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Catholics Experiencing Divorce
Grieving, Healing, and Learning to Live Again
Vicki Wells Bedard and William E. Rabior

God walks with those treading the painful pathways of divorce. This revised edition offers practical advice on starting over after the end of a marriage, including updated resources for education, career guidance, housing, counseling, and helpful online information. Here is a Catholic Christian approach to moving through the cahllenges of divorce and into the future.

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LP-811579

Paperback
69 pp.

$5.95

Prayers for
Catholics Experiencing Divorce
Vicki Wells Bedard and William E. Rabior

If you are a Catholic going through a divorce, you may find it difficult to pray. Misconceptions about prayer, a sense of neglected relationship with God, and feelings of confusion make it hard to pray at a time when prayer may be exactly what is needed. This updated and revised edition contains forty-four prayers to help Catholics experiencing divorce heal the hurt as they rediscover themselves and their self-worth.

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LP-811562

Paperback
96 pp.

$5.95

Pieces to Peace
Edited by Jackie Blair, Claire Briand,
and Helen E. McCabe

NACSDC's first published book, written by NACSDC members for NACSDC members! Pieces to Peace is a compilation of stories addressing the heartache and pathways to growth after the loss of a relationship. The book reveals the dark and difficult-to-fit pieces that are a part of life. Each contributor to these pages had to twist and turn those pieces until they fit into the puzzle of their life's experience. Had they not embraced those pieces they never would have found peace.

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NACSDC-PUB01

Paperback
86 pp.

$10.00

Mixed Blessings
Paula Ripple Comin

This is a collection of thoughts, reflections, and stories from Paula's own life. With honest feelings and personal reflection, she shares some of the joys and struggles she has encountered as she has faced her memories, as well as some of the insights she has found along the way.

Item:
OOP-666-8

Paperback
160 pp.

$9.95

OUT OF PRINT:
1 COPY IN STOCK

Shaking a Fist at God
Struggling With the Mystery
of Undeserved Suffering
Katharine Dell

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Shows that Job's reactions to the horrors of his situation are exceedingly human, and that when faced with undeserved suffering, all should feel justified in the shaking a fist at God.

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LP-800306

128 pp.

$9.00

Changes
A Program: Book, CD, and Oils
Eileen Dunn

If the end of your marriage or relationship is inevitable, you may experience anger, pain, and chaos. You will need great courage to move through this stressful transition. Changes offers support, compassion, and insight to guide you through your range of emotions.

This program comes with the book Conscious Divorce; a CD, Seascape; and the essential oils, shattered dreams, come to terms, and art of forgiveness all in a neat package.

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WE-Changes

Book, CD, & Oils
$40.00

Warmth
A Program: Book, CD, and Oils
Eileen Dunn

This program gently guides you through the stages of recovery from the devastating loss of a loved one. It offers compassion, hope, and support as you move through the pain and begin to realize that healing is possible. Therapists and other professionals will find it meaningful for their clients.

This program comes with the book, Sacred Goodbyes; a CD, Nightfall; and the essential oils, as you grieve, calling your spirit home, and honoring life in a neat package.

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WE-Warmth

Book, CD, & Oils
$40.00

Finding Your Way through Divorce
Kathy Brewer Gorham

Blending theory, stories, and spiritual components with tools for recovery, Kathy Brewer Gorham takes a Christian perspective to guide readers through the myriad emotions and difficulties that surround any divorce. Written from both personal experience and research, Gorham uses an honest, yet gentle approach to minister to those facing the highs and lows of ending a marriage. A consistent, familiar format guides the reader to healing with scripture passages, personal accounts, questions for self-discovery and a prayer.

Item:
AM-074-0

Paperback
128 pp.

$10.95

Sunshine Out of Tears
A Guide For the Divorced
Brother James Greteman, CSC
Leon Haverkamp, MSW

The purpose of this booklet is to help you make sense out of your broken relationship and help you on your journey to God. The booklet deals with steps in the divorce process. It is our hope that you walk gently on your journey, knowing that the love of God is with you. Also available in Spanish.

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NACSDC-DR2

Booklet

$2.50

Stations of the Cross
for Divorced Persons
Sheila Madigan Hansen, MTS, LMFT

There are many types of suffering on life's path and divorce is one that causes us to lose our way. We feel alone, alienated, even shunned by family, friends, and acquaintances. Through all this, though, Jesus journeys with us. He walks with us and is present to share our burden as he shows us the way. Along our "way of the cross" we can experience the comfort of Jesus who made the journey before us so that we would not have to take such a treacherous path alone.

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Hansen-DR1

Booklet
32 pp.

$6.50

The Grief Recovery Handbook
The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death,
Divorce, and Other Losses
John W. James and Russell Friedman

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Incomplete recovery from grief can have a lifelong negative effect on your capacity for happiness. Drawing from their own histories, as well as from others, the authors illustrate what grief is and how it is possible to recover and regain energy and spontaneity.

