Catholic History Texts on Sale

All Ye Lands and From Sea to Shining Sea (from the Catholic Textbook Project) are both currently on sale at Ignatius Press for approximately half price! Check out Ignatius.com and click on "Sale Items".

TODAY ONLY: 10% discount on Saint Costumes from Our Coats of Many Colors

We found out just yesterday about a 10% discount at a small company that makes beautiful saint costumes that actually expired yesterday. As a favor to us (because we really did want to share this info), they've agreed to extend the sale for one more day. You see, they need enough time to fill all of their orders for beautiful hand-made saint costumes in time for All Saints Day.

Today is the last day to get a 10% discount on any costume/costumes from Our Coats of Many Colors. To get the discount you have to type ONEMORE just like that (all caps, squished together) in the place for coupon codes and then hit "Recalculate". Don't forget to hit "Recalculate" or it won't work and you'll miss out!

Here's a note from our Love2learn reviewer Maria Rioux who has been helping this company with ideas:

I've been helping Debbie develop new costumes and improve old ones. This year Juan Diego has Our Lady of Guadalupe imprinted on his tilma! :) We also have a unit study for Juan, but it's not completely done. St. Nicholas isn't pictured on the new website (which has been really difficult to work with. Sorry for the small pictures. We're going to fix that when things slow down after All Saint's Day.) but he looks great! He looks just like St. Patrick except that his miter and chasuble are red and gold.

For Tolkien fans, we also have some elven dresses and cloaks, with other costumes in the works.

Keep checking back because the next thing we're working on is a clothing line for girls and young women. The styles will be both pure and pretty.

Here are some links to what others have been saying about the beautiful costumes from Our Coats of Many Colors (hint: because Our Coats of Many Colors has been having some problems with their website, I strongly recommend clicking through to ALL of these reviews - particularly because of the beautiful photos, which aren't readily available on the website):

Love2learn Review
Karen Edmisten
Ana Braga-Henebry
Maureen Wittmann
Minnesota Mom

The costumes are not inexpensive, but when you see the beauty of the details - many of these costumes have four or five pieces to them - all beautifully crafted (I can tell you because I've had some for three years now that they hold up beautifully through lots of play, lots of washings, etc.). Even the clasps (to be found on cloaks and such) are absolutely beautiful, sturdy and child-friendly.

God and the World by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

I'm really enjoying this second book in a serious of interviews that Pope Benedict XVI had with Peter Seewald while he was still Cardinal Ratzinger. This one was written in 2002 and has a rather personal tone in answering questions about what sort of relationship we should have with God and how He moves in our lives and in our world.

Here's a sample:

Is there some particular language that God uses sometimes to say to us, in quite a concrete way, "Yes, do that." Or, again: "Hold on, there - last warning! Just leave it alone!"

God speaks quietly. But he gives us all kinds of signs. In retrospect, especially, we can see that he has given us a little nudge through a friend, through a book, or through what we see as a failure - even through "accidents". Life is actually full of these silent indications. If I remain alert, then slowly they piece together a consistent whole, and I begin to feel how God is guiding me.

When you yourself talk with God, is that something that has become as easy and obvious as making a phone call?

In some respects one can make the comparison. I know that he is always there. And he knows in any case who I am and what I am. Which is all the more reason for me to feel the need to call on him, to share my feelings with him, to talk with him. With him I can exchange views on the simplest and most intimate things, as well as on those that are weightiest and of great moment. It seems, somehow, normal for me to have occasion to talk to him all the time in everyday life.

On these occasions, does God always behave respectfully, or does he let you see he has a sense of humor?

I believe he has a great sense of humor. Sometimes he gives you something like a nudge and says, Don't take yourself so seriously! Humor is in fact an essential element in the mirth of creation. We can see how, in many matters in our lives, God wants to prod us into taking things a bit more lightly; to see the funny side of it; to get down off our pedestal and not to forget our sense of fun.

It's a hefty book, but very approachable, particularly since the interview style divides the text into nice manageable chunks (generally one or two paragraphs each).

Anyway, Ignatius Press is having a huge clearance sale through the end of the month (while supplies last) that include a number of the Holy Father's books for 50-75% off. God and the World, normally a $20 book, is just $5! Check out their website here: http://www.ignatius.com/ and click on "Sale Items" near the top of the page.

Ignatius Press Sale

Ignatius Press has just announced 20% Christmas Sale off all of their items through December 18th.

Website: http://www.ignatius.com/

Be sure to enter this Coupon Code: CHB121

(sale applies to online orders only)

Some favorite books from Ignatius Press:

Deus Caritas Est by Pope Benedict XVI
The Blessing of Christmas by Cardinal Ratzinger
(and many more great titles by the Holy Father!)
The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton
The Vision Series of Saint Stories for Children
Another Sort of Learning and others by Fr. James Schall
Authenticity and others by Fr. Thomas Dubay
The Harp and Laurel Wreath by Laura Berquist
Christians in China by Fr. Jean Charbonnier
Bethlehem Books titles
And lots more

Some favorite movies:

Footprints of God Series by Steve Ray
Pope John Paul II
All sorts of great family and religious films.

What are your favorite Ignatius Press titles?

Sophia Institute Press Sale

25% off every book they sell until December 17th.

Click here for details.

Please share the titles of your favorite Sophia Institute Press books in the comments.