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Get your Monday rolling with a great book in braille and Talking Book. Check out "Parish Priest: Father Michael McGivn...
06/15/2026

Get your Monday rolling with a great book in braille and Talking Book. Check out "Parish Priest: Father Michael McGivney and American Catholicism" by Douglas Brinkley and Julie M. Fenster. Our Talking Books are compatible with the Talking Book machines provided by the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled of The Library of Congress. Listen to a clip here https://youtu.be/7WDC0HH4jY0

Here is a bit more about this title from HarperCollins: In a time of discrimination and poverty for Catholics across America, Father Michael McGivney (1852-1890), began a legacy of hope that continues to this day. Called to action in 1882 by his sympathy for these suffering people, this dynamic yet tenderhearted man—the son of Irish immigrants— founded the Knights of Columbus , an organization that has saved countless families from destitution.

At heart, Father McGivney was the model of an American parish priest: Beloved by children, trusted by adults, and regarded as a “positive saint” by the elderly in his parish — a truly holy man whose life and works are still celebrated today.

06/15/2026

Back in April, we transcribed "St. Joseph Daily Prayer Book: Prayers, Readings, and Devotions for the Year Including, Morning and Evening Prayers from Liturgy of the Hours" as requested by braille reader Sean M. in the Archdiocese of Toronto. Check out this lovely message he sent us in gratitude. We are glad to have finally made it available to him!

For our other braille clients interested in this book, here's a bit more about it: Edited by Rev. John Murray, this St. Joseph Daily Prayer Book from Catholic Book Publishing is a handy prayer book with daily prayers, readings, and devotions for the Liturgical Year. A perfect daily companion for all Catholics, this book also offers one week of condensed Morning and Evening Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours (Abridged).

Check out this Monday Motivation all the way from Africa!
06/15/2026

Check out this Monday Motivation all the way from Africa!

Interested in taking on a new kind of pilgrimage - an inner journey to discover the heart of God? Let Christine Valters ...
06/15/2026

Interested in taking on a new kind of pilgrimage - an inner journey to discover the heart of God? Let Christine Valters Paintner guide the way in "The Soul of a Pilgrim: Eight Practices for the Journey Within." Here's a bit more about this book published by Ave Maria Press :

In The Soul of a Pilgrim, Paintner identifies eight stages of the pilgrim's way and shows how to follow these steps to make an intentional, transformative journey to the reader's inner "wild edges." Each phase of the exploration requires a distinct practice such as packing lightly, being uncomfortable, or embracing the unknown. Paintner shows how to cultivate attentiveness to the divine through deep listening, patience, and opening oneself to the gifts that arise in the midst of discomfort.
Each of the eight chapters offers reflections on the themes, a scripture story, an invitation to the practice of lectio divina, and a creative exploration through photography and writing

Do you find yourself wondering why the Church asks for so much commitment? This could be the book for you. Check out "Co...
06/12/2026

Do you find yourself wondering why the Church asks for so much commitment? This could be the book for you. Check out "Confessions of a Cafeteria Catholic" by Professor Peter Kreeft of Boston College in braille. This debate serves as a fun and accessible introduction to some of the knottiest aspects of Catholic doctrine.

Here is a bit more about this title published by Ignatius Press : One day, philosopher Peter Kreeft reads an open letter published by a friend, Nat Whilk. He's Catholic, but he sees the Church as unsteady, outdated, obsessive. As a challenge to the "True Believers", Nat pens a twenty-point manifesto for "cafeteria Catholics", who pass up certain Church teachings and scoop up others like a diner in a buffet line. "I find in [Catholicism] both much to accept and even love and also much to refuse and even despise", he asserts. "If you insist on tying God to the Church, you will make me an atheist."

Kreeft has an answer for Nat—one that spans over a hundred pages. The result is this book: a sharp, friendly, and funny debate between two honest thinkers trying to understand the Christian life. Nat "is the 'cafeteria Catholic', "writes Kreeft, "and I am the 'eat all the food Mommy puts on your plate' Catholic." Taking on Nat's manifesto point by point, the Boston College philosopher builds his case for a full-package Catholicism, addressing the themes of authority, love, freedom, conscience, s*x, abortion, social justice, science, and more. "Our hopes differ", he points out to his friend. "Your hope is in man; mine is in God."

Readers of Peter Kreeft's apologetic works and his Socrates Meets dialogues will enjoy the latest venture by one of the most celebrated contemporary Catholic writers.

