Veritas Books
Veritas is a leading religious publisher and retailer in Ireland, dedicated to promoting the Catholic faith through their publications and stores. They publish more than twenty books annually, covering a range of topics including theology, scripture, prayer, spirituality, parenting, counselling, children's issues, social commentary, and liturgical resources. The Beehive Books imprint features a selection of non-fiction and children's titles. Veritas is also a trusted publisher of religious education texts for primary and post-primary schools, which are widely used throughout Ireland. Veritas’ origins lie with the Catholic Truth Society of Ireland, which was founded in 1899 to publish and distribute a range of religious material to the Irish people. Veritas Publications came into existence in 1969, its first title being Patrick in His Own Words by Bishop Joseph Duffy.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
ISBN: 9781847303271
Pub Date: 06 Jun 2012
Description:
In Breaking the Word – Reflections for the Year of Mark, Megan McKenna presents commentaries and reflections for the liturgical year of Mark. In her own inimitable style, the author reflects on readings for the Sundays and feast days of this year, accompanying the reader through the peaks and troughs of the biblical landscape and making scriptural connections to life that will challenge, uplift and sustain. Breaking the Word will be an invaluable as a resource for homilies, personal reflection or group study.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 182
ISBN: 9781847303318
Pub Date: 09 May 2012
Description:
Moments: in innocent incidents and everday occurrences; in the words we use; in letters, text messages; in natural phenomena; in lines of poetry, anecdotes; in chance meetings; in the comings and goings of everyday life … Writer and broadcaster John Quinn’s new anthology, Moments, is a personal collection of words, events and observations that console, cheer, nourish, heal. Moments that are brief and often fleeting but, once caught and held, offer meaning to our lives and bear significance in their very simplicity, opening the door into what Yeats called ‘the rag and bone shop of the heart …’ The ‘moments’ contained within are drawn from John’s personal and professional life and, as a collection, they offer the reader opportunities to pause and reflect – little oases in our busy modern lives.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 64
ISBN: 9781847303288
Pub Date: 02 May 2012
Description:
Veritas presents the Gospel of Mark. Beautifully illustrated, this special edition makes a wonderful addition to any church, school or parish centre. Also featured is the Lectio divina, an ancient way of praying with scripture and promoting communion with God.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 96
ISBN: 9781847302632
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2011
Description:
Written as a series of letters to his grandson, Tony Hanna expresses in an attractive and accessible manner why he has hopes for the future of the Irish Church. Taking as his clarion call, ‘I came that you would have life and have it to the full’, Tony Hanna hopes to reawaken the laity to the call of their baptism and equip them to take their rightful place in the Church.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 64
ISBN: 9781847303196
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2011
Description:
This booklet is offered as an aid in choosing the readings for a Wedding Mass. It also includes a selection of intentions for the prayer of the faithful, and poignant blessings and reflections.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 366
ISBN: 9781847302717
Pub Date: 05 Dec 2011
Description:
This book is about the ultimate question or Big Mystery: where did human beings come from. One of the author’s favourite quotes is from the American-based philosopher of evolution, Michael Ruse, who’s said that: ‘Unfortunately, there is simply nothing in the literature by philosophers on human origins.’ In a facinating, accessible and thorough study, renowned priest Brendan Purcell explores this complex area and tries to make up for that lack?
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9781847302618
Pub Date: 30 Nov 2011
Description:
John Quinn met his wife Olive in Blanchardstown sanatorium. The shy, young teacher and the confident beauty fell in love – letters flew between them and diary entries recorded heady times. In June 2001, they went for a trip to Rosslare to celebrate Olive’s recovery from a recent illness.
