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Memorize the Faith! (and Most Anything Else)
Using the Methods of the Great Catholic Medieval Memory Masters
by Kevin Vost

"They laughed when I said I could name all 27 books of the New Testament . . . but after I named them all in order, plus the 46 books of the Old Testament, they begged me to show them how I did it."

Yes, I know that memorizing the Faith is no substitute for living a holy life, but even devout people can't live by truths and precepts they don't remember.

That's why, over 700 years ago, St. Thomas Aquinas perfected an easy method for his students to memorize most any information, but especially the truths taught by Christ and His Church.

As the years passed, our need for this ancient art of memorization grew, yet somehow our culture largely forgot it . . . which is why today, when you and I try to remember a list of things, we have to repeat their names over and over. Or, to remember to call the dentist, we tie a string on our finger. And we clutch at any means whatsoever to recall our passwords for ATMs, credit cards, and voicemail, our login names for Yahoo, eBay, and Amazon, and the host of other names and numbers that clog our minds and clutter our days.

Now, thanks to the delightful pages of Memorize the Faith!, you can easily keep all these in mind - and learn the Faith! - by tapping into the power of the classical memory system that helped St. Thomas become the Church's preeminent theologian, and made it easier for him to become one of its greatest saints.

Here, Catholic scholar Kevin Vost makes available again Aquinas's easy-to-learn method - the method Dr. Vost himself has used for decades to recall names, dates, phone numbers, the first dozen digits of pi (3.141592653589) and even whether, when his wife called him at work today, she asked him to bring home ice cream and toffee . . . or was it truffles and coffee?

Indeed, Dr. Vost will teach you to remember virtually anything, but he devotes most of his book to showing you how to improve your memory of Catholic truths so you can live the Faith better.

By the time you finish this book, you will have memorized dozens of key teachings of the Church, along with hundreds of precepts, traditions, theological terms, Scripture verses, and other elements of the Faith that every good Catholic needs to know by heart.

Memory is the foundation of wisdom. It makes holiness easier. To grow wiser in the Faith . . . and holier . . . turn to Memorize the Faith! today.

Note:  Memorize the Faith! will teach you and your children how to remember anything, but it's particularly useful to those involved in religious education: catechists and converts, CCD teachers, RCIA members, and homeschoolers of all ages.

Here, Dr. Vost and St. Thomas Aquinas show you easy ways to memorize the following truths and precepts of our Faith, plus many more:

• The 9 Beatitudes
• The 12 Apostles
• The 7 Virtues
• The 7 Sacraments
• The 4 Last Things
• The 7 Capital Sins
• The 10 Commandments
• The 4 Marks of the Church
• The 14 Stations of the Cross
• The 5 Precepts of the Church
• The 7 Gifts of the Holy Spirit
• The 12 Fruits of the Holy Spirit
• The 7 Spiritual Works of Mercy
• The 20 Mysteries of the Rosary
• The 7 Corporal Works of Mercy
• The 10 Holy Days of Obligation
• The 6 Sins Against the Holy Spirit
• The 5 Proofs for the Existence of God
• The 27 Books of the New Testament
• The 46 Books of the Old Testament

And anything else you want to remember, from the 14 items on your grocery list to the birthdays of your 7 nephews and nieces!

Paperback, size 9" x 6", 250 pages

12 Life lessons from St Thomas Aquinas
by Kevin Vost

Though the controversies and scandals racking the Church today cannot ultimately prevail against it, they have certainly created rifts between believers like never before. Where can we look to rediscover the heart of our Faith so that, as Christ Himself prayed, we might all be one? Almost every pope has declared the answer since 1323 when Pope John XXII named one man the Common Doctor of the Church whose philosophy and approach to truth are to be held in common, cherished, and shared, by all of the Church throughout time St. Thomas Aquinas. Through his unequalled powers of intellect, enhanced by his full embrace of all the Holy Spirits gifts, Thomass writings provide the utterly timeless life lessons we must heed if we, the Church, are to become one in our pursuit of eternal salvation for ourselves and for all men. Here, youll find the twelve essential, eternal life lessons culled from Thomass writings, accompanied by practical ways to implement them in your life.

Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 304 pages

The One-Minute Aquinas
The Doctor's Quick Answers to Fundamental Questions
by Kevin Vost

Pope St. Pius said that "in one year, a man can derive more profit from the works of St. Thomas Aquinas than from a lifetime studying the works of others."

If you don't have a year to study the more than 3,000 pages St. Thomas wrote, then turn to The One-Minute Aquinas, the fast-paced book that provides busy readers with simple, readable explanations of the truths that, for 750 years now, have caused the works of St. Thomas to be sought out by kings and popes, scholars and saints, as well as by ordinary souls like you - hungry to know God and to love him more and more. In this book's lucid pages, author Kevin Vost gives you small, digestible portions of St. Thomas's life-giving wisdom that you can enjoy one minute at a time. Tables and graphics will help you grasp and remember St. Thomas\'s key ideas with a minimum of time and effort. Best of all, in The One-Minute Aquinas you\'ll find quick, sure refutations of the countless relativistic, secular, and pseudoscientific ideas that are so influential in our culture today -- and so shallow, contradictory, and wrong! Pope John Paul II declared that the Church has been justified in consistently proposing St. Thomas as a master of thought and a model of the right way to do theology.

Now, The One-Minute Aquinas enables even those with limited time and only a modest education to benefit from the wisdom of this great saint. Here, with minimal effort and among scores of other things, you'll finally come to know and understand: Why God permits evil Heaven: what it is (and is not) Five simple proofs that God exists Why God became man Why Jesus let himself be tempted How you can grow quickly in virtue Why all souls need the sacraments Why Jesus let himself be crucified The causes of lust The natural law and the Commandments The soul, free will, sin, and damnation The angels, their ranks, and their powers How God governs (and refrains from governing) God's power and its limits The Bible: why didn't Jesus just write it himself? The surprising qualities of our resurrected bodies.

Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 265 pages