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The John Rylands Library, Deansgate, Manchester, United Kingdom

Reading to Awaken the Catholic Imaginative Vision

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The Christian Cosmic Narrative

Acts XXIX
We warmly recommend the text version of our audio project, The Christian Mythic Narrative. Attractively published by Acts XXIX Press and with a foreword by Fr. John Riccardo, The Christian Cosmic Narrative: The Deep History of the World presents the greatest story ever told, with the darkest of all villains and God himself as the hero.

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Rescued: The Unexpected and Extraordinary News of the Gospel

Fr. John C. Riccardo
Also recommended from Acts XXIX, this small but powerful book asks (and answers!) this question: How can we truly experience transformation through a Gospel that is explosive, life-changing news?

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Perov Vasily's "First Christians in Kiev"

From Christendom to Apostolic Mission: Pastoral Strategies for an Apostolic Age

University of Mary
The basis of our Christendom to Apostolic series in Foundations, this life-changing book - released during the 2020 pandemic - has turned out to be one of this new decade's most impactful Catholic texts.

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The Religion of the Day

The University of Mary
This sequel to From Christendom to Apostolic Mission recognizes that we are living in a highly religious age, with secular gospels and dogmatic faiths all around us. So what is the belief system, the religious vision, that is displacing Christianity as the assumed narrative by which our post-Christian, modern societies live? And what is the religion that we ourselves need to be converted out of, if we are to be fully converted to the Christian faith?

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"Adoration of the Magi," by Gentile Da Fabriano

The Vocation of the Catholic University Professor

University of Mary
The basis of a good part of our Catholic Intellectual Tradition series in Foundations, this small book was written as a practical guide for all those involved in the educational apostolate of the Church. It sets forth the vision of a university as a place of profound intellectual conversion.

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Botticelli's "Young Man Before the Seven Liberal Arts"

The Heart of Culture: A Brief History of Western Education

Habiger Institute for Catholic Leadership
This valuable text provides a succinct and substantive history of Western education and the Great Tradition.

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The Dignity of Grace

Larry Woiwode
In this biography of Sr. Thomas Welder, OSB, Woiwode recounts the remarkable life of service of the fifth president of the University of Mary.

The Dignity of Grace