Read by Maria Therese. — LibriVox, 2012. — 96 kbps. — Duration 01:39:33. A collection of 12 true stories of young children during the time leading up to their First Holy Communion. Written by a Sister of Notre Dame, this is the companion volume to "True Stories For First Communicants". Joseph Anne Catherine Cyril Rose Jackie Peter Betty Clement Cathary Jane Bobbie Francoise A...
Read by Maria Therese. — LibriVox, 2012. — 96 kbps. — Duration 01:21:10. A charming collection of 12 true, simple stories of real life little boys and girls, written for little ones preparing for their First Holy Communion. Author's Note and Preface Reggie St. Gerard Majella Kitty Marie John Little Nellie Tarcisius Joan Mariana Gemma Galgani Jean Baptiste Vianney Blessed Julie
Read by John, Kathi M. Walsheck, Twinkle, KevinS. — LibriVox, 2020. — 96 kbps. — Duration 01:32:48. A short little book on Purgatory, the Poor Souls and how we can help them with our prayers. God's Masterpiece of Pity. Motives for Assisting the Poor Souls. Means of Assisting the Poor Souls. Special Aids for the Poor Souls. Prayers for the Poor Souls.
Read by RudeJohn, James E. Carson, Phil Chenevert, Heather Hamtil, StarSandSky. — LibriVox, 2011. — 96 kbps. — Duration 03:52:12. Robert Hugh Benson was the youngest son of Edward White Benson, the Archbishop of Canterbury and his wife Mary. Benson was was a prolific and popular writer during his time, and in 1903 he became a prominent convert to the Roman Catholic Church from...
Read by Ann Boulais. — LibriVox, 2010. — 96 kbps. — Duration 00:41:14. Saint Catherine of Genoa (Caterina Fieschi Adorno, born Genoa 1447 – 15 September 1510) is an Italian Roman Catholic saint and mystic, admired for her work among the sick and the poor. She was a member of the noble Fieschi family, and spent most of her life and her means serving the sick, especially during...
Read by David Oderberg. — 2020. — 64 kbps. — Duration 01:47:24. A question and answer format catechism that was the standard catechetical text in Great Britain throughout most of the 20th century. Popularly called the Penny Catechism, as the original version only cost one penny. Various editions of the Penny Catechism were issued through the century and changes were made to the...
Read by Sean McKinley. — 2007. — 64 kbps. — Duration 01:00:41. St. Patrick's Breastplate - This prayer is attributed to St. Patrick and his disciples. It is written with some Celtic pagan elements, but is definitely a Christian prayer asking God for protection through daily life. A Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus - Patrick writes this letter to excommunicate the soldiers of...
Read by Maria Therese. — LibriVox, 2010. — 96 kbps. — Duration 01:49:46. She was born a princess, heir to her father’s kingdom of Portugal, and she might at will have reigned from almost any throne in Europe. But instead of this, she made what to her world seemed a thoroughly mad choice — for she chose to have a throne in heaven. Today those scepters are dust which she would...
Read by dave7. — LibriVox, 2011. — 96 kbps. — Duration 02:04:34. This is a collection of 365 moral admonitions of Saint Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) and other notable Franciscans. The compiler of this anthology suggests that Francis "was inspired by God, six hundred years ago, to rekindle in His Church the spirit of humility, simplicity, poverty, detachment from the world, and...
Read by LibriVox Volunteers. — 2020. — 64 kbps. — Duration 04:42:48. In "Where We Got the Bible", the author, himself a convert from Calvinism, explains how the Catholic Church compiled the sacred text, how medieval monks preserved it, and how Catholic scholars first gave Christians the Bible in their own languages. This little book about the Bible grew out of lectures which...
Interpreter Elder Mullan. — Read by Phil Chenevert. — LibriVox, 2016. — 96 kbps. — Duration 03:38:11. These are the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, a plan of contemplation to be carried out over about a month. St. Ignatius of Loyola (1419-1556) was the founder of the Jesuits, and was canonized by Pope Gregory XV in 1622. He published the Spiritual Exercises in...
Translated by The Sisters of the Visitation. — Read by LibriVox Volunteers. — 2018. — 64 kbps. — Duration 08:00:22. Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (1572 – 1641) is a Roman Catholic Saint, who founded The Congregation of the Visitation after the death of her husband. St. Francis de Sales was her Spiritual Director and a close friend. After St. Francis de Sales died, St. Vincent...
Read by Maria Therese. — 2016. — 64 kbps. — Duration 01:59:58. This charming allegory will bring to the heart of the child a deep love for Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament and an understanding of the graces received in Holy Communion. We follow with delight the little Dilecta in her meetings with The King; her struggles against the evil influence of Malignus, in which she is...
Read by Maria Therese. — 2013. — 64 kbps. — Duration 13:49:13. This first volume of a two volume set traces the trials and triumphs of the Catholic Church during the period before the reformation up to the 19th century. The origins, causes and developments of the various protestant sects that were the fruit of the reformation are studied in depth, as well as the men, schools of...
