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Meditations
[15 meditations on the Passion, 6 on the Resurrection, for seminarians, each following this sequence: adoration, considerations, self-examination, petition, resolutions, spiritual bouquet]

  • n.d. (c.1940) 108p rebound Bi(F)Pg(G/F) some pencil marks $10.00  #70990
Superior Follows the Master, The
Alberione, Fr James, SSP / A Daughter of St. Paul, tr
  • 1965 213p (G/F) $18.00  #60819
  • 1965 213p Bi(F)Pg(G) $17.00  #80054
Growing in Perfect Union
[Talks to Relgious on Growth in Faith, Hope, Charity]

Alberione, Very Rev James, SSP
  • 1964 132p Bi(F)Pg(G) $14.00  #61293
  • 1964 132p pb Bi(F)Pg(G) $8.00  #81554
Shepherds in the Mist
[on priests who go astray]

Barrett, E. Boyd
  • 1949 102p (G/F) $14.00  #4077
  • 1949 102p Bi(F)Pg(G) $13.00  #81435
Devotedly Yours
[letters to the Daughters of Charity on events of her holy year pilgrimage]

Bertrande, Sister
  • 1951 400p Bi(F)Pg(G) $7.00  #5669
  • 1951 400p (F) $6.00  #5670
Directorium Sponsae: Short Addresses for Nuns
[Vol 1] [52 conferences to make their prayer life as full, efficient & close to Christ as possible]

Bertsche, P. Leopold, S.O.Cist. / Marie Heffernan, tr
  • 1958 229p Bi(F)Pg(G) $7.00  #5675
Directorium Sponsae: Short Meditations for Each Day of the Year
[for Nuns] [Vol 4: Part 1: 1st Sunday of Advent to Vigil of Pentecost]

Bertsche, P. Leopold, S.O.Cist. / Maria H. Arndt, tr
  • 1965 [1st German ed 1962] 308p (G/F) $10.00  #5674
Modicum: Twelve Recollection Days for Priests
Bierbaum, Fr Athanasius, OFM / Bruno Hagspiel, SVD, tr.
  • 1941 204p pb Bi(F)Pg(G) $5.00  #5792
  • 1941 204p Bi(F)Pg(G) $9.00  #5793
  • 1946 204p Bi(F)Pg(G) $9.00  #5791
  • 1941 204p pb Bi(F)Pg(G) $5.00  #5794
Medical Guide to Vocations
[guidebook for detection of psychological signs revealing personalities unsuited to priestly or convent life]

Biot, René, MD & Pierre Galimard, MD / Robert P. Odenwald, MD, tr.
  • 1956 303p [1953 French ed] Bi(F)Pg(G) $34.00  #81847
Meaning of the Monastic Life, The
Bouyer, Fr Louis / Kathleen Pond, tr.
  • 1955 [1950 1st French ed] 209p (G/F) $38.00  #81180
Life in the City of God: Introduction to the Religious Life
[examines the origin of religious life, its description, its obligations; recast edition of "Catechism of the Vows"]

Carpentier, Rene, SJ / John Joyce, SJ, tr.
  • 1959 192p [1956 1st French ed] Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $5.00  #61145
  • 1959 192p [1956 1st French ed] Bi(F)Pg(G) $6.00  #81237
  • 1959 192p [1956 1st French ed] (G) $8.00  #9302
  • 1959 192p [1956 1st French ed] (F) $5.00  #9304
Diocesan Clergy, The: History & Spirituality
[beginning from the Council of Trent to the present, the author examines the clergy's organization, states of perfection, spirituality & patrons]

Charue, Bp. André Marie / Rev Michael J. Wrenn, tr.
  • 1963 327p (G/F) $14.00  #70633
Priest in the Epistles of St Paul, The
Cicognani, Archbp Giovanni
  • 1944 153p Bi(F)Pg(G) $5.00  #10689
  • 1944 119p (G/F) $6.00  #10688
Love & Service of God-Infinite Love, The: Containing a Message from Our Lord for the Clergy of the World
Claret de la Touche, Mother Louise Margaret / tr. from the French by Fr Patrick O'Connell
  • 1950 230p Bi(F/P)Pg(G/F) $5.00  #10773
Priest and Saint Paul, The: An Interpretation of Saint Paul's Writings Bearing on the Priesthood
Cohausz, Fr Otto, SJ / Fr. Laurence P. Emery, tr.
  • 1927 311p Bi(F)Pg(G) $17.00  #60827
Practice of the Vows, The
Colin, Fr Louis, CSsR / Suzanne Rickman, tr.
  • 1955 276p Bi(F)Pg(G) $16.00  #81548
Striving for Perfection: The Fundamental Obligation of the Religious State
Colin, Fr Louis, CSSR / Kathryn Day Wyatt, tr.
  • 1956 272p Bi(F)Pg(G) $25.00  #81651
  • 1961 272p Bi(F)Pg(G) $25.00  #81652
Spiritual and Pastoral Conferences to Priests
[conferences concerned with 3 areas: the priest's own spiritual growth, his role as confessor & director of souls, his function in the parochial ministry]

