Catholic Truth Society imprint: 314 books

An essential eBook for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion which gives an introduction to the most important elements of this ministry. Including guidelines for ministering at Mass and in ministering to the sick and housebound and advice on sustaining the quality of ministry. Also includes the Rite of Commissioning and Rite of Ministering Holy Communion to the Sick.

The end of the world is a topic that has fascinated Christians ever since the prophecies of Jesus concerning the signs of the end times, and the Book of Revelation. This text covers the development of apocalyptic thought throughout the course of Christian history, with a view to clearly distinguishing between beliefs that the Church has accepted and rejected.

The sacrament of Reconciliation is where every Christian can experience that the joy of repentance and forgiveness is at the heart of Christian life. In a time when the sacrament is experiencing somewhat of a revival Fr Vivian Boland explains and invites all to an encounter with Christ's mercy.

Does purgatory exist? If so, where, and why? What does the Bible say? What does the Church teach? What sense can be made of indulgences? This engaging survey of Scripture, the Church Fathers, Christian history, distinguished writers, and the Catechism, provides answers to these and many other questions....

Using key sources from scripture and tradition, Bishop Michael Evans explains how Jesus is present today when we celebrate the Mass. A highly readable and accessible ebook.

Recent world events, in particular the struggle against Islamic terrorism, have seen the word 'Crusades' widely used in political rhetoric. This ebook looks at modern conceptions of the crusades and compares them with the aims and motivations of those who took part.There is also a timeline detailing the major events of this period.

As Agnes Bojaxhiu left her home in Albania to join the missionary Loreto Sisters in Ireland, she began a journey which would make her one of the most famous women of the twentieth century. Jim Gallagher recounts her life of openness to God and of service to those whom the world considered worthless....

Reconciling belief in a good and all-powerful God with the obvious presence of suffering and evil in the world is one of the classic problems for Christian (and indeed Jewish) philosophy and theology. The Book of Job famously examines this problem from various angles, and rejects several inadequate...

Blessed John Henry Newman's celebrated meditations on the passion of Our Lord have been edited and enhanced with illustrations. They remain a moving and enriching commentary on the details of Christ's sufferings and their bearing on our own human existence. An excellent companion to Lent and Easter for for use on Fridays of the year. Updated and revised by Donal Antony Foley.

The long life of John Paul has been an extraordinary journey from his humble origins in Southern Poland to the See of Peter.This biography describes what made Karol Wojtyla into one of the longest serving and best loved Popes in history: the loss of his family at an early age, World War II, the Nazi...

In a broad survey of a thousand years of religious history, Christopher Dawson stresses the non-European roots of medieval Christendom, but also its flourishing in lands beyond the frontiers of classical civilisation. This marriage of Mediterranean and near-Eastern culture with the barbarian peoples...

Canonised a saint by Pope Benedict in 2010, Mary MacKillop was born in Australia in 1842, of a modest family, and by her teenage years was intensely engaged in the religious education of children, a passion which consumed her life of Christian service. Her contribution to education in those formative...

“It is God’s intention that you and I may act upon what the Spirit seeks to give us so we may be sustained and transformed; strong and holy; fit for mission and for the kingdom of heaven.” As a fruit of the Holy Spirit, self-control reveals the presence of the Spirit at work within the soul,...

Catholics have been encouraged since the Second Vatican Council to become more familiar with the Holy Bible, yet many still find it a daunting book. The Lectionary gives generous extracts throughout the liturgical year, but at the cost of losing sight of the historical context of each extract. In...