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: 124
ISBN: 9781853909542
Pub Date: 12 Jun 2008
Description:
Epiphanies: Moments of Grace in Daily Life is a series of short reflections on the times of joy, laughter, deliverance, forgiveness and growth that are available to all in and through the events of ordinary living. With faith, insight, humour and a rich flair for communication, the author draws together the threads of tragedy, birth, loss and new beginnings into a beautiful tapestry which celebrates life and relationship, faith and friendship
Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
ISBN: 9781847300485
Pub Date: 08 Jun 2008
Description:
Presents a new way of working with families and groups, creating a helping context to reduce stress and facilitate communication. Drawing on their experience of providing family therapy, the authors have written this book to help families solve or resolve problems that have the potential to escalate into conflict. They explain how this can be achieved in a single three-hour meeting by exploring the difficulties that are creating dissension, encouraging the family members to listen to each other and empowering them to reach new decisions.
Issues such as placing a relative in long-term care, selling the family home, challenging family legacies and confronting secret histories are explored through case histories, thereby demonstrating just how effective this once-off meeting can be.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
ISBN: 9781847300294
Pub Date: 05 Jun 2008
Description:
We live in an age where war, natural disaster, and terrorism are the fodder for our daily news programs. In this timely and highly accessible book, key questions around 'the problem of evil' are examined, the question of whether God could do better is posed and the nature of human responsibility and the Christian understanding of suffering pondered.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 190
ISBN: 9781847300225
Pub Date: 30 May 2008
Description:
The Light of His Face: Spirituality for Teachers is an invaluable book for teachers and those entering the profession. The first part of the book offers a series of reflections on the ways in which the vocation of teaching has clear spiritual overtones. In it, passages from scripture are considered from a classroom perspective in the hope that teachers might find they have much in common with the experiences of Jesus and his disciples.
In the second part of the book, a practical tool-kit of materials is offered to assist students and teachers in developing their own faith formation programme.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 222
ISBN: 9781853908439
Pub Date: 08 May 2008
Description:
This book is born out of the experience of working with contemporary young couples as they prepare for their wedding liturgy.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 64
ISBN: 9781853909740
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2007
Description:
A meditation on the Rosary, the great prayer of Mary. Through a series of reflections we are drawn into the mysteries of the Rosary and invited to pause in a moment of time to hear again the unfolding plan of God. As Jesus opened his arms to draw all people to God's love, so Mary draws us to Jesus in the Rosary, the prayer of families and the prayer of nations.
As we hold the sacred hours we are aware of the dream of God guiding our time, guiding all time. Each mystery is presented with an individual theme to provide an outline for one hour of prayer. The traditional 'holy hour' is still part of parish prayer life and this resource will be very useful both for individual and for communal prayer.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 294
ISBN: 9781853906787
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2007
Description:
A Wedding of Your Own' is the perfect book for every couple planning a Catholic wedding, for married couples wanting to renew their appreciation of Christian marriage, and for ministers serving engaged or married couples. In the rush of practical preparations, it is easy to neglect emotional preparation for a wedding and marriage. 'A Wedding of Your Own' explains the entire wedding ceremony in detail, allowing each couple to make their wedding unique and personally meaningful.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 58
ISBN: 9781853902697
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2007
Description:
`God is With You' contains a wonderful collection of prayers and meditations which are short, simple, and easy to read.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 180
ISBN: 9781847300287
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2007
Series: Ceifin Conference Papers
Description:
Taken from Ceifin's ninth annual conference of the same title, this book explores the new freedoms available in Ireland, and whether that freedom constitutes true liberty or is engendering a licence that is ultimately threatening to the fabric of its 'new' society?
Format: Paperback
Pages: 108
ISBN: 9781853909320
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2006
Description:
Hospitality is a core value of the Christian gospel and tradition. The Christian is one who is invited to respond to the hospitality of God in Christ by living a life characterised by hospitality. Throughout the ages Irish people have long been noted for their welcome but many would argue that such hospitality is extended only to their own .
Thus the Christian emphasis on a welcome for all challenges out growing fear and distrust of the stranger in our midst. In a time increasingly characterised by individualism and self-interest, Welcoming the Stranger explores notions such as self-representation and the representation of the other, accompaniment, and the recognition of human dignity; it provides reflections on multiculturalism and interculturalism within the New Ireland; it presents hospitality as a core virtue for every religious believer and as a core activity of the Church community and it relates hospitality to a number of contemporary concerns - human migration, the disablement of persons with impairments and ecological issues.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 246
ISBN: 9781847300126
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2006
Description:
In the autumn of 2005, Mater Dei Institute of Education in Dublin hosted a series of Public Lectures on Vatican II to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the closure of the Council. Vatican II: Facing the 21st Century brings together the papers presented during this series. The intention is to communicate some of the content of the documents, and to offer some historical and theological perspectives on Vatican II as it faces the twenty-first century.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 124
ISBN: 9781853908279
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2006
Description:
To Love and Cherish is born out of the author's experience of working with couples as they prepare their wedding liturgy. It caters for the needs of all couples, offering a wide choice of readings, prayers, blessings, contemporary reflections and forms of exchanging vows. It provides two model wedding liturgies, one in the context of the Eucharist and one without mass, as well as a newly created ceremony for inter-faith marriages.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 104
ISBN: 9781847300072
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2006
Description:
A book of reflections that have emerged as Ruth has journeyed through specific events, times and seasons, and as she has travelled in her spirit through some of the sacred moments of the Cycle of the Christian year. While these reflections are largely born out of a life shaped by the last forty years or so of Ireland's story, the underlying themes are universal. It is Ruth's prayer that the many thoughts and images in this book may enable the reader to see beyond the immediate and be seized by hope in the present and for the future.
Rev. Dr. Ruth Patterson OBE is a Presbyterian minister and the Director of Restoration Ministries
Format: Paperback
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781853909870
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2006
Description:
Elizabeth Ryan's sculptures are beautiful evocations of scriptural themes and stories. In The Road to Calvary Elizabeth's works on the Passion of Christ are accompanied by a series of verses which encourage us to reflect on the great sacrifice Our Lord made for his people through his Crucifixion and Resurrection. This small pamphlet, with its rich imagery and thoughtful commentary, provides a much needed resource for anyone wishing to reflect on this most important event in the Christian tradition.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 216
ISBN: 9781853909924
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2006
Description:
The Future of Europe: Uniting Vision, Values and Citizens? explores many of the key issues now facing the EU: Is there a European identity? What does it mean to be a European citizen?
What role can Christian values play in furthering European integration? Faced with massive global inequalities, how is the EU responding to the challenges of development, migration and asylum? Can Europe's leaders provide an adequate response to the widespread sense that 'Brussels' is distant from and indifferent to the needs and concerns of ordinary people? The contributors to
Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
ISBN: 9781853909993
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2006
Description:
When Sister Eucharia Keane came to the village of Corofin, Co. Clare in 1981 she set in motion a ministry of spiritual and social care that left an indelible mark on locals and visitors alike. This long-lasting impact now finds voice in this collection of memories and stories from those who knew her best.
Eucharia embodied the message of Julian of Norwich, in that 'All will be well and all manner of things will be well'. As a compilation of her teachings and an insight into her deep spiritual life, The Ever-Open Door: Memories succeeds in spreading the personal message of Sister Eucharia.
