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Something New with Saint Thérèse: Her Eucharistic Miracle
Though St. Thérèse of Lisieux lived a short, hidden life in a Carmelite monastery in a small town in France, she predicted that after her death the whole world would love her and promised to send a shower of roses, spending her Heaven doing good upon earth until the end of time. True to her word, the Little Flower has favored countless souls with her friendship, and her name and image can be found in every corner of the earth. Pope St. Pius X called her "the greatest Saint of modern times," and the nine popes following him have all endorsed her Little Way of Spiritual Childhood. She is the Patroness of the missions alongside St. Francis Xavier, Patroness of France with St. Joan of Arc, and in 1997, Pope St. John Paul II named her the 33rd Doctor of the Church. And yet after 120 years of this young nun's universal acclaim, author Suzie Andres has found something brand new to say about St. Thérèse. Taking a little known petition from Thérèse's Act of Oblation to Merciful Love, the author reveals a Eucharistic miracle that the Little Flower not only lived, but promoted among those close to her. This book begins with an explanation of St. Thérèse's Eucharistic miracle, and goes on to find evidence of this miracle in the lives of other great Saints, from Margaret Mary to Padre Pio. The author then uses Thérèse's own arguments to prove that this particular grace, as well as the Act of Oblation to Merciful Love, is meant for all little souls. Something New with St. Thérèse is an invitation to readers to take further steps along the Little Way and into the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus. Available as paperback and ebook |
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Being Catholic: What Every Catholic Should Know
The new "What Every Catholic Should Know" series is intended for the average faithful Catholic who wants to know more about Catholic faith and culture. The authors in this series take a panoramic approach to the topic of each book aimed at a non-specialist but enthusiastic readership. In Being Catholic: What Every Catholic Should Know, Suzie Andres focuses on Catholic customs, traditions, and practices that are in danger of being forgotten but which have been, for centuries, the joy of Catholics to remember. Topics covered include the Seven Sacraments, the Layout of a Church, Details and Process of the Mass, Catholic Doctrine on Mary, the Communion of Saints, Angels, the Liturgical Year, Popes, Bishops, Priests, and Religious Life, and the Different Rites (Byzantine, Alexandrian, Latin, etc.) "Cradle Catholic, Convert, or Curious Inquirer . . . you will quickly find there are more Catholic customs, traditions, habits, and points of etiquette than articles of the Creed, and so, for easier access, my bet is that you will find it handy to have all this lore in one 50,000 word document, namely, a book." — From Being Catholic: What Every Catholic Should Know |
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Stations of the Cross with Our Sister Saint Thérèse
St. Thérèse of Lisieux, well acquainted with the Kingdom and famous for showering roses from Heaven, has done it again. In this little book, apt quotations from the Little Flower appear alongside beautiful old fashioned block print images of the traditional Stations of the Cross. The combination provides all little souls - from children, converts, and beginners in the spiritual life to those who have accompanied Jesus for decades – with a fresh set of meditations on Jesus’ infinite love as expressed in His Passion and Death. Walk the Way of the Cross with this Doctor of the Church as she brings forth from her Mother’s storeroom a blend of prayers both old and new. Perfect for individual devotion, group prayer, and congregational use in a parish, St. Thérèse’s little way of spiritual childhood and the Stations of the Cross blend to produce a fragrant offering of love. Available as paperback and ebook |
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Bilingual Stations of the Cross
in Vietnamese and Spanish By God’s grace and the two Little Flowers’ power over His Heart, Sister Martina Lai, a Dominican Sister in Vietnam, discovered some of our writings and has most graciously and wonderfully translated the essence of our Stations of the Cross with Our Sister St. Thérèse into Vietnamese! She has made a bilingual version available for her own Congregation (http://daminhthanhtam.org/) and given us permission to use it freely. Inspired by her work, we asked a friend to translate our Stations into Spanish, and she also generously did this work for Jesus. Thanks be to St. Thérèse and her little spiritual brother Marcel Van (the two Little Flowers) for their intercession in the work of these translations!
