The Ave Treasury of Catholic Prayers is a beautiful gift book, which instead of boring you with huge tomes of religious dogma, just gives you nice prayers to keep by your bedside, when you need some spiritual inspiration and help. A timeless resource, it features a variety of devotions, psalms and litanies to showcase the diversity…
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St Paul’s eight steps to happiness
St Paul’s Eight Steps to Happiness breaks open the life of this much-loved saint, in a gem of book that reveals eight types of justice, and how you can exercise them in your own life. Each chapter unpacks one of these virtues with a ‘summing up’ section to apply to modern life. The book also…
discover your Saint of the Day!
Rather than be obsessed by celebrities who tend to be ‘famous for being famous’, get to know a few of the saints. None of us are ever going to be worthy, but they’re good to emulate. And once you get to know them, you’ll find that most had very interesting lives. Saint of the Day…
Gracie’s guide to modern saints
Artist Gracie has a wonderful website The Modern Saint, where she uses her creative skills to modernise the lives of the ancient saints. St Mary (above) was a Celtic nun in Australia who got ex-communicated (only returned just before her death) because her order of nuns reported alleged sexual abuse by a priest, in the…