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A Story of Blessed Marie Leonie PSSF
by Brother Ernest, C.S.C.

Born in 1840 in Canada, Elodia felt called to enter the Marianites of the Holy Cross at the age of 14 and took the name Sister Marie-Leonie. Later she founded a new order, the little Sisters of the Holy Family and they devoted themselves to caring for the household needs of clergy and seminarians.

Level 2

Paperback, size 9" x 6", 96 pages

Holy Family with Angel Panel 17"
by Joseph's Studio

Decorative Holy Family with Angel Panel meticulously crafted by master artisans with great attention to colour and detail. This 3 panel piece will stand out in any room.

Suitable for hanging, or the perfect size for placing on a mantel.

• Material: Medium Density Fiberboard
• Dimensions: 17"H x 13"W x 0.75"D
• Collection; Joseph's Studio

The Month of the Sacred Heart
Practical Meditations for Each Day of the Month of June
by Abbé Berlioux

After the devotions of May to His Blessed Mother Mary, we turn now to June, the month of His love. To increase our fervor, The Month of the Sacred Heart, by the Abbé Berlioux, contains a valuable trove of practices and sentiments toward sanctifying the month of June.  Excellent as a daily reader for the month, but also very useful for the monthly First Friday devotions and home enthronement preparations and ceremonies, as well as matrimonial devotions, anniversaries and vow renewals.

Each chapter contains the whole day’s reading, prayer, and a fitting example for the reading, usually taken from the author’s personal knowledge or some other historical example.  Much of the life of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque is included, as well as incredible inspiration and pearls of hope from the tumultuous nineteenth century – a century that echoes our own in social and spiritual unrest.  This is what gives the book a unique atmosphere, and timeless appropriateness.  As each of the thirty days of June progress, the subjects cover every possible facet of the Sacred Heart devotion, solidifying for the devotee a rich theological truth and piety.

The subjects range from the origins of the devotion and life of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, the incredible promises of the Sacred Heart devotion, the material and spiritual objects of the devotion, a description of, and ways to devote oneself to each symbol within the Image itself, the various desires of our Lord’s Heart, the terrible “thorns”, or sorrows, with which His people wound His Heart, the means of honoring His Heart, beautiful ways to execute the practice of this devotion in our everyday lives, the hearts of the Holy Family, and more.  The readings are short and easy for modern man to complete for a morning meditation, between the labors of a busy life, and for raising to a higher level one’s entire being to live each moment in honor of His Divine Heart.  Let us make impossible the words of St. Francis of Assisi that, “Love is not loved”.

The examples after each reading reflect upon each truth taught each day.  Many of the stories are literally of conversions and miraculous events occurring due to a petition to the Sacred Heart, and others are simply inspiring about individuals who lived deeply devoted lives, consecrated to the Heart of Jesus.  Truly, those who persevere through this devotion will save their own souls, the souls around them, and deliver many souls from the fires and pains of Purgatory.

The prayers that follow each daily reading are written specifically to inspire a greater love in relation to the subject treated for that day, perfectly-matched to the theme of the reading.

The Month of the Sacred Heartwas first published in the French language in Grenoble.  The book was soon after translated for the English-speaking world and published in 1885.  The Abbé Berlioux was a priest of the diocese of Grenoble and was the Curé, or parish priest, of the church of St. Bruno.  In his works he often uses a literary charm of addressing the reader personally.  In this work, he calls out to the reader, addressing him by the name, “Christian”, or “Christian”, in nearly each day’s reading as he gets to the point of what the individual could do to utilize and live a Christian life based on a greater devotion to the Sacred Heart, increasing the seriousness of the tone as well as gripping the attention of the reader with it.

Read The Month of the Sacred Heart to increase in the soul the love of Christ’s love!  The devotion taught in its pages will take the reader by the hand and lead him to live more fully the life of a brother of Christ.  In its pages you will find:

• An organized 30 days of Sacred Heart devotions for the complete month of June
• Daily spiritual reading on the various facets of the devotion to Jesus’ Heart
• A detailed study of the Image of the Sacred Heart and ways to personally apply the message
• Daily prayers to the Sacred Heart
• Daily examples of true-life stories that draw out the truths within each day’s reading.
• A collection of devotions and prayers, including a special means of attending Mass through the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Paperback, size 8" x 5", 173 pages

Also available in Hardcover with dust jacket upon request (additional cost)

In the Workshop of St. Joseph
by Fr Joseph Heuser, D.D.

In the Workshop of St. Joseph, presents the reader with a fictional account taking place at the time of the Holy Family's flight to Egypt, and later return to Nazareth.

