Marriage and Relationships

	Joined by Grace: A Catholic Prayer Book for Engaged and Newly Married Couples Author: John Bosio Author: Teri Bosio Price: $9.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 160 Trim size: 5 x 7 inches ISBN: 978-1-59471-727-7 This Joined by Grace prayer book introduces engaged and newly married couples to the rich traditions of Catholic prayer: how Catholics pray, texts of our most commonly used prayers, and a primer on devotions
	Intimate Graces How Practicing the Works of Mercy Brings Out the Best in Marriage Author: Teresa Tomeo Author: Dominick Pastore Foreword by: Greg Alexander Foreword by: Julie Alexander Price: $13.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 160 Trim size: 5 x 7 inches ISBN: 978-1-59471-642-3 In Intimate Graces, bestselling author and Catholic media personality Teresa Tomeo and her husband, Dominick Pastore, invite couples to enrich their marriages by practicing the fourteen Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy. Through their own story and that of other married couples, Tomeo and Pastore demonstrate how reciprocating the works of mercy brings out the best in a marriage.
	Three Secrets to Holiness in Marriage A 33-Day Self-Guided Retreat for Catholic Couples Author: Dan DeMatte Author: Amber DeMatte Price: $16.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 224 Trim size: 6 x 9 inches ISBN: 978-1-59471-799-4 Dan DeMatte, former star of the A&E reality series God or the Girl, and his wife, Amber, unlock the keys to marital happiness and saintly holiness by guiding you on a thirty-three-day, at-home study for couples that will not only strengthen your marriage but also reenergize your relationship with God and improve your entire family’s walk with Jesus. The retreat will help you incorporate the virtues of poverty, chastity, and obedience into your marriage so you can become the spouse, parent, and Catholic you’ve always wanted to be.
	Just Married The Catholic Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the First Five Years of Marriage Author: Gregory K. Popcak Author: Lisa Popcak Price: $16.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 256 Trim size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches ISBN: 978-1-59471-280-7 In Just Married: The Catholic Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the First Five Years of Marriage, nationally syndicated radio hosts and international family life speakers Greg and Lisa Popcak combine decades of counseling, the latest findings in marriage research, more than twenty years of marriage, and the wisdom of Catholic teaching to offer couples the most up-to-date look at what it takes to create and sustain an incredible Catholic marriage that will last a lifetime.
	101 Tips for a Happier Marriage Simple Ways for Couples to Grow Closer to God and to Each Other Author: Jennifer Roback Morse Author: Betsy Kerekes Price: $12.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 144 Trim size: 5 x 7 inches ISBN: 978-1-59471-446-7 101 Tips for a Happier Marriage: Simple Ways for Couples to Grow Closer to God and to Each Other offers Catholic couples concise, practical, and at times humorous suggestions for creating and sustaining a more joyful, peace-filled marriage that is steeped in the beauty and mystery of Catholic faith.
	Off the Hook God, Love, Dating, and Marriage in a Hookup World Author: Timothy P. O'Malley Price: $15.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 160 Trim size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches ISBN: 978-1-59471-821-2 Hookup culture is about much more than the quest for pleasure. It offers an easy way out of real communication and lasting relationships. It also teaches us to treat each other as objects for personal satisfaction. Even those who reject the hookup culture can still be negatively affected by it and develop poor habits of relating to others. In Off the Hook, Timothy P. O’Malley, professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame, shows how God’s plan for love serves to heal the wounds of hookup culture and is a medicine for what ails our understanding of sex, romance, love, and marriage.
	101 Tips for Marrying the Right Person Helping Singles Find Each Other, Contemplate Marriage, and Say I Do Author: Jennifer Roback Morse Author: Betsy Kerekes Price: $13.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 144 Trim size: 5 x 7 inches ISBN: 978-1-59471-671-3 Packed into 101 bite-sized suggestions, 101 Tips for Marrying the Right Person is the help you need to approach dating with confidence and joy, while at the same time helping you become the best, most marriage-ready version of yourself. Jennifer Roback Morse and Betsy Kerekes offer inspiration and advice for all stages of your relationship.
