SELECTED INTERNET SITES
THE NEWMAN REFERENCE LIBRARY
Selected Sites
For the Church Worldwide – Church News, Documents, Events.
The Vatican Websitewww.vatican.va/phome_en.htm
For the Church at Home - The American Church, Social-Political-Moral Issues
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops Websitewww.usccb.org/index.shtml
For the Church in print - what - exactly - we believe and teach
The Catechism of the Catholic Church -www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/ccc.html
For the legacy of both the holy and the brilliant....
Fathers and Doctors, the Theologians, the Saints
The Catholic Encyclopedia (most articles)
Addresses for the top Catholic Websites - in English, Spanish, French...
http://www.newadvent.org/
For Liturgy of the Hours
Ordo: http://www.poshusa.org/ordo
Text: www.fdle.org/Liturgy_Resources/LITURGY_of__the_HOURS.html
NEWMAN REFERENCE LIBRARY
BMC - Room 101, Aylwyd on Cambrian Row
HC - Outside Whitehall 208
SC - Outside Bond 20
Church History
Triumph: The Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church
H.W. Crocker
Three Rivers Press, 2003
ISBN: 0761516042
512p
OSV Encyclopedia of Catholic History
Matthew Bunso
Our Sunday Visitor Press, 2004
ISBN: 1592760260
1054p
How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
Thomas E. Woods
Regnery Publishing, Inc. 2005
ISBN: 0895260387
Theology
The Catechism of the Catholic Church (2nd edition)
The Holy See
John Paul II
Doubleday, 2004
ISBN: 0385508190
802p
What Catholics Really Believe - Setting the Record Straith:
52 Answers to Common Misconceptions about the Catholic Faith
Karl Keating
Ignatius Press, 1995
ISBN: 0898705533
155p
Catholic Matters: Confusion, Controversy and the Splendor of the Truth
Richard John Neuhaus
Basic Books, 2006
ISBN: 0465049354
260p
John Henry Newman: A View of Catholic Faith for the New Millennium
John R. Connolly
Rowman & Littlefield, 2005
ISBN: 0742532216
256p
Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
USCCB, 2005
ISBN: 1S74556924
Vatican Council II: Constitutions, Decrees, Declarations
Costello Publishing Co, 1996
ISBN: 0918344379
610p
A Concise Dictionary of Theology
Gerald O. Collins and Edward G. Farrugia
Paulist Press, 2000
ISBN: 0809139294
320p
Truth and Tolerance: Christian Belief and World Religions
Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI)
Ignatius Press, 2004
ISBN: 158617035X
284p
Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know and Doesn’t[BMC, HC, SC]
Stephen Prothero
HarperSanFrancisco, 2007
ISBN: 978-0-06-084670-1
296p
An expanded glossary of terms and concepts for every religious community in America
Consecrated Phrases: A Latin Theological Dictionary [BMC}
James Bretzke SJ
Liturgical Press, 2003
ISBN 0-8146-5880-6
157p
Translations and brief explanations of a multitude of Latin phrases. Even browsing it gives you a little taste of theology
We Hold These Truths: Catholic Reflections on the American Proposition[BMC, HC. SC]
John Courtney Murray, S.J.
Rowman & Littlefield/Sheed & Ward, 1960/2005
LC: 60-12876
300p
The classic text on the place of the American Catholic Church in the political life of the nation.
The Catholic Priesthood and Women: A Guide to the Teaching of the Church [BMC, HC, SC]
Sara Butler, MSBT
Hillenbrand Books, Chicago
ISBN: 978-1-59525-016-2
122p
Exploration of the history and theology behind the Catholic doctrine on male-only clergy
by an advocate of women priests whose investigation in support discovered why ‘not.’
Scripture
The Jerusalem Bible
Alexander Jones (editor)
Doubleday, 2000
ISBN: 0385499183
1696p
The Dictionary of the Bible
John L. McKenzie
Touchstone, 1995
ISBN: 0684819139
976p
The New Jerome Biblical Commentary
Raymond E. Brown (editor)
Prentice Hall, 1989
ISBN: 0136149340
1484p
101 Questions and Answers on the Bible
Raymond E. Brown
Paulist Press, 1990 ISBN 0-8091-4251-1
147p
Fr. Brown is celebrated as the premier contemporary American biblical scholar.
Liturgy
The Celebration of the Eucharist
The Origin of the Rite and the Development of Its Interpretation
Enrico Mazza
Liturgical Press, 1999
ISBN: 081466170X
351p
The Church at Prayer: The Liturgy and Time
A.C. Martimort
Liturgical Press, 1986
ISBN: 0814613667
304p
The Church at Prayer: The Sacraments
A.C. Martimort
Liturgical Press, 1987
ISBN: 0814613659
337p
The Saints
Butler’s Lives of the Saints
Alban Butler
Liturgical Press, 2005
ISBN: 0814618375
301p
Mother of Christ, Mother of the Church
Documents on the Blessed Virgin Mary
Pauline Books and Media, 2000
ISBN:0819848085
511p
Mary in the New Testament
A Collaborative Assessment by Protestant and Roman Catholic Scholars
Raymond E. Brown (editor)
Fortress Press, 1978
ISBN: 0800613457
Spirituality
Holy the Firm [BMC]
Annie Dillard
HarperCollins, New York, 1977
ISBN 0-06-091543-9
75p
Meditations by a Pulitzer Prize winning author on life, time, reality, and the presence of God. She wrote the book while living alone on Puget Sound where she says "I came to study hard things - rock mountains and salt sea - and to temper my spirit on their edges. 'Teach me thy ways, O Lord' is, like all prayers, a rash one, and one I cannot but recommend."
Perfect Intimacy [BMC]
Lili Almog
Powerhouse Books, NY, NY c. 2006
ISBN 1-57687-315-3
A striking photo pictorial of contemplative life in a Carmelite convent. A moving essay as commentarySpiritual Direction and Meditation {BMC]
Thomas Merton
Liturgical Press, 1980
ISBN 0-8146-0412-9
108p
Reflections on some of the practical disciplines of prayer by Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk.
Hildegard of Bingen: Selected Writings [BMC]
Mark Atherton
Penguin, 2001
ISBN 0-140-43604-9
A selection of writings of a Benedictine abbess of the 12th century. She was well known in her time for her preaching. These days she is generally regarded as a mystic, but she also wrote music and some scientific texts.
St. Benedict's Toolbox: The Nuts and Bolts of Everyday Benedictine Living [BMC]
Jane Tomaine
Morehouse, 2005
ISBN 0-8192-2152-X
Dr. Tomaine is an Episcopal priest, but well versed in the Rule of St. Benedict. This is a good introduction to the importance of St. Benedict's legacy for all Christians, not just monks. If you are looking for some concrete ideas for Lent, this book has wonderful exercises in it. For example, how to read scripture meditatively, in the tradition of Lectio Divina.
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