Olive went for a swim in the sea as John watched fondly from the shore – it was the last time he would see her alive. Since her death, John has tried to make sense of his devastating loss by weaving together a selection of letters, some written during their courtship, some written by John after Olive’s death, diary entries, anecdotes and poems to illuminate his account of their life together. This book includes John’s first book about Olive, Sea of Love, Sea of Loss, and John’s recollections about and letters to Olive in the ten years since her death.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 72
ISBN: 9781847303486
Pub Date: 30 Nov 2011
Description:
If you are planning a marriage ceremony this book will be your guide. The Celebration of Marriage will steer you through the stages of the ceremony and give you alternatives for each stage. For example, it offers four different forms of marriage vows, four variations of the Blessing of Rings, three Eucharistic prayers and Communion Rites to choose from, as well as a variety of Concluding Rites.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9781847302625
Pub Date: 16 Nov 2011
Description:
This collection of Irish Times articles and Drivetime radio slots by clinical psychologist Marie Murray faces up to the tough economic times in which we live with understanding, humour, clinical compassion, common-sense and a wealth of imaginative ideas on how to make life rich in recessionary times. With a cheerful note, practical advice, sound psychological sense and a reassuring voice, When Times are Tough offers little notes of positivity for everyday life.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9781847302694
Pub Date: 21 Oct 2011
Description:
In this wonderful little book on the Rosary, Stephen Redmond SJ takes each of the mysteries in turn, re-examines them through Scripture, and reflects on them in verse. Seeing the Rosary as a presentation of the high-points of the Gospel, Fr. Redmond also gives scriptural references for the specific mysteries, allowing for further study and examination at the reader's leisure.
This book will help reinvigorate the praying of the Rosary and resituate it as a special Catholic tradition. ""Reviewing each of the Mysteries, this book illuminates the rosary in a thoughtful and well-written way.""-Catholic Library World Sept. 2011
Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
ISBN: 9781847302687
Pub Date: 07 Oct 2011
Description:
n the opening words of his first encyclical, Deus Caritas est, Pope Benedict XVI focuses on ‘the heart of the Christian faith’, drawing inspiration from St John’s words, ‘God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him’. Reflecting on Deus Caritas est, Bishop Donal Murray says that in the crisis that we in Ireland are experiencing, in Church, in State, in many institutions, it would be easy to feel swamped and disheartened, but that we can find meaning and inspiration in the heart of Christian faith. The reflections in Let Love Speak seek to look at a number of aspects of a changing Ireland in the light of the central truth about God who is love and whose Word took flesh and lived among us.
Recognising these fundamental truths in our encounter with the Word made flesh, Bishop Murray believes, is where renewal begins.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781847302601
Pub Date: 07 Sep 2011
Description:
The Little Flower Bulb tells the story of Jamie, his mom, and his twin sisters, and of how Jamie comes to deal with the death of his father. Suitable for children aged 3-10, this beautifully illustrated book will be helpful for parents when talking to children bereaved by the suicide of a close relative.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
ISBN: 9781847302434
Pub Date: 05 May 2011
Description:
This text honurs the Sacred Heart of Jesus, not only as a traditional icon, but as a timeless inspiration for all who seek God. Through the lens of scripture, Anna Burke remembers how Jesus revealed knowledge of God as ultimately a heart experience.
Children's Everyday Prayerbook
A prayer book for 4-7 year olds
Format: Paperback
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781847303363
Pub Date: 01 May 2011
Description:
Everyday prayers for children ages 4-7.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 128
ISBN: 9781847302533
Pub Date: 24 Mar 2011
Description:
From when we were very young our grandparents have watched over us and showered us with love. They have laughed with us, cried with us, and prayed with us. Can we ever thank them enough?
The Catholic Grandparents Association, set up in 2007, wants to say thanks. The Association appealed to the children of Ireland to write a prayer especially for their grandparents, to thank them, honour them, and remember them if they have passed on. These beautiful prayers poured out love and affection for grandparents, alive and deceased. This very successful appeal resulted in hundreds of submissions nationwide. A selection of these prayers now appears in this publication. A wonderful gift for any grandparent, Prayers for Grandparents treasures these most special of people and the most special of roles they play in our lives.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9781847302427
Pub Date: 04 Mar 2011
Description:
Dermot Mansfield presents a clear and vivid account of the life of John Henry Newman, a man who was subject to much misunderstanding and suspicion in the Catholic Church. Heart speaks to heart, the motto he chose when made a cardinal late in life, shows that his whole life was interwoven with a range of people, high and low, both Anglican and Catholic. This book offers a fresh perspective on Newman’s life, with contemporary Church issues and questions of faith and unbelief never far from mind.
Ultimately, though, it is Newman’s extraordinary care for truth that is apparent throughout. This being the year of Newman’s beatification by Pope Benedict XVI, it is a timely book that tells in a meaningful way the story of his long life.
