top of page
WHY CHOOSE CATHOLIC TEXTBOOKS?
Catholic schools deserve the best textbooks. With Catholic Textbook Project, you can bring balance, perspective, and hope back into the hearts and minds of your students—these are the only history textbooks written with the freedom for truth that Catholic schools enjoy. Our textbooks meet and exceed standards while educating and inspiring students with the great drama of our history.

Blog


The Fall of the Paris Commune: May 28, 1871
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. “Let us go, my friends, for the sake of God.”...
Catholic Textbook Project
May 22, 20203 min read


A Pope Dies in Exile: May 23, 1085
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations I: The History of Christian Civilization. Freed themselves from lay control, the...
Catholic Textbook Project
May 15, 20204 min read


President Polk Gets His War: May 13, 1846
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. The presidential election of 1844 pitted James K....
Catholic Textbook Project
May 8, 20205 min read


Napoleon Reconciled with God: May 5, 1821
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. Pope Pius VII did not forget Napoleon in his...
Catholic Textbook Project
May 1, 20204 min read


A Bomb Blast Inspires a “Red Scare”: June 2, 1919
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. Dread of the German “Hun” conquering the world gave...
Catholic Textbook Project
Apr 24, 20204 min read


First Blood at Lexington and Concord: April 19, 1775
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. British General Gage knew something more was...
Catholic Textbook Project
Apr 17, 20206 min read


Crusaders Sack Constantinople: April 12, 1204
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations I: The History of Christian Civilization. Innocent III’s goal, when he became pope in...
Catholic Textbook Project
Apr 9, 20203 min read


Zapata Assassinated: April 10, 1919
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. Carranza was not the author of the more radical...
Catholic Textbook Project
Apr 3, 20203 min read


Death Comes for an Emperor: April 1, 1922
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. It was a cold day in late October 1921 when a...
Catholic Textbook Project
Mar 27, 20204 min read


Assassination of a Tsar: March 23, 1801
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. It was night. All was quiet in the Michailov...

Catholic Textbook Project
Mar 20, 20203 min read


At Last, Napoleon Gets an Heir: March 20, 1811
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. There was another obstacle to Napoleon’s imperial...
Catholic Textbook Project
Mar 13, 20203 min read


The Prussian King Bows to the Dead: March 21, 1848
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. In the years following the end of the Congress of...
Catholic Textbook Project
Mar 8, 20203 min read


Re-Inauguration of Progressivism: March 4, 1933
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. The election of 1932 was one of the most pivotal in...
Catholic Textbook Project
Feb 28, 20205 min read


Bismarck Gets Tough and Sparks Catholic Resistance: February 26, 1876
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. It was perhaps the final insult for Bismarck. In...

Catholic Textbook Project
Feb 21, 20205 min read


Rebellion in the California Missions: February 21-22, 1824
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. Indian neophytes at the missions could sense the...
Catholic Textbook Project
Feb 14, 20204 min read


A "Foul, Corrupt Bargain": February 9, 1825
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. Unlike the election of 1820, where Monroe ran...
Catholic Textbook Project
Feb 7, 20204 min read


The Duke's Treachery: February 2-5, 1831
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. Francesco IV, the duke of Modena, was unhappy....
Catholic Textbook Project
Feb 3, 20203 min read


Triumph of the Führer: January 30, 1933
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. Despite its name, the National Socialist Party...
Catholic Textbook Project
Jan 24, 20204 min read


The Pope Escapes Napoleon: January 23, 1814
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. Napoleon’s victories and his defeat at Leipzig...
Catholic Textbook Project
Jan 17, 20202 min read


Death of the First Romantic: January 12, 1829
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. Friedrich von Schlegel was a man his friends...
Catholic Textbook Project
Jan 10, 20208 min read
bottom of page