Ave Maria Press

Together For Life (Regular)
$3.95
"With Nuptial Mass by Rev. Joseph M. Champlin. Designed to help couples plan their ceremony, it contains the complete marriage rite with all variant prayers, blessings, and scripture texts. Full-page commentaries by Father Champlin on each of the 28 readings make Together For Life ideal for pastors to distribute to couples taking marriage instruction, for pre-Cana, college and high school marriage classes, and newlyweds. Both editions include a 4-page selection sheet for choosing readings, prayers and blessings to be used in the ceremony. Paperback, 96 Pages, Published: March 1997 by Ave Maria Press. "
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Finding Your Way After Your Parent Dies
$9.95
"Hope For Grieving Adults by Richard B. Gilbert. Rev. Richard Gilbert has created a compassionate guide for those struggling with the loss of a parent. Bringing many years of experience in bereavement counseling, Gilbert sketches out some of the issues that arise in the wake of a parent's death and offers practical suggestions for navigating these difficulties. From the disorientation that can come immediately after death to relating to the surviving parent to healing old emotional wounds, the topics dealt with here will be of tremendous help to many. Paperback, 128 Pages. Published: September 1999 by Ave Maria Press. "

Nobody's Child Anymore
$13.95
Grieving, Caring & Comforting When Parents Die by Barbara Bartocci. As longevity expands so too does the reality that increasing numbers of people become Nobody's Child Anymore. Barbara Bartocci takes a comprehensive approach from caring for a dying parent through finding new meaning beyond grief. Barbara Bartocci, who has lost both of her parents, speaks from experience and offers poignant vignettes approaching hard questions with compassion and a wealth of practical wisdom. Nobody's Child Anymore is an immensely helpful and comforting resource for anyone caring for a dying parent, mourning the loss, caring for the remaining parent and seeking new meaning beyond grief. A SORIN BOOKS Publication. Paperback, 128 Pages. Published: October 2000
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Daddyhood - This Changes Everything!
$11.95
by Daniel W. Driscoll. This book is written for fathers of small children. It is an honest but hope-filled portrayal of many changes found in the life of a new dad. It seeks to find a meaning in the chaotic life of a new dad, offers dads a chance to appreciate what they have in the moment, and gives them a reason to hope for an even better future. It suggests that dads make the effort to enjoy the chaos, rather than fight it.

Each chapter is made up of a brief story/reflection, followed by a prayer. Illustrations are scattered throughout the book. Pages: 128 pages, softcover. Published: February 2002 by Ave Maria Press.
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Gift of Grandparenting, The
$12.95
by Thea Jarvis More. Family life columnist Thea Jarvis encourages grandparents to actively participate in the lives of their grandchildren. With candor, energy, and wisdom, Jarvis offers an intimate spirituality of grandparenting, a celebration of the special relationship between grandparents and grandchildren.

Each of the ten reflections in The Gift of Grandparenting, complete with lively examples and suggestions, focuses upon opportunities for sharing the gifts that each generation holds for the other—opportunities to play, to teach, to grow, to trust, to serve, to limit, to heal, to remember, to love, and to dance. Paperback, 160 pages, Ave Maria Press, September 2003

Resilient Family, The
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Living With Your Child’s Illness or Disability by Paul W. Power, Sc.D. and Arthur E. DellOrto, Ph.D.

The Resilient Family is a unique and comprehensive resource tool for families with a child who has a serious illness or disability. Paul Power, Sc.D., and Arthur E. Dell Orto, Ph.D., experts in the field of rehabilitation counseling, break new ground by focusing on the entire family and showing parents how their families can thrive in the face of burdens that feel unbearable.

The Resilient Family shows parents how to identify the strengths that exist in their family and then use those strengths to support the child and revitalize the entire family. The authors cover topics that have rarely been addressed in one book and show parents how to:

Recognize the current needs of the family and its individual members
Understand and support the siblings of the ill or disabled child
Acknowledge the burden that has been placed upon the family
Know what to expect
Manage stress and develop coping and self-assessment skills
Establish reasonable expectations from the health care team
Develop effective relationships with health professionals

Paperback, 192 pages, Ave Maria Press, Fall 2003.

Circle of Life, The
$19.95
The Heart's Journey Through the Seasons by Joyce Rupp & Macrina Wiederkehr; Illustrated by Mary Southard.

We long for connections in the midst of disconnected lives--connections to ourselves, to others, to the world we live in. Most of all we yearn to connect with the sacred. In The Circle of Life Joyce Rupp and Macrina Wiederkehr invite us to listen carefully and closely to the wisdom of each season. Using reflections, poems, prayers, and meditations, they explore the relationship between the seasons of the earth and the seasons of our lives. The Circle of Life encourages readers to connect their experience of the unfolding seasons with inner spiritual growth and movement, and to know that the presence of God is within and around us all. Ave Maria Press Paperback, 288 Pages, Fall 2005.

Joy of Priesthood, The
$15.95
by Stephen Rossetti.

In the last few years, the priesthood has been challenged by crisis and tension. Addressing this crisis, licensed psychologist and director of the Saint Luke Institute, Fr. Stephen Rossetti stresses that psychology can be effective in enriching the lives of priests, and the priesthood itself, if it works with a basis of spirituality. Rossetti invites priests to recognize the dignity of their calling through honest and psychologically based self-assessment because happiness in the priesthood flows from both wholeness and holiness.

Rossetti also highlights the need for systemic changes to coincide with personal conversions. He calls for a change in the culture of clerical life; emphasizes the need for greater accountability, openness and honesty on all levels; demands stronger relationships between bishops and priests; and suggests changes in seminary formation that will address the personal challenges faced by priests. Paperback 224 Pages Ave Maria Press Fall 2005.
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