Catholic Virtue and Holiness Collection (7 vols.)

Boys to Men: The Transforming Power of Virtue is a readable and reliable guide to learning, practicing, and passing on the virtues. The time-tested roadmaps leading to virtuous Christian manhood have been lost. Boys to Men will help Catholic men recover the virtuous life, thus becoming authentic men of God. Every Christian father needs a few essential books in his ‘tool box.’ This book is one of them. Get it, read it, and practice what it teaches!

—Steve Wood, founder, St. Joseph’s Covenant Keepers

Boys to Men is a wonderfully written and well thought-out study guide on the transforming power of virtue. The authors blend a variety of life experiences along with solid support gathered from the Catechism and Holy Scripture. This book will make you work!

—Danny Abramowicz, executive director, Donum Dei Foundation

Through the years, many Catholic men have attended Promise Keepers’ events. A sequence of ‘mens books’ have been written by men from a variety of backgrounds. Now, an excellent one has been written by a devout Catholic, rooted in Scripture and Catholic in style, Boys to Men will be a blessing and a challenge to any man.

—Bill McCartney, founder/president, Promise Keepers

There will never be a better time or a better set of circumstances than now for anyone of us to respond to the call to holiness. Ralph Martin in this book using the Carmelite Doctors of the Church, Augustine, Bernard, Catherine of Siena and Francis de Sales presents a thorough and excellent account of the entire spiritual life, from the first ascetical steps to the highest mystical union with God. Anyone, priest, religious or member of the laity looking for a complete blue print of the spiritual journey will find it in this book.

—Fr. Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD

Ralph Martin gives us a rich and clear description of progress, and especially of progress through prayer in union with God, drawing on the wisdom of the saints. This practical manual for the Christian life, interesting and easy to read, should become a spiritual classic.

—Fr. Robert Faricy, SJ

If you are seriously interested in the steps of the spiritual journey, this book will give you a wealth of readings from the great Catholic masters of the spiritual life, ranging from Augustine to Therese. This is a book to keep at your place of prayer for years to come. Ralph Martin has given us the fruit of years of study of the spiritual life in the great Catholic tradition. It is a treasure chest of quotations of the greatest writers on the journey to God. Careful reading and rereading will be a source of powerful inspiration for all those on the spiritual journey.

—Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, CFR, founder, Friars of the Renewal

I’ve benefited greatly over the years as I’ve come into contact with the Spirit-inspired wisdom of great men and women of God like Bernard of Clairvaux and Teresa of Avila. Ralph Martin has written an excellent book that gathers together the wisdom of Bernard, Teresa and others as well who have left us with a great store of wisdom about how we can cooperate with the transforming work of the Spirit. Ralph has researched and taught these themes for many years and has put these truths into practice in his own life. Without watering down the depth of these writers Ralph has made their teachings understandable and accessible and given us a true ‘guidebook’ for the journey to God. Men and women in all parts of the Body of Christ will find this book both inspiring and practically useful. A great help for our life of prayer.

—Pastor Mike Bickle, founder, International House of Prayer, Kansas City

Teaching the Catholic faith well . . . was the lifelong work of Father Lawler. . . . In applying himself to the work of catechesis, Father Lawler encountered dozens of brilliant Catholic women and men—scholars and leaders in their respective fields—many of whom got to know him well and, knowing him, loved him.

Many of these great Catholic minds and hearts desired to honor Father Lawler’s memory by offering their thoughts on the teaching of the Faith. This book presents these essays, not only to honor Father Lawler, but more importantly to continue his work of presenting the Faith it its fullness and beauty.

Father Lawler’s dearest desire was for all women and men to walk with our Lord as their saving Friend, living the great life of faith as members of His one Body, our Church. These essays will inspire many on their walk of faith.

—From the Introduction

A must read for all sincere God-seekers—one of the most unique and comprehensive guides to the spiritual life I’ve seen.

—Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle, EWTN host, speaker, and author of Rooted in Love: Our Calling as Catholic Women

I count myself among the many who have long needed spiritual direction, but have been unsure regarding who to receive it from or how to get started. Dan Burke’s wonderful new book is filled with practical wisdom and sound Church teaching on how to navigate and grow our interior lives. I will be referring to and recommending this gem for the rest of my life. Well done!

—Randy Hain, senior editor of the Integrated Catholic Life eMagazine and author of The Catholic Briefcase: Tools for Integrating Faith and Work

Along with the helpful and concise information on creating, nurturing and sustaining effective spiritual direction relationships, the books dives even more deeply into how to live a true life of virtue. Dan Burke is a trusted guide to help you look at the roots sins that cause your separation from Christ and how to move beyond those with a Rule of Life guided by virtue that will help any spiritual seeker achieve lasting progress in his or her interior life.

—Lisa M. Hendey, author, The Handbook for Catholic Moms