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  • Love Conquers All: Faith, Family, & the Early Church by Mike Aquilina

    Mike Aquilina, author of over forty books and an expert on early Church history, shares how the faithful witness of Christian families amidst the trials and persecutions of the Church in the first centuries of its existence led to the rapid expansion of Christianity and the conversion of the Roma...

  • Our Lady of Fatima and the Fall of Communism by Craig Turner

    Craig Turner, a well-respected journalist and researcher, shares the unmistakable connection between the apparitions of our Blessed Mother at Fatima in 1917 and the fall of Communism in Europe more than seventy years later. This talk is sure to provide a greater awareness of the motherly help and...

  • The Desert Fathers by Peter H. Gorg

    In the late third century, more and more people withdrew to the radical seclusion of the desert so as to live entirely for God under the direction of a spiritual father. Among these "Desert Fathers" one figure is especially preeminent: Saint Anthony the Hermit.
    This book takes the reader back to...

  • The Dead Sea Scrolls by Dr. John Bergsma

    Dr. John Bergsma is an Associate Professor of Theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville, and was a Protestant pastor for four years before converting to the Catholic Church. In this enlightening talk, Dr. Bergsma shows how our respect for the traditional canon of Scripture, as well as our...

  • Understanding the Crusades by Dr. Thomas Madden

    Dr. Thomas Madden is a professor of History at St. Louis University and has appeared in such venues as the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and The History Channel. In this eye-opening presentation, Dr. Madden debunks popular myths surrounding the Crusades and shows us how th...

  • Understanding Luther by Ken Hensley

    Ken Hensley, a well-known Catholic speaker, teacher, and author, provides an insightful perspective on Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation from his vantage point as a former Baptist minister. Referencing Luther's writings and his own conversion story, Ken clearly shows the theological an...

  • Salvation Is from the Jews by Roy Schoeman

    This book traces the role of Judaism and the Jewish people in God's plan for the salvation of mankind, from Abraham through the Second Coming, as revealed by the Catholic faith and by a thoughtful examination of history. It will give Christians a deeper understanding of Judaism, both as a religio...

  • The Last Crusader: A Novel About Don Juan of Austria by Louis de Wohl

    Don Juan of Austria, one of history's most triumphant and inspiring heroes, is reborn in this opulent novel by Louis de Wohl.
    Because of the circumstances of his birth, this last son of Emperor Charles the Fifth spent his childhood in a Spanish peasant's hut. Acknowledged by King Philip as his h...

  • Church Fathers & Teachers: From Saint Leo to Peter Lombard by Pope Benedict XVI

    After meditating on the Apostles and then on the Fathers of the early Church, as seen in his earlier works Jesus, the Apostles and the Early Church and Church Fathers, Pope Benedict XVI devoted his attention to the most influential Christian men from the fifth through the twelfth centuries. In hi...

  • The Reformation: A Tragedy in Five Acts by Dr. Christopher Blum

    As the world observes the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther's nailing of his "95 Theses" to the door of Wittenberg Cathedral, we reflect on the history and theology of this major event in the life of the world with a lecture series featuring several scholars in Church history and Sacred Scriptur...

  • Martin Luther and the Bible by Dr. Tim Gray

    As the world observes the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther's nailing of his "95 Theses" to the door of Wittenberg Cathedral, we reflect on the history and theology of this major event in the life of the world with a lecture series featuring several scholars in Church history and Sacred Scriptur...

  • Martin Luther and Friendship with God by Dr. John Sehorn

    As the world observes the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther's nailing of his "95 Theses" to the door of Wittenberg Cathedral, we reflect on the history and theology of this major event in the life of the world with a lecture series featuring several scholars in Church history and Sacred Scriptur...

  • Shakespeare and the Grace of Conversion by Joseph Pearce

    As the world observes the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther's nailing of his "95 Theses" to the door of Wittenberg Cathedral, we reflect on the history and theology of this major event in the life of the world with a lecture series featuring several scholars in Church history and Sacred Scriptur...

  • Solzhenitsyn by Joseph Pearce

    Based on exclusive, personal interviews with Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Joseph Pearce's biography of the renowned Russian dissident provides profound insight into a towering literary and political figure.
    From his pro-Communist youth to his imprisonment in forced labor camps, from his exile in Amer...

  • The Quest for Shakespeare by Joseph Pearce

    Highly regarded and best-selling literary writer and teacher, Joseph Pearce presents a stimulating and vivid biography of the world’s most revered writer that is sure to be controversial. Unabashedly provocative, with scholarship, insight and keen observation, Pearce strives to separate historica...

  • Through Shakespeare's Eyes by Joseph Pearce

    Fulfilling the promise he made in his previous book, The Quest for Shakespeare, bestselling literary writer Joseph Pearce analyzes in this volume three of Shakespeare's immortal plays — The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet and King Lear — in order to uncover the Bard's Catholic beliefs.
    In The Quest f...

  • The Treasure of Our Soul: The Apostle's Creed by Scott Hahn

    Dr. Scott Hahn, internationally known theologian and author, explains the inestimable value of the Creed as a sure means of communicating the life-giving faith of the Apostles and as an indispensable source of unity for the Church. Dr. Hahn also brings to light how the Creed has served as a time-...

  • Heroes of the Catholic Reformation by Dr. Tim Gray

  • Put Not Your Trust in Princes by Christopher Check

    Speaking from his perspective as a historian, Christopher Check reminds us that the crisis of our age is cultural and, in the end, spiritual. He explains that a flourishing society is not achieved through legislation or at the ballot box, but instead radiates from the family out. Using examples f...

  • A House Divided: Biblical Examination of the Protestant Reformation by Tim Gray

    In A House Divided: A Biblical Examination of the Protestant Reformation renowned biblical scholar, Dr. Tim Gray, takes a new approach to a thorny topic. Rather than approaching the Reformation from an apologetical standpoint, Dr. Gray takes a broader view. He goes back to the Old Testament civil...