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Mario Hiriart Pulido, 1931-1964 Mario Hiriart Pulido, 1931-1964 Isabel Margarita González Morandé Este libro escrito por la destacada historiadora chilena, srta. Isabel Margarita Gonzalez, narra la historia de la vida del laico catolico schoenstattiano e ingeniero chileno, Siervo de Dios, MARIO H… OL11724095W
First confession First confession Frank O'Connor Jackie faces his first confession with great trepidation following a warning lecture from his obnoxious, older sister. OL1195411W
False Witness (A Sister Agatha Mystery) False Witness (A Sister Agatha Mystery) David Thurlo Situated in rural New Mexico, Our Lady of Hope Monastery squeaks by on donations and various craft and skilled jobs suited to the nuns’ cloistered, contemplative life. When a stolen SUV crashes throu… OL14907707W
The rooftop adventure of Minnie and Tessa, factory fire survivors The rooftop adventure of Minnie and Tessa, factory fire survivors Holly Littlefield,Amanda Doering Tourville Two immigrant friends, Jewish Minnie and Catholic Tessa, work long hours at New York City's Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, and when a fire breaks out on March 25, 1911, trapping dozens of workers insid… OL15537876W
The book of Q The book of Q Jonathan Rabb Father Ian Pearse, a Vatican scholar, comes into possession of a scrool that contains proof of a conspiracy by a heretical sect known as the Manichaeans. OL15814615W
The tequila worm The tequila worm Viola Canales Sofia grows up in the close-knit community of the barrio in McAllen, Texas, then finds that her experiences as a scholarship student at an Episcopal boarding school in Austin only strengthen her ties… OL15840361W
Closing chapters Closing chapters Thomas G. Welsh "Closing Chapters attempts to explain the disintegration of urban parochial schools in Youngstown, Ohio, a onetime industrial center that lost all but one of its eighteen Catholic parochial elementar… OL16134594W
Fighting gravity Fighting gravity Peggy Rambach "Ellie Rifkin is a nineteen-year-old college student from a privileged Jewish background when she meets forty-one-year-old professor Gerard Babineau. Already twice-divorced, he is a hard drinker, an … OL16524612W
Memoirs of missionary priests as well secular as regular and of other Catholics of both sexes Memoirs of missionary priests as well secular as regular and of other Catholics of both sexes Richard Challoner iii-xix, 642 p. 23 cm OL1712845W
The Book of Ammon The Book of Ammon Ammon Hennacy The autobiography of Ammon Hennacy. OL172615W
American and Catholic American and Catholic Richard John Neuhaus,Anne Barsanti,Joe Holland vi, 122 pages ; 22 cm OL18832007W
The devil's advocate The devil's advocate Morris West *The Devil's Advocate*, Morris West's best-selling novel, is a deft exploration of the meaning of faith. In an impoverished village in southern Italy, the life and death of Giacomo Nerone has inspire… OL1892487W
Echoes Echoes Danielle Steel Against a vivid backdrop of history, Danielle Steel tells a compelling story of love and war, acts of faith and acts of betrayal…and of three generations of women as they journey though years of loss… OL19738W
Night Watch Night Watch Stephen Kendrick Christmas Day, 1902. A priest is murdered in London during a secret meeting over the possibility of a Parliament of World Religions. Now Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson-with the help of a young priest… OL1995307W
Stripped Stripped Heather King "A diagnosed tumor forced Heather King to this crisis of mortality, to live at the crossroads of uncertainty, belief, fear, culture, and modern medicine ... Stripped is a heartfelt expression of prof… OL20034443W
Autobiography of Madame Guyon Autobiography of Madame Guyon Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon,Marie-Louise Gondal Madame Guyon was a French noblewoman who was born in an unprincipled time fated to its corruption. She grew up in a church as licentious as the world in which it was established: spiritually desponde… OL2298249W
Into the paradox Into the paradox Toni A. H. McNaron "As a practicing Catholic and feminist scholar, Toni McNaron embraces the seemingly unresolvable and accepts the inherent paradox arising from her preference for conservative spiritual practices whil… OL24272144W
La colline aux adieux La colline aux adieux A. Manette Ansay The hell on earth of living with one's inlaws. The protagonist is Ellen Grier whose husband decides for financial reasons that the whole family--there are two children--will live with his parents in … OL24276128W
The Abbess of Crewe The Abbess of Crewe Muriel Spark The Abbess has been newly elected crushing her one rival, the bleeding heart Felicity. The abbey Crewe finds itself deeply troubled with police and their dogs and the scandal-scenting media, and it a… OL26423W
Shadow of death Shadow of death William X. Kienzle A cardinal is murdered in his own church. Another is slain in the Vatican. The only clue is an imprint of a clenched fist which is left at both locations. What is behind the murders and could the ult… OL27012841W
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