Fall 2016 Booklist
Students are responsible for purchasing from local or online booksellers and/or downloading (if applicable) the
following texts for the courses in which they are enrolled. If students wish to purchase hard copies of the encyclicals and
other Church documents, most are available from Pauline Books & Media. This document will updated as more class
booklists become available, please check back if your class is currently unavailable.
HIST 501: Evangelization of the Ancient World (Sehorn)
Early Christian Fathers, ed. Cyril C. Richardson (Simon & Schuster)
Early Christian Lives, trans. and ed. Carolinne White (Penguin)
The Sayings of the Desert Fathers, trans. Benedicta Ward (Cistercian Publications / Liturgical Press)
St Augustine, Confessions, trans. John K. Ryan (Image) OR R.S. Pine-Coffin (Penguin) OR Maria
Boulding (New City Press / Ignatius)
Rule of St Benedict (any English translation)
St John of Damascus, Three Treatises on the Divine Images, trans. Andrew Louth (St Vladimir’s Seminary
Press)
Beowulf, trans. Seamus Heaney (Norton [Critical Edition OR Bilingual Edition])
The Portable Dante, trans. Mark Musa (Penguin)
SCRP 501: Salvation History (Sri)
S. Dempster, Dominion and Dynasty: A Theology of the Hebrew Bible (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity
Press, 2003).
S. Hahn, A Father Who Keeps His Promises (Cincinnati: Servant Books, 1998).
C.M.. Pate, et. al., eds., The Story of Israel (Downer’s Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2004.)
T. Gray & Jeff Cavins, Walking with God (West Chester, PA: Ascension Press, 2010).
E. Sri, The Bible Compass A Catholic’s Guide to Navigating the Scriptures (West Chester, PA:
Ascension Press, 2009)
J. Cavins, T. Gray, S. Christmyer, The Bible Timeline Chart (West Chester, Pennsylvania: Ascension
Press, 2004). (note: just the timeline chart itself is needed)
Holy Bible (RSV-CE preferred)
THEO 502: The Creed: The Trinity, Christ, and the Church (Akers)
Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2nd Edition, 1997. Paragraphs 1-1065.
Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2011. Questions 1-217.
Sean Innerst, From Blessing to Blessing: The Catechism as a Journey of Faith, Ascension Press, 2008.
Bl. John Henry Newman, Everyday Meditations, Sophia Institute Press, 2013.
Joseph Ratzinger, Credo for Today: What Christians Believe, Ignatius Press, 2009.
Frank J. Sheed, Theology and Sanity, Ignatius Press, 1993 or Aeterna Press, 2015.
Note: Kindle editions are an acceptable form. Other reading material from the Fathers of the
Church, Saints, and Spiritual Authors will be made available in PDF on Canvas.
THEO 504: Moral & Spiritual Theology (de Solenni)
Catechism of the Catholic Church - either eBook or hardcopy. You will need to read entire sections of it;
so online versions are not conducive.
Veritatis Splendor, by St. John Paul II, 1993. Online is fine for this. Please only use the Vatican
version if you are using the web version.
The Sources of Christian Ethics, by Servais Pinckaers, OP, 1995.*
Morality: The Catholic View, by Servais Pinckaers, OP, 2001 or 2003*
Introduction to the Devout Life, by St. Francis de Sales.
Fire From Above, by Anthony Lilles, 2016.**
The Soul of the Apostolate, by Jean-Baptiste Chautard, OCSO. **
*You only need to purchase one of the Pinckaers books. Sources is more complete and worth the
investment, particularly if you are planning to teach.
** Unless you are in a rush to purchase books, I would recommend waiting on these two books as I
may not use both of them.
You will be required to read the entirety of Parts III & IV in the Catechism. I recommend beginning
on them as soon as possible so that you can digest the content. It will require a slow and thoughtful
read. You’ll get much more out of the text and the classes if you do not cram the readings.
