Books for the Family

— Eric and Suzan Sammons This Advent, lead your family closer to Christ as you prepare for the Lord’s coming at Christmas. Engage with the Old Testament patriarchs and prophets who are the branches in Jesus’ ...

— Peter and Debra Herbeck Ask any married couple about the challenges of sharing life together and you will hear a litany of interpersonal issues. Communication, wounds, and hardships can weigh heavily on ...

— Caitrin Bennett If you are an engaged or married Catholic thirsting for holier matrimony than you so often observe, you have come to the right place. This book will help you unwrap and tap into the power ...

— Michael Horne, PsyD Have you had “the tech talk” with your children? Does the mere mention of it cause you to shudder? We think it’s important, but for many parents it’s almost as uncomfortable as the ...

-Kimberly Cook The journey of popular podcaster Kimberly Cook was that of many directionless young women in recent decades. As her family fell away from the Catholic Church right before her critical high school ...

WHY CIVILIZATION DEPENDS ON THE STRENGTH OF MEN -Anthony Esolen No more apologies for being a man! Best-selling social commentator Anthony Esolen draws on timeless wisdom to defend the masculine virtues of ...

— Mary Stanford When properly understood and lived out, obedience is, in fact, liberating. The Obedience Paradox illuminates the subject by examining the relationship between husband and wife in marriage as ...

— Scott Hahn Dr. Scott Hahn makes the startling claim that our society's ills and its cures are rooted in whether we reject or accept the divine graces made available through the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony. ...

— Richard A. Spinello The Splendor of Marriage is essential reading for anyone interested in the thought of Pope John Paul II or the theology of marriage and family. It concisely lays out the pope’s major ...

— Alan Migliorato and Darryl Dziedzic Raising teenagers to be principled and upright is tough enough. Raising ones who embrace the Catholic Faith can seem nigh impossible. The good news is that the ...

— Marie Meaney, D.Phil. When a couple faces infertility, the intense suffering can be hard to bear — and to convey to others. In When Expecting Doesn't Happen , Dr. Marie Meaney offers hope and ...

— Jean Laffitte In this series of interviews and reflections, the Head of the Pontifical Council on the Family at the Vatican focuses on the intricacies of family. Bishop Laffitte provides theological and ...

In this amazingly helpful guide for family members, friends, and professionals, author and mom Kathy Labosh and special-educator LaNita Miller take on the issues and obstacles that parents and educators face every ...

THE COMPLETE NEW GUIDE TO DISCUSSING ABORTION How to Change Minds and Convert Hearts in a Brave New World --Shawn D. Carney --Steve Karlen What do I say when abortion and rape come up? What about 'My Body, My ...

Author Mary Healy answers questions like: Is Jesus still healing people today? Are these healings real and do they last? How do we know if God wants us to pray for healing? Isn't God asking us to endure suffering ...

— Kelly Mantoan 'Every day is joyful. Every day is a gift. Every day I can thank God from the bottom of my heart.' Kelly Mantoan wasn’t always able to say these words. As a mother of five children, two with ...

THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF SHARING MEALS WITH PEOPLE YOU LOVE Fr. Leo Patalinghug shows you how to transform your family mealtimes into joyful occasions that even teenagers will love! Father Leo has gathered ...

— J. Budziszewski What is the meaning of sex? Everyone in every time and place is interested in sex. Our own time is obsessed by it. One would think that a society obsessed by sex would understand it very ...

— John Clark — Foreword by Catherine Godfrey-Howell, JCD The sacrament of Matrimony is under diabolical attack. While it is easy to blame the outside world for the demise of marriage, we must look at ...

— Kim Cameron-Smith As Catholic parents, we have one fundamental mission: to raise children who know and love God, and who are so in love with Christ that they can't help but share his message. We are called ...