Student Reading

Rev. Frank J. Mueller

Christ's Twelve

    Over the years 1928-1931, Rev. Frank J. Mueller penned these essays on each of the twelve Apostles for The Sign, a monthly publication of the Passionists.  Collected under one cover in 1931 as...

Highway to Heaven Series

The Magnificat Readers: First Reader

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

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...

Msgr. William R. Kelly

Our Sacraments

What is grace? How can an outward sign give us something we cannot see? And why did Our Lord give us the seven Sacraments? In Our Sacraments, Father William R. Kelly takes the familiar truths...

Sister Mary Gertrude

Catholic Nursery Rhymes

The Alpha and Omega—from A to Z! Catholic Nursery Rhymes takes the simplest of childhood lessons—the ABCs—and uses it to tell the greatest of all stories: the life of Our Lord Jesus Christ. A is for...

Character Calendar

What if every day of the year offered a new opportunity to grow in virtue, guided by the example of the saints and the wisdom of the Church? Character Calendar is a remarkable little book that...

Highway to Heaven Series

The Magnificat Readers: Second Reader

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

Mother Mary Loyola

Jesus of Nazareth: The Story of His Life Simply Told

  In 1906, Mother Mary Loyola was asked to write the story of Our Lord for American missionaries.  Her writing style had so endeared her to children the world over that, despite the many excellent...

Mother Mary St. Peter

The Queen's Festivals

Do you know the story of Our Lady of Mount Carmel? Can you point to Lepanto on a map? Have you ever heard about the miraculous August snow that marked the spot where Mary's great basilica was to be...

E. Vincent Wareing

An Alphabet of the Altar

What does a Catholic child see when he looks around a church—and what does it all mean? An Alphabet of the Altar begins with the familiar simplicity of an alphabet book: A is for Altar, B for Bell, C...

Mother Mary St. Peter

Mary the Queen

  Did you know that ancient Catholic tradition tells us that the Virgin Mary died and was laid in a tomb before her Assumption into Heaven? Or that she was raised in the Temple precincts, along with...

Mother Mary Loyola

The King of the Golden City

  The book that began it all... Mother Mary Loyola had used the simple allegory of a little maid and the gracious King who deigned to visit her as a catechetical tool for many years; a brief sketch...