This profusely illustrated, encyclopedic book introduces readers to the universe of Catholicism, including almost 200 common and uncommon Catholic practices, treasures, and traditions.
From Forty Hours to First Fridays and from Holy Hours to Holy Days, you\'ll find in these pages an informative, delightful compendium of the Catholic way of life, including inform.
This delightful book explains the origin and nature of most of the common Traditions of the Catholic Faith, as well as the source and meaning of many of the quaint and obscure ones.
Joseph -- upside down! -- in your yard when selling your house? In Helen Hoffner\'s lovingly-illustrated, encyclopedic Catholic Treasures and Traditions , you\'ll find succinct - and sometimes amusing - answers to these and hundreds of other questions.
Christopher medal in your car? Or why bury a statue of St.
Anthony to find something lost? Why keep a St.
Why pray to St.
New converts and cradle Catholics alike are often perplexed by the myriad of devotions, traditions, practices, and beliefs that the Catholic Church has accumulated over the past twenty centuries.
This profusely illustrated, encyclopedic book introduces readers to the universe of Catholicism, including almost 200 common and uncommon Catholic practices, treasures, and traditions
