Marriage / Family Life

Catholic Wisdom for a Mother's Heart

Lisa M. Hendey, Lisa Hendey, Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle

A guide for a wide range of domestic church situations. Catholic women can live out their familial vocation with simple suggestions for answering Christ’s universal call to holiness.

Lovely poems conclude each chapter on a note of warmth that will lift hearts beyond the kitchen and up the path toward heaven.

2018    208 pages    R229.00

The Abolition of Woman: How Radical Feminism Is Betraying Women

Fiorella Nash

For the majority on both sides of the abortion debate, the idea of a pro-life feminist is the ultimate contradiction in terms.

Abortion has become so central to feminist thinking that women who affirm their belief in both women's empowerment and the inalienable right to life can find themselves viewed with suspicion and hostility from both sides. Y

et the author of this book is indeed a pro-life feminist, and her insightful analysis of contemporary issues can provide the basis for common ground between those defending human rights.

2018    234 pages    R259.50

Pope Francis Talks to Couples: Wisdom on Marriage and Family

Pope Francis

This brief book, excerpted from the papal exhortation Amoris Laetitia, distils for those about to be married or just married, the essence of the value of a lifelong union and the beauty of the vocation to marriage.

In addition, Pope Francis speaks of the reality of family and of children, who are a living reflection of the couple's love, a permanent sign of their conjugal unity, and a living and inseparable synthesis of their being a father and a mother.

2016    72 pages    R126.00

 
Defying Gravity: How Choosing Joy Lifted My Family from Death to Life

Joe Sikorra

This story shows how a family found joy after their hopes and dreams were shattered by the rare,

fatal neurological illness of their two sons. Told by the family's father, a popular Catholic radio host and marriage counsellor, it recounts the way he and his wife received the courage and the support they needed to give their children abundant, fulfilling lives in spite of their gradual decline.

What initially seemed to be a tragedy for Joe Sikorra’s family became a story of human triumph, an outcome made possible by the compassion and mercy of God.

2018    216 pages    R255.00