It follows several fictional characters, Eliab, his daughter Zelah who becomes a servant for the Holy Family, and his son Ahijah, all of whom are Jews living in Egypt. Zelah accompanies the Holy Family back to Nazareth, and Eliab and Ahijah follow them, ultimately taking up residence in Nazareth itself. The story allows Fr. Heuser not only to illustrate the circumstances in Israel during the first century, the rites and ceremonies of the Jews which the Holy Family knew and participated in, but also the prefigurement of the Messiah in the Scripture, as well as the spiritual and moral meaning of the tools in Joseph's workshop.

In the Workshop of St. Joseph is a beautiful and spiritually enriching story for youth and adults alike, weaving Fr. Heuser's erudition and use of 1st century archeology with a wonderful and pious story.

Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 250 pages

Also available in Hardcover with dust jacket upon request (additional cost)

Holy Family Novena and Prayers
by Fr. Daniel A Lord, S.J.

Holy Family Novena booklet includes 24 pages of exclusive Italian 'Fratelli Bonella' fine art and special prayers. The cover displays a colourful gold outlined image of the Holy Family from the exclusive Italian 'Bonella' art collection. Each page is filled with beautiful prayers, surrounded by colourful, decorative designs.

Booklet, size 6" x 3.75", 24 pages

The Life of Mary As Seen by the Mystics
by Raphael Brown

Generations of devout Catholics, including many learned theologians and writers, have derived great spiritual benefits from a careful reading of the private revelations here compiled, those of Ven. Anne Catherine Emmerich and Ven. Mary of Agreda, primarily, along with those of St. Bridget of Sweden and St. Elizabeth of Schoenau. From the birth of Mary to her Coronation in Heaven, this book provides the reader with remarkable insights into the life of Our Lady, and an unmatched depth of understanding of the Holy Family.

What is also shown with utmost clarity is that Mary is a model of the interior life, and an example of perfect submission to the will of God. "As we read," writes Dom Prosper Gueranger, "our heart slowly takes fire, our soul feels desires for virtue which it had not hitherto experienced, the mysteries of faith appear more luminous to us, bit by bit the world and its hopes vanish, and the longing for the good things of Heaven, which seemed to have been dozing within us, awakens with new fervor."

Paperback, size 9" x 6", 232 pages

Also available in hardcover on request (additional cost)

Material: Glass
Dimensions: 6.25"H x 4"W x 0.25"D

Holy Family Colouring Book
by Katherine Sotnik

Lovely line drawings based on paintings by great masters grace every page of this colouring book. Accompanying each image is a quotation from the Holy Bible. Children will learn about the Holy Family: Jesus, Mary, and St. Joseph. A wonderful way to introduce your children to the Holy Family!

Paperback, size 11" x 8.5", 72 pages

The Life of the Good Thief
by Monsignor Gaume

Advocate of God and consoler of Mary, this is the story of the first thief, whose wonderful eleventh hour conversion and defense of the holy Kingship of Christ on Calvary, merited him the everlasting title, The Good Thief.

Monsignor Gaume opens his book with a graphic, even ugly, description of the true face of a highway brigand in the days of the Caesars. He presents the first meeting of our Egyptian thief and the Son of God in the idolatrous land of the Pharaohs on the occasion of the flight of the impoverished Holy Family away from the sword of Herod. The rest of this profoundly inspiring account begins on the Mount of the Skull. It is the story of the Passion as seen through this most unlikely of characters. Meet Dismas; a dying man whose only request from his Lord was but a remembrance in His Kingdom! Rejoice for a man who was the first to be with Christ in Paradise.

Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 208 pages

A Manual of Practical Devotion to St. Joseph
by Fr. Patrignani, SJ

After Our Lady, it is the speculative tradition of the Church that there is no saint greater than St. Joseph. After all, this supremely humble man about to whom no words are attributed in Scripture, merited to be the foster-father of God Himself in the Person of Jesus Christ. What a sublime mystery; what a noble office; what a glorious man! St. Joseph is the single greatest male to ever walk the Earth, other than Our Lord Himself. Thus, aside from Our Lord and Our Lady, there is no better recourse we can have than him on whom even they depended in the Holy Family.

A Manual of Practical Devotion to St. Joseph serves as an instruction to the faithful on how to truly devote oneself to this remarkable humble and just saint. Written in 1709 in Italian and translated in the 19th century, it contains tremendous insights on the person of St. Joseph, as well as reasons for our devotion to hymn and a well of prayers, novenas, and hymns. God chose St. Joseph to represent the ideal of fatherhood in the Holy Family; let us learn from him! The advice of Holy Mother Church is to "Go to Joseph." This book shows the way.

Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 350 pages