Reference Books

• THE NEW JEROME BIBLE HANDBOOK, Liturgical Press, 1992
• ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CATHOLICISM, Richard McBrien, Harper Collins, 1995
• VATICAN COUNCIL II, THE BASIC SIXTEEN DOCUMENTS; CONSTITUTIONS, DECREES, DECLARATIONS – A Revised translation in inclusive language, General Editor, Austin Flannery
• AN INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT, Raymond Brown, Anchor Bible Reference Library.
• WOMAN AND MAN ONE IN CHRIST, Report on the participation of women in the Catholic Church in Australia.  Harper Collins, 1996.

The following are reliable scriptural and theological authorities

 Books We Recommend

• Baron and Wagele. The Enneagram Made Easy.
• Bausch, William. A New Look at the Sacraments.
• Beattie, Melody. Co-dependent No More.  (All writings by Beattie)
• Bergant, Dianne. The Collegeville Concise Glossary of Biblical Terms.
• Brueggemann, Walter.  Spirituality of the Psalms
• Butler-Bass, Diana. Christianity For the Rest of Us. How The Neighborhood Church is Transforming the Faith
• Boys, Mary C., ed. Seeing Judaism Anew: Christianity’s Sacred Obligation
• Bokenkotter, Thomas. Essential Catholicism, Dynamics of Faith and Belief.
• Brown, Raymond. Responses to 101 Questions on the Bible.
• Butigan, Litell, Vitale. Franciscan Non Violence.
• Cahill, Lisa Sowle. Theological Bioethics: Participation, Justice, Change
• Champlin, Joseph. The Marginal Catholic  (All writings by Champlin)
• Chittister, Joan. A Passion For Life
• Coriden, James. The Rights of Catholics In the Church
• Cunningham Lawrence. Faith Rediscovered:  Coming Home to Catholicism.
• Cwiekowski, Frederick. The Beginnings of the Church.
• Dear, John. Transfiguration.
• Deedy, John. Retrospect:The Origins of Catholic Belief and Practice.
• Delia, Warner, Wood. Care For Creation.
• Donders, Joseph. Risen Life, Healing a Broken World.   (All writings by Donders)
• Donovan, Vincent. The Church in the Midst of Creation.
• Eckhart, Tolle. The Power of Now
• Edwards, Denis. Ecology at the Heart of Faith: The Change of Heart That Leads to a New Way of Living on Earth.
• Feiler, Bruce. Where God Was Born, A Journey by Land to the Roots of Religion
• Ferder, and Heagle. Your Sexual Self:  A Path to Authentic Intimacy
• Flinders, Carol Lee. Enduring Grace, living portraits of Seven Women Mystics
• Goergen, Don, OP. Fire of Love, Encountering the Holy Spirit
• Heaps, Bishop John . A Love That Dares To Question
• Henriot, Peter (et.al.).   Catholic Social Teaching:  Our Best Kept Secret.
• Himes, Kenneth, ed., Modern Catholic Social Teaching, commentaries and interpretations
• Hosie, John. Before You Love Again.  Marriage, Divorce and Annulment.
• Johnson, Elizabeth. She Who Is. ( all writings by E. Johnson)
• Kaufman, Philip, Why You Can Disagree and Remain a Faithful Catholic.
• LaVerdiere, Eugene. Fundamentalism: A Pastoral Concern
• Lewis, Thomas.  Finding God: Praying the Psalms In Times of Depression
• Linn Dennis, Sheila & Matthew, Good Goats.  Healing Our Image of God.
• March, John, MD. Talking Back to OCD  (obsessive compulsive disorder)
• McBrien, Richard.  Catholicism.   (All writings by McBrien)
• McKenna, Megan. Not Counting Women and Children.
• Moloney, Frank. A Body Broken for a Broken People:  Eucharist in the N.T.
• Morneau, Bishop Robert.  Reconciliation
• Murphy-O’Connor, Jerome. Paul, His Story
• Nolan, Albert. Jesus Before Christianity.
• O’Donohue, John. To Bless the Space Between Us.  A Book of Blessings.  (all works by O’Donohue)
• O’Gorman and Faulkner. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding Catholicism
• O'Meara, Thomas. Fundamentalism:  A Catholic Perspective.
• O’Murchu, Diarmui., Catching Up With Jesus: A Gospel Story for Our Time
• O'Shea, Bill. Questions Catholics Ask.
• Pable, Martin. Catholics and Fundamentalism
• Radcliffe, Timothy, OP. What is the Point of Being a Christian?
• Reid Barbara, Choosing the Better Part, women in the Gospel of Luke.
• Robinson, Bishop Geoffrey. Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church
• Rohr, Richard. Everything Belongs. The Gift of Contemplative Prayer (All writings by Rohr)
• Rolheiser, Ron. The Holy Longing.
• Rosenberg, Marshall. Nonviolent Communication
• Rupp, Joyce. Walk In a Relaxed Manner (All writings by Rupp)
• St. Anthony Press (Ed.) A Retreat With ..a variety of books on spirituality of saints
• Sanchez, Patricia. The Word We Celebrate. (Commentary on Sunday Lectionary)
• Schillebeeckx, Edward. Church, The Human Story of God.
• Schussler-Fiorenza, Elizabeth. Bread Not Stone, The challenge of Feminist Biblical Interpretation.
• Shlemon, Barbara, Healing the Wounds of Divorce.
• Schmidt, Joseph. Praying Our Experiences.
• Schneiders, Sandra.  Written That You May Believe, Encountering Jesus in the Fourth Gospel
• Sherman, Barbara. Dementia With Dignity, A Handbook For Caregivers.
• Simon, Arthur.  How Much Is Enough? Hungering for God in an Affluent Culture
• Simpson, Robert and Anne. Through the Wilderness of Alzheimer’s, a guide in two voices.
• Sloyan, Gerard. So You Mean to Read the Bible.
• Sofield and Juliano. Collaborative Ministry, skills & guidelines.
• Smith, Virginia. God For Grownups.
• Stuhlmueller, Carroll. Biblical Meditations -readings for the liturgical year/ 6 vol.
• Wallis, Jim. Living God’s Politics: A Guide to Putting Your Faith Into Action
• Wessels, Cletus. Jesus In the New Universe Story
• Whitehead, Evelyn and James, A Sense of Sexuality. (All writings by Whiteheads)
• Wilkes, Paul. The Good Enough Catholic (all writings by Wilkes)
• Wills, Garry.  What the Gospels Meant (all writings by Wills)
• Wolski-Conn, Joann, ed. Women’s Spirituality, resources for Christian Development
• Zwack, Joseph.  Your Chance to Remarry Within the Catholic Church

Translations of the Bible

• New Jerusalem Bible
• New American Bible  (Catholic Edition or Catholic Edition Study Bible)
• New Revised Standard Version (Catholic Edition)
• The Way (Catholic Edition) Transliteration of the Bible

Bible Commentaries

• Collegeville Bible Commentaries (Either one volume or commentary on individual books)
• New American Bible (Catholic Study Edition)

Revised May 2008