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BT-0060952733

Paperback
173 pp.

$13.00

When Bad Things
Happen to Good People
Video Cassette
Harold S. Kushner

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Speaking from the painful experience of losing his young son, Kushner provides a practical and philosophical answer to the question asked by many who suffer, "If God is all powerful and good, why do good people suffer?" A source of comfort and insight for anyone confronted by tragedy and suffering.

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MO-VWV-DR1

VHS
60 Minutes

$19.99

From Grief to Grace
Images for Overcoming Sadness and Loss
Helen R. Lambin

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A collection of images to assist people in naming, processing and overcoming grief caused by illness, a loved one's death, a job loss or, similar difficult situations.

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AP-257

96 pp.

$8.95

Overcoming Depressive
Living Syndrome
How To Enjoy Life, Not Just Endure It
Earnie Larsen with Cara A. Macken

The authors outline five basic steps toward healing with specific maintenance practices.

Item:
LP-438686

208 pp.

$13.95

Life after the Divorce
Practical Guidance for Starting Over
Medard Laz
Foreword by Paula Ripple Comin

Divorce is a modern-day epidemic, and this book does not offer instant solutions. It offers help dealing with central issues that people face as they go through divorce or separation. This is a realistic but sympathetic book. Combining his own pastoral experience, Father Laz offers solid guidance and counsel, based on the actual experiences of those who have faced divorce or separation.

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LP-801914

80 pp.

$6.95

Healing Life's Hurts
Healing Memories through the
Five Stages of Forgiveness
Dennis Linn and Matthew Linn, SJ

A volume of practical wisdom which applies the five stages of Kübler-Ross to the healing process.

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PP-2059-3

Paperback

$14.95

Healing the Purpose of Your Life
Dennis Linn, Sheila Fabricant Linn,
Matthew Linn, S.J.

The authors offer ways to help readers discover their special purpose in life—through love, life circumstances, other people, and faults—that essence which underlies all decisions and activities.

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PP-3853-0

Paperback

$11.95

Don't Forgive Too Soon
Extending The Two Hands That Heal
Matthew Linn, Sheila Fabricant Linn, and
Dennis Linn

Shows how to forgive in an active, healthy way by moving through a five-step process that renounces vengeance and retaliation but is not passive or self-abusive in any way.

Item:
PP-3704-6

$10.95

This Blessed Mess
Finding Hope Amidst Life's Chaos
Patricia H. Livingston

Offering hope and encouragement in the face of life's chaos, Pat Livingston's good-humored stories are sure to resonate with readers, especially women. Growing up, she believed that if you work hard and —do the right things— all will be well. Then chaos happened, nothing universal — just ordinary, everyday chaos. Now, with wit and wisdom in Pat's personal stories, she shares with us her lifetime of taming chaos. This Blessed Mess not only invites readers to do the same but assures us that in the midst of all the "craziness" we can discover as she did the seeds of creativity and hope.

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AM-15-0

Paperback
144 pp.

$14.95

This Blessed Mess — CDs
Patricia H. Livingston

We all know the experience of chaos in our lives. Patricia Livingston shows us that creation happens through this chaos, not in spite of it. In dozens of stories drawn from everyday life — stories of birth and death, conflict and comfort, anxiety and peace — she shares with her readers a lifetime of taming chaos. In the process, she offers hope and encouragement that in the midst of the "messiness" of life, we can discover the energy and creativity that come from embracing, rather than running from, chaos.

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AM-643-6

4 Audio CDs
approx. 5 hrs

$29.95

Healing
Francis MacNutt

MacNutt provides a context within which to understand healing and goes on to cover topics including the basis of the healing ministry, four basic kinds of healing, and the connections between sacraments and healing.

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AM-676-5

272 pp.

$17.95

The Power to Heal
Francis MacNutt

Presents a balanced and sensible look at healing and healing prayer. MacNutt clarifies many of the common misconceptions surrounding healing prayer, providing an in-depth view of the healing ministry, and giving the reader the unique experience of being inside the minister of healing, sharing his thoughts and feelings.

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AM-133-X

256 pp.

$15.95

The Prayer That Heals (Revised Ed.)
Praying for Healing in the Family
Francis MacNutt

In this revised edition of Francis MacNutt's popular handbook on prayer for healing, MacNutt introduces the idea that God still heals and that all followers of Jesus can become instruments of that healing power. MacNutt, an internationally known Christian healing minister and spokesperson, describes how to begin praying for healing, how to be patient in prayer, and how to pray in your own words.

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AM-055-4

Paperback
128 pp.