Connell, Fr Francis J., CSSR
  • 1962 349p Bi(G)Pg(G/F/P) $5.00  #61413
  • 1962 349p Bi(F)Pg(G) $6.00  #11713
  • 1962 349p (G/F) $7.00  #11712
Hour with Jesus, An: Meditations for Religious
[grandeur of the religious vocation, beauty of its apostolate, spiritual childhood, dogma of the Assumption & devotion to Mary, etc]

Courtois, Abbe Gaston / Sr Helen Madeleine, SND, tr
  • 2nd Series 1961 [1953 1st French ed] 173p (G) $10.00  #81185
  • 4th Series [only] 1962 155p (G/F) $10.00  #70200
  • 1st Series [only] 1962 (reprint of the 1955 ed) 161p (G/F) $8.00  #12418
  • 1st Series [only] 1962 (reprint of the 1955 ed) 161p Bi(F)Pg(G) $7.00  #12419
  • 3rd Series [only] 1961 169p Bi(F)Pg(G) $9.00  #81745
  • 1st Series [only] 1958 161p Bi(F)Pg(G) $7.00  #81744
  • 3rd Series [only] 1961 169p (G/F) $10.00  #81643
Retreat Conferences for Religious: Being a Series of Exhortations addressed to Relgious [23 talks on subjects such as religious profession, holy poverty, sin a religious, holy chastity, neglect, purity of intention, teachings of the passion, holy communion, devotion to the BVM, etc.
Cox, Rt Rev Bishop, OMI
  • 1922 307p 1st series Bi(F)Pg(G) $13.00  #12477
Father Mateo Speaks to Priests on Priestly Perfection
[priestly holiness is in direct proportion to the most sublime act of priestly life, the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass]

Crawley-Boevey, Fr. Mateo, SSCC [1875-1960] / Fr. Francis Larkin, SSCC
  • 1961 258p (reprint of 1960 ed) (G/F) $32.00  #60206
Consider Your Call
[treatise on the vocation & education of priests to make them worthy ministers of the Church]

Dalla Costa, Cardinal Elias / Rev Arthur T. Schmit, tr.
  • 1951 (1937 1st Italian ed) 206p Bi(F)Pg(G) $15.00  #13274
Dear Sister...
[counsels & encouragement for sisters involved in the formation of youth written in the form of letters]

de Hueck, Catherine
  • 1953 80p Bi(F)Pg(G) $16.00  #61164
  • 1953 80p (F) $13.00  #81355
Organization and Administration of the Minor Seminary, The
[7 conferences conducted at CUA: May 19-21, 1950: Its Meaning, Religious Training, Preparation of Teachers, Curriculum, Office & Records, Accrediting Agencies, Library]

Deferrari, Roy, ed
  • 1951 91p pb (F) $13.00  #70921
Creative Personality in Religious Life
[based on lectures given in June 1960 at the University of St. Louis, explores the psychological structure underlying the spiritual life of each religious, grace & nature, seeds of immaturity, adjustment to religious life, etc]

Dolores, Sr Marian, SNJM
  • 1963 179p some pencil underlining Bi(F)Pg(G/F) $8.00  #70972
Shepherd's Tartan
[anecdotes in convent life]

Dorcy, Sr Mary Jean, OP
  • 1953 179p Bi(F)Pg(G) $15.00  #16147
In Pursuit of Perfection: Conferences for Religious
Doyle, Fr Charles Hugo
  • 1954 214p (G/F) $6.00  #16414
  • 1954 214p Bi(F)Pg(G) $5.00  #16415
  • 1954 214p (G/G/F) $7.00  #16413
  • 1954 214p Bi(F)Pg(G) a few pencil marks $4.00  #80733
With Anxious Care
[religious authority & obedience as influenced by the moods of modern life, but faced with supernatural faith not secularistic spirit]

