St Francis Xavier

Saint Francis of the Seven Seas
by Fr Albert J. Nevin, M.M.

An inspiring life of the great missionary to the Far East, St. Francis Xavier. After his wartorn boyhood in Navarre, Francis Xavier went to the University of Paris, determined to have a good time. He was interested in sports and became broadjumping champion of his college, and did not pay much attention to his studies. At first he scoffed at this fellow student, Ignatius Loyola, a former soldier who wanted to win the world for God. But Ignatius showed him that true champions are a far more heroic breed - those who risk their all to win the world for God. Francis joined Ignatius' followers, and became one of the first members of the Society of Jesus.Francis Xavier was selected by Ignatius to do missionary work in India. To all sixteenth-century travelers, a voyage from Portugal to India meant months of deadly peril from storms, pirates, and diseases. But to Father Francis Xavier, it also meant a chance to win the Orient for Jesus Christ. This great saint's eagerness to spread the Word of God involved him with the pearl divers of the Indian coast, the natives of Malaya and the Spice Islands, the cannibals of Morotni and the hostile feudal lords of ancient Japan. This book captures the true spirit of a daring man who braved the many dangers of India and Japan in amazing adventures of courage and faith.

Ages: 10 +

Paperback, 130 pages

Saints for Sinners
Nine Desolate Souls Made Strong by God
by Archbishop Alban Goodier

God's grace can conquer every human flaw . . . Christ came not to call saints but to make them often out of weak, stupid, and sinful men. That's why the saints are not only models of holiness for us to imitate they're also reminders that God's grace can outshine every human flaw.

As Alban Goodier's classic Saints for Sinners shows us, even the greatest saints had to battle the same stubborn vices, temptations of the flesh, and bouts of spiritual dryness that afflict you and me today. In these pages, with a style that perfectly blends hagiographical detail, spiritual meditation, and a skilled storyteller's touch, Archbishop Goodier brings us the tales of:

• The mercenary fighting man and itinerant gambler who left behind his rough soldier's habits and founded a religious order to care for the sick
• The backward, sickly teenager, disowned by his family and dogged by the Inquisition, who became a miraculous healer and paragon of humble simplicity
• The willful Tuscan beauty with a bad reputation who forsook vanity and lust to answer God's call to live in poverty and penitence<
• The brilliant, brooding Spanish nobleman who gave up everything to be a missionary only to see most of his efforts fail
• The royal chaplain and daring Counter-Reformer who escaped the gallows but had to endure a lifelong interior martyrdom of doubt and discouragement
• The hedonistic heretic and womanizer who traded worldly pleasure for divine happiness, and became one of the Church's greatest theologians
• And other inspiring tales of imperfect souls "made perfect in infirmity"

Read these stories and find in them delight and encouragement, as well as hope. You'll come to see that there is no one so sinful, weak, or desolate that God has not already raised another like him to the heights of glory.

St Augustine of Hippo	St Margaret of Cortona	St John of God	St Francis Xavier	St John of the Cross
St Camillus de Lellis	St Joseph of Cupertino	St Claude de la Colombiere	St Benedict Joseph Labre

Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 178 pages

Picture Book of Saints #03
by Fr Lawrence G. Lovasik

St. Joseph Picture Book Series, Part 3 of 12 books on the "Super-Heroes of God"--commonly known as Saints--by beloved author Rev. Lawrence G. Lovasik, S.V.D. introduces Catholic children to 15 of the most well-known Saints. Among the features of this book are:

• a full-color illustration of each Saint
• short, easy-to-understand lives of the Saints that offer a window on what made them so special in the eyes of God
• the feast day for each Saint in accordance with the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church

Saints included in this edition are:

St. Francis de Sales	St. Thomas Aquinas	St. Isidore the Farmer	St. John the Baptist
St. Benedict	St. Clare of Assisi	St. Bernard	St. Augustine
St. Charles Borromeo	St. Frances Cabrini	St. Elizabeth	St. Cecelia
St. Francis Xavier	St. John of the Cross	St. Catherine Laboure	Our Lady, Queen of All Saints

Paperback, size 7" x 5", 32 pages

1" Oval Medal - Die-cast Italian Silver Oxidized

Heroes of God's Church
by Rev P. Henry Matimore

The purpose of this beautiful book is to acquaint our children with biographies that will have some particular influence on the development of their characters. Each story has been planned as a real character training project, not merely as a reading lesson, to inspire admiration for faith and religious heroism.

"To accomplish this purpose, we have endeavored to stimulate interest in each saint by presenting him or her as a real human being who lived in a real world among real people and not as a super-being surrounded by miraculous wonders. We have tried to make the saints human, admirable, and lovable, and therefore imitate-able." (from the Foreword). Questions and Things to Do are found at the end of each story.

St Cecilia	St Sebastian of Rome	St Agnes of Rome	St Monica	St Patrick
St Columba	St Boniface	St Thomas of Canterbury	St Francis of Assisi	St Hedwig
St Hyacinth	St Louis IX	St Gertrude	St John Nepomucene	St Joan of Arc
St Thomas More	St Franis Xavier	St Aloysius	St Vincent de Paul	St Issac Jogues
St Gerard Majella	The Cure of Ars	St Theophane Venard	St Damien of Molokai	St Therese of Lisieux

Ages: 9 - 12

Paperback, size 8.2" x 5.8", 302 pages

Heroes of God
by Henri Daniel-Rops

"Have you strength to drink of the cup I am to drink of? They said: We have." (Matthew 20:22)

Down through the ages, numerous men and women have devoted themselves totally to the task of spreading the Gospel to the dark corners of the world. To each belonged some definite service, bequeathed by God and unto His glory.

From this immense variety, Henri Daniel-Rops has selected eleven heroes of God: St. Paul, prince of Apostles and proto-missionary; St. Martin of Tours, servant of God to the French countryside; Blessed Ramon Lull, martyr for the Muslims; Bartolomé de las Casas, loving father to the natives of the New World; St. Francis Xavier, intrepid pioneer and preacher to Asia; St. Issac Jogues, priest-unto-death for the Iroquois; St. Junípero Serra, cultivator of California and its harvest for Christ’s Church; Blessed Anne-Marie Javouhey, dauntless liberator of the slaves in French Guiana; St. Charles de Foucauld, hermit of the Sahara and disciple of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; St. Damien of Molokai, sufferer of living death, leprosy, for the sake of his flock; and Father Nussbaum, indomitable modern martyr of forbidden Tibet.

Originally published in 1959, Heroes of God bears compelling witness to the truth that—despite all differences in time, temperament, and territory—these adventurers had a common design: to live, suffer, and die so that others might know the love and mercy of God.

Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 238 pages

A Story of St Francis Xavier
by Br Ernest C.S.C

Francis was a carefree young man ready to take his place in the world as a professor in a university until God sent Ignatius Loyola into his life. He was ordained a priest in 1537 and lived a life filled with prayer and penance to win souls for heaven. His courage and complete faith in God won many converts to the Catholic Church. Reading this story about Saint Francis Xavier teaches us what is important in life, choosing to do God's Will in all things and placing complete trust that He will help us when everything seems hopeless. Saint Francis Xavier loved God and the impossible become possible. Has Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur

Paperback, size 8" x 6", 30 pages

Francis Xavier and the Samurai's Lost Treasure DVD

As a young man, Francis received a gift of friendship that inspired him to become a beacon of God's love throughout the world. His Christ-like charity and zest for life bring joy to all.

Running time 30 mins, animated, DVD Region 1 (USA)