Apostolic Farming: Healing the Earth by Catherine Doherty

Drawing on experience of her father's extensive farm in twentieth century Russia, Catherine Doherty pleads for integrity in making the earth fecund with healthy foods.

Beginning Again: Recovering your Innocence and Joy through Confession

Catherine Doherty and the Catechism of the Catholic Church will show you the healing joy and spiritual restoration that awaits in confession, the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.

Bogoroditza: She Who Gave Birth to God by Catherine Doherty

Draws a portrait of the Mother of God that makes her unselfish service to the Trinity, simplicity, integrity, silence and fidelity appealing to all. We are led to Mary's essential “school of love.”

Catherine de Hueck Doherty: Essential Writings by Catherine Doherty

These writings highlight her distinctive spirituality, emphasizing the presence of God, the practice of prayer, a love for the church, and a deep apprehension of the social dimension of the gospel.

Compassionate Fire by Catherine Doherty and Thomas Merton

This volume of warm, candid correspondence traces nearly three decades of friendship through thirty-one surviving letters — fourteen written by Merton, and seventeen by Doherty.

Comrades Stumbling Along by Catherine Doherty and Dorothy Day

Catherine and Dorothy had a beautiful adventure of friendship. This presentation of their letters is meant to supply a somewhat forgotten chapter in the history of the apostolic laity of North America.

Dear Father: A Message of Love for Priests by Catherine Doherty

Will challenge, encourage, reassure and inspire any priest or aspiring priest. Also perfect for seminarians or laypeople who want to develop a deeper understanding of the priesthood.

Dear Seminarian: On Becoming a Shepherd of Souls by Catherine Doherty

For the student anxious to learn how best to do the work of the Lord. Urges seminarians to prepare to fill the need for spiritual direction and for teaching the beauty and fulness of God.

Donkey Bells: Advent and Christmas by Catherine Doherty

Meaningful and heartwarming stories, customs which you can adopt into your own Christmas celebration, and earthy and inspiring meditations to prepare the entire family for Christ's coming.

An Experience of God: Identification with Christ by Catherine Doherty

Selected spiritually autobiographical writings of Catherine Doherty, highlighting her love for Christ in the poor, her intercession for the Church, and her deep contemplation of the mysteries of our times.

Fragments of My Life: A Memoir by Catherine Doherty

A journey into Catherine's life, disclosing the mysteries of world events that shaped her; the mysteries of her leadership and her marriage; and, most of all, the mysteries of God's love. With 40 photographs.

God in the Nitty-Gritty Life by Catherine Doherty

Let these short meditations open to you a new facet of simple, daily gospel living. Taken as a whole, they will give you an excellent introduction to Catherine Doherty's spirituality.

Grace in Every Season: Through the Year with Catherine Doherty

Provides an excellent introduction to the main themes of Catherine Doherty's spirituality and a wide selection of her writings. This seasonal devotional book is arranged for easy daily meditation.

In the Footprints of Loneliness: When you hear an echo in your heart

Loneliness is a part of the journey of faith. But in the depths of every heart there is a garden enclosed: this garden is Gethsemane, and the enclosure is a meeting place for the Beloved, God.

In the Furnace of Doubts: When you've lost your answers by Catherine Doherty

Doubts come to everyone—but you are not alone. Catherine knew many of the fears, doubts and anxieties of our times, and here she shares meditations which offer consolation and reassurance.

Light in the Darkness: A Christian Vision for Unstable Times by Catherine Doherty

Catherine Doherty shows how the security to which most people cling is mere illusion, but that God offers us an insecurity that leads to perfect security.

Living the Gospel Without Compromise by Catherine Doherty

In this hard-hitting book, Catherine Doherty turns the insecurity and fear of the modern world on its head, showing you how cultivating ‘holy insecurity’ could be your most reliable path to peace.

Moments of Grace: From the Writings of Catherine Doherty by Catherine Doherty

You can experience a new little moment of grace each day of the year with this desktop spiral-bound flip calendar featuring popular quotations from the writings of Catherine Doherty.

Molchanie: Experiencing the Silence of God by Catherine Doherty

In language poetic and meditative yet direct and simple, you too can discover the great sea of the silence of God and find yourself plunged into his infinite love.

My Russian Yesterdays by Catherine Doherty

Will the faith of Holy Russia help renew the faith of the West? Catherine’s zeal for bringing people to Christ led her to write about the Christian customs of the Russia of her childhood.

Not Without Parables: Tales of Yesterday, Today, Eternity by Catherine Doherty

A heatwarming collection of amazing stories and parables from the life and work of Catherine Doherty. A magic fireside of symbol and myth, of fantasy and stark reality. Illustrated, 4 new stories.

On the Cross of Rejection: When your heart is pierced by Catherine Doherty

If you want to follow Jesus, you must walk with him to a place where you will face the ultimate rejection: Christ occupied one side of the cross—you must be crucified on the other side.

Our Lady's Unknown Mysteries by Catherine Doherty

One of the simplest — and yet most profound — of Catherine Doherty's writings, it consists of meditations, poetry, prose and prayer.

The People of the Towel and Water by Catherine Doherty

We begin with the basics of our faith as Catherine communicated them — the Incarnation, the Mystical Body, the Eucharist, Our Lady, etc. — the School of Love.

