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Mother Mary Loyola

Welcome! Holy Communion Before and After

      Readers of The King of the Golden City will appreciate the theme of preparing a fitting welcome for the King, and of making His visits as fruitful as possible.  But sometimes our preparation...

Mother Mary Loyola

Coram Sanctissimo: Before the Most Holy

      Forty Hours.One Guide.In these meditations before the Blessed Sacrament, Mother Mary Loyola gently teaches us how to speak with Our Lord as with a friend. She suppli

Mother Mary Loyola

Confession & Communion

    Written for those who receive the Sacraments frequently, Confession and Communion offers fresh and practical help when our own prayers have become distracted, dry, or routine. Here Mother...

Highway to Heaven Series

The Magnificat Readers: Second Reader

The Magnificat Readers are a collection of excerpts from a wide selection of vintage Catholic school readers, dating from the late 1800s to the early 1930s.  For the most part, the selections found...

Msgr. Robert Hugh Benson

Old Testament Rhymes

How does a young child begin to make sense of all the people and events of the Old Testament—and understand that they are all leading somewhere? In Old Testament Rhymes, Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson...

Mother Mary Loyola

Hail! Full of Grace

      In Hail! Full of Grace, Mother Loyola brings her full talent for storytelling to bear on the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary. Like a tourguide to the Holy Land, she brings the reader along on a...

Mother Mary Loyola

First Confession

  The greatest challenge in preparing young children for the Sacrament of Penance lies in helping them to approach the confessional willingly and without fear. What children experience at their First...

Rev. Henry S. Spalding, S.J.

The Cave by the Beech Fork

      From the discovery of a secret cave to the winning of a David-and-Goliath shooting match, there is no lack of action in The Cave by the Beech Fork, as we follow Owen Howard and Martin Cooper...

Helene Adeline Guerber

Yourself & Your House Wonderful

Tired of cringing at what's included in children's “health education” nowadays? It's good to learn about our bodies, but whatever happened to respecting them as well? In Yourself and Your House...

First Communion Days and True Stories for First Communicants

This collection of First Communion stories has delighted and inspired children since the original volumes first appeared in 1919 and 1920. Their enduring appeal is easy to understand: they are...

Mother Mary Loyola

First Communion

      Around the year 1890, a rather extraordinary nun began writing a very extraordinary book: one that would help children prepare for the Sacrament of Holy Eucharist. Rather than simply teaching...

Sister Mary Aurelia and Rev. Felix M. Kirsch

Practical Aids for Catholic Teachers

Imagine stepping into the classrooms of some of the finest Catholic teachers of a century ago—and discovering the ingenious methods, practical suggestions, and little secrets that made their lessons...