Duffey, Felix D., CSC
  • 1964 125p (G) $11.00  #16788
Testing the Spirit
[Insights & Instructions from a Master of Novices]

Duffey, Fr Felix D., CSC
  • 1957 174p Bi(F)Pg(G) $12.00  #80310
Religious Poverty in Practice
[practical explanation of voluntary renunciation, i.e., the detachment from money & material goods; applies principles to practical cases]

Dunne, Edmund T., CSSR
  • 1963 106p (G) $15.00  #16869
On Paths of Holiness: Essays Portraying the Spirit & Activity of the Secular Priesthood
[the life & mission of the pastor of souls]

Eder, Rev Karl / adapted by Rev Frank Gerein
  • 1932 343p Bi(F)Pg(G) $10.00  #17159
Retreat for Priests, A
[general retreat subjects such as the soul, sin, etc; 2nd part treats special duties, functions, trials & consolations of priests]

Elliott, Fr Walter
  • 1924 229p autographed (G/F) $22.00  #17336
His Heart in Our Work: Thoughts for a Priestly Apostolate
[43 essays for priests' spiritual reading covering devotion to the Sacred Heart, to Mary, to Joseph, virtues, prayer, liturgy, etc]

Filas, Francis L., SJ, ed.
  • 1954 192p (G) $10.00  #18518
  • 1954 192p (G/F/F) $7.00  #18519
  • 1954 192p (G/F) $8.00  #80956
Religious Life in the Church Today: Prospect & Retrospect
[women's section of the 2nd National Congress of Religious]

Florence, Mother Mary, SL., edited by
  • 1962 245p (G) $14.00  #18879
Ascetical Conferences for Religious
[30 talks on the interior life & the principles of Christian asceticism relating to Mary Our Mother, union with God, zeal, the Sacred Heart, etc]

Gabriel, Fr Henry A., SJ
  • 1940 372p Bi(F)Pg(G) $13.00  #80110
Eight Days Retreat for Religious, An
[based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius]

Gabriel, Fr Henry A., SJ
  • [New Edition] 1937 422p Bi(F)Pg(G) $8.00  #19868
  • [New Edition] 1937 422p (G/F) $9.00  #19867
  • 1925 2nd ed revised & enlarged 451p Bi(F)Pg(G) $8.00  #60815
Religio Religiosi: The Object & Scope of the Religious Life
[shows why the author became a religious & how he found peace & happiness in that state]

Gasquet, F. A. Cardinal
  • 1923 122p (F) $10.00  #20519
Religious Life and the Vows, The: A Treatise
[the 3 evangelical counsels: poverty, chastity & obedience]

Gay, Bp Charles / trans from the French / intro by Rev William Gordon
  • 1958 276p Bi(F)Pg(G) $13.00  #80894
  • 1950 276p Bi(F)Pg(G) $13.00  #80895
Peace and the Clergy
[a treatise in behalf of peace among nations]

German Priest, by a / Conrad M. R. Bonacina, tr.
  • 1936 166p (G/G/F) $8.00  #20822
Conference Matter for Religious
[72 talks on topics such as mortification, silence, predominant passion or defect, detraction, virtues of the family life, virtues of a good teacher, etc] [in 2 vols]

Girardey, Fr Ferreol, CSsR / intro by Rev. Thomas P. Brown
  • vol. 2 [only] 1920 381p (F) $7.00  #61330
The Young Apostle: Conferences for Church Students
Godfrey, Fr William
  • 1924 186p (G) $5.00  #21632
Return to the Novitiate, A: Principles of the Religious Life
Gouraud, Msgr Alcime / Julia T. & Gertrude L. Callahan, trs.
  • 1935 289p (F) $15.00  #22050
Retreat for Religious, A
[practical conferences on sin, detachment, mortification, prayer & the imitation of Christ]

Green, Rev Andrew, OSB
  • 1946 191p Bi(F)Pg(G) $15.00  #80351
Live in the Holy Spirit (Essays for Religious Women)
[conferences on ideals of religious life & avoiding formalism]

Hagspiel, Fr Bruno M., SVD
  • 1957 170p Bi(F)Pg(G) $5.00  #23317
  • 1957 170p (G/F) $6.00  #23316
  • 1957 170p (F) $4.00  #23318
  • 1957 170p (G) $7.00  #23315
Priest and Vocations, The
[nature of the divine call, criteria of vocation, role of priest in the confessional, etc] [Religious Life XI]