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The Paradise Project
Have you ever kept a New Year's Resolution? Elizabeth Benning hasn't, but she's determined that this will be her year. Like Elizabeth Bennet before her, Liz Benning doesn't work, lives at home, and takes pride in her resourcefulness, but when she resolves on a yearlong project to be happier, it looks like her ambition has outrun her abilities... Enter a love interest more conniving than Wickham, a blonde cold enough to freeze out Caroline Bingley, and Elizabeth's paradise project is heading for disaster. She's never been so unhappy, but if she can discover which hero is straight out of her beloved Jane Austen, she might yet take the prize for happiest ever after. Available as paperback and ebook |
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HOMESCHOOLING WITH GENTLENESS
Can a Catholic in good conscience unschool? Suzie ably answers this question in the second edition of this unschooling classic-- and the answer is yes! Suzie describes her search for the perfect educational methods for her children, which led her to unschooling: "It has taken years of trial and error, along with the grace of God, for us to find the homeschooling approach that fits our family best. I have enjoyed writing about our experience in the hope of helping others to discern how God is leading them." This approach to education is not only gentle but filled with a trust in God and the natural tendency for learning that He has placed in us all. From the foreword by Ralph McInerny: "You will find here no brief against the compulsory schools. Rather homeschooling is seen as the natural way, the basic way, in which children can be taught. Schools of the usual sort are an afterthought. Doubtless some of them still do a tolerable job. Suzie Andres is far more interested in putting before the reader the positive, attractive, practical, fulfilling notion of homeschooling."
Also available as Kindle ebook
Also available as Kindle ebook
A LITTLE WAY OF HOMESCHOOLING
Suzie and twelve other Catholic homeschoolers describe how they implement an "unschooling" style of teaching in their homes. Drawing from St. Therese, St. John Bosco, John Holt (How Children Learn and How Children Fail), and ancient philosophers, the families paint a picture of authentic education without the constraints and pitfalls of typical modern education. Andres admirably addresses the question of whether a Catholic can happily and sanely unschool by explaining it as a sensible approach to the mystery of learning, not as an ideology in competition with her faith. The heart of the book is the honest and humble description of home education by twelve homeschooling mothers who have embraced unschooling in varying degrees. Anyone interested in education and particularly home education will be inspired by their narratives.
Also available as Kindle ebook
Also available as Kindle ebook
SELECTED SERMONS OF THOMAS AQUINAS MCGOVERN, S.J.
“As Catholics we have reason for lasting and deep joy. The Incarnation means that God Himself is now one of us; God is now our brother in the flesh, has a mother. The Second Person of the Triune God emptied Himself to assume the condition of a slave, to become as men are. The Incarnation has given new value and fresh beauty to all life.”
— Rev. Thomas A. McGovern, S.J.
Published by Thomas Aquinas College, with a foreword by founding president Dr. Ronald P. McArthur, and edited by Suzie (a 1987 graduate), Selected Sermons begins on the first Sunday of Advent and includes sermons for all the Sundays of the Seasons of the liturgical year. An additional section features sermons for special feasts and occasions, from Solemnities of Our Lord, to Saints’ days and Baccalaureates. In Selected Sermons, the reader will find not only the wit, wisdom, and humility for which Fr. McGovern was known and loved by his students and colleagues, but also the good fruit of his lifelong discipleship to St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelic Doctor.
— Rev. Thomas A. McGovern, S.J.
Published by Thomas Aquinas College, with a foreword by founding president Dr. Ronald P. McArthur, and edited by Suzie (a 1987 graduate), Selected Sermons begins on the first Sunday of Advent and includes sermons for all the Sundays of the Seasons of the liturgical year. An additional section features sermons for special feasts and occasions, from Solemnities of Our Lord, to Saints’ days and Baccalaureates. In Selected Sermons, the reader will find not only the wit, wisdom, and humility for which Fr. McGovern was known and loved by his students and colleagues, but also the good fruit of his lifelong discipleship to St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelic Doctor.