Monthly archive: June 2008
If you have found yourself laughing at our postcards from the Inherit the Mirth series, you will absolutely love our new card line! From Divinity gifts, we now carry both boxed cards and individual greeting cards from the same great series! Whether you need cards for birthday, congratulations, thank yous, or just because you’re thinking [...]
Jun
How Big is Your God?
Paul Coutinho provides a great challenge to our faith life in his latest release, How Big is Your God?, published by Loyola Press. In his opening chapter, he asks a most puzzling and provoking question. “When people come into your life, do they see a difine connection in you?” To be fair, it would be [...]
One of our most interesting releases from last season, Joy Jordan-Lake’s Why Jesus Makes Me Nervous entices readers to consider the difficulties of being a person of faith. The personal narrative form brings readers into the deeply intense nature of reflection. It helps provide an understanding of what it means to be a true disciple. [...]
Karl Schultz did a beautiful job with this book. Reading like a blend between a popular history text and a quotation book, one really does get to know more about the beatiful ideals and mindset of this great Pope! Begininng with a brief biography of Pope Paul VI and his influence, Schultz demonstrates how this [...]
Jun
Francis de Sales wisdom
Even in June, the weather’s hot enough to be mid-summer already! Keep cool and informed–come by De Sales Catholic Bookstore to find great Catholic books, gifts, and resources! Francis De Sales, for whom our store is named, is a treasure trove of wisdom for living. In one letter, he encourages a woman to remain devout, [...]
Jun
Finding Sanctuary
Apparently, I don’t watch enough television. I’ve never heard of the series The Monastery. Nor had I heard of the book Finding Sanctuary until I was working on cataloging Benedictine books this morning. As I prep each book for listing in our eventual online shopping system, I weigh it, read the blurbs, write a small synopsis or use [...]
Jun
John Bosco
With camping season upon us, many young people begin to make plans for their week away from home. We especially encourage prayers for young people, camp leaders, and ask for the intercession of St. John Bosco, patron of young people and founder of the Salesians. St. John Bosco–or as he was known in his time, [...]
If you are looking to enhance your prayer life, structured prayer is a great start. Praying with the whole church across the world, you can take part in the Liturgy of the Hours. We have plenty of options for those who are vastly experienced with the Divine Office or just beginning. For the beginner, we [...]
We want to be sure our parishes have the materials they need to adequately keep their ministries on task. That’s why we carry materials from a variety of publishing houses, including Ave Maria Press, Liturgical Press, Liturgy Training Publications, and many more! Our customers (and we) are more often surprised by what we can’t get [...]
Jun
New Rosaries in stock!
We just received a shipment of new Rosaries this morning! If you are in the market for a new one, or maybe just want to add to your collection, come by and see the beautiful new additions to our selection. The shipment is from Singer Company, which is one of our better companies. What is [...]