Why pray to St. Anthony
to find something lost?
Why keep a St. Christopher
medal in your car?
Why bury a statue of St. Joseph
(upside down!) in your yard
when selling your house?
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.
How can we understand these
many practices and devotions?
In these pages,
Dr. Helen Hoffner explains
how the treasures and traditions
of our Faith remind us of our roots
and also lead us toward our
heavenly destination.
With lovingly-illustrated,
encyclopedic pages you’ll find
succinct, and sometimes amusing,
answers to hundreds of questions
relating to Catholic practices.
Author Helen Hoffner
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.
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.
Among the many traditions
and treasures explained are . . . |
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