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Ignatius Press
 Spring/Summer 2019


The Catholic Gentleman
 Living Authentic Manhood Today
Sam Guzman

"The word ‘gentleman’ has fallen into disrepute, along with the word ‘man.’ There is a connection. Gentlemen have become ungentlemanly in direct correlation to men becoming unmanly. It is a paradox that the word was traditionally applied to a man not immediately associated with gentleness. It was a word given to a knight. We need to bring back these knights. We need to bring back true gentlemen. Sam Guzman has given us something we desperately need: a valuable, readable guide to help make our young men into true men." —
Dale Ahlquist, from the Foreword, Author, G.K.Chesterton; Apostle of Common Sense


978-1-62164-068-4   160 pages  £13.99



Common Sense Catholicism
How to Resolve Our Cultural Crisis
Bill Donohue

Details why the lack of common sense of influential intellectuals has created a cultural crisis, and how the social teachings of Catholicism offer the right remedy. Common Sense Catholicism offers much wisdom and insight

to check the ravages created by the big thinkers today, most of whom have very little common sense about them.

978-1-62164-209-1  292 pages  £15.50



Eight Ways of Loving God
As Revealed by Love Himself
Jeannette Flood

Loosely based on the Beatitudes, it presents eight “love languages”

of God revealed in the life and teachings of his Son:

trusting Him, spending time with Him, heeding Him, apologizing

when we offend Him, loving his whole family, picking

up our cross, following Him, and eagerly awaiting Him.


978-1-62164-045-5 375 pages  £15.50



Eternity in the Midst of Time
Fr. Wilfrid Stinissen


Stinnisen's classic book helps us to dare to see time with new

eyes, to meditate on time and what it means. The insight

that eternity is written in the depths of our hearts can help us

to live in time in a new way that leads us deeper into God's joy.

joy.
978-1-62164-280-0  215 pages  £13.99



Faith and Reason
Philosopher Converts Explain Their Turn to Catholicism
Ed. By Brian Besong and Jonathan Fuqua


Twelve highly respected intellectuals whose professional training has honed their reasoning skills and whose vocation calls them to pursue the truth—come what may— give their compelling stories of why they embraced Catholicism. Among the twelve are well-known writers and teachers including Peter Kreeft, Edward Feser, Francis Beckwith, Jay Budziszewski, Robert Koons and others.


978-1-62164-201-5    310 pages  £16.50



Humility Rules
St Benedict’s 12-Step Guide to Genuine Self-Esteem
Fr Augustine Wetta


Breaks down Saint Benedict's method into twelve pithy steps for finding inner peace in a way that can be applied to anyone's life. Drawing upon his own life experiences, both before and after becoming a Benedictine monk, the author explains every step, illustrating each chapter with colour reproductions of sacred art that he has embellished with comic flourishes sure to keep readers from taking themselves too seriously—which is already a first step on the path to humility.


978-1-62164-149-0   180 pages  £14.99



For Love of My People I Will Not Remain Silent
On the Situation of the Church in China
Cardinal Jospeh Zen

It has been recognized—and Pope Francis himself has confirmed—that the historic 2007 letter of Pope Benedict XVI "TO THE BISHOPS, PRIESTS, CONSECRATED PERSONS AND LAY FAITHFUL OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA" remains the magna carta of the Catholic Church in China. On the 10th anniversary of this letter, June of 2017, Cardinal Zen gave a series of eight lectures on the origin of the letter, the drafting process, and the content of the final text. In doing so, he gives an enlightening overview of the recent history of the Church in China and a clear description of the delicate relationship between the two Catholic communities.

978-1-62164-314-2  160 pages  £13.99



Hans Urs von Balthasar
on the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises

An Anthology

This book will also be useful for the many students of Balthasar’s theology, as it maps out hidden strains of Ignatian spirituality that run unnoticed through his oeuvre. Finally, the book could also be of interest to anyone seeking to deepen his prayer life or come to grips with Catholic doctrine, for as the Swiss theologian himself says, the Exercises are not only a “great school of christocentric contemplation” but “an authentic, genuine interpretation of [the Church’s]

deposit of the faith.”

978-1-62164-279-4   330 pages  £16.50



The Indissolubility of Marriage
Amoris Laetitia in Context
Matthew Levering


Levering says that numerous contemporary Catholic theologians and biblical scholars are mistakenly turning the indissolubility of marriage into contingent dissolubility based upon whether the spouses continue to act in loving ways toward each other. The sacrament’s gift of objective indissolubility is thereby undermined. Fortunately, the main interpreters of Amoris Laetitia, whose views have been approved by Pope Francis, insist that the Apostolic Exhortation does not change the doctrine of marital indissolubility in any way.

978-1-62164-293-0  220 pages  £15.50



Knight of the Holy Ghost
A Short History of G.K. Chesterton
Dale Ahlquist


Those curious about Chesterton will have their initial questions answered. Those who might be dubious about Chesterton’s reputation will be challenged to reconsider. Those who consider Chesterton an old friend will be delighted. All will be engaged by amusing anecdotes, plentiful quotations,

and a thoughtful study of the life of G. K. Chesterton.

