Biographies

John Henry Newman: A Very English Saint, by Peter M. Chisnall. As the sanctity of John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801–1890) finally receives formal re...

Cardinal Manning. From Anglican Archdeacon to Council Father at Vatican I. This book follows Cardinal Manning's intellectual formation and developm...

Charles Gore: Radical Anglican. Charles Gore and His Writings, by Peter Waddell. Charles Gore (1853-1932) is a towering figure in Anglicanism. His ...

Dewi Sant—Saint David. Patron Saint of Wales. “In dedicating the mosaic in honour of St. David at Westminster Cathedral, Pope Benedict spoke of the...

David Sheppard: Batting for the Poor. The authorized biography of the celebrated cricketer and bishop, By Andrew Bradstock. Sheppard first came to ...

The Dictionary of Mary, is an invaluable sourcebook book that is equal to a short summa about the Blessed Virgin Mary. Written by foremost scholars...

Dom Augustine Baker 1575–1641, Edited by Geoffrey Scott. Augustine Baker OSB is arguably the most important English mystical teacher of the post-Re...

Dr Franz Hildebrandt. Franz Hildebrandt’s early ministry began and developed under the shadow of the swastika in Hitler’s Germany. His close, deep ...

Edith Stein Discovered. The daughter of a Jewish family, was born in 1891. After a spectacular academic career, she became a cloistered Carmelite n...

Discovering Edith Stein, by Pat Lyne. Edith Stein’s autobiography, Life in a Jewish Family, ends with a joyful scene celebrating her award of a doc...

Edith Stein, woman of Prayer. Edith Stein, canonized in 1998 and now a co-patroness of Europe, is rightly coming to be seen as one of the most impo...

Edmund Arrowsmith, born in Lancashire of a Catholic family, chose to serve Christ and the people of England by becoming a Jesuit priest. His love f...

Edmund Campion. A new and definitive life of Campion. Simpson's classic biography has been thoroughly revised and enlarged by Fr Peter Joseph. With...

Edward Caswall, Newman’s Brother and Friend. Satirist, humorist, Church of England vicar and convert to Roman Catholicism, Edward Caswall (1814-187...

When Silence Speaks. The essence of the spirituality of French mystic Elisabeth Leseur was her wholehearted embrace of Christ’s command to mutual l...

Elizabeth Hayes (1823–94) was a woman whose personal life and achievements are of significance in both British and North American religious, social...

Elizabeth of the Trinity. Today, many people are searching for greater depth in their lives and searching for inspiration. St Elizabeth of the Trin...

Elizabeth of the Trinity, her life and spirituality. “A vibrant prophet of the presence of God” is how Pope John Paul II described Elizabeth of the...

Elizabeth Prout: 1820–1864. A Religious Life for Industrial England. revised edition of this classic biography of a remarkable woman, a heroine of ...

English Catholic Heroes. A book to inspire Catholics of all ages and to inform non-Catholics of the impressive gallery of England's Catholic heroes...

English Catholic Heroines. In this book a group of distinguished authors with varying interests champion the achievements of twenty-three seminal f...

The English Jesuits from Campion to Martindale. Abridged and edited by Rodger Charles, SJ. Despite the rigorous and continued persecution of the Ca...

Andrew Graystone is an everyday activist who believes in the power of tiny acts to change the world. He is the person whose image went viral when, ...

Fathers and Anglicans helps us to re-appropriate a vital part of the Anglican approach to the living reality of Christ.  This book deals with the v...