Vocation Resources
BOOKS ON VOCATIONAL DISCERNMENT
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To Save a Thousand Souls: A Guide for Discerning a Vocation to Diocesan Priesthood
Fr. Brett Brannen
Fr. Timothy Gallagher
Fr. Benedict Croel, O.P. and Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P.
Fr. George Elliott
Is Jesus Calling You To Be A Catholic Priest? A Helpful Guide
Fr. Thomas Richter, published by the NCDVD
Mother Clare Matthiass, CFR
MAGISTERIAL DOCUMENTS
Presbyterorum Ordinis (Order of Priests), 1965
Sacerdotii Nostri Primordia (From the Beginning of Our Priesthood) 1959
Pastores Dabo Vobis (I will Give You Shepherds), 1992
Program of Priestly Formation (5th Edition), U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2005
BOOKS ON THE PRIESTHOOD
Priests for the Third Millennium
Archbishop Timothy Dolan
The Priest is Not His Own
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, 2004
Those Mysterious Priests
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, 2005
A Priest’s Life: The Calling, The Cost, The Joy
The Word Among Us Press
The Joy of Priesthood
Msgr. Steve Rosetti
Reclaiming our Priestly Character
Fr. David Toups
Maurice and Therese: The Story of a Love
Saint Therese of Lisieux
The Grace of Ars
Fr. Frederick Miller
Treasure in Clay
Archbishop Fulton Sheen
The Grunt Padre
Fr. Daniel Mode
A Shepherd in Combat Boots: Chaplain Emil Kapaun of the 1st Cavalry Division
William L. Maher
Holy Man: Father Damien of Molokai
Gavan Daws
The Shadow of His Wings: The True Story of Fr. Gereon Goldmann, OFM
Gereon Karl Goldmann
Autobiography of a Hunted Priest
John Gerard
BOOKS ON CELIBACY
The Courage to be Chaste
Fr. Benedict Groeschel
When God Asks for an Undivided Heart
Fr. Andrew Apostoli
Sacerdotalis Caelibatus (Priestly Celibacy)
Pope Paul VI, 1967
Virginity
Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa
“…And You are Christ’s” The Charism of Virginity and the Celibate Life
Thomas Dubay, S.M.