	The Four Keys to Everlasting Love How Your Catholic Marriage Can Bring You Joy for a Lifetime Author: Karee Santos Author: Manuel P. Santos, MD Foreword by: Christopher West Price: $15.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 256 Trim size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches ISBN: 978-1-59471-603-4 Pope Francis, in his recent exhortation Amoris Laetitia (“Joy of Love”), praises marriage as a unique “friendship marked by passion” and “a free, faithful, and exclusive love.” We live in a culture that doesn’t cherish the permanence of marriage, according to Karee and Manuel Santos. Even Catholics aren’t immune from the epidemic of divorce. But how can you make the ideals of being forever, faithful, fruitful, and free a reality? How can you maintain a healthy Catholic marriage when society is pushing against it?
	The Catholic Guide to Dating After Divorce Cultivating the Five Qualities That Free You to Love Author: Lisa Duffy Foreword by: Father Jonathan Morris Price: $15.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 192 Trim size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches ISBN: 978-1-59471-597-6 In the first book written specifically for the 11 million divorced Catholics in the United States, Lisa Duffy—CatholicMatch.com columnist and creator of the “Journey of Hope” divorce recovery program—combines personal experience, Church teaching, and more than twenty years of ministering to those wounded by divorce to offer a guide that shows how faith can be a catalyst for healthy dating and relationships.
	Go Bravely Becoming the Woman You Were Created to Be Author: Emily Wilson Hussem Price: $13.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 160 Trim size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches ISBN: 978-1-59471-825-0 Emily Wilson Hussem used to feel the same way. In Go Bravely, the Catholic musician and speaker offers twenty bits of advice that will equip you to tackle your deepest concerns about relationships, self-esteem, and dating while strengthening your faith at the same time.
	Chastity Is for Lovers Single, Happy, and (Still) a Virgin Author: Arleen Spenceley Foreword by: Helena Burns, F.S.P. Price: $13.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 160 Trim size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches ISBN: 978-1-59471-480-1 In 2012, journalist Arleen Spenceley outed herself as a twenty-six-year-old virgin in a Tampa Bay Times op-ed that went viral. In Chastity Is for Lovers, Spenceley expands on that piece, advocating Catholic teaching on sex and marriage with candor and humor, and without judgment.
	The Thrill of the Chaste (Catholic Edition) Finding Fulfillment While Keeping Your Clothes On Author: Dawn Eden Foreword by: Colleen Carroll Campbell Price: $15.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 224 Trim size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches ISBN: 978-1-59471-558-7 Dawn Eden, internationally known speaker and author, presents a completely revised Catholic edition of her bestselling work, The Thrill of the Chaste. In this version, Eden shares her story of conversion to Catholicism and invites readers into a Catholic understanding of chastity and its spiritual benefits.
	Then Comes Baby The Catholic Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the First Three Years of Parenthood Author: Gregory K. Popcak Author: Lisa Popcak Price: $16.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Trim size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches ISBN: 978-1-59471-411-5 Greg and Lisa Popcak—popular Catholic authors, radio hosts, and marriage and family experts—present this unique guide to caring for one’s baby, self, marriage, and spiritual life in the first three years of parenthood.
	Are You Really Listening? Keys to Successful Communication Author: Mary E. Siegel Author: Paul J. Donoghue Price: $16.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 224 Trim size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches ISBN: 978-1-893732-88-9 Listening is an essential skill worth every effort to learn and to master. Listening takes us out of our tendency toward self-absorption and self-protection. It opens us to the world around us and to the persons who matter most to us. When we listen, we learn, we grow, and we are nourished.
	The Good Listener Author: James Sullivan Price: $10.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 96 Trim size: 5 x 7 inches ISBN: 978-0-87793-943-6 The power of everyday interactions, says James Sullivan, is much greater than we suspect. We have the power to offer profound healing, comfort, and affirmation, or to create deep wounds. And all of this depends on one crucial skill: listening. In the pages of The Good Listener, readers will come to see the far-reaching effects that their listening has on others, and will be grateful for the practical guidelines to becoming an attentive, caring listener. On the other hand, they will also gain invaluable insights into the effects that the listening skills of others have upon them. Those who understand and apply the insights of this book will offer others two unique gifts: the gift of their own caring presence and the gift of enabling the other's greater self-awareness. Parents and spouses, as well as those in ministry and in counseling roles, will find that The Good Listener is an invaluable guide to improving their listening skills.
