Sophia Institute Press

Sophia Institute Press publishes and distributes faithful Catholic classics and new texts by the great enduring figures of the Catholic intellectual tradition. In 30 years, we have published 300 titles and distributed 3 million books worldwide to hundreds of thousands of individuals, bookstores, and institutions. Sophia’s authors include St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Therese of Lisieux, Archbishop Fulton Sheen, Dietrich von Hildebrand, and many others.

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Relativism Isn’t The Answer – Faith in God Is

A Reflection from “The Logic That God Exists” by Robert Trussell “We are bound by man’s innate dignity to seek the truth, and once we find it, to adhere to it and live it. Man is drawn to the truth by his own nature, by his own freedom. God won’t force it on us. Man

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Trying Times: Can Society Redeem Itself?

A Reflection from “Cultural Meltdown” by Bill Donohue Divided We Fall: Patriotism Matters Many of the public policies that have created serious social problems are the result of good intentions gone awry. But some are the result of policies that were never directed toward achieving the common good: they are the result of decisions aimed

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Abandon All Hope? Not So Fast.

A Reflection from “After Christendom” by Michael Warren Davis Who is the man who desires life, who loves to behold good days? Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. Depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. —Psalm 33:12–14 It is only with the heart that one can

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Let the Little Ones Come to Me: Jesus for Children of All Ages

Imagine the thrill and wonder in the hearts of children as they witness the divine power of Jesus — in the astonished leper, his rags falling to the ground as he touches his smooth face; in the deaf man turning his head toward birdsong; in the bent, crippled woman unfurling to full stature, rejoicing! Through

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God Knows Our Hearts, But We Should Still Make Time for Prayer

What You Should Know About Prayer As we begin our journey through the prayer lives of the earliest Christians, it’s important to understand a few things. First of all, while it is true that the first Christians met in homes, and the setting for their worship was necessarily less formal than what we might experience

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June Was Made For Love: The Fruit of the Sacred Heart

Story of the (Sacred) Heart There are many experiences in life that can touch our hearts; some touch us so deeply that we remember them forever. While on a high school mission trip to Jamaica, my eyes were opened to truth, beauty, and goodness. The Jamaicans taught my classmates and me how to sing, to

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The Pilgrim Church: A Universal Call to Holiness

The Pilgrim Church and Holiness The concept of the Church as viator or pilgrim has caused much difficulty in the post-Vatican II Church. This is odd, as the difficulty seems to rest on a fundamental misunderstanding of why this chapter was included in the document and what the concept of “pilgrim” means. Many have interpreted

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You’re Never Too Old to Learn Your ABCs: Catholic Teaching A-Z

I absolutely love the Catholic Church. There is nothing that gives me such stalwart confidence and hope for my salvation. In response to this love, I have made it my mission to dialogue with Catholics all over the world, and what I’ve discovered is that many Catholics want to know more about their faith but have

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It All Starts with a Step – How to Climb the Ladder of Happiness

Some of us turn to pleasure for happiness. And marketers definitely encourage us to do so because they can sell us momentary pleasures. There are lots of things that bring us pleasure. Good food is one example. Maybe you really like fresh strawberries. And look! They’re on sale right now! You could get a pound of fresh

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Cancel Culture – What a Faithful Jesuit Priest Can Teach Us

Fr. Paul Mankowski, S.J., is not a common Catholic household name like Archbishop Fulton Sheen, Fr. Mike Schmitz, or Fr. James Martin, S.J. He would have been had he not been silenced by the superiors of his religious order, the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits. In 2003, the Jesuits banned him from writing and from

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