Waking Up Bees: Stories of Living Life’s Questions
Saint Mary’s Press · 1999 · 168 pages
Ten short stories written from a teen’s point of view, following young people wrestling with love, work, money, suffering, communication, and vocation — including a teen shaken by a night in a Tijuana jail and an engaged couple afraid of repeating their parents’ failed marriage.
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Answering God’s Call to Covenant: Which Way to the Rest of Your Life?
Saint Mary’s Press · 2005 · 96 pages
Part of the Covenant Retreat Series for graduating high school seniors, this workbook uses a conversational, fireside-chat style with Scripture and contributions from young adults to help students address seven key life questions and write a personal covenant statement as they head into adulthood.
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Great Catholic Writings: Thought, Literature, Spirituality, Social Action
Saint Mary’s Press · 2006 · 264 pages
An anthology of Catholic writing spanning centuries, pairing classics of the tradition with contemporary pieces to introduce young readers to Catholic thought, literature, spirituality, and social action. Co-edited with Robert Feduccia, Michael C. Jordan, and J.D. Childs.
Primary Source Readings in Catholic Social Justice
Saint Mary’s Press · 2007 · 232 pages
An anthology of the Church’s teaching on social justice — thirty selections spanning from the Acts of the Apostles to Vatican II, each paired with the writing of someone striving to live out that teaching and a profile of a person or organization doing that work today.
Living Justice and Peace: Catholic Social Teaching in Practice
Saint Mary’s Press (2nd edition) · 2008 · 336 pages
A high-school religion course introducing Catholic Social Teaching through foundational chapters on justice and Scripture and a praxis model, paired with real stories of teens, leaders, and activists who worked for justice — helping students apply Church teaching to their own lives.
Touching the Hearts of Teens: Saint Mary’s Press, 1943–2001
Saint Mary’s Press · 2009
An institutional history of Saint Mary’s Press covering its first six decades and the people who shaped it. Written as an internal resource for the Press rather than a commercially distributed title.
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MISSION:CHRISTIAN
Gracewatch Media · 2015–2017
A five-volume daily prayer-journal series for young Catholics. Each day pairs a Scripture reading or saint of the day with a short reflection, a morning prayer, a chosen “mission,” and an evening mission report, grounded in the Ignatian Examen.
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77 Ways to Pray with Your Kids
Wellspring (Dynamic Catholic) · 2017 · 156 pages
A practical, kid-friendly guide to dozens of ancient and modern Catholic prayer forms, with age-appropriate adaptations for young children, older kids, and teens — from mealtime prayer and the family Rosary to the Daily Examen, lectio divina, and the Liturgy of the Hours.
The Complete Illuminated Rosary: An Illustrated Rosary Book for Kids and Their Families
Our Sunday Visitor · 2018 · 370 pages
A coffee-table book combining all four sets of Rosary mysteries — Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, and Luminous — with nearly ninety works of sacred art, one per mystery, and the full text of every prayer printed on the page so families can pray together without needing rosary beads.
My First Communion Journal
Our Sunday Visitor · 2019 · 48 pages
A First Communion keepsake journal filled with prayers, devotions, and activities exploring the Eucharist as gift, gratitude, service, and sacrifice, with space to record First Communion memories and messages from family and friends.
The Way of the Cross Journal for Children
Our Sunday Visitor · 2019
A journal-format guide to the Way of the Cross for children ages five to eight. Each station retells Jesus’ Passion in simple language with illustrations, then invites children to enter the story through guided journaling and a way to track acts of love and sacrifice.
The Catholic Family Book of Prayers: A Treasury of Prayers and Meditations for Families to Pray Together
Our Sunday Visitor · 2019 · 96 pages
About sixty traditional and new prayers, blessings, meditations, and saint-inspired reflections, plus step-by-step guides for leading a family in contemplative practices such as lectio divina, the Examen, imaginative prayer, and the Rosary.
The All Saints’ Day Party
Our Sunday Visitor · 2019
A picture book following siblings Maggie and Max as they prepare for their family’s All Saints’ Day party and can’t decide which saint to dress up as. With help from friends and family, they learn about six holy men and women, each showing a different way of being holy.
Lectio Divina for Teens: Reading God’s Messages to You
Our Sunday Visitor · 2019
Teaches the ancient prayer method of lectio divina to teens through guided journal exercises paired with Scripture passages, including Isaiah 55, Exodus 14, Mary’s Magnificat, and 1 Corinthians 13 on love.
The Stations of the Cross for Children
Our Sunday Visitor · 2019
Designed for younger children, using colorful illustrations and simple text to introduce the Passion of Jesus at their level, with each station taking about two minutes, including a moment of silent prayer, and options to adapt or expand it for older kids.
The Children’s Book of Angels
Holy Heroes · 2019 · 32 pages
A full-color picture book for ages three to seven answering kids’ questions about angels, drawing on the Bible, the saints, the Catechism, and Church tradition in a simple question-and-answer format. Illustrated by Austyn Schwartzbeck.
The Daily Examen Journal: A 30-Day Spiritual Retreat
Gracewatch Media · 2020 · 130 pages
A guided journal for practicing the Ignatian Daily Examen, modeled on the six movements of the Spiritual Exercises, with an introduction to the practice, thirty guided daily entries, prayers from the saints, and hand-drawn art.
Imagine You Walked with Jesus: A Guide to Ignatian Contemplative Prayer
Our Sunday Visitor · 2021 · 248 pages
Introduces Ignatian contemplative prayer through forty episodes from the Gospels, from Jesus’ birth to his resurrection. Each entry offers an introduction to the passage, a prayer, the full Scripture text, and journaling prompts inviting readers to imagine themselves inside the scene.