	Healing the Wounds of Divorce A Spiritual Guide to Recovery Author: Barbara Shlemon Ryan Price: $12.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 136 Trim size: 5.5 x 8 inches ISBN: 978-0-87793-483-7 After 30 years of marriage, Barbara Leahy Shlemon’s (now Ryan) divorce was a jolting experience, a tragedy that plunged her into psychological and spiritual isolation. “To feel cut-off, dis-owned or condemned by the Father adds a heavy burden to a heart already weighed down with sadness,” she writes. “Only now can I see it as the beginning of an enriching journey of self-discovery.” She relates how she felt abandoned even by God and how in the midst of the chaos of her life, the Good Shepherd sought her out and bandaged her wounds. The author shares her healing process and offers seventeen short chapters dealing not only with such issues as children, finances, and relatives, but also with spiritual concerns such as fear, guilt, and forgiveness. Each concludes with a prayer that enables readers to place their experience with all its pain and incompletion, before the Lord. All those who have experienced the pain of divorce, regardless of their age or sex, will find in Barbara Shlemon Ryan a sensitive and wise companion.
	Finding Your Way After Your Spouse Dies Author: Marta Felber Price: $15.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 160 Trim size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches ISBN: 978-0-87793-932-0 There is nothing you need more than the warm, reassuring voice of one who has traveled this path before. . . and survived after suffering the death of a spouse. In Finding Your Way After Your Spouse Dies, Marta Felber offers just such a voice-caring, hopeful, always pointing ahead to a tomorrow that will be a little easier than today. Having experienced her own spouse's death, Felber is never glib or simplistic. She knows the grief her readers are feeling and she encourages them to give it full expression. At the same time, she offers sound, practical suggestions on how to navigate difficult days. This book shies away from none of the difficult issues of bereavement. Felber gently urges her readers toward careful, honest examination of the issues they face.
	When Your Spouse Dies A Concise and Practical Source of Help and Advice Author: Cathleen Curry Price: $11.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Format: Paperback Pages: 128 Trim size: 5.5 x 8 inches ISBN: 978-0-87793-416-5 Writing about her own journey as a widow, Cathleen Curry helps others deal with theirs. She establishes eight practical guideposts for getting through the first year and deals with a variety of topics including the stages of grief for adults and children, the expressions of mourning, loneliness and sexuality, financial priorities and planning, good health practices, and the importance of spiritual growth to the healing process.
	Finding Your Way After Your Parent Dies Hope for Grieving Adults Author: Richard Gilbert Price: $13.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 128 Trim size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches ISBN: 978-0-87793-694-7 Rev. Richard Gilbert has created a compassionate guide for those struggling with the loss of a parent. Bringing many years of experience in bereavement counseling, Gilbert sketches out some of the issues that arise in the wake of a parent's death and offers practical suggestions for navigating these difficulties. From the disorientation that can come immediately after death to relating to the surviving parent to healing old emotional wounds, the topics dealt with here will be of tremendous help to many.
	Courage to Love ... When Your Marriage Hurts Author: Gerald Foley Price: $14.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 160 Trim size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches ISBN: 978-0-87793-488-2 In a social climate that actually encourages divorce rather than reconciliation, Courage to Love ... When Your Marriage Hurts offers help and hope instead. Building on the experience of Retrouvaille, a successful church-sponsored ministry, it focuses on building relationships. It invites couples to reconciliation, to rebuilding trust, to learning the skills necessary for healthy communication, and to growing spiritually through the lived reality of married life.
	Walking Together Discovering the Catholic Tradition of Spiritual Friendship Author: Mary DeTurris Poust Price: $13.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 192 Trim size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches ISBN: 978-1-59471-209-8 In Walking Together: Discovering the Catholic Tradition of Spiritual Friendship, author, journalist, and speaker Mary DeTurris Poust examines rich and nurturing examples of spiritual friendship from well-known saints, writers, and spiritual Catholic leaders who serve as exemplars for cultivating meaningful Catholic friendship in a world of Twitter and Facebook.
