Catholic Items - Ignatius Press

More exciting items from Ignatius Press to add to your list of summer reading! These books offered would make great additions to anyone's personal library. They include a good mix of appealing book topics – the amazing story of Mother Benedict Duss and the Abbey of Regina Laudis, the powerful story of the vindication of Joan of Arc, the inspiring true stories of great saints Padre Pio and Camillus, and the wonderful & witty writings of the beloved Ronald Knox. There’s something here for everyone, so take advantage of these great titles!

Ronald Knox as Apologist
Wit, Laughter and the Popish Creed
Fr. Milton Walsh
In this book, Milton Walsh, an expert on Knox’s writing, has analyzed and provided ample quotations from the most significant writings of Knox that fall under the genre of apologetics. Knox was a superb apologist because as a priest he was a man of deep faith, and as a writer he had a wonderful way of expressing the Christian truths in an elegant and clear language. Knox was also a man with a grand sense of humor and a keen wit, as well as empathy and kindness, and both his humor and charity are captured well in these writings. Ronald Knox stands alongside G. K. Chesterton, C.S. Lewis, and Evelyn Waugh as a great spiritual and literary British writer whose works are once again receiving wide readership and appreciation.

The Retrial of Joan of Arc
The Evidence for Her Vindication
Regine Pernoud
This book is the first English language book about the retrial of Joan of Arc: and clearly the best, based firmly on the testimonies given at the retrial. Written by the renowned French historian, Regine Pernoud, it uses extensive excerpts from the people who actually knew Joan, bringing to life this great woman and her powerful story.

A Soldier Surrenders
The Conversion of St. Camillus
Susan Peek
This is the story of the dramatic conversion and inspiring life of the soldier Camillus de Lellis who lived in the late 1500’s, and became the founder of the religious order known then as “Ministers of the Sick”, and now called the “Hospitallers”. His story is one that is filled with drama: military battles, sickness and disease, conversion to God, and great charity for countless suffering people.

Padre Pio Man of Hope
Renzo Allegri
Beatified on May 22, 1999, Padre Pio of Pietrelcina (1887-1968) was a Capuchin monk and mystic whose life was marked with miracles and wonders, but who said that his only desire was "to be a poor friar who prays." Observes the author: "When people write about Padre Pio, they tend to dwell on the penitential aspect of his life, thereby giving a somewhat dark and medieval tinge to his personality…. Padre Pio was and is a man of hope. Throughout his life, in the midst of the most difficult trials, he always looked to the future with a spirit of optimism, faith, and love." In this intimate biography, you will see the results of this humble Capuchin's prayers and discover for yourself the Source of his great hope.