Recommended Reading

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SCRIPTURE

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The best book to read to discover God’s will is the Bible!

(See the Scripture passages in the previous section)

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BOOKS ON VOCATION DISCERNMENT

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What Does God Want?
Fr. Michael Scanlan

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Discovering Your Personal Vocation
Herbert Alphonso, S.J.

The Meaning of Vocation in the Words of St. John Paul II
Scepter Publishing

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Is Jesus Calling You To Be A Catholic Priest? A Helpful Guide
Fr. Thomas Richter, published by the NCDVD (free copy at gopriest.com)

To Save a Thousand Souls: A Gide for Discerning a Vocation to Diocesan Priesthood
Fr. Brett Brannen (free copy at gopriest.com)

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Radical Surrender: Letters to Seminarians
Fr. Michael Najim

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BOOKS ON THE PRIESTHOOD

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Priests for the Third Millennium
Archbishop Timothy Dolan

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The Priest is Not His Own
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

Christ: The Ideal of the Priest
Dom Columba Marmion

The Joy of Priesthood
Msgr. Steve Rosetti

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Reclaiming our Priestly Character
Msgr. David Toups

The Priest's Way to God
Fr. M. Eugene Boylan, OCSO

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BOOKS ON CELIBACY

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The Courage to be Chaste
Fr. Benedict Groeschel

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Sacerdotalis Caelibatus (Priestly Celibacy)
Pope Paul VI, 1967

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Virginity
Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa

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“…And You are Christ’s” The Charism of Virginity and the Celibate Life
Thomas Dubay, S.M.

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MAGISTERIAL DOCUMENTS

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Presbyterorum Ordinis (Order of Priests), 1965

Pastores Dabo Vobis (I will Give You Shepherds), 1992

Program of Priestly Formation (5th Edition), U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2005

 

 

BIOGRAPHIES OR AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OF PRIESTS

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The Cure D’Ars: St. Jean-Marie-Baptiste Vianney
F. Trochu

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He Leadeth Me
Fr. Walter J. Ciszek, S.J.

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The Shadow of His Wings: The True Story of Fr. Gereon Goldmann, OFM
Gereon Karl Goldmann

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