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Table of Contents:
Catholic Faith
The Three Ages of the Interior Life by Rev. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
More Than a Carpenter by Josh D. McDowell and Sean McDowell
Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World by Henri J. M. Nouwen
Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart by Jacques Philippe
And You are Christ’s: The Charism of Virginity and the Celibate Life by Thomas Dubay
Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila
The Lamb’s Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth by Scott Hahn
The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence
How to Converse With God by Saint Alphonsus Liguori
Descending Fire: The Journal of a Soul Aflame by Fr. Jean Petit
Devotion to the Sacred Heart by The Benedictine Convent of Clyde Missouri
Youth Ministry
Christ is Alive (Christus Vivit) by Pope Francis
Renewing the Vision: A Framework for Catholic Youth Ministry by USCCB
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck
Rebuilding Youth Ministry: Ten Practical Strategies for Catholic Parishes by Christopher Wesley
Forming Intentional Disciples: The Path to Knowing and Following Jesus by Sherry A. Weddell
Leadership for Catholic Youth Ministry: A Comprehensive Resource
Literature
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Mariette in Ecstasy by Ron Hansen
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Poetry
The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne
I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and Joy – Hafiz
Complete Poems and Selected Letters by John Keats
The Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot
Selected Poems by E. E. Cummings
Flame of Love: Poems of the Spanish Mystics St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila
The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
Rimas y Leyenda por Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West by Daniel Ladinsky
Non-Fiction
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Becoming Supernatural: How Common People are Doing the Uncommon by Dr. Joe Dispenza
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers by Timothy Ferris
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Dr. Jordan Peterson
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
For Writers
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. , E.B. White
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Non-Fiction by William Zinsser
Theology & Philosophy
Boethius’ The Consolation of Philosophy
Bonaventure (Classics of Western Spirituality)
Dionysius the Areopagite on the Divine Names and the Mystical Theology
The Hero With 1000 Faces by Joseph Campbell
Beyond Good & Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche
The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are by Alan Watts
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