06/12/2026

Close out the week with a great new Talking Book! Check out "Finding Peace in Pain: Reflections of a Christian Psychotherapist" by Yvonne Hebert. This title will play on the machines provided by the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled.

Sharing the Passion of Jesus Christ in a prayer form uniquely your own in times of great distress can bring comfort and peace. This book offers a positive approach to overcome the paralyzing effects of emotional hurt in difficult life situations which can't be avoided or changed. Each of the chapters clearly illustrates how this form of special prayer can transform life's hurts into opportunities for emotional and spiritual growth. Ms. Hebert draws the reader into the real-life situations of those whom she counsels. When they reach a place of major discouragement in dealing with hopeless life situations she helps them join their pain to the sufferings of Christ in His Passion where they find peace and healing.

Time flies when you're...getting ready for the biggest event of the year! Tomorrow we will be exactly 6 months away from...
06/12/2026

Time flies when you're...getting ready for the biggest event of the year! Tomorrow we will be exactly 6 months away from St. Lucy's feast day, a day in which we honor the patron saint of the blind. Save the date!

If you're a client planning on attending this year's Mass here in NYC and would be interested in lectoring, please let us know. For all those who cannot attend in person, we will be livestreaming right here on Facebook and on our website.

First time you've heard about this Mass? Learn more about it and watch a previous celebration with Father Jamie Dennis of St. Mary Magdalene Parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Owensboro Kentucky on our website https://xaviersocietyfortheblind.org/st.-lucy-mass

We look forward to celebrating with you all (in-person or virtually) in December!

How will you -- how can you -- answer God's call to holiness? The path to holiness is traveled step by step. The way of ...
06/11/2026

How will you -- how can you -- answer God's call to holiness? The path to holiness is traveled step by step. The way of holiness is lived grace by grace. Your journey to God is nothing more, and nothing less, than that series of steps.

But how do you take that step each day? How do you live that grace each day? How, each day, do you answer God's call, God's personal invitation to holiness? Learn more in "Called to Be Holy" by Timothy Cardinal Dolan in braille. Here's a bit more about this title published by Our Sunday Visitor : What Timothy M. Dolan recommends, urges, reminds, and teaches is radical in the truest sense of that word: It is basic. It is at the roots. It is fundamental.

This solid theologian, noted Church historian, and natural-born storyteller goes first to the source: what Christ said and promised, what Scripture and Tradition tell us. Then building on that firm foundation, here, too, is what the Church teaches; what the saints have discovered, lived, and shared; what the Fathers and Doctors of the Church have written; what "ordinary" Catholics -- on that path, accepting those graces -- have come to learn.

Here is a detailed examination and encouraging explanation of faith, hope, humility, love and chastity, human formation, patience, penance, joy, and obedience. Here is how to be a good steward of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit as you hear and answer God's call.

06/11/2026

Check out this new Talking Book: "A Martyr for the Truth: Jerzy Popieluszko" by Grazyna Sikorska. Here's a bit more about this title, compatible with the machines provided by the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled:

Jerzy Aleksander Popiełuszko was a Polish Roman Catholic priest who became associated with the opposition Solidarity trade union in communist Poland. He was murdered in 1984 by three agents of the Security Service, who were shortly thereafter tried and convicted of the murder. Popiełuszko has been recognized as a martyr by the Roman Catholic Church and was beatified on 6 June 2010 by Cardinal Angelo Amato on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI. An alleged miracle attributed to his intercession, which could lead to his canonization, is now under investigation. This is an early biography of him.

Are Catholic teachings on Mary really biblical? Or are they the "traditions of men"? Should she be called the "Mother of...
06/11/2026

Are Catholic teachings on Mary really biblical? Or are they the "traditions of men"? Should she be called the "Mother of God," or just the mother of Jesus? Did she actually remain a virgin her whole life or do the "brothers of Jesus" refer to her other children? By praying to Mary, are Catholics worshipping her? And what does Mary have to do with the quest to understand Jesus?

Tackle these questions and more in "Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary: Unveiling the Mother of the Messiah" by Brant Pitre in braille. Like all of our braille books, this is also available in .brf (braille ready file)!

Here is a bit more about this title published by Image Books : In Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary, Dr. Pitre takes readers step-by-step from the Garden of Eden to the Book of Revelation to reveal how deeply biblical Catholic beliefs about Mary really are. Dr. Pitre uses the Old Testament and Ancient Judaism to unlock how the Bible itself teaches that Mary is in fact the new Eve, the Mother of God, the Queen of Heaven and Earth, and the new Ark of the Covenant.

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