The Soul of the Apostolate by Dom Jean-Baptiste Chautard

• Favorite book of Pope St. Pius X
• Reminder that prayer is the soul of every apostolic work

In this age of relentless activity, it is easy for Christians, particularly those involved in good works, to fall into the pattern of the activist. But mere activity and material results are not sufficient for a successful apostolate. In his classic work The Soul of the Apostolate, Dom Chautard demonstrates that the very foundation of all apostolic work must be the Interior Life. The apostle of Christ will grow to become an instrument and true channel of God's graces to the world only through prayer, meditation and the cultivation of the Interior Life. When one is involved in works of spiritual or corporal charity, his work can only be truly efficacious when he anchors his Interior Life in Christ. Without Christ, we can do nothing. Inside you'll learn about the:

• Pre-eminence of the Interior Life over the Active Life
• Dangers of the Active Life: for you and your apostolate
• The Devil's special temptations for those working for Our Lord
• Steps necessary in order to develop and grow in the Interior Life
• Necessity of the Interior Life to a successful and spiritually fruitful apostolate

For anyone who would work for Our Lord and His Church, there is simply no book more important to read and to follow than The Soul of the Apostolate.

The Faith of Our Fathers by James Cardinal Gibbons

Explains the basic tenets of the Catholic Faith and why we hold them. Delves into the historical background of virtually everything people find hard to understand about our Religion, such as priestly celibacy, sacred images, the Church and the Bible, the primacy of Peter, Communion under one kind, invocation of the Saints, etc. First published in 1876, when there was much anti- Catholic sentiment in the U.S., it sold 1.4 million copies in 40 years and has been reprinted many times since.

This bundles also comes with one SBCA camping mug and one pound of home-roasted coffee.