Book of SaintsWho are the saints, why are the lives of saints important for children, and what can children learn from lives and actions? In Loyola Kids Book of Saints, the first in the Loyola Kids series, best-selling author Amy Welborn answers these questions with exciting and inspiring stories, real-life applications, and important information about these heroes of the church. This inspiring collection of saints' stories explains how saints become saints, why we honor them, and how they help us even today. Featuring more than sixty saints from throughout history and from all over the world, Loyola Kids Book of Saints introduces children to these wonderful role models and heroes of the church. Ages 8-12.

Sometimes the answers aren't enough. Sometimes you want to know why they're the answers.

Any Bible can answer questions. This is the one that explains why those answers are the answers.

In twenty-five very compelling tabs spread throughout the Bible text, Prove It! The Catholic Teen Bible gives the why to the biggest questions of all. To the questions you've been asking your parents, your teachers, your friends ... yourself:

• What's life all about and where do I fit in?
• What's my life all about, and where do God, family, friends, and all the rest fit in?
• How do I know God even exists, and what do the life and death of Jesus have to do with me right here, right now?
• If God loves us all, why should I bother taking my Catholicism seriously?
• If all religions are pretty much the same, why be a Catholic at all?

Here is the inspired Word of God. Here is how to read the Bible -- how to understand, to de-code, what its authors were saying to their particular audiences thousands of years ago. And how to truly hear what the Holy Spirit is saying to you today about God, Jesus, Church, prayer, and ... you.

2019 Best Book Awards, Winner: Children's Religious
2018 Association of Catholic Publishers' Excellence in Publishing Awards, Second Place: Children's Books
2018 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards, Silver: Religion/Spirituality

Written by popular Catholic children's author Amy Welborn, this beautifully illustrated collection of Bible stories for kids and their families is uniquely arranged according to where the stories fall in the liturgical year and when they are proclaimed at Mass. Divided into five sections--Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter Season, and Ordinary Time--each section is subdivided into Old and New Testament stories. From the Fall to St. Paul, from the Exodus of the Israelites to the Ascension of Jesus, Loyola Kids Book of Bible Stories nurtures family and individual reading of the Bible at home, while familiarity with these stories will help children connect far more meaningfully with the liturgy.

What do heroes do?
Do they fight monsters? Sometimes, but they also hold the hands of people who are sick and lonely. They build schools. They study the planets. They forgive those who have harmed them. Heroes are people who look at the world around them, see what needs to be done, and through the grace of God find the strength to help others.
In the thirty-six stories in Loyola Kids Book of Heroes, you'll meet a Catholic nun who stood up to the most infamous outlaw in the Old West. You'll learn how entire villages of men and women devoted their lives to building great cathedrals to show their love and respect for God. You'll learn about John the Baptist, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, Charlemagne, St. Albert the Great, Dorothy Day, St. Patrick, and many others. Most of all, you'll learn that with God's help anyone can be a hero and make the world a better place.

Understand faith in the symbols that surround us.

For centuries people learned about the Christian faith through paintings, sculptures, objects, and gestures. Simple images still convey deep messages if we learn how to see and understand them. Award-winning children's author Amy Welborn has created a friendly and fascinating sourcebook on the signs and symbols of the Catholic faith. The exquisite illustrations throughout will inspire conversation and prayerful reflection for readers of all ages. Each image appears with a brief, child-friendly explanation coupled with a more detailed description on the opposite page.

From the sign of the fish to the Stations of the Cross, from the palm branch to Our Lady of Guadalupe, Loyola Kids Book of Catholic Signs and Symbols will enable children and adults to experience faith with curiosity and wonder.

2019 Illumination Book Awards, Gold: Education
2019 Independent Press Awards, Winner: Children's Religious Non-Fiction
2019 Catholic Press Association Book Awards, First Place: Children's Books and Books for Teens: Children's Books
2019 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards, Gold: Religion/Spirituality
2019 Best Book Awards, Finalist: Children's Religious
2020 International Book Awards, Finalist: Children's Religious

Finding God Every Day

Discover the countless ways God is present in your life with A Catholic Woman's Book of Days. Amid the hustle and bustle of daily life, it's easy to overlook God's active presence. This inspiring book offers daily meditations designed to carve out a spiritual space, allowing you to set your heart on God. Each meditation is brief, direct, and personal, helping you connect deeply with God's Word and the Catholic faith.

This updated edition--featuring a new foreword by Julianne Stanz, author of Braving the Thin Places, and a new preface by the author--will help you find God in all things, each and every day.