978-0-9993756-4-8  208 pages  £13.99



On Love

Selected Writings

Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI


Collects in one volume many profound homilies on the universally appealing theme of “Love” by one of the most brilliant Popes in modern times. Benedict speaks on how love is the answer to the questions about the meaning of life. He reveals that, even amidst difficulties and suffering, one who has the love of God and neighbour can experience true joy of heart


978-1-62164-346-3  160 pages  £12.99



On the Edge of Infinity
A Biography of Michael D. O’Brien
Clemens Cavallin
The author was granted unrestricted access to Michael

The author was granted access to O’Brien’s personal archive, including his diary from the late 1970’s until the present day. New sides of O’Brien’s interior creative life were uncovered, ripe with mystical experiences, spiritual struggles and illuminations. The picture that appears is that of writer and artist whose inspiration arise from an intense fusion of imagination and active faith.

978-1-62164-260-2  300 illustrated pages  £15.50



The Power of Truth
Challenges to Catholic Doctrine and Morals Today

Cardinal Gerhard Műller


A fascinating and engaging examination of the Catholic Church and its current controversies by a prominent “inside” Church leader. Thoughtful and persuasive answers to some of the most challenging issues facing Catholics,

such as divorce and remarriage, whether Catholic morality can change, what role the Pope plays when it comes to Catholic beliefs, the relationship of politics and religion, and how to reconcile science and faith. An honest, undiluted exploration of provocative topics by a former Vatican leader under Pope Francis.

978-1-62164-281-7  190 pages  £14.99



Rethinking Mary in the New Testament
What the Bible Tells Us about the Mother of the Messiah
Edward Sri


In Rethinking Mary in the New Testament, Dr. Edward Sri shows that the Bible reveals more about Mary than is commonly appreciated. For when the Mother of Jesus does appear in Scripture, it's often in passages of great importance, steeped in the Jewish Scriptures, and packed with theological significance.

978-0-9997592-9-5  320 pages  £14.99


St. Gregory’s Prayer Book

Includes ancient English collects, introits and hymns available together for the first time for the whole Church as approved examples of Catholic liturgy. In addition to the Liturgical texts, classic translations of traditional prayers and devotions for use

in the Church and in the home have been lovingly compiled and edited in

St Gregory’s Prayer Book.


978-1-62164-270-1  448 pages  £19.99 Leatherette


Symbol or Substance?
A Dialogue on the Eucharist with C.S.Lewis, Billy Graham
and J.R.R.Tolkien

Peter Kreeft

This “trialogue” explains, defends, and critiques three views of the Eucharist - the Roman Catholic view (transubstantiation), defended by Tolkien; the typically Protestant (holy symbol), defended by Graham; and the Anglican “via media” compromise defended by Lewis. Kreeft says that such a conversation may actually have happened, and it aims at historical

realism.

978-1-62164-275-6  210 pages  i£13.99


The Seven Gifts of The Spirit of the Liturgy

Centennial Perspectives on Romano Guardini’s Landmark Work

Edited by Christopher Carstens


In his remarkable book, which Pope Benedict XVI claims began the liturgical movement in Germany, Guardini lays out seven core principles of the liturgical spirit, principles that the Second Vatican Council saw as integral to authentic liturgical reform. In this work, eight experts on the liturgy recall Guardini’s spiritual insights, explaining how these can deepen our liturgical understanding and practice today. The contributors are Bishop


Arthur Serratelli, Fr. Cassian Folsom, O.S.B., Dr. Michon Matthiesen, David Fagerberg, Fr. Daniel Cardó, Bishop James Conley, Fr. Emery de Gaál, and Susan Benofy. Guardini’s core liturgical principles—the objective, corporate, universal, symbolic, meaningful, beautiful, serious, and logical - inspired the renewal desired at the Second Vatican Council.


978-1-62164-406-4  160 pages  £14.99



The Spirit of the Liturgy

Commemorative Edition
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and Father Romano Guardini
Foreword by Cardinal Robert Sarah

A special Commemorative Edition of one of the most important works written by Joseph Ratzinger: The Spirit of the Liturgy. Published in honour of its fortieth anniversary (1978–2018). This edition includes the earlier classic work with the same title by Servant of God Romano Guardini, a book that helped Ratzinger to "rediscover the liturgy in all its beauty, hidden

wealth and time-transcending grandeur, to see it as the animating center of the Church, the very center of Christian life".


978-1-62164-429-3  375 pages  £16.50


The Word
A Meditation on the Prologue to Saint John’s Gospel
Adrienne von Speyr

After having written an extensive four volume series of meditations on
St. John’s Gospel, the mystic von Speyr presents her reflections on the Prologue to St. John's Gospel. Her insights actually embrace the whole Christian revelation and life; the Church and the Sacraments, Faith, Love, Hope, and man's attitudes towards revelation, his acceptance and rejection of the Word.


978-1-62164-272-5   170 pages  £13.99

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