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+Our Lady of Victory Home Study

103 E. 10th Ave.

Post Falls, Idaho 83854

Phone: (208) 773-7265

Fax: (208) 773-1951

Website: http://www.olvs.org

E-mail: info@olvs.org

Our Lady of Victory, a Catholic home study program for grades K-12, offers very unique and helpful services. Everything in their inventory can be purchased separately - including lesson plans! See more at Catholic Home Study Reviews.

With the exception of science (Catholic in elementary years, "Christian" at high school level only) and (secular) math, OLV carries an entirely Catholic curriculum throughout all grade levels.

Seton Home Study Program

1350 Progress Rd.

Front Royal, VA 22630

Phone: 540-636-9990

Fax: 540-636-1602

Email: info@setonhome.org

Website: http://www.setonhome.org/

Offering curriculum, materials, day-by-day lesson plans, grading and testing services, and counseling on all aspects of K-12 home education. Also request the Seton Educational Media Catalog which separately sells many of the books Seton supplies to those enrolled. See more at Catholic Home Study Reviews.

Comments: Seton scores high in every area - fidelity to the Magisterium, fast turn-around time of ordered materials, courtesy of counselors, excellent day-by-day lesson plans, and more.

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+Guardian Angel Books

RR 2 Box 323

Sauk Centre, MN 56378

Website: www.guardianangelbooks.com

E-mail: sales@guardianangelbooks.com

Phone (320) 352-3557; FAX (320) 732-3858

Guardian Angels offers well-written, attractive, beautifully bound and some hard-to-find Catholic books for adults, textbooks of interest to the homeschooling parents, and timeless classics for children. A sampling of their list includes Land of Our Lady History series, American Cardinal Readers, Tale of Three Trees, My Pathway to Heaven, and more.

Comments: Guardian Angel's inventory is always high quality and completely Catholic!

+Little Flower Home Education

136 Magnolia Drive

Front Royal, VA 22630

Phone: (888) 545-3597 Fax: (540) 636-2382

Website: http://www.littleflower.com

Email: jmarie@littleflower.com

This is a fairly new business, specializing in republishing Catholic books like King of the Golden City, an inspiring Catholic allegory written by a nun years ago.

Comments: Although a very small company with a small inventory, Little Flower's Home Education reprints are well-chosen, inspiring, and completely Catholic!

+Mother of Our Savior

P.O. BOX 100

Pekin, IN 47165

Toll Free: 1-800-451-3993 Local: 1-812-967-2541 24hr Fax: 1-800-967-2980

Website: www.moscompany.com/

email: mos@moscompany.com

Catalog: Both Online and Paper

This Catholic (homeschooling) family - owned enterprise has been in business since 1975. Solidly Catholic, purchasers will find nothing offered except beautiful merchandise that edifies the Catholic faith. Not necessarily "just" a Catholic homeschool company, you will still find many items for your Catholic family. Their inventories include angels items, auto items, baby gifts, books, candles, cards, cassettes, cassocks/surplices/closeout items, chapel/prayer caps, Christmas items, crosses, crucifixes, holy water fonts, statues (for inside and outside the home), holy cards, Catholic bibles, missals and covers, medals and chains, religious night lights, stained glass pictures, Catholic rubber stamps, software, scapulars, stationery, t-shirts, videos, children's gifts for First Holy Communion and Confirmation, and more.

Comments: Impressive, courteous service and an unbelievable inventory of completely Catholic books and more.

+Neumann Press

Long Prairie, MN

Website: www.neumannpress.com

Toll-Free Order Line: 1-800-746-2521

Email: sales@neumannpress.com

Catalog: Online, Paper

Neumann Press republished the Land of Our Lady history series and carry Our Quest for Happiness high school religion series, The American Cardinal Readers, Come Rack! Come Rope!, Song of the Scaffold, and many other treasures. Most of their inventory are hard-bound with gold stamped titles.

They also carry the newer Little Angel Reader phonics books for grades K-2 (including readers, workbooks, and teachers' manuals). NP's website says, "The selections we carry have been carefully chosen to carry forth ideas that are theologically sound, historically truthfully, and morally entertaining. All our books are Roman Catholic and loyal to the chair of Peter. All items carry a 30-day money-back guarantee."

This is one of those rare companies that keeps to their promises, offering both a completely Catholic inventory and impressive service.

+Salve Regina Catholic Books

11075 Coaster Lane

Conroe, TX 77306

No phone or fax provided.

Email: salvebooks@salveregina.com

Website: http://www.salveregina.com

This is one nice "niche" resource that Catholic families will not want to overlook. Salve Regina's inventory is predominantly Catholic and includes their own developed materials as well as those from Catholic publishers. Their specialty items include a Catholic Home School Lesson Planner, Catholic Report Card, The Little Way of St. Therese - a Catholic Girl's Club, Holy Family Story and Art Pages, Catholic Alphabet Cards, Texas History for Young Catholics, and Angel Talk: A Workbook for Children. They also carry Catholic or other acceptable sources for science, pre-school, crafts and activities, Catholic games like Journey to Jesus (a Catholic "Chutes and Ladders") and Catholic Categories (a board game), the Windeatt and Vision Books, selections from TAN and Bethlehem Books, a Marian Grotto Kit, and more. Salve Regina makes it a special point to limit secular inventory only to items they find truly neutral.

Their categories include Salve Regina Products, Religion, History, Catholic Mission History, Science, Creation and Evolution, Music, Latin, Logic, Saints, Literature, Poetry, Preschool Books, Art and Activities, Advent, Christms, Lent, Easter and Clearance Items.

+Seton Educational Media Catalog

1350 Progress Drive

Front Royal, VA 22630

Phone: (540) 636-9990

FAX: (540) 636-1602

Website: www.setonhome.org

Email: sem@setonhome.org

This is a beautiful catalog from Seton Press (a division of Seton Home Study School). It's the only place to find the "Young Catholic" series (Phonics, Writing, Art, Science and History). Homeschoolers can also select from an attractive selection of other Catholic materials ranging from Catholic Readers (including the Faith and Freedom readers, only available through Seton), Foreign Languages, History, Religion, Teaching Aids, Catholic Home Schooling Aids, Byzantine Catholic mateirals, software (like the Baltimore Catechism on disk and Catholic Challenge), Study Skills and Videos. Secular or nondenominational materials are limited, with none offensive to Catholic beliefs.