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Discover every edition released by My Catholic Library.

Story of a Soul

 St. Thérèse of Lisieux • Special Launch Edition • 2025

In Story of a Soul, St. Thérèse of Lisieux recounts the graces, trials, and spiritual discoveries that shaped her life and vocation. Through memories of childhood, her entrance into Carmel, and her growing surrender to Jesus, she reveals a spirituality rooted in simplicity, confidence, humility, and complete trust in God’s mercy.

This edition features Michael Day, C.O. translation from the French Carmel edition, with Scripture quotations drawn from the Douay-Rheims Bible. It presents all three original manuscripts, together with an epilogue and photographs.

Included in the box:

  • Main BookThe Story of a Soul

  • Companion Booklet Novena of the Roses

  • Prayer Card

  • Custom Bookmark

  • Letter from the Team 

Philothea: Introduction to the Devout Life

St. Francis de Sales • January • 2026

Written for Christians seeking holiness amid the duties of ordinary life, Philothea: Introduction to the Devout Life offers a practical path from the desire for devotion to firm resolution, growth in virtue, resistance to temptation, and renewed spiritual strength. St. Francis de Sales shows how prayer, the sacraments, and charity can shape every vocation and circumstance.


This edition is based on the 1885 M. H. Gill and Son translation, with biblical citations from the Douay-Rheims Bible. The text has been carefully reviewed, with explanatory and contextual notes added and passages restored from earlier editions.


Included in the box:

  • Main BookPhilothea: Introduction to the Devout Life

  • Prayer Card

  • Custom Bookmark

  • Welcome Letter

The Practice of the Love of Jesus Christ

St. Alphonsus de Liguori • February • 2026

Written in 1768 by St. Alphonsus de Liguori, The Practice of the Love of Jesus Christ is a classic of Catholic asceticism centered on the love of Christ. Through reflections on His Passion, the Eucharist, prayer, suffering, humility, detachment, faith, and hope, the book guides the soul toward deeper charity and Christian perfection.


This edition follows the 1887 English translation published by Benziger Brothers, carefully revised with explanatory and contextual notes. Biblical quotations follow the Douay-Rheims version, and each chapter concludes with Affections and Prayers.


Included in the box:

  • Main BookThe Practice of the Love of Jesus Christ

  • Companion Booklet Selected prayers by St. Alphonsus de Liguori

  • Prayer Card

  • Custom Bookmark

  • Welcome Letter

The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

Edward Healy Thompson • March • 2026

Written by Edward Healy Thompson, The Life and Glories of St. Joseph offers an extensive meditation on the life, virtues, privileges, and heavenly glory of St. Joseph. Drawing on Sacred Scripture, Church Fathers, Doctors of the Church, and Catholic tradition, it presents Joseph as the guardian of Jesus and Mary and Patron of the Universal Church.  


This edition preserves Thompson’s classic work, including its fifty chapters, the decree of Pius IX declaring St. Joseph Patron of the Universal Church, and a concluding prayer to St. Joseph. The cover symbolism draws on the Seven Sorrows and Seven Joys of St. Joseph.  


Included in the box:

  • Main BookThe Life and Glories of St. Joseph

  • Companion Booklet St. Joseph Devotional Novena

  • Prayer Card

  • Custom Bookmark

  • Welcome Letter

The Interior Castle

St. Teresa of Avila • April • 2026

Written by St. Teresa of Avila in 1577, The Interior Castle is a classic of Catholic mystical spirituality describing the soul’s journey toward union with God. Through seven “mansions,” St. Teresa explores prayer, purification, contemplation, spiritual trials, and the transforming presence of God at the center of the soul.


This edition features the translation by the Benedictines of Stanbrook, with notes and an introduction by Rev. Fr. Benedict Zimmerman, O.C.D.

The wording has been revised and condensed to render the translation more direct and expressive.


Included in the box:

  • Main BookThe Interior Castle

  • Companion Booklet The Practice of the presence of God

  • Prayer Card

  • Custom Bookmark

  • Welcome letter

Our Lady Of Fatima

William Thomas Walsh • May • 2026

Written from the author’s personal investigative reporting in Portugal, Our Lady of Fatima offers a detailed account of the apparitions of 1917 and the message entrusted to Francisco, Jacinta, and Lucia. Walsh reconstructs the events surrounding the apparitions, the Miracle of the Sun, public reactions and those of authorities, and the enduring significance of Our Lady’s call to prayer, penance, and conversion.


This edition presents Walsh’s historically faithful account in a premium hardcover, with a photographic appendix featuring the children, their families, village, and events associated with Fatima. It also includes his 1946 interview with Sister Lucia.


Included in the box:

  • Main Book —  Our Lady of Fatima 

  • Companion Booklet Letter from Beyond 

  • Prayer Card 

  • Custom Bookmark

  • Welcome Letter

Saint Paul, The Apostle of the Gentiles

Alphonse E. Tricot • June • 2026

Saint Paul, The Apostle of the Gentiles is a spiritual and historical portrait of Saul of Tarsus, tracing his formation, persecution of Christians, conversion on the road to Damascus, missionary journeys, preaching to the Gentiles, sufferings, and martyrdom. It presents Paul as a model of conversion, apostolic zeal, and complete surrender to Christ. 


This edition includes a companion edition of Didache, The Teaching of the Apostles, originally published in 1894 with an introduction and explanatory notes. The ancient text gathers the teachings given by the first Apostles to the early Christian communities. 


Included in the box:

  • Main BookSaint Paul, The Apostle of the Gentiles

  • Companion Booklet Didache, The Teaching of the Apostles

  • Prayer Card

  • Custom Bookmark

  • Welcome Letter

The Imitation of Christ

Thomas à Kempis • July • 2026

Written in the early fifteenth century, The Imitation of Christ is a classic of Christian devotional literature and a guide to interior life. Through meditations on humility, detachment, prayer, self-denial, and love of Christ, it calls the reader to shape daily life according to the example of Jesus. For six centuries, Catholics have returned to its wisdom.


This edition features Rev. Richard Challoner’s translation from the original Latin, with Practical Reflections and a Prayer after each chapter, together with a foreword by Fr. Prosper Guéranger, OSB.


Included in the box:

  • Main book The Imitation of Christ

  • Companion Booklet An Examination of Conscience inspired by “The Imitation of Christ”

  • Prayer Card

  • Custom Bookmark

  • Card with the Act of Contrition 

  • Welcome Letter

Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary

St. Louis de Montfort • August • 2026

Written by St. Louis de Montfort between 1712 and 1715, Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary is a classic of Marian spirituality and a guide for those seeking total consecration to Jesus through Mary. The book deeply influenced St. John Paul II, inspiring his papal motto, Totus Tuus — “Totally Yours” — and his own devotion to Mary.


This edition features Faber´s classic translation, and exclusive foreword by Fr, Gregory Pine, O.P., a letter from St. John Paul II on Totus Tuus, and a biography of St. Louis de Montfort.

Included in the box:

  • Main Book Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary

  • Companion Booklet —  33-Day Preparation for Total Consecration

  • Act of Consecration

  • Prayer Card 

  • Custom Bookmark

  • Welcome Letter

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