Poustinia: Encountering God in Silence, Solitude and Prayer by Catherine Doherty

Catherine Doherty's critically-acclaimed and timeless best-seller — Poustinia is the modern spiritual classic for those seeking the open heart and listening soul of a silent, prayerful contemplation.

Season of Mercy: Lent and Easter by Catherine Doherty

Catherine Doherty leads us into the riches of God's boundless mercy as she teaches us the spirit, the liturgy, and the customs and traditions of the Lent and Easter season.

Sobornost: Experiencing Unity of Mind, Heart and Soul by Catherine Doherty

Discover how your heart can be softened and opened to the transforming reality of the Holy Trinity dwelling within you, in our modern age of loneliness, alienation, and fragmentation.

Soul of My Soul: Coming to the Heart of Prayer by Catherine Doherty

Drawing on her years of reflection on Eastern and Western spiritual masters, Catherine offers encouragment for growing in our prayer life and shows how to develop an intimate life with God.

Strannik: The Call to the Pilgrimage of the Heart by Catherine Doherty

Learn how to fulfill the hunger and dream of the pilgrimage that we must all take to unity with God. The true pilgrim begins by looking within the self, where God already is.

The Stations of the Cross: In the Footsteps of the Passion by Catherine Doherty

Pilgrimage with Catherine Doherty to the fourteen stations of the Way of the Cross. A powerful devotional on the Passion of Christ with Scripture, meditations and prayers that you can follow.

Urodivoi: Holy Fools by Catherine Doherty

The prophetic call of a modern fool for Christ. Learn why humility is the foundation of the spiritual journey, and how to become one forever with the humble, glorified Christ.

Fragments of My Life: A Memoir by Catherine Doherty

A journey into Catherine’s life, disclosing the mysteries of world events that shaped her; the mysteries of her leadership and her marriage; and, most of all, the mysteries of God’s love.
Read by Helen Porthouse.

Not Without Parables by Catherine Doherty

A heatwarming collection of amazing stories and parables from the life and work of Catherine Doherty. A magic fireside of symbol and myth, of fantasy and stark reality.
Read by Madonna House Staff.

Poustinia: Encountering God in Silence, Solitude, Prayer by Catherine Doherty

Catherine Doherty's critically-acclaimed and timeless best-seller — Poustinia is the modern spiritual classic for those seeking the open heart and listening soul of a silent contemplation.
Read by Father Émile Brière.

Sobornost: Experiencing Unity of Mind, Heart and Soul by Catherine Doherty

Discover how your heart can be softened and opened to the transforming reality of the Holy Trinity dwelling within you, in our modern age of loneliness, alienation, and fragmentation.
Read by Father Patrick McNulty.

Strannik: The Call to the Pilgrimage of the Heart by Catherine Doherty

Learn how to fulfill the hunger and dream of the pilgrimage that we must all take to unity with God. The true pilgrim begins by looking within the self, where God already is.
Read by Mark Schlingerman.

Dearly Beloved: Letters to the Children of My Spirit by Catherine Doherty

As problems, situations, needs and questions arose during the day-to-day life of the Madonna House Apostolate, Catherine sat down and penned these letters. Presented in three volumes.

Volume I: 1956–1963 — Madonna House Publications, 1989 (ISBN 0-921440-10-3) — $19.95 U.S.
Volume II: 1964–1973 — Madonna House Publications, 1990 (ISBN 0-921440-11-1) — $19.95 U.S.
Volume III: 1974–1983 — Madonna House Publications, 1990 (ISBN 0-921440-21-9) — $19.95 U.S.

Faith booklet by Catherine Doherty

Catherine liked to say that “Faith comes forth under trial. It sings its song under pain.”

44 pages — Madonna House Publications, 1997 (No ISBN) — $3.95 U.S.

The Gospel of a Poor Woman by Catherine Doherty

In these lively meditations from a life of poverty, Catherine gives us fascinating anecdotes.

187 pages — Madonna House Publications, 1992 (ISBN 0-921440-27-8) — $12.95 U.S.

Journey Inward: Interior Conversations, 1960–1978 by Catherine Doherty

Inspirational meditations and poetry from Catherine's journal give us spiritual insight.

112 pages — Alba House, 1984 (ISBN 0-8189-0468-2) — $5.95 U.S.

Lubov: Heart of the Beloved by Catherine Doherty

Meditations poured forth, in silence and solitude, into the heart of the Beloved.

110 pages — Living Flame Press, 1985 (ISBN 0-914544-60-8) — $4.95 U.S.

My Heart and I: Spiritual Reflections, 1952–1959 by Catherine Doherty

Prayerful meditations on a journey which begins in the heart of God.

120 pages — St. Bede's Publications, 1987 (ISBN 0-932506-59-3) — $5.95 U.S.

O Jesus: Prayers from the Diaries of Catherine Doherty by Catherine Doherty

An outpouring of Catherine's deepest yearings, her most frank conversations with her Lord.

150 pages — Madonna House Publications, 1996 (ISBN 0-921440-42-1) — $8.95 U.S.

Welcome, Pilgrim by Catherine Doherty (Original title: I Live on an Island)

Catherine's reflections on the changing s easons illustrate how the church fits into today's world.

126 pages — Madonna House Publications, 1991 (ISBN 0-921440-23-5) — $9.95 U.S.