Haltstead, Ronald, tr
  • 1962 [1958 1st French ed] 181p (G) $7.00  #23436
Alphabet for the Religious
[26 mediations for priests, sisters or brothers based on each letter of the alphabet]

Haye, Rev George J.
  • 1946 96p IL (G) $10.00  #23853
People's Priest, The
[the theme of the relationship between the good priest & his parishoners – in spite of all he does within his parish in terms of visitations, sick calls, converts prep, etc, the priest's main role is centered around the Mass & prayer]

Heenan, Bp John C. ["Britain's Radio Priest"]
  • 1952 243p Bi(F)Pg(G) $7.00  #24027
  • 1952 243p (G/F) $8.00  #24029
Joy of Serving God, The
[a holy religious is a joyful soul: conferences for religious but applicable to all since cheerfulness should be found in all Christians]

Hemphill, Dom Basil, OSB
  • 1949 194p Bi(F)Pg(G) $20.00  #81461
Sisters Are Asking, The
[questions answered about the religious life: perfection, superiors, the vows, spiritual exercises, etc]

Herbst, Fr Winfrid, SDS
  • 1957 190p (G/F) $14.00  #24343
  • 1956 190p Bi(F)Pg(G) $13.00  #61090
  • 1957 190p Bi(F)Pg(G) $13.00  #81060
Sisters Want to Know
[sisters' questions pertaining to the interior life & religious life in general: silence, meditation, recreation, helpfulness, past sins, obedience, pride, St Pius X & Our Lady, etc. ]

Herbst, Fr Winfrid, SDS
  • 1958 288p Bi(F)Pg(G) $19.00  #81556
Courtesy for Clerics
[the priest's daily etiquette]

Hermannus"
  • 1950 84p (G/F) $32.00  #1674
Convent Mirror, The: A Series of Conferences for Religious
Hoeger, Very Rev Frederick T., CSSp
  • 1951 246p Bi(F)Pg(G) $12.00  #80285
  • 1951 246p (F) $11.00  #81389
Be Christ-Minded: Spiritual Exercises for Religious Based on the Litany of the Sacred Heart
[retreat conferences preached to sisters in Germany]

Hoever, Fr Hugo, S.O.Cist
  • 1954 157p Bi(F)Pg(G) $12.00  #80574
Guide for Religious Administrators
[handbook with practical principles & techniques for governing & managing a community]

Hoffer, Fr Paul, SM / Gabriel Rus, SM, tr.
  • 1959 171p Bi(F)Pg(G) $18.00  #81595
For Priests
[12 chapters for priests' meditations on cultivation of perfection, God's will, suffering, Mother of God, etc – gathered from his works written before his death in 1934]

Jarrett, Fr Bede, OP / Robert W. Gleason, foreword by
  • 1965 123p Bi(F)Pg(G) $30.00  #80348
Peace Grows in My Garden
[readings & meditations for acquiring peace of heart]

Josephine, Sister M.
  • 1944 174p (G/F) $21.00  #61152
  • 1944 174p Bi(F)Pg(G) $19.00  #81014
Melody in Your Hearts: A Sequel to Why I Entered the Convent
[13 nuns' stories about living in convent life]

Kane, George L., ed. / Most Rev. Richard J. Cushing, DD., intro by
  • 1958 173p Bi(F)Pg(G) $19.00  #80573
Priestly Beatitudes: Retreat Sermons
[talks to enkindle a priest's zeal for personal holiness]

Kassiepe, Rev. Max, OMI / Rev. A. Simon, OMI., tr.
  • 1953 393p Bi(F)Pg(G) $17.00  #81000
My Spiritual Exercises: Materials for Meditation on the Principal Exercises of Piety
[subjects treated are useful for anyone striving for a fervent spiritual life, religious or lay]

Kearney, John, CSSp / Fr Bernard Fennelly, CSSp, ed.
  • 1945 272p Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $8.00  #27402
Spirituality of the Teaching Sister, The
[proposes a spirituality meeting the demands of religious & academic life]