Read by Maria Therese. — 2013. — 64 kbps. — Duration 13:49:13. This first volume of a two volume set traces the trials and triumphs of the Catholic Church during the period before the reformation up to the 19th century. The origins, causes and developments of the various protestant sects that were the fruit of the reformation are studied in depth, as well as the men, schools of...
Read by Maria Therese. — 2015. — 64 kbps. — Duration 13:41:51. In this second volume of a two volume set, the focus in on the history of the Catholic Church in England, Scotland, and Ireland, during the period from before the reformation up to the 19th century. Starting with the conditions in these countries before the reformation, it then takes a detailed look at the religious...
Read by Maria Therese. — 2015. — 64 kbps. — Duration 13:41:51. In this second volume of a two volume set, the focus in on the history of the Catholic Church in England, Scotland, and Ireland, during the period from before the reformation up to the 19th century. Starting with the conditions in these countries before the reformation, it then takes a detailed look at the religious...
Read by KevinS, Larry Wilson, JenMcKeown, Ciufi Galeazzi. — LibriVox, 2019. — 96 kbps. — Duration 01:49:23. A biography of Saint Joan of Arc, geared towards children, but also can easily be enjoyed by adults. St. Joan's Birth and Ancestry. The Voices and St. Joan's Mission. St. Joan Goes to the King. The King Sanctions St. Joan. St. Joan Leads the Troops to Victory. Defeat and...
Translated by Archbishop Martin Spalding. — Read by Algy Pug. — 2020. — 64 kbps. — Duration 00:52:16. This encyclical letter of Pope Pius IX was promulgated in 1864 and issued with the attached Syllabus of Errors. The document was dispatched to all the bishops of the Catholic world “in order that these same bishops may have before their eyes all the errors and pernicious...
Read by LibriVox Volunteers. — 2020. — 64 kbps. — Duration 07:52:03. During his eleven year pontificate (1903-1914) Pope St. Pius X wrote 16 encyclicals. The subjects ranged from saints, The Immaculate Conception, The Restoration of All Things in Christ, Catholic Social Action, and more. This is collection of 14 out of the 16 encyclicals that he authored. E Supremi (On the...
Translated by Thomas E. Judge. — Read by Algy Pug. — 2020. — 64 kbps. — Duration 04:19:10. During a relatively short pontificate (1903 - 1914) Pope Pius X devoted much of his time to dealing with issues related to the rapid spread of secularism in the early Twentieth century. Pius eschewed the liberal approach of his immediate predecessor, Leo XIII, favouring instead the strict...
Translated by Thomas N. Taylor. — Read by Ann Boulais. — 2009. — 64 kbps. — Duration 06:54:46. Marie Francoise Therese Martin, affectionately known as 'The Little Flower', was born on January 2, 1873, in Alencon, France to Louis Martin and Zelie Guerin. She was the youngest and one of five surviving sisters of the nine Martin children. When Therese was 3, her mother died. Louis...
Read by Maria Therese. — LibriVox, 2012. — 96 kbps. — Duration 01:24:55. Wopsy is the story of a very young Guardian Angel, sent to watch over a pagan baby in Africa. Wopsy desperately wants his baby's soul to become white and clean in baptism, but what is a small guardian angel to do when there is no missionary priest in the village? The author was a member of the missionary...
Read by LibriVox Volunteers. — 2019. — 64 kbps. — Duration 11:08:43. A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals. The ten commandments, vice and virtue from the Catholic perspective. The contents of this volume appeared originally in The Catholic Transcript, of Hartford, Connecticut, in weekly installments, from February, 1901, to February, 1903. Believing...
Read by LibriVox Volunteers. — 2019. — 64 kbps. — Duration 11:08:43. A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals. The ten commandments, vice and virtue from the Catholic perspective. The contents of this volume appeared originally in The Catholic Transcript, of Hartford, Connecticut, in weekly installments, from February, 1901, to February, 1903. Believing...
Read by Ann Boulais. — LibriVox, 2015. — 96 kbps. — Duration 00:55:44. The prayer and Exclamations, or Meditations, of St Teresa of Avila, recorded in honor of the 500th anniversary of the Saint's birth (March 28, 2015).
Translated by Charles Henry Collyns. — Read by InTheDesert. — 2021. — 64 kbps. — Duration 02:23:11. Pacian, Bishop of Barcelona in the Pyrenees, of chastened eloquence, eminent for his life as for his writings, wrote various works, of which is the Cervus and against the Novatians. He died lately in the reign of Theodosius, in extreme old age; i.e. before A. 392. He was born...
Read by Maria Therese. — 2018. — 64 kbps. — Duration 05:32:37. This exciting historical adventure depicts the last stand of the Gordons - God's "outlaws" - fighting for their Catholic Faith in the early days of the Protestant Revolution in seventeenth-century Scotland. Written for the children but enjoyed by young and old alike, this intriguing novel is filled with courageous...
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