FAITH books

Faces of FAITH – Everyday Catholics share their turning points of faith

L915 - You’re Worth It!

By Pat Rinker

For many teens, the Scriptures are confusing, ancient, or just plain unrelated to problems such as divorce, rejection from friends, sexual temptations, or lack of self-identity. Though you may believe in God and enjoy some positive experiences of Church, your personal prayer life needs to grow along with your personal relationship with God. Reading the Bible can be more of a task than a pleasure and you may need help in applying the Scripture to what happens in your everyday life.

You’re Worth It! seeks to help you find in Scripture the guidance you need to build a strong relationship with God, to strengthen your self-worth, to help you deal with inter-relational problems both in and outside your home, and give you an awareness of what your call to follow Christ looks like today. The book offers guidelines to help you begin the practice of daily prayer. Daily devotions build upon each other and end with further prayer suggestions and journal activity.

L914 - Faces of FAITH-Everyday Catholics share their turning points of faith

By FAITH Catholic Publishing and Communications

There are no ordinary people. Everyone has a story, everyone is on a journey of faith. In this book, the many editors of magazines who publish with FAITH Catholic Publishing and Communications share their favorite stories. Meet parents who have survived the loss of children; children who have overcome abuse, and people who bring hope to those in pain.

These stories are your stories, these stories are God’s stories – the stories of FAITH.

L908 - In My Father's Footprints

By Father Bill Turner

My Father’s Footsteps by Father Bill Turner is his second book on the topic of fatherhood. In it, he shares vignettes about sons and fathers that will move and inspire you.

L907 - A Garden of Visible Prayer - Creating a Sacred Space One Step at a Time

By Margaret Rose Realy

Gardens are places of growth, not only for plants but for our souls as well. Creating an outdoor spiritual sanctuary, no matter how small, is now within every gardener’s reach. A Garden of Visible Prayer shows you how to develop a contemplative outdoor space in a creative and systematic manner. Whether you are a new gardener or an old hand, wanting to create a public or a private retreat area, this book will guide you in a step-by-step approach to discern what leads you, personally, to a deeper sense of spirituality and then how to take that information to create your own outdoor space for prayer.

Set up in a systematic approach, this book breaks into three easily understandable units to create an outdoor retreat: discern, design, and development. In the discerning process you will establish what elements in a garden lead you to become quiet and introspective, fostering spiritual growth. The next section guides you in designing your prayer space; where to locate it, where to place the features you have chosen and how to select plants. There is also a section on Catholic traditions in the garden at the end of the book. The final chapters on development tell you how to install your garden based on your design. A Garden of Visible Prayer helps you feed both hungers for natural beauty and spiritual insight.

L906 - Happiness: Only in the Next

By David Paul Eich

Happiness: Only in the Next, by David Paul Eich, challenges us to look beyond personal happiness to eternal happiness.

During an apparition on February 18, 1858, in Lourdes, France, the Blessed Virgin Mary said to a local peasant girl, “I cannot promise you happiness in this world, only in the next.”

Inspired by the movie, The Song of Bernadette, this book reminds us that we can spend an eternity trying to figure out how to be happy in this world or make choices that will enable us to experience eternal happiness.

David Paul Eich is the author of Conquering the Culture: The Fight for Our Children’s Souls, Desiderata: A Teenager’s Journey to God and The ‘F’ Word: Good Words for Great Leaders. He is also a keynote speaker and retreat leader. David and his wife Cindy have been married for 38 years and are blessed with three children and four grandchildren and reside East Lansing, Michigan.

L903 - Fr. Joe's Smart Answers & Bad Jokes

By Father Joseph Krupp

Smart answers and bad jokes from a priest who proves God has a sense of humor is a collection of Father Joe’s most popular columns from FAITH Magazine. FAITH’s dynamic q-and-a priest answers questions about God, the church, relationships and issues of the day.

Father Joe Krupp is a former comedy writer who was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Lansing in 1998. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Flint, this former Wolverine embraced his inner Spartan when he became the director of campus ministry at Michigan State University. Father Joe is a regular on Catholic TV, as well as appearing every month in the pages of FAITH.

L904 - Near or Far I Think of You Always

By Father Gildasio Mendes

Father Gildasio has written a collection of faith stories to motivate and encourage young people. Written in short glimpses of faith, it is perfect for busy teens and young adults with their hectic schedules. It’s a book that can pick up, reflect and pray with – then come back later or pick their favorite passages to read over and over.

L902 - The Perfect World Inside My Minivan

By Marybeth Hicks

Dinner with Sponge Bob? On vacation with a "stalker?" The saddest day of summer? These are just some of the experiences you'll read about in Marybeth Hicks' new collection of family columns, The Perfect World Inside My Minivan--One Mom's Journey Through the Streets of Suburbia, now available from FAITH Publishing Service and Liturgical Commission Publishings. Through heartwarming and hilarious detail, Marybeth paints a familiar picture of family life. Now, FAITH Publishing Service brings her insightful columns together in a book that's both entertaining and inspiring. Ideal gift for parish volunteers and catechists.

04 - Sacristan's Manual

Sacristan's Manual Also for liturgy committees. Outlines sacristan's general responsibilities: care of sacristy, sacred vestments and vessels, and other liturgical items. Summarizes preparations for specific celebrations and special seasons. Includes explanation of the liturgical year, special provisions for pontifical ceremonies, and check-lists. Excellent reference for liturgy planners, 8 1/2" x 11" format.

L909 - The Peace I Leave With You

By Bishop Kenneth J. Povish

The Peace I Leave With You is a selection of 40 meditations taken from more than 50 years of Bishop Kenneth Povish's writings. This is the first and only book of the beloved third bishop of the Diocese of Lansing, Michigan. For more than 50 years, Bishop Povish ministered to us, first as a priest and then as a bishop, before succumbing to cancer on September 5, 2003. He worked up until his death on the manuscript for this book-his parting gift to the people of God, a final message of hope and consolation.

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