Suggested Books

Books on the Taking of Vows

An Undivided Heart. Making Sense of Celibate Chastity
Sean Sammons, FMS; Alba House

Celibacy: Means of Control of Mandate of the Heart
Michael Crosby, OEM Cap.; Ave Maria Press

Your Sexual Self. Pathways to Authentic Intimacy
Fran Ferder and John Heale; Ave Maria Press

Traits of a Healthy Spirituality
Melanie Svoboda, SND; 23rd Publications

Poverty, Chastity, and Change
Carol Garabaldi Rogers; Harcourt

Called By God
Nimeck Coombs; Liturgical Press

Called New Thinking Christian Vocation
M. Basil Pennington; The Seabury Press

Discerning Vocations to Marriage. Celibacy and Singlehood
Nemeck Coombs; Liturgical Press

Getting a Life – How to Find Your True Vocation
Renee M. LaReau; Orbis Books

Now Choose Life
William Barry, Paulist Press

Personal Vocation – God Calls Everyone By Name
Germain Grisez and Russell Shaw; Our Sunday Visitor

Becoming an Everyday Mystic
James Wanski; Abbey Press

Beginning to Pray
Anthony Bloom; Paulist Press

Daily We Touch Him Practical Religious Experiences
OCSO; Image Books

God and You
William Barry; Paulist Press

Learning the Language of Prayer
Joyce Huggett; Crossroad Publishing

Moving in the Spirit: Becoming a Contemplative in Action
Richard Houser, SJ; Paulisi Press

Praying Our Experiences: Joseph Schmidt
St. Mary’s Press Winona

The Life of Prayer and the Way to God
Mary Clare Vincent, OSB; Living Flame Press

With Open Hand
Henri J. Nouwen; Ave Maria Press

Finding the Treasure
Sandra Schneiders; Paulist Press

Sell All
Sandra Schneiders; Paulist Press

Religious Life in America – A new Day Dawning
Sean Sammons, FMS; St. Paulus

An Introduction to Spiritual Direction- A Psychological Approach for Directors and Directees
Chester P. Michael; Paulist Press

Spiritual Direction and the Encounter with Christ- The Friend of the Bridegroom
Thomas H. Green, SJ, Ave Maria Press

The Practice of Spiritual Direction
William A Barry and William J. Connolly; Harper San Francisco

Amazing Grace
Kathleen Norris; Riverhead Press

Dance of the Spirit (7 Steps of Women’s Spirituality)
Maria Hams; Bantam Books-Ave Maria Press

Doing the Truth in Love-Conversations about God, Relationship and Service
Rev. Michael Himes; Paulist Press

The Fire In These Ashes
Joan Chittester; Sheed and Ward

The Holy Longing – The Search for Christian Spirituality
Ronal Rolheiser; Double Day

Guided by the Spirit; A Jesuit Perspective on Spiritual Direction
Frank Haudeck, SJ; Loyola Press

When the Well Runs Dry
Thomas Green, SJ; Ave Maria

Where Two or Three Are Gathered
Barbara Fiand; Crossroads

The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran; New York: Alfred A. Knopf

Markings
Dag Hammarskjold; NewYork: Ballantine Books

Hind’s Feet on High Places
Hannah Hurnard; San Francisco:Harper & Row

The Chronicles of Narnia
C.S. Lewis; NewYork: Macmillan Press

The Seven Story Mountain
Thomas Merton; New York: Harcourt, Brace, & Co.

May I Have This Dance?
Joyce Rupp; Notre Dame: Ave Maria Press