Books published by publisher St Anthony Messenger Press

This book includes correspondence (and context for understanding it) from Mother Teresa's early years in religious life and throughout her years as founder of a new religious community. This correspondence reveals Mother Teresa's struggles, doubts, and her sense of abandonment by God. These revelations can encourage and strengthen us as she reveals her abiding faith despite darkness and trials. Missionary of Charity Father Brian Kolodiejchuk met Mother Teresa in 1977 and joined the Missionaries of Charity Fathers at the time of their foundation in 1984. He is postulator of the Cause of Beatification and Canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta and director of the Mother Teresa Center.

When Paula D'Arcy lost her husband and baby in a car crash, she began an inner search for a faith that was stronger than fear. In Gift of the Red Bird she shares her remarkable spiritual adventure: Paula literally journeyed alone into the wilderness for three days, allowing the Creator to speak through that creation. As she surrendered to the power of God alone, a red bird appeared and, without words, began to teach...

Learn the formula for motivation that all great achievers use in their lives. See immediate results as you integrate the formula into your own life. Dave urges the elimination of runaway self-esteem, which he critiques with force and conviction, debunking other popular self-help theories. Having cleared the way, he encourages the pursuit of balance so that every listener can become a legacy achiever through exercising appropriate influence, developing innate creativity, and infusing a dash of humor.

Brothers and sisters, keep this treasure. It is not my poor word that sows hope and faith; I am no more than the humble echo of God in this people.Homily, 2 October 1977Twenty-five years after the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador, his words continue to speak for the voiceless and to challenge us and make demands of us. His words from his homilies give us spirit and hope. After reading and praying with Romero, we no longer can be indifferent to the suffering of the poor and those treated unjustly in all areas of the globe.This volume presents a selection of texts from the slain archbishop s homilies, one reading per day for a year of reflection and personal prayer. Archbishop Romero s homilies address themes still current today: persecution, pluralism, idolatry, forgiveness, conformity, sin, social sanction, the prophetic church, conversion, love of God and your neighbor among many others.As Archbishop Romero once suggested, let us move to that intimate cell of our conscience to encounter ourselves and then go out and encounter our poor and voiceless.

Can You Find Followers of Jesus? Introducing Your Child to Disciples tells the story of those who have followed God's call from the Garden of Eden to our day. Filled with beautiful, busy illustrations, Can You Find Followers of Jesus? will provide endless hide-and-seek adventures for kids with active imaginations.This third offering of the best-selling Search and Learn series will help children remember some of God's famous followers (such as Abraham and Sarah, Mary, Paul and Francis) and learn about some new ones (like Ignatius, Cornelius and Perpetua). They will also meet some modern-day followers (like Mother Teresa, Billy Graham and even children just like them!). Children will love searching for all the hidden illustrations and finding the funny surprises on every page.The Parent's Guide will help you explore with your child the lessons that these faithful disciples have to offer us and bring you both to a deeper understanding of what it means to be a follower of God today.

With imaginative illustrations that give small children concrete, immediate examples of the seven sins, this book explains how Pride, Greed, Envy, Anger, Lust, Gluttony and Sloth can make us very lonely people. Then it offers the cure, the four cardinal and three theological virtues--Prudence, Justice, Courage, Temperance, Faith, Hope and Charity--that can mend relationships and rebuild what sin has broken.

Learn about Blessed Junipero Serra with this colorful graphic presentation of his life, his Franciscan vocation, and the many missions he founded in California after which many cities—such as San Francisco, San Diego, and Santa Clara—are named. From Junipero's youth in Mallorca, his education and travels to the New World, many adventures accompanied his quest to follow God's call, presented here in a fresh and engaging way. Both children and adults will enjoy this book.

Celebrating Saints and Seasons connects us with ordinary things that speak about a deeper meaning to our lives. God uses sunsets, apple seeds, the color red, the holy saints, and many more things all around us to teach us about the Divine. With humor and a prayerful spirit, Jeanne Hunt taps into her experience and creativity as mother, grandmother, catechist, artist, and writer to show us in easy and practical ways how to look deeper at these ordinary things surrounding us in order to enter into the sacred way.

"Nouwen at his best." —Best Sellers "A lucid and profoundly simple book." —America "One's overall response to this book has to be 'Yes.' Yes, this describes a style of ministry desperately needed by all of us." —The Christian Century What does it mean to be a minister in our modern world? In this hope-filled book, Nouwen offers a fresh interpretation of modern ministry. Here he offers inspiration to men and women who want to be of service in their Church or community but who have found the traditional ways of ministry alienating and ineffective. According to Nouwen, "the minister is called to recognize the sufferings of his time in his own heart and make that recognition the starting point of his service."

A profound story of loss and spiritual renewal "I was deeply moved by this beautiful true story, and you will be too."—Madeleine L'Engle "A powerful testimony of how the Divine woos the soul into a sacred embrace."—Joyce Rupp, author of Your Sorrow is My Sorrow and Praying Our Goodbyes "A story full of hope, reminding us not only of our need to learn and relearn certain basic truths, but of God's patience in guiding us."-Spiritual Book News

Three decades after the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador, his words continue to speak for the voiceless and to challenge us and make demands of us. His words from his homilies give us spirit and hope. After reading and praying with Romero, we no longer can be indifferent to the suffering of the poor and those treated unjustly in all areas of the globe. This volume presents a selection of texts from the slain archbishop's homilies, one reading per day for a year of reflection and personal prayer. Archbishop Romero's homilies address themes still current today: persecution, pluralism, idolatry, forgiveness, conformity, sin, social sanction, the prophetic church, conversion, love of God and your neighbor—among many others. As Archbishop Romero once suggested, let us move to that "intimate cell" of our conscience to encounter ourselves and then go out and encounter our poor and voiceless.