Kenrick, Fr Edward F.
  • 1962 243p (G) $6.00  #27876
  • 1963 243p (G) $6.00  #27877
  • 1962 243p (G/F) $5.00  #27878
  • 1963 243p (G/F) $5.00  #27879
  • 1962 243p Bi(F)Pg(G) $5.00  #80445
  • 1963 243p Bi(F)Pg(G) $5.00  #81672
Prophets of the Better Hope
[a priest advising fellow priests concerning personal influence of the priest, young priest & his elders, clerical shyness, docility & myths, sermons, leisure, etc]

Kerby, William J. / foreword by Archbishop John G. Murray
  • 1946 253p (G) $16.00  #27907
Thoughts on the Religious Life: Reflections on the General Principles of the Religious Life, on Perfect Charity, the End of the Religious Life, on Vocation, the Vows, the Rules, the Cloister Virtues & the Main Devotions of the Church With an Appendix of Maxims & Counsels
Lasance, Fr Francis X.
  • 1907 911p red edges / no ribbon Bi(F)Pg(G) $95.00  #29517
Thy Love and Thy Grace: Eight Days' Retreat for Religious
Lattey, Cuthbert, SJ
  • 1923 296p (F) $13.00  #29626
One Nun to Another
[series of heart to heart talks with nuns & aspiriants to the religious life on a wide range of religious topics & spirituality]

Laurence, Sr. Mary, OP
  • 1959 129p (G) $18.00  #61322
Love of Learning and the Desire for God, The: A Study of Monastic Culture
[the apostolic nature of scholarship which was the motivation of Catholic learning from St Benedict to St Bernard]

Leclercq, Dom Jean, OSB / Catharine Misrahi, tr.
  • 1961 415p Bi(F)Pg(G) $30.00  #30097
Catholic Priest in the Modern World, The
[priests & seminarians will find an intelligent & literate study of the demands of the modern priestly apostolate]

Magner, James A. / Samuel Card. Stritch, foreword by
  • 1957 291p Bi(F)Pg(G) $15.00  #32411
Lest We Build on Sand: A study of the natural basis for supernatural formation
[a useful study for seminary rectors, major superiors & all involved with religious formation]

Maher, Fr Trafford P., SJ.
  • 1962 273p Bi(F)Pg(G) $19.00  #80520
Secular Priesthood
[nature & obligations of the priesthood]

Mahoney, Rev E. J. / Card. Bourne, preface by
  • 1930 244p (F) $13.00  #32481
Branches of the Vine
[a detailed monthly plan of action for religious for carrying out the doctrine of the Mystical Body of Christ in their every act & thought]

Mahoney, Rev F. J., SJ
  • 1936 158p (F) $12.00  #32482
  • 1936 158p Bi(F)Pg(G) $14.00  #81191
Right to Be Merry, A
[happiness of sisters in religious life, usefuless & beauty of the contemplative life]

Mary Francis, Sr., PC
  • 1956 212p Bi(F)Pg(G) $12.00  #61117
Novices of Our Lord
[an ascetical work on the nature of religious life, the 12 Apostles as the 1st religious & models]

Master of Novices, by a / Julia T. & Gertrude L. Callahan, trs.
  • 1938 188p Bi(P)Pg(G) $12.00  #34186
Parish Priest
[the dignity of the diocesan priesthood & current concern about diocesan priestly spirituality]

Masure, Canon Eugene / Angeline Bouchard, tr
  • 1955 255p (G) $11.00  #34192
  • 1955 255p Bi(G)Pg(G/F) $10.00  #61139
As We Ought
[18 essays on interior perfection for religious]

McCorry, Fr Vincent P., SJ
  • 1949 236p Bi(F)Pg(G) $7.00  #34802
  • 1949 236p Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $5.00  #34803
  • 1949 236p [title page missing] Bi(F)Pg(G) $5.00  #34804
Spirituality for Postulate, Novitiate, Scholasticate
[the development of spiritual life written for those in the beginning stages, especially those preparing for the religious life]

McElhone, James F., CSC
  • 1956 196p [2nd ed] (G) $19.00  #61221
  • 1955 196p (G/F) $15.00  #81571
Fathering-Forth
[virtues & pitfalls of the parish priest – for instructing priests & seminarians]

McGoey, Fr John H., SFM
  • 1958 188p Bi(F)Pg(G) $20.00  #80273
  • 1958 188p (F) $17.00  #81891
Holy Restraint: Simple Talks to Sister Novices on the Formation of the Religious Personality
[Duquesne Sister Formation Series 2]

