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PRIESTHOOD & CELIBACY
- Apostoli, When God Asks for An Undivided Heart
- Brannon, To Save a Thousand Souls: A Guide to Discerning a Vocation to Diocesan Priesthood
- Cantalamessa, Virginity: A Positive Approach to Celibacy for the Sake of the Kingdom of Heaven
- Doherty, Dear Father: A Message of Love for Priests
- Dolan, Priests for the Third Millennium
- Dubay, And You Are Christ’s: The Charism of Virginity and the Celibate Life
- Griffin, Forming Fathers: Seminary Wisdom for Every Priest
- Griffin, Why Celibacy? Reclaiming the Fatherhood of the Priest
- Groeschel, The Courage to Be Chaste
- Phillipe, Priestly Fatherhood: Treasure in Earthen Vessels
- Sheen, The Priest Is Not His Own
DISCIPLESHIP
- Baur, Frequent Confession
- Boylan, This Tremendous Lover
- Chautard, The Soul of the Apostolate
- De Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life
- Escriva, Christ Is Passing By
- Fernandez-Carvajal, Overcoming Lukewarmness
- Gallagher, The Discernment of Spirits: An Ignatian Guide for Everyday Living
- Keating, What Catholics Really Believe
- Knox, The Hidden Stream: Mysteries of the Christian Faith
- Lewis, Mere Christianity
- Philippe, Interior Freedom
- Philippe, Searching for and Maintaining Peace
- Seith, Rekindling Wonder: Touching Heaven in a Screen Saturated World
- Shea, From Christendom to Apostolic Mission: Pastoral Strategies for an Apostolic Age
- Sheed, To Know Christ Jesus
- Stinissen, Into Your Hands, Father: Abandoning Ourselves to the God Who Loves Us
PRAYER
- Baur, In Silence With God
- Boylan, Difficulties in Mental Prayer
- Dubay, Prayer Primer: Igniting a Fire Within
- Fernandez, In Conversation with God
- Groeschel, Listening at Prayer
- Philippe, Thirsting for Prayer
- Philippe, Time for God
- Seith, Rekindling Wonder: Touching Heaven in a Screen Saturated World
- Shea, From Christendom to Apostolic Mission: Pastoral Strategies for an Apostolic Age
- Stinissen, Into Your Hands, Father: Abandoning Ourselves to the God Who Loves Us
Saints (and nearly so)
- Augustine, Confessions
- Brinkley, Parish Priest: Father Michael McGivney and American Catholicism
- Chesterton, Saint Francis of Assisi
- Ciszek, With God in Russia
- Goldmann, The Shadow of His Wings: The True Story of Fr. Gereon Goldmann
- Houselander, The Reed of God
- Ker, John Henry Newman: A Biography
- Sheen, The World’s First Love: Mary, Mother of God
- Therese of Lisieux, Story of a Soul
- Trochu, The Cure D’Ars
- Waugh, Edmund Campion
- Wegemer, Thomas More: A Portrait of Courage
- Weigel, Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II
Classic Catholic Fiction
- Benson, Come Rack! Come Rope!
- Connolly, Mr. Blue
- de Wohl, The Last Crusader: A Novel about Don Juan of Austria
- Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis
- Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
- Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter
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