Christianity - Biographies
The Life of Rev. Henry Martyn
Henry Martyn (1781-1812), a brilliant and ambitious young student in Cambridge, England, was led by God to be a missionary to India and Pers…
The Apostles
The good news of Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, is a most compelling message. Yet Jesus did not write anything down; everything we kno…
The Life and Glories of St. Joseph
A wonderful work on the life of St. Joseph, the true husband of the Virgin Mary, and foster-father of Jesus Christ. - Summary by Mozartjr
Saint Augustin
What, indeed, is more romantic than this wandering life of rhetorician and student that the youthful Augustin led, from Thagaste to Carthage…
The Lives of the Fathers of the Eastern Deserts
Enlightening, profitable, edifying, inspiring – a few words to describe this collection of lives and sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothe…
Blessed Edmund Campion
Saint Edmund Campion, S.J., (1540 – 1581) was an English Catholic Jesuit priest and martyr. While conducting an underground ministry to the …
The Valley of Baca
Jennie Smith was a 19th-Century Job. At 15 years old, her father's business and finances failed, and he later died of illness, leaving her f…
The Quiet Flame
“You will never be a leper nor will any Sister of our Order.”The amazing promise was made by Mother Marianne of Molokai, the “Quiet Flame” o…
The Paradise, or Garden of the Holy Fathers
The Desert Fathers were early Christian hermits, ascetics, and monks who mainly lived in the Scetes desert of Egypt. The most famous was St.…
The Life of St. Paul
Born into privilege and highly educated by the most esteemed teacher of his time, Saul of Tarsus became a leading thinker among the Pharisee…
Lives of the Saints
Lives of the Saints offers a rich tapestry of short biographies celebrating the lives of saints, one for each day of the year. Compiled from…
Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints
Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints : with reflections for every day in the year : compiled from "Butler's Lives" and other appro…
Brother Francis
Or, Less than the LeastThe following pages have been written by my request with a view to making the Soldiers of The Salvation Army somewhat…
De Smet's Letters and Sketches
In 1841 and 1842, Fr. Pierre-Jean DeSmet traversed the wide and wild American West to bring the gospel to the Flatheads, who had sent multip…
A Handful of Stars
This is the second of a five volume series called "Texts That Made History". As with the first volume, "A Bunch of Everlastin…
Rev. William P. Gale
Archive of the works by Rev. William P. Gale brought to you by Covenant People's Ministry Founder of the Ministry of Christ Church in Maripo…
A Story of One Short Life
This is a brief biography of Samuel J. Mills who was instrumental in establishing the first missionary society in the United States, and als…
Woman in Sacred History
A series of sketches of 19 women in the Bible, drawn from scriptural, historical and legendary sources. Separated into 3 divisions: Women of…
Life of Saint Gerard Majella
Saint Gerard Majella was an Italian lay brother of the Redemptorists. His only ambition was to be like Jesus Christ in his sufferings and hu…
A Book of English Martyrs
This volume is a simple narrative suited to children's understanding of the thrilling times when English Catholics suffered for the Faith in…