McGoldrick, Desmond F., CSSp
  • 1962 198p (G) $19.00  #81170
Independence Through Submission: Notes for Religious Sisters on the Idea & Implications of Their Religious Consecration
[the religious will find her happiness & joy by subjecting herself to grace in the wide area of God's providence] [Duquesne Sister Formation Series #3]

McGoldrick, Desmond F., CSSp
  • 1964 182p (G/F) $10.00  #35043
Martyrdom of Change, The: Simple Talks to Postulant Sisters on the Religious Mentality & Ideal
[Duquesne Sister Formation Series 1]

McGoldrick, Desmond F., CSSp
  • 1961 123p Bi(F)Pg(G) $18.00  #35047
Stir Up the Fire: Considerations on the Priesthood
McHugh, Isabel & Florence M.
  • 1959 233p (G/F) $12.00  #35191
  • 1959 233p Bi(F)Pg(G) $11.00  #81395
Conferences for Religious Vol 1: Based on the 25 Spiritual Maxims of St Bonaventure
Meyer, Fr Wendelin, OFM / Sisters of St. Francis, trs. / Fr Thoms Plassmann, OFM, preface by
  • 1932 326p Bi(F)Pg(G) $15.00  #80821
Missionary Spirit in Parish Life, The
[the priest in his work of winning souls for Christ]

Michonneau, Abbe
  • 1952 194p Bi(F)Pg(G) $10.00  #60768
Greater Perfection: Conferences
[talks 1st given to novices on sanctification & the 3 necessary means to attain it]

Miriam Teresa, Sr / Fr. Charles C. Demjanovich, AM, ed.
  • 1928 306p Bi(F)Pg(G) $29.00  #60450
Listen, Sister
[50 chapters written in an informal tone to address the practical problems of sisters serious about their religious life]

Moffat, John E., SJ
  • 1952 210p Bi(F)Pg(G) $6.00  #36502
  • 1953 208p Bi(F)Pg(G) $6.00  #36503
  • 1953 208p (F)some pen and pencil underlining $5.00  #81663
Listen, Sister Superior
[informal chats for superiors on ways to serve God better]

Moffat, John E., SJ
  • 1953 208p (G/F/F) $13.00  #36507
  • 1953 208p Bi(F)Pg(G) $15.00  #80727
By the Way, Sister...: Obiter Dicta for Nuns
Moffatt, John E., SJ
  • 1958 246p Bi(F)Pg(G) $14.00  #80736
Look, Sister
[Talks & Reflections for Nuns]

Moffatt, John E., SJ
  • 1956 256p Bi(G)Pg(F) $8.00  #36558
  • 1956 256p (F) $7.00  #80815
Step This Way, Sister: Reflections for Nuns, Young and—Less Young
[21 chapters touching upon sisters' sanctification]

Moffatt, John E., SJ
  • 1960 203p Bi(F)Pg(G/F) $12.00  #80150
  • 1960 203p Bi(G)Pg(F) $12.00  #81678
Retreat for the Clergy, A
Murphy, Bp J.T., CSSp
  • 1926 239p Bi(F)Pg(G) $10.00  #37529
Greatest Calling, The: A Presentation of the Priesthood by Famous Catholics
[Archbp Fulton Sheen, Fathers Rawley Meyers, Patrick Peyton, CSC, Daniel Lord, SJ, etc]

Myers, Rawley, ed.
  • 1951 184p Bi(F)Pg(G) $17.00  #81498
Wisdom I Ask
[meditations on the priestly office & necessity of wisdom, stimulating sequel to "The Priest at His Prie-Dieu"]

Nash, Fr Robert, SJ
  • 1964 342p (G) $12.00  #37819
  • 1964 342p Bi(F)Pg(G) $10.00  #80365
Seminarian at His Prie-Dieu, The
[40 meditiations for seminarians]

Nash, Robert, SJ
  • 1951 312p Bi(F)Pg(G) $16.00  #80279
Sister's Way of the Cross, The
Nearing, Fr Peter
  • 1959 17p IL pamphlet (G) $5.00  #55869
Priest in Our Day, The
[essays on the priestly life]

Nugent, Francis E., compiled by
  • 1954 194p (G/F) $5.00  #38740
  • 1954 194p Bi(G/F)Pg(G) $6.00  #38739
  • 1954 194p Bi(F)Pg(G) $4.00  #59927
Priesthood in a Changing World, The
[presents the ideals of the priesthood in light of contemporary needs & problems; includes P. Pius XI encyclical letter on the priesthood, "Ad Catholici Sacerdotii"]

