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Books on Discernment

To Save a Thousand Souls: A Guide for Discerning a Vocation to Diocesan Priesthood
Fr. Brett Brannen
Discerning Religious Life
Sr. Clare Matthiass, CFR
A Living Sacrifice: Guidance for Men Discerning Religious Life
Fr. Benedict Croell, OP and Fr. Andrew Hofer. OP
Discerning the Will of God
Fr. Timothy Gallagher
Personal Vocation: God Calls Everyone By Name
Dr. Germain Grisez and Russell Shaw
What Does God Want?
Fr. Michael Scanlan
Is Jesus Calling You To Be A Catholic Priest? A Helpful Guide
Fr. Thomas Richter, published by the NCDVD
Radical Surrender; Letters to Seminarians
Fr. Michael Najim
Tuning In to God's Call
by Christine Kiley (Author), Most. Rev. Edward Rice (Aux. Bishop St. Louis), Fr. Andrew Wisdom (Contributor)
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 (6th Edition), U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2022
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
Patricia Mitchell
The Joy of Priesthood
Msgr. Steve Rosetti
Reclaiming our Priestly Character
Fr. David Toups
Maurice and Therese: The Story of a Love
Patrick Ahern
Short Catechism on the Priesthood
St. John Chrysostom
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
Fr. Gereon Karl Goldmann
Autobiography of a Hunted Priest
Fr. John Gerard, SJ
Books on Celibacy

The Courage to be Chaste
Fr. Benedict Groeschel
When God Asks for an Undivided Heart
Fr. Andrew Apostoli
Sacerdotalis Caelibatus
Encyclical of Pope Paul VI on the Celibacy of the Priest, June 24, 1967
Virginity: A Positive Approach to Celibacy for the Sake of the Kingdom of Heaven
Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM
And You are Christ’s: The Charism of Virginity and the Celibate Life
Fr. Thomas Dubay, SM
Videos on the Priesthood
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