$9.95

Getting Up, Getting Over, Getting On
A Twelve Step Guide to Divorce Recovery
Micki McWade, CSW

Author Micki McWade adapts the best techniques, information, and life lessons of long established recovery programs to provide a concise and comprehensive pathway to a fulfilling life after divorce. Whether during the painful days of the divorce itself or in the adaptive weeks and months that follow, McWade offers valuable ideas that work in relationships with children and with (ex)spouses.

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CP-13-4

Paperback
184 pp.

$14.95

Daily Meditations
For Surviving a Breakup, Separation or Divorce
Micki McWade, MSW

Part of the Getting Up, Getting Over, Getting On series, these meditations inspire self-care, compassion, and the courage to explore and define ourselves. Based on experience, strength, and hope, the collection of thoughts found in Daily Meditations will help you stay focused on what matters most and will inspire you to create a better today, and in time, a better tomorrow.

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CP-32-0

Paperback
224 pp.

$16.00

The Vocation and Mission of the
Laity in the Church and Society
NACSDC

We invite you to use the pamphlet to understand the spiritual and psychological aspects of personal recovery and to develop or expand a comprehensive ministry for Catholics who separate, divorce or remarry. NACSDC has compiled specific questions that relate to the text and the various levels of interest among readers of the booklet.

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NACSDC-DR3

Booklet

$2.50

When Your Long-Term Marriage Ends
A Workbook For Divorced Women
Elaine Newell

This book leads the reader through the stages of divorce: panic, rejection, anger, loneliness, awareness, responsibility, and, finally, forgiveness.

Item:
RPUB-291-8

144 pp.

$14.95

Who Will Mourn? Who Will Dance?
Audio CD
Henri J.M. Nouwen

This prayerful presentation urges the listener to come to grips with losses by understanding that the same spirit of healing that makes us grieve also makes us dance, that through mourning we learn to dance with the divine.

Item:
AM-083-X

Audio CD
57 min.

$10.95

Healing Wounded Emotions
Overcoming Life's Hurts
Martin Padovani

You can overcome the hurts that life has dealt you. You can heal wounded emotions. Padovani leads you to the vast and untapped reservoir within you of spiritual and emotional well-being — to a better understanding of how your emotional and spiritual lives interact and how you can apply that knowledge to improving your life. This is a timeless, comforting and essential guide, excellent for all who want a deeper understanding of how emotions affect spiritual growth — a best seller for over a decade!

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TP-333-7

128 pp.

$10.95

Healing Wounded Relationships
Martin Padovani

This valuable resource looks at the many aspects of our relations with others, especially our close and personal ones. Father Padovani offers wise and practical advice on how to communicate, listen, grow in intimacy, and forgive. He gives guidance on dealing with times of loss, healing, grieving, and anxiety, especially as these affect our relationships. He provides insights and spiritual nurture along with practical, caring, and experienced advice.

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TP-507-8

Paperback
176 pp.

$12.95

For Give
Stories of Reconciliation
Lou Ruoff

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Ruoff combines stories from the Bible with his own experiences of rejections, hurt, discrimination, and anger. In the power and simplicity of his stories, he draws the reader to trust in God's love to forgive and be forgiven.

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RPUB-DR1

$8.95

Befriend the Darkness
Welcome the Light
Two Audio CDs
Joyce Rupp

Rupp builds on the necessity for darkness--Jesus spent three days in the tomb before his resurrection, a seed must be in the ground for a time to germinate--but shows that the light always finds a way in. She defines the dark moments that affect our lives such as death, illness, depression, etc., and shares powerful images of transformation to help the listener move out of the darkness into the light.

Item:
AM-118-6

2 Audio CDs
131 min.

$16.95

Praying Our Goodbyes
Joyce Rupp

This is a book for anyone who has experienced love, whether it be the end of a friendship, the death of a loved one, a financial struggle, a mid-life crisis, or an extended illness. It is designed to help the reader recognize, ritualize, reflect on, and reorient themselves — to help heal the hurts caused by goodbyes and anxieties encountered by change.

Item:
AM-370-7

Paperback
184 pp.

$12.95

Healing the Hidden Self—
Revised Edition
Barbara Shlemon Ryan

In this revised edition of the bestseller, Barbara Shlemon Ryan deals with eight major stages of human development—from Prenatal through Seasoned Citizens—showing how hurt and damage to the inner self is possible, damage that may not be recognized right away, or that may not manifest itself until a later stage. Healing the Hidden Self emphasizes the importance of inner healing for all who seek a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ and with others.

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AM-033-3

128 pp.

$9.95

Healing the Wounds of Divorce
A Spiritual Guide To Recovery
Barbara Shlemon

Barbara Shlemon shares her healing process and offers seventeen short chapters dealing not only with such issues as children, finances, and relatives, but also with spiritual concerns such as fear, guilt, and forgiveness. Each concludes with a prayer that enables readers to place their experience, with all its pain and incompletion, before the Lord.