O'Brien, Fr. John A.
  • 1946 (2nd ed) 326p Bi(F)Pg(G) $10.00  #38967
Clerical Colloquies: Essays & Dialogues on Subjects Sacerdotal
[with kindly humor, common sense & sound advice to clergy, author treats of devotions, the priest as a gentleman, rubrics, priest & the press, correspondence, loyalty to Mother Church, etc]

O'Neill, Arthur B., CSC
  • 1916 270p [2nd ed] Bi(F)Pg(G) $10.00  #59574
Priestly Practice: Familiar Essays on Clerical Topics
[advice for young priests: priestly ennui, daily meditation, reading, rubrics, breviary, preaching, health & exercise, hobbies, religious vocations, etc]

O'Neill, Arthur B., CSC
  • 1914 249p (G) $14.00  #39477
Ignatian Retreat for Priests in Five Days: Study in Sacerdotal Perfection
O'Reilly, Patrick J., SJ
  • 1939 395p Bi(F)Pg(G) $18.00  #80367
God's Highways: The Religious Life & Secular Institutes
Perinelle, J., OP / Donald Attwater, tr
  • 1958 339p Bi(F/F/P)Pg(G) $22.00  #55965
Priestly Existence
[a wide spectrum of characteristics found among priests, including temptations, trials & tensions – useful for those wishing to understand profound significance of the sacerdotal vocation]

Pfliegler, Rev Michael / Francis P. Dinneen , SJ , tr
  • 1957 425p (G/F) $12.00  #41085
Priest and Social Action, The (Westminster Library: A Series of Manuals for Catholic Priests & Students)
Plater, Fr Charles, SJ / Bp of Northampton, intro by
  • 1914 265p Bi(F/P/P)Pg(G) $7.00  #41633
  • 1914 265p Bi(F/P)Pg(F) $5.00  #41634
  • 1914 265p (F) $6.00  #41632
  • 1914 265p (G/F) $8.00  #41631
For More Vocations
[a vital study of the vocation problem with a sound practical & theological approach]

Poage, Fr Godfrey, CP
  • 1955 202p (G/F) $15.00  #61031
  • 1955 202p Bi(F)Pg(G) $14.00  #81729
Recruiting For Christ
["Science & Culture Series"] [what a religious vocation is, how to detect it in young boys & girls & how to direct them to religious life]

Poage, Fr Godfrey, CP
  • 1950 193p Bi(F)Pg(G) $13.00  #61030
Adsum: A Bishop Speaks to His Priests
[the relationship between the nature of the priesthood & the action of the priest – a concern for developing both holy priests & apostolic priests]

Pohlschneider, Bp Johannes [Bp. of Aachen, Germany] / Bp Henry J. Grimmelsman (Bp. of Evansville), tr. & ed.
  • 1962 172p (VG) $15.00  #41885
Mary's Conferences
[23 talks given to members of her congregation in late 19th & early 20th centuries, on conformity to the spirit of the institute, meditation, union with Mary, charity in fulfilling the law, self-denial & abandonment, etc]

Potter, Mother Mary
  • 1965 133p (VG) $17.00  #42095
  • 1965 133p (G) $14.00  #42096
Mind of the Church in the Formation of Sisters, The: Selections from Addresses Given During the Six Regional Conferences & the First National Meeting of the Sister Formation Conferences, 1954-'55
Ritamary, Sr, CHM, ed.
  • 1956 282p Bi(F)Pg(G) $14.00  #80382
  • 1956 282p Bi(F/P)Pg(G) $11.00  #87790
Mystery Man: or The Catholic Priest Explained
Roche, Aloysius
  • 1950 264p (G/F) $13.00  #44045
To Govern is to Love: Addressed to Superiors of Religious Communities of Women
Ronsin, Fr. F. X., SJ / Sr. Eugenia Logan, SP, tr.
  • 1953 287p (G) $14.00  #44310
  • 1953 287p Bi(F)Pg(G) $11.00  #81597
To Obey is to Reign: The Beauty & Grandeur of the Religious Life
Ronsin, Fr. F. X., SJ / Sr. Eugenia Logan, SP, tr.
  • 1961 234p (G/F) $7.00  #44312
  • 1961 234p Bi(F)Pg(G) $6.00  #55967
GoodBye, Good Men: How Liberals Brought Corruption into the Catholic Church
[the abuses in US Catholic seminaries over the last 3 decades; shows that the priest shortage is artificial & contrived]