The liturgical year isn't a concept to be taught; it's a celebration to be lived and experienced! Award-winning author Amy Welborn shines a spotlight on our vibrant faith by centering children as active participants in the seasons and feasts of our Catholic calendar. This friendly and accessible sourcebook for children provides an inspiring and multicultural journey through the Church year with Jesus, Mary, and the saints. Along the way, children will learn exciting details about how Catholic holidays are celebrated around the world.

From the Sabbath through Holy Week, from Ordinary Time through the Jewish feasts of our spiritual heritage, Loyola Kids Book of Seasons, Feasts, and Celebrations will enable children and adults to experience faith with curiosity and wonder.

Traditional prayer, often considered rote, tends to be neglected by people who claim to take their faith seriously. In The Words We Pray, author Amy Welborn offers an insightful exploration into 18 traditional prayers and the vital spiritual role each one can play.

This enchanting prayer book includes the history and traditional use of each prayer as well as personal anecdotes to show why the body of Catholic traditional prayers is a treasure worth rediscovering. From the Psalms to traditional Marian prayers to the Lord's Prayer to Amen, the prayers explored in The Words We Pray are gifts from the past that can greatly benefit our spiritual life today.

To receive Jesus in Holy Communion is to enter into a lifelong friendship with him.

In this beautifully illustrated book by Ann Engelhart, Amy Welborn introduces Pope Benedict's profound yet simple answers to various questions put to him by children in Rome who had recently made their First Holy Communion.

Pope Benedict's answers, and the children's wonderful questions concerning this very important spiritual occasion in their young lives, provide inspiring text for this beautiful gift book for First Communion.

Amy Welborn is a well-known, popular freelance writer. She is the author of many books on prayer, the saints and apologetics. Amy lives with her family in Birmingham, Alabama.

Ann Kissane Engelhart is a watercolor artist and illustrator. She has taught art in Catholic education for many years and currently teaches painting classes in her home studio on Long Island, New York, where she lives with her husband and two children.
Her portraits and illustrations are exhibited in galleries and private collections in New York and Connecticut.

Wish You Were Here: Travels Through Loss and Hope is the story of Amy Welborn's trip to the island of Sicily with three of her children five months after her husband's sudden death from a heart attack. Her journey through city and countryside, small town and ancient ruins, opens unexpected doors of memory and reflection, a pilgrimage of the heart and an exploration of the soul. It is an observant and wry memoir and travelogue, intensely personal yet speaking to universal experiences of love and loss.
Along the narrow roads and hairpin turns, the narrative reveals the beauty of the ordinary and the commonplace and asks stark questions about how we fill the empty places that a loved one leaves behind. It is a meditation on the possibility of faith, one that is unflinching, uncompromising, and altogether unsentimental when confronted by the ultimate test of belief. This book is not only a well-told memoir, but a testimony to the truth that love is stronger than death.

These are the answers teenagers desperately want!

Why didn't God answer my prayers? What's the best way to pray? Does praying do any good at all?

For many teenagers, the whole subject of prayer is a mystery. Amy Welborn helps them understand what the Church teaches, and why what the Church teaches is right.

Prove It! Jesus gives you the true facts about Jesus, including who He really was, whether the Gospels are reliable historical accounts of His life, what's behind all the miracle stories, evidence for the Resurrection, and most importantly, what it all means for you.

Prove It! Jesus explains all those difficult questions you have about Jesus. His teachings, and most importantly, what His words and His living presence can mean for you today, if you believe.

What do you say when someone tries to tell you:

• You're not a Christian because your church isn't Bible-based?
• You're not a Christian because what your church teaches isn't in the Bible?
• You're not a Christian because you believe that good works will get you to heaven?
• You're not a Christian because you worship Mary like a goddess?
• You're not a Christian because you believe that the pope is right about everything?
• You're not a Christian because you obey the pope instead of God?
  And the biggie:
• You're not a Christian because you're not saved?

Prove It! Church gives you the answers you need when someone challenges your Catholic Faith. From Mary to the saints to papal infallibility, infant baptism, purgatory, and a whole lot more. Prove It! Church explains what you need to know to prove that the Catholic Church belongs to Christ, teaches Christ, preaches Christ - and is, in fact, Christ in the world today!

