Books

The following are some great books to help guide us:

Modern Books

  • Cathechism of the Catholic Church (2nd Edition) 
  • United States Catholic Catechism for Adults  - U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops 
  • Crossing the Threshold of Hope - Pope John Paul II (Knopf, 1994)
  • In Conversation with God, Daily Meditations - Francis Fernandez (Scepter, 1991)
  • Catholic Laity in the Mission of the Church - Russell Shaw (Requiem Press, 2005)
  • The Saints Guide to Happiness - Robert Ellsberg (Doubleday, 2003)
  • The Victory of Reason, How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism,and Western Success - Rodney Stark (Random House, 2005)
  • The Freedom Writers Diary, their story, their words - The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell (Broadway, 1999) 
  • The Alchemist - Paul Coelho ( HarperCollins, 1988 )
  • The Shepherd - Matthew Kelly (Beacon Publishing, 2001)
  • The Cube and the Cathedral - George Weigel (Basic Books, 2005)
  • The Dream Manager - Mathew Kelly (Beacon Publishing, 2007)
  • Triumph: The Power & the Glory of the Catholic Church - H.W. Crocker III (Prima Lifestyles, 2001)
  • The Tide is Turning Towards Catholicism - David Hartline (Catholic Word, 2007)
  • Ordinary Work, Extraordinary Grace - Scott Hahn (Doubleday, 2006)

Biographies

  • Parish Priest, Father McGivney and American Catholicism - Dounglas Brinkley with Julie M. Fenster (HarperCollins, 2006)
  • Amazing Grace, William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery - Eric Metaxas (HarperCollins, 2007)
  • Saint Thomas Aquinas - G.K. Chesterton
  • Saint Francis of Assisi - G.K. Chesterton

Classics 

  • Confessions - St. Augustine
  • The Pilgrim’s Progress - John Bunyon
  • Introduction to the Devout Life - St. Francis de Sales
  • The Dark Night of the Soul - St. John of the Cross
  • The Imitation of Christ - Thomas a Kempis
  • The Interior Castle - St. Teresa of Avila
  • The Way of Perfection - St. Teresa of Avila
  • The Story of a Soul - St. Therese de Lisieux
  • True Devotion to Mary - St. Louis de Montfort
  • The Way - St. Josemaria Escriva
  • Dialogues - St. Catherine of Siena

More to come . . .