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The Magnificat Readers are a collection of excerpts from nearly a dozen vintage Catholic school readers, dating from the late 1800s to the early 1930s. For the most part, the selections found within are those prescribed by the Religion in Life Curriculum, created by the Marquette University Institute of Catechetical Research in the 1930s. We have carefully assembled as many of the suggested readings from this curriculum as were still findable,...

All children love stories...and what better way to prepare their hearts and minds for the coming of their Lord in First Communion, than to read these stories with them! In this single volume are combined two beloved collections of such stories by a Sister of Notre Dame: True Stories for First Communicants and First Communion Days. This lovingly restored edition even includes the original illustrations by Wilfrid Pippet!

George Herbert leaves Campion College for a teaching job in Florida…but little does he know he is walking into a wasp's nest of anti-Catholic bigotry. How can he help his students and their parents to learn the truth about the Catholic Church, and restore love and joy to this little town?

Michael Desmond is "That Office Boy" to Father Carney, president of St. Xavier's School in Cincinnati. When the Young Ladies' Sodality decides to enter a popularity contest with the local paper to win a piano, chaos ensues, and it is up to Michael and his friends to use their wits and creativity to carefully steer the boat off the shoals. Find out who wins and how!

A Child's True Story of Jesus is more than just a coloring book-the lessons and activities found within are designed to help children learn their basic prayers and the Mysteries of the Rosary, all within the context of the Gospels and the Mass. First created in 1928 by Sister Mary Ambrose, a Dominican Sister who was a Demonstration Teacher at the Loyola University Model School in the 20's and 30s's, this workbook found its genesis in the Monte...

Given the superabundance of poetry collections available, one might justly ask, "why another?"Yet this volume has such an excellent selection of classic poems--with study questions for each--and for the Catholic student, there is the benefit of knowing that this collection was assembled by Sister Anna Louise of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in 1929, and received an imprimatur. From Father Tabb, Francis Thompson and John Henry Newman to Sh...

Among the many brave Jesuit missionaries who explored the early American Southwest, one star shines brightly: Padre Eusebio Franciso Kino, a native of the Italian Tiröl. Though he dreamed of following St. Francis Xavier to China, obedience led him instead to Mexico, and his patience and kindness led him to be beloved by all. Here is his story, written by Ann Nolan Clark in 1963 for the Vision Series.

God's Hour in the Nursery is a pair of books for teacher and student that are designed to introduce the youngest children to the first lessons of the Baltimore Catechism--namely, those related to creation and the life of the soul. Through a series of stories and rhymes interspersed with coloring pages, the child learns to recognize the difference between plant life and animal life, and the difference between animal life and human life. Along t...

God's Hour in the Nursery is a pair of books for teacher and student that are designed to introduce the youngest children to the first lessons of the Baltimore Catechism--namely, those related to creation and the life of the soul. Through a series of stories and rhymes interspersed with coloring pages, the child learns to recognize the difference between plant life and animal life, and the difference between animal life and human life. Along t...

It is said that when Mozart died at the age of 35, he had written over 600 complete pieces of music, and left several more unfinished. And while Mother Mary Loyola had considerably more years than this in which to work, when we take the number of her published works and add it to those which were never published, including a Church History, several papers on education, journal articles, and the mountains of correspondence which she is said to ...

Il était une fois un Roi qui habitait un pays où s'épanouissaient toujour les plus belles fleurs. Son Palais d'ivoir s'élevait au milieu d'une Cité à travers laquelle coulait une rivière aussi limpide que le cristal."Ainsi commence ce récit bien-aimé de Mère Marie-Loyola, qui relate la formation morale d'un jeune au pays de l'exil. Remplie de conseils spirituels inestimables, cette histoire a résisté à l'épreuve du temps pour son attrait pour ...

This pocket-size volume contains a wealth of spiritual guidance through daily devotions to the saint or feast of the day. Originally written in 1931 for upper grade school children by a pair of Notre Dame School Sisters, this book was later updated to align with the General Roman Calendar of 1954. Beginning with a brief introduction to the saint of the day, augmented by excerpts from the Imitation of Christ and from the Mass for the day, as we...

This fifth grade volume in the Madonna Series is intended as a study in virtue using the stories of the Saints. Each one is presented, not merely as a two-dimensional figure for admiration, or a miracle worker, but as a real human in real-world situations, having to make tough decisions in order to become the Heroes of God's Church.

This first volume in the Madonna Series of study readers was intended for the third grade. Here we find stories from the early portions of the Old and New Testaments, beginning with Genesis and Exodus, and continuing through the Birth of Jesus to his early days of preaching. The volume closes with a selection of stories about the saints. In the second volume in the Madonna Series, Wonder Stories of God's People, the stories of the Old and New ...

This Benziger Brothers classic from 1925 is a delightful collection of rhymes, each beginning with a successive letter of the alphabet, which tell the story of the Alpha and Omega from A to Z. Full of color illustrations and designed for young readers, this book is the perfect gift for little Catholics!

Follow Tom and Ann as they learn about the Sacraments from their Uncle John. What is grace, and how do we get it? And how do the Sacraments help us? What are the outward signs of each Sacrament? Find the answers to these questions and more in Our Sacraments.

A Child's True Story of Jesus is not merely a coloring book, or the usual activity book with mazes, word searches and other puzzles. This is an activity book in the truest sense of the word. First created in 1928 by Sister Mary Ambrose, a Dominican Sister who was a Demonstration Teacher at the Loyola University Model School in the 20's and 30s's, this workbook found its genesis in the Montessorian principle of learning by doing. Here, rather t...

Mother Mary Salome wrote a volume of meditations called The Feasts of Mother Church in 1904, covering many of the most important feasts of the Liturgical Year. In 1913, she followed up with Saints and Festivals, adapting portions of her earlier work for a younger audience. In addition to Christmas, Easter and the stories of well-beloved saints, children will also discover the stories of lesser-known heroes of the Church such as St. Chad, St. S...

The Magnificat Readers are a collection of excerpts from nearly a dozen vintage Catholic school readers, dating from the late 1800s to the early 1930s. For the most part, the selections found within are those prescribed by the Religion in Life Curriculum, created by the Marquette University Institute of Catechetical Research in the 1930s. We have carefully assembled as many of the suggested readings from this curriculum as were still findable,...

Imagine going back in time and asking a group of the best Catholic Teachers for some of their most successful methods for teaching the Faith to little ones...This is just what the authors of this book have in effect done! In the late 1920's, Father Felix Kirsch was among the leaders of a renewal in Catholic education, prompted by new pedagogical methods such as those pioneered by Maria Montessori. He and Sister Mary Aurelia sent questionnaires...