Books That Inspire

Enrich your parish community while celebrating your Catholic identity.

The Loyola Press One Book, One Parish reading program is an affordable and effective reading program for Catholic parishes to enhance parish life by sharing high-quality spiritual books and encouraging community-building. Our easy-to-use reading and discussion guides promote parish engagement and empower your community to share and live the Catholic faith.

Station to Station

Gary Jansen

This Ignatian exploration of the Stations of the Cross examines Jesus' response to his own suffering and how his reactions can guide us in difficult times.

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5 Things with Father Bill

William Byrne

5 Things with Father Bill is a fun, practical guide to help readers find meaning in everyday experiences, while recognizing that God can be found in life’s simplest acts.

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I Am with You

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan

Cardinal Dolan provides meditations and reflections full of insight, hope, and healing from his homilies during the early days of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.

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Enough as You Are

Peggy Weber

Weber reflects on her experiences of self-doubt, insecurity, growth, and discovery that she, like all of us, is already enough and worthy of God's love.

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The 15-Minute Prayer Solution

Gary Jansen

Stories and prayer exercises that guide readers into a heightened awareness of God and help them develop spiritual “muscles” in just 15 minutes a day.

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The Inner Chapel

Becky Eldredge

The Inner Chapel draws on spiritual ideas and practices from the Catholic faith to guide readers towards inner closeness to God that is available to all.

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Positively Catholic

Michael Leach

For anyone looking for reasons to be positive about, and encouraged by, the Catholic faith, Positively Catholic provides inspiring ideas that will lead them a strong engagement with and participation in their faith.

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Mercy in the City

Kerry Weber

A young, single woman lives a “regular” life amid the daily pressures of New York City while also living a life devoted to service and practicing real works of mercy in a meaningful manner.

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Living the Mass

Fr. Dominic Grassi and Joe Paprocki

Living the Mass incites passion for and a greater understanding of the sacred two-thousand-year-old celebration that charges us to go forth and transform our world.

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Available in Spanish!

Living the Sacraments

Joe Paprocki

Joe Paprocki demystifies the Catholic sacraments and presents them as a way of life to be experienced each day, rather than as standalone events.

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Available in Spanish!

A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer

Jim Manney

In A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer, Jim Manney introduces Christians to a 500-year-old form of prayer that dramatically altered the way he prays and the way he “sees” life. The prayer is the examen.

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Available in Spanish!