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Books
New in 2023:
Link to Catholics Communicate Christ on Amazon. Link to A Harmony of Healing on Amazon.
New in 2019:
“I can think of no better guide for homeschooling parents than Charlotte Ostermann.”
Joseph Pearce, author of Literature: What Every Catholic Should Know
Link to Upschooling on Amazon.
New in 2018:
Link to buy Full Spectrum Freedom on Amazon.
Link to the book on Amazon: You, Free
New in 2017:
“Therein lies the nobility of the Faith: that we have the heart to dare something.”
Bl. Cardinal John Henry Newman
“Ostermann takes up Cardinal Newman’s challenge, giving readers the heart they need to live faith as a daring adventure.”
Link to the book on Amazon: 3 Dares that can change your life!
New in 2016:
These poems grant deep access into the realms of contemplation, prayer, spiritual struggle and interior freedom. Many have appeared in St. Austin Review, Canticle, Gilbert and other magazines. Some have served as the core of the author’s talks at retreats and other venues. Essays accompany each poem to make it more accessible, allowing readers to understand allusions, invented words, spiritual ideas and the craft of poesis as they learn with the poet to read, hear and pray with poetry. The person of the poet emerges from the interplay between essays and poems, as a spiritual mentor and companion in faith. A Destiny to Burn invites readers to experience themselves as masterpieces – poiema – crafted by the hand of God.
Every poem in the book is available on this site as an audio file. Please listen…poetry is meant to be heard!
Link to the book on Amazon: A Destiny to Burn
Holy Leisure Trilogy
Souls at Rest: An Exploration of the Idea of Sabbath
Souls at Rest is a profound exploration of the meaning and practice of Sabbath for contemporary readers; a restful, poetic counterpoint to the speed and noise of today’s world, and a cure for its primary woes.More
FREE Souls at Rest Study Guide – an excellent resource for Book Group discussions or personal reflection.
Link to the book on Amazon: Souls at Rest: An Exploration of the Eucharistic Sabbath
Souls At Work: An Invitation to Freedom
Souls at Work is an invitation to reflect deeply on the processes of formation, education, intellectual growth, and spiritual maturation.
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FREE Souls at Work Study Guide – an extension of the spiritual and intellectual workout. Great for Book Group leaders or private journaling.
Link to the book on Amazon: Souls at Work: An Invitation to Freedom
Souls at Play: A Reflection on Creativity
Souls at Play discusses the cultivation of desire and imagination, the risks of creativity, and the need for a foundation in truly human leisure to support the promulgation of beauty in arts, relationships, cultural change, and evangelization. Coming Soon.
Other Books
Elizabeth of the Epiphany
Elizabeth of the Epiphany is the story of one year in the life of Epiphany, a Liberative Arts University, where the best teachers are dead and the best students are backwards! See pdf chapters for free download at OurElizabeth.org
Catholics Communicate Christ: How to Serve the Catholic Church as a Writer
Encouragement and practical help for emerging Catholic writers. Writers are needed in the New Evangelization!
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Making Sunday Special: The Lord’s Day
Starting with the Sabbath in the Jewish tradition and exploring the Christian Sunday Sabbath on the day of Christ’s Resurrection, this booklet traces the importance of Sunday.
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How to Plan a Great Catholic Event
90+ Pages of Good Advice from Catholic Event Planners
Free from Motherheart Press
Avoid the Box!
Get Out of the Box!
Explode the Box!
Great advice for home educators. Free from Motherheart Press
B is for Brick
Getting Kids Ready for Load-Bearing
Great advice for parents. Free from Motherheart Press
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