A Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan by Fr John McCloskey

Theology and Catholicism explained G.K. Chesterton, St : the dumb ox

Catechism of the Georges Chevrot, Simon Peter Karl Adams, The Spirit of Catholicism Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness Louis Bouyer, Spirit and Forms of Protestantism Joseph Holzner, Paul of Tarsus , End of the Modern World St John XXIII, Journal of a Soul

Romano Guardini, The Lord Malcolm Muggeridge, Something Beautiful for God

Scott & Kimberly Hahn, Rome Sweet Home , Seven Storey Mountain

Peter Kreeft, Christianity for Modern Pagans Bl , Apologia Pro Vita Sua

Bl John Henry Newman, Essay on Development Federico Suarez, Mary of Nazareth of Christian Doctrine Francis Trochu, The Curé of Ars: St Jean-Marie Baptiste Vianney Bl John Henry Newman, Parochial and Plain Sermons Gerard B Wegemer, : a portrait of courage Ludwig Ott, Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma George Weigel, Witness to Hope: , The Four the biography of Pope John Paul II

History and Culture Liter ary Classics Hilaire Belloc, The Great Heresies Robert Hugh Benson, Lord of the World Hilaire Belloc, How The Happened George Bernanos, The Diary of a Country Priest Hilaire Belloc, Survivals and New Arrivals Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote Warren Carroll, History of Christendom (four T.S. Eliot, Christianity and Culture volumes) Shusaku Endo, Silence H.W. Crocker III, Triumph : the power and

the glory of the Catholic Church George Manley Hopkins, Poetry and Prose Bl John Henry Newman, The Idea of a University Christopher Dawson, Christianity and European Culture Flannery O’Connor, Complete Stories , Enthusiasm Walker Percy, Lost in the Cosmos Jean Leclercq, Love of Learning and the Desire for God Walker Percy, Love in the Ruins William Walsh, Our Lady of Fatima Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis J.R.R. Tolkien, Holy Men and Women Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter G.K. Chesterton, St Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited Spiritual Classics , Transformation in Christ

St Thomas Aquinas, My Way of Life/Summa St , The Way of Salvation Theologica and Perfection

St Augustine, City of God St Alphonsus Liguori, Uniformity with God’s Will

St Augustine, Confessions Ven Louis of Grenada, Sinner’s Guide

St , Little Talks with God Lawrence G. Lovasik, The Hidden Power of Kindness (modernized version of The Dialogue) Luis M. Martinez, True Devotion to the Holy Spirit

G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy Alessandro Manzoni, The Betrothed

G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man St Louis-Marie de Montfort, True Devotion to Mary

St , Dark Night of the Soul St Thomas More, The Sadness of Christ

Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ Perquin, Abba Father

C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity Peter T. Rohrbach, Conversation with Christ

C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain St , Introduction to Devout Life

C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters St Francis de Sales, Treatise on the Love of God

Fulton Oursler, The Greatest Story Ever Told Lorenzo Scupoli, Spiritual Combat

Bl Teresa of Calcutta, Meditations from a Simple Path Frank Sheed, Theology and Sanity

St Teresa of Avila, Interior Castle Frank Sheed, Theology for Beginners

St Teresa of Avila, The Way of Perfection Frank Sheed, To Know Christ Jesus Ven Fulton Sheen, Life of Christ St Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul Ven Fulton Sheen, Three to Get Married

Spiritual Reading Adolphe Alfred Tanqueray, The Spiritual Life: a

Jordan Aumann, Spiritual Theology treatise on ascetical and mystical theology

Benedict Baur, Frequent Confession Gerald Vann, The Divine Pity

Benedict Baur, In Silence with God Miscellaneous Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth (three volumes) Benedict XVI, Opera Omnia Eugene Boylan, Difficulties in Benedict XVI, Day by Day with the Pope Eugene Boylan, This Tremendous Lover Art & Laraine Bennett, The Emotions God gave you Cormac Burke, Covenanted Happiness Art & Laraine Bennett, The Temperament

Jean-Pierre de Caussade, Abandonment to God gave you Divine Providence Alice von Hildebrand, The Privilege of Jean-Baptiste Chautard, The Soul of the Apostolate Being a Woman

Walter Ciszek, He Leadeth Me St John Paul II, Crossing the Threshold of Hope

St Josemaría Escrivá, Christ is Passing By Georgina Masson, Companion Guide to Rome

St Josemaría Escrivá, The Way, Furrow, The Forge James Monti, The King’s Good Servant but God’s First

St Josemaría Escrivá, Way of the Cross Charles Rice, 50 Questions on the

Frederick William Faber, All for Jesus A.G. Sertillanges, The Intellectual Life

Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, Three Ages St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (), of Interior Life Essays on Woman