Ignatius Press Podcast

Fiorella De Maria is the author of numerous books, including works of historical and contemporary fiction and the first three books of the "Father Gabriel" mysteries: "The Sleeping Witness," "The Vanishing Woman," and "See No Evil." She was born in Italy of Maltese parents, and grew up in Wiltshire, England. She attended Cambridge University, where she received a Bachelor’s in English Literature and a Master’s in Renaissance Literature. She lives in Surrey with her husband and children.

Find all of Fiorella De Maria's novels at Ignatius.com: https://bit.ly/3wxis7d

We'll be discussing the Archbishop's Pastoral Letter on the Human Dignity of the Unborn, Holy Communion, and Catholics in Public Life: https://sfarchdiocese.org/inthewomb

https://www.ignatius.com/From-Islam-to-Christ-P1287.aspx

Born and raised in Muslim Turkey, Derya Little wandered far and wide in search of her true home. After her parents' divorce, she rejected her family's Islamic faith and became an atheist. During her stormy adolescence, she tried to convince a Christian missionary that there is no God but was converted to Christ instead.

Her winding path through the riddles of God was not over, however. While attending a Turkish university and serving as a Christian youth minister, Derya began to compare the teachings of Protestantism and Catholicism, and during her doctoral studies in England, she entered the Catholic Church. Ultimately, she ended up in the United States, where she has become a citizen and has settled down to raise a family.

Derya's story provides a window into both Islam and modernity. It shows that the grace and the mercy of God know no bounds. Rather, the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ reaches souls in the most unlikely places.

Join us as we talk to Kendra Tierney about her brand new book, "The Catholic All Year Prayer Compendium", a follow up to her best-seller, "The Catholic All Year Compendium".

https://www.ignatius.com/The-Catholic-All-Year-Prayer-Companion-P3771.aspx

The Catholic deposit of faith and tradition is wide and deep! There are so many different devotions and ways to pray that it's impossible for anyone to ever use them all, let alone in a busy family. Fortunately the liturgical calendar is here to help!

In this companion to her bestselling book about liturgical living traditions in the home, The Catholic All Year Compendium, Kendra Tierney lays out hundreds of prayers, devotions, practices, blessings, indulgences, novenas, hymns, Bible readings, poems, encyclicals, and humor in an easy to use format according to the liturgical seasons and feast days of the Church calendar.

These prayers and practices are a great way to connect with the Bible, the Saints, the Church, and your family throughout the year. Without paging through stacks of books, you can easily access hundreds of beautiful devotions for every season of the liturgical year.

This book will help you and your family to:

• Pray the Christmas Novena nine days leading to Christmas Day
• Sing the beautiful Pange Lingua Gloriosi for the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas
• Discover the Seven Sundays of Saint Joseph
• Do the Stations of the Cross during Lent
• Have a Tenebrae service for the Triduum
• Have a blessed bonfire for the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
• Host a family joke night in honor of St. Lawrence
• and so much more!

Plus learn how to pray rosaries, chaplets, novenas and how to get indulgences, and what blessings are appropriate for use by lay people. And do it all with no more preparation than picking this book up from the shelf!

Produced with busy families in mind, Kendra Tierney brings these jewels of the Church into your home and family.