Biographies

Saint Bruno. The Carthusian. St Bruno was born in Cologne around 1030. He studied at the university in Rheims, where he later taught, and was Recto...

C. S. Lewis. Apostle to the Sceptics, by Walter Hooper. This booklet charts Lewis’s journey from practical atheism to his conversion to Christianit...

Cardinal Basil Hume, A Pilgrim’s Search for God. This timely volume marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Cardinal Basil Hume (1923-1999), Ben...

Cardinal Hinsley Priest and Patriot. In this major biography of Cardinal Arthur Hinsley, James Hagerty traces the life and ministry of one of the m...

Cardinal John Carmel Heenan. John Carmel Heenan’s ambition was to be a parish priest yet he became Archbishop of Westminster and a Cardinal of the ...

John Henry Newman His Inner Life, by Father Zeno, OFM. Using Newman’s letters, diaries, published and unpublished sermons the author draws together...

Blessed John Henry Newman. A Richly Illustrated Portrait. Many may wonder why Newman was beatified, what it was that made him holy? The authors ind...

John Henry Newman: Snapdragon in the Wall. Venerated throughout the world, Newman’s many gifts, and his life of exemplary holiness continue to fasc...

John Henry Newman, His Life & Work. This sympathetic study combines biography with a critical assessment of Newman’s achievements. It takes us ...

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...

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...