Item:
AM-483-5

136 pp.

$9.95

Shattered Dreams
Healing after Divorce
with Barbara Shleman Ryan

All those who have experienced the pain of divorce regardless of their age or gender have suffered a loss. Whether the wounds of divorce are new or old, divorced men and women can find emotional and spiritual healing after divorce. In Shattered Dreams you will meet men and women who have suffered the pain of divorce, have walked through a recovery process, and have found healing and hope in life again. This video offers insightful help on: Rejection, Grief, Anger, Intimacy, Forgiveness, and Letting Go.

Item:
PAR-375-0

DVD Video
30 min.

$29.95

Growing Through Divorce
Jim Smoke

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This book offers practical guidance for anyone facing divorce. Based on the author's firsthand experience of working with thousands of formerly married persons, this book can transform your life from an old ending to a new beginning.

Item:
BT-1565073223

Paperback
260 pp.

$11.99

Moving Forward
A Devotional Guide for Finding
Hope and Peace in the Midst of Divorce
Jim Smoke

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These daily devotional thoughts are drawn from Jim's years of counseling experience. The devotional stories are compassionate and positive, and they explore the multiple issues that confront those who face divorce. Each daily reading includes a captivating story, a key scripture verse for the day, and a short prayer.

Item:
BT-1565635442

Hardcover
245 pp.

$15.95

God Knows You're Stressed
Simple Ways to Restore Your Balance
Anne Bryan Smollin

Experiencing divorce, the death of a spouse, child, or a loved one are just a sampling of situations that most of us would describe as "stressful." But, do they really cause stress? Each of the 12 chapters offers proven ways to help avoid those pitfalls, from saying no to people and activities that demand more than you have to give, to maintaining a feeling of control over potentially stressful situations.

Item:
AM-355

128 pp.

$12.95

Balancing Your Life
Setting Personal Goals
Paul Stevens

The key to improving your life, according to the noted "worklife" expert Paul Stevens, is planning. All you need is privacy, peace and quiet, a pad of paper, and lots of enthusiasm. This book will help you sort through the conflicting issues you deal with each day, the opportunities you want to explore, and the actions you need to take to bring balance to your life.

Item:
RPUB-375-2

96 pp.

$8.95

A Women's Guide to
Healing the Heartbreak of Divorce
Rose Sweet

Rose Sweet has ripped through the surface issues of divorce and gotten right to the tender, bruised heart of a hurting woman. She not only reveals the reasons for the pain, anger, anxieties, and hurt that women suffer from divorce, but also brings the reader to a place where permanent healing can begin.

Item:
BT-1565636260

Paperback
296 pp.

$12.95

How to Forgive Yourself and Others
Steps to Reconciliation
Eamon Tobin

"Nothing could be clearer in the Gospel than Jesus' command to forgive life's hurts and injustices. . . . Following this command of Jesus is surely one of life's greatest challenges."
In this popular booklet, which has been totally revised and expanded, the author clarifies what forgiveness is, names reasons why we should do the hard work of forgiveness, names obstacles to forgiveness, offers practical suggestions on how prayer can help us to forgive, and responds to difficult questions.

Item:
LP-815324

Paperback
96 pp.

$6.95

Let Go of Fear
Tackling Our Worst Emotion
Carlos G. Valles

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This book unmasks all our fears and awakens us to new possibilities for inner growth.

Item:
OOP-435548

Paperback
224 pp.

$9.95

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1 COPY IN STOCK

Growing through Pain and Suffering
Cornelius van der Poel

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Using Erik Erikson's eight stages of development, this book examines why people respond to pain in certain ways and demonstrates how to accept the existence of pain and suffering in a way that encourages growth and spiritual maturity.

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OOP-636-0

128 pp.

$9.95

OUT OF PRINT:
1 COPY IN STOCK

Seasons of Goodbye
Working Your Way through Loss
Chris Ann Waters

From losing a loved one, to losing a job, to moving to a new city, our experience of loss can bring confusion, turmoil, and change. Waters gives readers the courage to say goodbye to yesterday and the strength to say hello to tomorrow.

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OOP-207

128 pp.

$11.95

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1 COPY IN STOCK

Living Whole without a Better Half
Wendy Widder

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Widder tells of Old Testament figures and relates these stories to singles. It is a great starter book for the Christian who needs to feel whole again.

Item:
BT-0825441110

Paperback
192 pp.

$11.99

Rising Above
A Guide to Overcoming Obstacles
and Finding Happiness
Jerry Wilde, Ph.D.

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This book, by a psychologist who had to face his own life-threatening disease, lays out some tools that will help you face any dilemma with a minimum of suffering.

Item:
RPUB-345-0

144 pp.

$14.95