Must read at least 8 of the following with a paper for each.
Donald J. Goergen, Ann Garrido, The Theology of Priesthood. The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN 2000 **
Anthony E. Gilles, The Evolution of Philosophy: An Overview of Western Thought as it Relates to Judeo-
Christian Tradition, New York: Alba House, 1987.
Clayton N. Jefford, The Apostolic Fathers: An Essential Guide, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2005.
J. N. D. Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines (Revised Edition), New York: HarperSanFrancisco: A Division of HarperCollins
Publishers, 1978.**
Catherine DeHuck Doherty: Poustinia
Frederick Coppleston, S.J., Aquinas: An Introduction to the Life and Work of the Great Medieval Thinker, London:
Penguin Books Ltd., 1991.
Neil Douglas Klotz: Prayer of the Cosmos
Fr. Richard Rohr: Simplicity
Peter Kreeft, A Shorter Summa: The Essential Philosophical Passages of St. Thomas Aquinas’ Summa
Theologica, San Francisco: Ignatius, 1993.
Richard McBrien, Catholicism: New Study Edition--Completely Revised and Updated, San Francisco: Harper,
1994. (selected sections)
Jospeh Martos, Doors to the Sacred: A Historical Introduction to Sacraments in the Catholic Church, Garden
City: Doubleday(Image Books), 1982.
Joseph Lécuyer, C.S.Sp., What is a Priest?, New York: Hawthorn Books, 1959.
James T. O’Connor, The Hidden Manna: A Theology of the Eucharist (Second edition), San Francisco: Ignatius Press,
2005.
Robert A. Sungenis, Not by Bread Alone: The Biblical and Historical Evidence for the Eucharistic Sacrifice, Goleta, CA:
Queenship Publishing, 2000.
John A. Hardon, S.J., With Us Today: On the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist, Naples, Fl.: Sapientia Press
of Ave Maria University, 2005.
John Gallagher, The Basis for Christian Ethics, New York: Paulist Press, 1985.
Timothy E. O’Connell, Principles for a Catholic Morality, San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1978.
Fr. Thomas Merton,O.C.S.O., The Seven Storey Mountain,
Fr. Thomas Merton, O.C.S.O,No Man Is An Island
Fr. Thomas Merton OCS, CONTEMPLATION IN A WORLD OF ACTION