Rose, Michael S.
  • 2002 276p (VG/G) $20.00  #44367
Priest in the World, The
[for understanding difficulties & strange ambiguities of the priest's situation in the modern secularized world]

Sellmair, Josef / Brian Battershaw, tr
  • 1954 238p Bi(F)Pg(G/F/P) $5.00  #46085
  • 1954 [from 1953 German ed] 238p (G) $9.00  #46082
  • 1954 238p Bi(F)Pg(G) $7.00  #46083
  • 1954 238p (F) $5.00  #46084
Adventure of A Soul, The: Meditations for the Rev. Sisters
Skwirczynski, Fr. Wladislaw, OFM
  • 1957 251p Bi(F)Pg(G) $13.00  #47577
Mystery of Godliness, The
[priestly spirituality based on St. Paul]

Spicq, Fr. Ceslaus, OP / Jex Martin, tr.
  • 1954 183p (G/F) $18.00  #80119
Essays on the Priesthood
[9 essays from various authors showing the model of the diocesan priest (St Pius X) to the nature of the priest, his duties, sanctification & relationship towards the bishop, parishoners, etc]

St. Meinrad Seminary, publ / St Meinrad Essays vol 11, no. 1
  • 1954 101p pb Bi(F)Pg(G) $10.00  #48199
Sponsa Christi: Meditations for Religious
[20 original meditations for sisters on the call, profession, poverty, chastity, obedience, the rule, divine office, the Mass, etc]

St. Paul, Mother / Joseph Rickaby, SJ, preface by
  • 1961 112p Bi(F)Pg(G) $19.00  #81267
Priesthood, The
[its origin, nature, purpose, dignity, etc]

Stockums, Most Rev Wilhelm / Rev Joseph Grundner, tr.
  • 1973 241p [reprint of 1942 ed] pb Bi(F)Pg(G) $5.00  #59696
  • 1942 241p Bi(F)Pg(G) $12.00  #80867
Approach to Monasticism
Van Zeller, Dom Hubert, OSB
  • 1960 182p (G/F) $15.00  #52130
Religious Community Life in the United States: Proceedings of the Men's Section of the First National Congress of the Religious of the United States
Various Authors
  • 1952 246p (G) $13.00  #52488
  • 1952 246p Bi(F)Pg(G) $10.00  #81429
Religious Community Life in the United States: Proceedings of the Sisters' Section of the First National Congress of Religious of the United States
various authors
  • 1952 197p (VG) $7.00  #52484
  • 1952 197p Bi(F)Pg(G) $5.00  #52485
  • 1952 197p (G/F) $6.00  #81716
Minister of Christ, The; or Ascetical Notes and Reflections for Priests
[in 2 Vols]

Vaughan, Bp John S.
  • vol 2 [only] 1926 314p Bi(F)Pg(G) $12.00  #60866
That I May See: Reflections for Priests & Religious
[32 meditations to reawaken the ardor that filled the soul in the early days of his priesthood]

Walter, Fr. Leo J., O. Carm.
  • 1949 138p Bi(F)Pg(G) $14.00  #53616
Religious Life and Spirit
[40 conferences that offer material to those in charge of giving spiritual conferences to religious communities]

Watterott, Fr Ignaz, OMI / Fr A. Simon, OMI, tr.
  • 1964 408p (reprint of 1950 ed) Bi(F)Pg(G) $14.00  #81359
  • 1958 408p (reprint of 1950 ed) Bi(F)Pg(G) $14.00  #80740
Priest's Prayer Book, The: A Handbook to the Breviary – The Breviary Psalms for Sundays & Festivals with Translations, Notes & Meditations
Wilmot, Christopher J., SJ
  • 1942 [1st ed] 148p flexible hardcover Bi(F)Pg(G) $33.00  #60840
Sacerdotal Salesmanship
[60 meditations for priests including practical pastoral theology]

Wynhoven, Rt Rev Peter M. H.
  • 1938 269p Bi(F)Pg(G) $10.00  #55301
  • 1938 269p pb (F) $7.00  #81922
"Fear Not, Little Flock"
[reflections to aid in the attainment of that "quiet of mind" in the quest for spiritual excellence]

Zimpfer, Rev George
  • 1949 259p Bi(F)Pg(G) $19.00  #60876
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