En este libro examinaremos las particularidades que nos presentan los capítulos 26-28 del Evangelio de San Mateo en torno a la pasión y resurrección de Jesús. Para adultos ocupados que quieren estudiar la Biblia pero no saben por dónde empezar, Seis semanas con la Biblia ofrece un atractivo punto de inicio. Cada guía está dividida en seis segmentos de 90 minutos concisos que presentan un libro de la Biblia. Todos los textos bíblicos están impresos en las guías, lo cual significa que no se requieren materiales adicionales para el estudio.
Seis semanas con la BibliaSeis semanas con la Biblia es un programa de estudio y reflexión en torno a la Sagrada Escritura y su implicación en la vida cristiana. Esta experiencia es ideal para grupos parroquiales, como grupos de pastoral familiar, pastoral juvenil, comunidades de base o catequesis con adultos. El diseño y metodología de Seis semanas con la Biblia hacen que cualquiera pueda organizar y tener un exitoso diálogo bíblico. Este programa, centrado en la Biblia, ayudará a los católicos a crear comunidad y sentirse parte activa de ella.
Cada volumen de Seis semanas con la Biblia incluye:

• Un evangelio o tema a tratar
• Información histórica, cultural y antropológica
• Aplicación a la vida diaria
• Preguntas para el diálogo
• Oportunidad para la oración y la convivencia

Matthew 26-28: Jesus' Life-Giving Death offers a close look at the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ in Matthew's Gospel.

A Guided Discovery of the Bible
The Bible invites us to explore God's word and reflect on how we might respond to it. To do this, we need guidance and the right tools for discovery. The Six Weeks with the Bible series of Bible discussion guides offers both in a concise six-week format. Whether focusing on a specific biblical book or exploring a theme that runs throughout the Bible, these practical guides in this series provide meaningful insights that explain Scripture while helping readers make connections to their own lives.

Each guide:
- is faithful to Church teaching and is guided by sound biblical scholarship
- presents the insights of Church fathers and saints
- includes questions for discussion and reflection
- delivers information in a reader-friendly format
- gives suggestions for prayer that help readers respond to God's word
- appeals to beginners as well as to advanced students of the Bible

By reading Scripture, reflecting on its deeper meanings, and incorporating it into our daily life, we can grow not only in our understanding of God's word, but also in our relationship with God.

Got God?

Does God really exist?

What does God want from me, anyway?

Prove It! God stands ready to answer teen questions -- the really tough ones -- about God, the Catholic Church, other religions, evolution, good and evil, and a whole bunch of other things you never hear about in religion classes and Sunday Homilies -- or even from your parents.

Newly updated, this no-nonsense book clearly presents the facts in a way that doesn't talk down to you. But don't take our word for it. Read Prove It! God and decide for yourself. What do you have to lose -- other than your doubts.

Through the Bible parables, Jesus reveals who he is and how we are to follow him. Learn how to relate the parables of Jesus to life today in Parables: Stories of the Kingdom.

A Guided Discovery of the Bible
The Bible invites us to explore God's word and reflect on how we might respond to it. To do this, we need guidance and the right tools for discovery. The Six Weeks with the Bible series of Bible discussion guides offers both in a concise six-week format. Whether focusing on a specific biblical book or exploring a theme that runs throughout the Bible, these practical guides in this series provide meaningful insights that explain Scripture while helping readers make connections to their own lives. Each guide- is faithful to Church teaching and is guided by sound biblical scholarship
- presents the insights of Church fathers and saints
- includes questions for discussion and reflection
- delivers information in a reader-friendly format
- gives suggestions for prayer that help readers respond to God's word
- appeals to beginners as well as to advanced students of the Bible

By reading Scripture, reflecting on its deeper meanings, and incorporating it into our daily life, we can grow not only in our understanding of God's word, but also in our relationship with God.

Matthew 26-28: Jesus' Life-Giving Death offers a close look at the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ in Matthew's Gospel.
A Guided Discovery of the Bible
The Bible invites us to explore God's word and reflect on how we might respond to it. To do this, we need guidance and the right tools for discovery. The Six Weeks with the Bible series of Bible discussion guides offers both in a concise six-week format. Whether focusing on a specific biblical book or exploring a theme that runs throughout the Bible, these practical guides in this series provide meaningful insights that explain Scripture while helping readers make connections to their own lives. Each guide- is faithful to Church teaching and is guided by sound biblical scholarship
- presents the insights of Church fathers and saints
- includes questions for discussion and reflection
- delivers information in a reader-friendly format
- gives suggestions for prayer that help readers respond to God's word
- appeals to beginners as well as to advanced students of the Bible

By reading Scripture, reflecting on its deeper meanings, and incorporating it into our daily life, we can grow not only in our understanding of God's word, but also in our relationship with God.