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Everyone feels upset when someone dies, especially when children are left behind. Yet, despite concern and sympathy, it can be hard to know what to say to the children. This book helps us to take a child’s eye view. It explains how the child’s understanding of death develops and gives practical advice on helping both grieving children and children who are themselves dying. Janet Goodall writes from many years’ experience as a consultant paediatrician. She illustrates the development of the child’s spiritual understanding with moving incidents from her work with families of terminally ill children. ..

A traditional Catholic Prayer book which features Christian Doctrine, the Rosary, Stations of the Cross, Devotions to the Sacred Heart, St. Joseph, The Blessed Mother and everyday prayers...

This is about truth and reality. It’s about where we find meaning and where we’re headed/ it’s about understanding the spiritual dimension of life things beyond pizza and sports and dating and finding a career. This invaluable resource for Catholic teenagers covers traditional topics like Catholic doctrine, practices, and prayers, then tackles serious contemporary issues like violence, media, sex, substance abuse, and matters of conscience. Teens will appreciate the Handbook’s honest, friendly tone; their parents and teachers will appreciate the conversations it starts. Used alone or with the Handbook for Today’s Catholic Teen Activity Notebook, it’s the perfect guide on the journey to Catholic Christian adulthood. ..

Real People, Real Presence: Ordinary Catholics on the Extraordinary Power of the Eucharist ..

Nicholas Reid's biography gives a full account of Liston's work within the New Zealand church and his huge contribution to its development...

The book, especially the prayers it holds, has also emerged from my personal experience of the example of many other people whose strength and vision enabled them to know just when to let go. Knowing this led them into the way of pace. May you find the same path...

This book contains a selection of prayers for younger children and their parents to use on a wide variety of occasions. It will help to build a foundation for regular time of prayer as a family. The vivid illustrations in children's style add colour and focus to the prayers for younger children. The second half of the book has prayers for parents of pre-school children to use. This book has proven to be very popular and it has been useful for a parish to use as a gift to children at baptism. Baptism provides a wonderful opportunity for congregations, godparents and family members to present this prayer book to help parents nurture the faith of their child...

In this deightful book, Willy shares with us precious conversations she has enjoyed with Our Lord while contemplating before the Blessed Sacraament. Psalm 42:1 as a deer longs for running streams, so longs my soul for you, my God. The writer Willy Vermuelen, born in Holland, migrated with her parents to New Zealand in 1956.Spending time in the presence of the Lord, Willy was inspired to write the reflections in this book as He asked her to "Share your experiences...." ..

Mary's call to her loving children, by Ven. Mother Mary Potter, Foundress of The little company of Mary. "Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy." Matthew 5:7..

As the title suggests, this is an invitation. Joy's writing and Terry's photography become a conduit connecting the reader with the essence of the Gospel stories. "This book is a gift to us from someone who has spent much time contemplating the face of Christ as his disciple. It leads us to Jesus. His light and peace are present in these pages. Thank you again Joy, friend and companion of the Bridegroom, for decreasing so he may increase." Fr Carl Telford SM..

Booklet of Devotions Over many years, St Pauls has published a number of bestselling classic saints books and devotionals, enjoyed by a range of readers across generations. Now, we are rekindling some of these evergreen favourites in a more reader friender, appealing format with fresh new covers and internal design, for both old and new audiences.  From novenas to saints'biographies and deovtions, these classic booklets speak to us all, and are as relevant today as ever...

The Order of Morning and Evening Prayer throughout the year taken from the Divine Office. For anyone who wants to make a daily act of devotion, Morning and Evening Prayer offers the perfect combination of a consistent structure of prayer alongside daily options and choices to take you through the church’s year. Taken from the Catholic Divine Office, these daily prayers and readings offer inspiration for priests and lay people alike to give strength for each day.Now with a new look in the familiar hardwearing and practical format, and an updated table of moveable dates...

"This book is a fine tapestry weaving in and out, and illuminating a way through the great sadness that comes with the death of a child. The words take you gently by the hand, through the poems of growing up, parting and grieving. The stories reveal, with love, how things are when someone very near and very dear, dies." Kathleen Gallagher - Poet and Playwright...

Since the earlier edition of the small volume was so well received, the basic content of this revised edition will remain the same. The new text is stylistically reworked and necessary corrections were made by Fr. Patrick Connor, SVD to whom I owe a special word of thanks. A number of new stories have been added or replaced, and the questions for reflection were partly reworded. Two new conferences were added: Conversion of St. Paul and Poverty: Option for the Poor. Special thanks goes to Sister Christel Daun, S.Sp.S. for her help in selecting the stories, and for her assistance in so many ways with the new edition. We had some difficulty in selecting a suitable title. Although the book was originally meant for religious and priests, surprisingly it reached many lay people as well who wanted to follow the Lord more dedicatedly. We, therefore, decided to leave the title as it was worded in the second printing of the first edition. ..

This is a revised and updated edition of a pastoral classic. When an inactive Catholic seeks the sacraments there are many delicate and complex issues involved, each charged with emotional intensity. The Marginal Catholic summarizes official Church directives and provides practical, pastoral suggestions for resolving the concerns of all involved...

Heartfelt, incisive, and timeless, The Confessions of Saint Augustine has captivated readers for more than fifteen hundred years. Retelling the story of his long struggle with faith and ultimate conversion -- the first such spiritual memoir ever recorded -- Saint Augustine traces a story of sin, regret, and redemption that is both deeply personal and, at the same time, universal. Starting with his early life, education, and youthful indiscretions, and following his ascent to influence as a teacher of rhetoric in Hippo, Rome, and Milan, Augustine is brutally honest about his proud and amibitious youth. In time, his early loves grow cold and the luster of wordly success fades, leaving him filled with a sense of inner absence, until a movement toward Christian faith takes hold, eventually leading to conversion and the flourishing of a new life. Philosophically and theologically brilliant, sincere in its feeling, and both grounded in history and strikingly contemporary in its resonance, Th..