph! The Sisters Karamazov? So you think you’re a female Dostoevsky? Isn’t that more than a little arrogant?” Let me explain. The idea for writing this fictionalized account of my life came in...

The Table by Dcn. Dennis Lambert First century Christianity and present-day musical aspirations meet in the story of a miracle table built by the grandfather of Jesus Christ.  The table is placed in the hands of a Centurion named Cornelius following the death of the...

Great news! To Whom The Heart Decided To Love won 2nd place as a Backlist Beauty in the 2021 Catholic Media Awards!So Shine is the debut album by brothersister  10 new original Catholic Christian songs Music & Lyrics by Fr. Lawrence Edward Tucker, SOLT“‘So Shine’...