	Closer Musings on Intimacy, Marriage, and God Author: Valerie Schultz Price: $11.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 160 Trim size: 5 x 7 inches ISBN: 978-1-59471-073-5 In this delightful and heartfelt appreciation of intimacy in marriage, award-winning essayist, wife, and mother Valerie Schultz explores how the bonds between husband and wife, and parent and child draw us ever closer to God and one another.
	Sex, Love, and You Making the Right Decision Author: Tom Lickona Author: Judy Lickona Author: William Boudreau, MD Price: $15.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 192 Trim size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches ISBN: 978-0-87793-987-0 The pressure on teens to be sexually active only increases and multiples as the years go on. Today, teens are under enormous pressure to be sexually active. Popular culture tells them that uncommitted responsible sex is possible. Television, movies, and the Internet anxious to depict "reality" find themselves promoting as perverse of sexual behavior imaginable. More than ever, teens continue to need a clear understanding of the physical and psychological fallout of acting out sexual behavior apart from marriage. Strongly rooted in Catholic Tradition, Sex, Love, and You: Making the Right Decision promotes the value of chastity and tells teens how their lives will be better if they refrain from sexual intimacy before marriage. In a direct, no-nonsense fashion, authors Tom and Judy Lickona examine the dangers of sexual activity and the rewards of waiting. They explore all side of the sex debate—from helping distinguish between myth and fact, to examining the physical and emotional dangers of uncommitted sex; from unearthing fallacies and popular misconceptions about premarital sex, to developing a personal plan that will allow young people to live a chaste life. A free Leader's Manual is available for download.
	One Day He Beckoned One Woman's Story of the Difference Jesus Made Author: Antoinette Bosco Price: $12.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 192 Trim size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches ISBN: 978-0-87793-999-3 One Day He Beckoned is the story of the difference that Jesus has made in journalist Antoinette's Bosco's life. It's a story of adversity and heartache most of us can only imagine. It takes us through a childhood cut short as she helped care for her younger siblings when her troubled mother could not. Through a disastrous marriage arranged by her traditional Italian father. Through life as a single mother of six children. And through the unspeakable pain of losing two children, one to suicide and one to murder.
	Facing Forgiveness A Catholic's Guide to Letting Go of Anger and Welcoming Reconciliation Author: Loughlan Sofield, S.T. Author: Carroll Juliano, S.H.C.J. Author: Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond Price: $10.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 128 Trim size: 5 x 7 inches ISBN: 978-1-59471-122-0 Out of the wealth of their shared experience, authors Sofield, Juliano, and Aymond have fashioned an inviting exploration of the process of forgiveness that blends compelling personal narrative, wise spiritual guidance, and sound practical suggestions. Written with Catholics in mind, this simple primer is designed to encourage the first steps in the process of forgiving with over twenty-five stories of real people who found their way to forgiveness or sometimes who choose not to forgive. As readers look into the faces of the wounded people profiled in this book they recognize forgiveness is indeed possible.
	Finding Your Way Through Domestic Abuse A Guide to Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Healing Author: Connie Fourre Price: $12.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 192 Trim size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches ISBN: 978-1-59471-076-6 All too often resources for coping with domestic violence and physical abuse overlook the equally painful aspects of emotional and verbal abuse. Even fewer address the ongoing dynamics after a relationship ends, the long process of grieving, and the role of forgiveness. In Finding Your Way through Domestic Abuse, Connie Fourre offers victims of domestic abuse the information they need to move through this difficult, painful time. Fourre, a survivor of domestic abuse, guides readers through every step of the journey, from realizing the warning signs of an abusive relationship, to leaving the abuse behind, to coping with the aftermath.
	We Really Need to Talk Steps to Better Communication Author: Paul J. Donoghue Author: Mary E. Siegel Price: $16.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Format: Paperback Pages: 128 Trim size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches ISBN: 978-1-933495-23-1 In We Really Need to Talk: Steps to Better Communication Paul J. Donoghue and Mary E. Siegel, bestselling authors of Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired, expertly guide readers past the pitfalls of poor interaction and offer six steps to communication for healthy, honest, and constructive relationships with spouses, family, friends, and coworkers.