This book is a collection of contributions from fourteen prominent Catholic leaders responding to the current scandals of priests’ sexual abuse. It offers practical, pastorial, theological, biblical, and historical insights into scandals from a variety of perspectives from key leaders of the Church. Paperback, 228 pages. Fall 2002
Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker movement, once declared: “Don’t call me a saint. I don’t want to be dismissed that easily.” Nevertheless, the cause for her canonization began in 2000, and her prophetic example remains a provocative challenge to the status quo that cannot be easily dismissed. This intriguing biography of the highly controversial journalist and social activist draws from her voluminous writings and the testimony of people who knew her well. It explores the connections between Day’s formidable public achievements and her private life of prayer, Scripture study, and devotion to the Sacraments. The result is a stirring portrait of a champion of justice for the poor and oppressed who worked tirelessly to awaken the conscience of a nation. Paperback 146 Pages Servant Publications, October 2002
By merely human standards, the life of Solanus Casey was no great success story. A mediocre student who couldn’t keep up in diocesan seminary, he barely made it through the seminary of the Capuchin friars. When he was finally ordained, they made him a “simplex priest”—one who is not allowed to hear confessions or preach doctrinal sermons. So Casey spent fifty-three years in lowly service as a sacristan and doorkeeper. Nevertheless, he graciously accepted this humble station in life, and God rewarded him with a remarkable ministry of spiritual counsel and divine healings. Today he ranks among the most prodigious wonder-workers in Church history. This book tells the startling story of the simple friar whose loving concern for everyday people dramatically transformed thousands of lives. Paperback 156 Pages Servant Publications, October 2002
In these spiritual memoirs, twelve women share about their journeys to Christ and the Church and about their vocations to serve in the Church and the world. Their stories bear witness to their commitment to the truth of the Catholic faith, the importance of their vocation to leadership in the Church and the world, and their wise use of their gifts of femininity to advance the gospel.
Let the memories and reflections of these outstanding Catholic women inspire and instruct you on God's call and gift to women: Joanna Bogle, Ronda Chervin, Jo Croissant, Marika Gubasci, Kimberly Hahn, Genevieve Kineke, Chiara Lubich, Susan Muto, Maureen Roach, Joy Shiroi, Alice von Hildebrand, and Mercedes Arzu Wilson. Servant publications, Fall 2003. 322 pages, softcover.
Living the Good Life is an introduction to the Church's moral teaching for the everyday Catholic. It explains the overall landscape of moral theology by examining the foundational issues. Then, using a Q & A and dialog format, it tackles many specific moral problems that Catholics face today, as well as some burning moral issues that our culture faces as a whole. 238 pages, softcover, Servant Publications, Fall 2003.
Maybe you've heard of Pope John Paul II's theology of the body and wondered, vaguely, what it's all about. Maybe you've never heard of it until now and are asking, theology of the what? Maybe you're already familiar with the basics and are ready to incorporate this teaching on sex, love and marriage into your own life.
Whatever your level of understanding, you're probably ready for some good news about sex in a culture littered with the bad news of divorce, adultery, sexually transmitted disease, heartache and loneliness. Servant Books, Fall 2005 This guide is designed to help you appropriate the Pope's astonishing message: True, lasting love—that which humanity enjoyed in the beginning, before the Fall—is possible here and now. In nine straightforward lessons, Men and Women Are from Eden introduces the reader to the pope's warm, deeply biblical understanding of God's original plan for men and women, a plan that brings with it healing of mind in regard to sexuality and the body. Quantity
Nothing but the truth. That's what Jesus promised when he told his apostles that after his death the Spirit of Truth would come upon them. Twenty-one centuries later, we might ask: What happened next? Did the Spirit descend? Did the Spirit stay? Is the Spirit with us today? If so, how does the Spirit guide the Church? Guide individual members of the Church? Guide the teaching authority of the Church? Will the Spirit ever leave the Church?
Fr. Apostoli, with pastoral sensitivity, helps the reader grasp the truth about the Spirit of Truth who leads the Church and each of us into the freedom won for us by Christ. Servant Books Fall 2005.
When it comes to sin, no one's an innocent bystander. But do we really need to bring those sins to a priest in the sacrament of penance? Why? And what do priests think of the sacrament? Are they bored in the confessional? Distracted? Shocked by what they hear? Servant Books, Fall 2005 As The Untapped Power of the Sacrament of Penance makes clear, priests cherish the sacrament of reconciliation as a powerful movement of God's healing love. If you have abandoned the confessional out of fear or apathy or the conviction that you don't have any "real" sins to confess—or if you are merely a once- or twice-a-year penitent—this book will put you back on track. There's no time like the present to return to this remarkable source of God's mercy and grace.
