Cloister Talks: Learning from My Frie...
Jon M. SweeneyCome along as author Jon M. Sweeney sits in the warm October sun talking with Father Luke or enjoys a December afternoon in the monastery with Father Ambrose. In Cloister Talks, Sweeney offers a rare glimpse into his decades-long f...
The Pope Who Quit: A True Medieval Ta...
Jon M. SweeneyAt the close of the tumultuous Middle Ages, there lived a man who seemed destined from birth to save the world. His name was Peter Morrone, a hermit, a founder of a religious order, and, depending on whom you talk to, a reformer, an i...
The Pope Who Quit: A True Medieval Ta...
Jon M. SweeneyAt the close of the tumultuous Middle Ages, there lived a man who seemed destined from birth to save the world. His name was Peter Morrone, a hermit, a founder of a religious order, and, depending on whom you talk to, a reformer, an i...
James Martin, Sj: In the Company of J...
Jon M. SweeneyFr. James Martin, SJ, is one of the most recognized Catholic priests in the United States. His book My Life with the Saints introduced hundreds of thousands of readers to many saintly heroes. More recently, Building a Bridge called th...
Margaret's First Holy Week (The Pope'...
Jon M. SweeneyThe story of Margaret and her friend the Pope continues with Book 3 in The Pope's Cat series. This latest adventure has Margaret experiencing the prayers, penitence, liturgy, and excitement of Holy Week in the Vatican and Rome—fro...
Margaret's Night in St. Peter's (A Ch...
Jon M. SweeneyMargaret — The Pope's Cat — is back! Illustrated in full color. Bang! Slam! Boom! Loud sounds in St. Peter's Square had been going on for nearly an hour already. Margaret was annoyed, because as you may know, cats like to sleep. A...
Meister Eckhart's Book of Secrets: Me...
Jon M. SweeneyAn elegant rendering of the great mystic's thoughts on the mysteries of the authentic lifeThis is a little book about soul freedom. It is a book about discovering the secret to all the things we most desire: contentment, meaning, peac...
Meister Eckhart's Book of the Heart: ...
Jon M. SweeneyMeister Eckhart (1260–1328) was a priest, a mystic, and nearly a heretic (he died before the Church court's verdict). In the 20th century, the Roman Catholic Church rehabilitated him and the late Pope John Paul II spoke of his work ...
Released for the 5th Anniversary of the election of Pope Francis!"A heartwarming tale, which gives the papacy a human touch." –Christopher Lamb, Rome correspondent, The TabletMeet Margaret -- the Pope's cat! This is the story of...
Thomas Merton: An Introduction to His...
Jon M. SweeneyAn introduction to the spiritual legacy of Thomas Merton Thomas Merton was a Trappist monk and one of the most influential spiritual figures of the 20th century. His writing on contemplation, monastic life, mysticism, poetry, and ...
What I Am Living for: Lessons from th...
Jon M. Sweeney"If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, and ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for."...