THNE 601: Discipleship & Christian Life (Beckman)
Title
Author(s)
Publisher
ISBN #
Mission of the Redeemer
John Paul II
Vatican Library
Available online
The Lost Art of Disciple Making
LeRoy Eims
Zondervan
Talent is Overrated
Geoff Colvin
Portfolio /
Penguin
Following the Master
Michael J.
Wilkins
Zondervan
Forming Intentional Disciples
Sherry Weddell
Our Sunday
Visitor
978-1612785905
Divine Renovation: Bringing Your
Parish from Maintenance to Mission
Fr. James
Mallon
Twenty-Third
Publications
978-1627850384
Catechism of the Catholic Church
General Directory for Catechesis
978-0310372813
978-1591842941
978-0310521518
Available online
Available online
THNE 603: Pastoral Care & Ecclesial Life (Pollice)
Books
Arinze, Francis Cardinal: The Layperson’s Distinctive Role, Ignatius Press, 2013
McKenna, Kevin E.: A Concise Guide to Canon Law, A Practical Handbook for Pastoral Ministers,
Ave Maria Press, 2000
Shaughnessy, Mary Angela: Religious Education and the Law—A Handbook for Parish Catechetical
Leaders, National Catholic Educational Association, 1996
Sri, Edward: Pope Francis and the Joy of the Gospel: Rediscovering the Heart of a Disciple: Our
Sunday Visitor, 2014
Book Excerpts
Osborne, Keenan B.: Ministry: Lay Ministry in the Roman Catholic Church, Its History and
Theology, Paulist Press, Chapters 12-13 (PDF on Canvas)
Magisterial Documents
The Holy See: Instruction on Certain Questions Regarding the Collaboration of the Non-Ordained
Faithful in the Sacred Ministry of Priests
Pope Benedict XVI: Christmas Address to the Roman Curia, December 22, 2005
Pope St. John XXIII: Opening Address of the Second Vatican Council
Pope St. John Paul II: Encyclical Letter Redemptor Hominis, The Redeemer of Man
Pope St. John Paul II: Apostolic Letter Novo Millenium Inuente, At the Beginning of the Third
Millennium
Pope St. John Paul II: Apostolic Exhortation Christifidelis Laici, On the Role of the Laity in the
Church and the World
Pope Paul VI: Encyclical Letter Ecclesiam Suam, Paths of the Church
Vatican II: Pastoral Constitution on the Church and the Modern World Gaudium et Spes
Selections from Magisterial Documents
Pope Francis: Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, The Joy of the Gospel (Chapters I, II, and
V)
Vatican II: Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation Dei Verbum (Chapter I, II, and VI)
Vatican II: Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium (Chapters I, II, IV, V, VIII)
Vatican II: Dogmatic Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Sacrosanctum Concilium (Chapters I-III)
Articles
Bushman, Douglas G.: The Renewal of Vatican II: Distractions and Distortions in Catholic
Dossier Vol. 6, No. 6 (Nov.-Dec. 2000), pp. 26-33. (PDF on Canvas)
THEO 501: Faith & Reason (Blum)
Stephen L. Brock, The Philosophy of St Thomas Aquinas (Cascade Books);
Boethius, On the Consolation of Philosophy (Oxford's World's Classics edition is strongly preferred).
*Pope John Paul II: Encyclical Letter Fides et Ratio, On the Relationship between Faith and Reason
*Pope Francis: Encyclical Letter Lumen Fidei, On Faith
*Students are welcome to purchase copies of John Paul II, Fides et Ratio and Francis, Lumen Fidei, if
they so desire. These texts are, however, also available on the Vatican website.
THEO 785: Theology of St. Augustine (Herrman)
Agostino Trapè, Saint Augustine: Man, Pastor, Mystic (New York: Catholic Book Publishing, 1991),
ISBN 10: 0-89942-172-5, ISBN 13: 978-0-89942-172-8.
Pope John Paul the Great, Apostolic letter Augustine of Hippo, Augustinum Hipponensem, 28 August
1986. (View Online)
St. Augustine. The readings from Augustine can be found in The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the
Christian Church (vols. 1-8 First Series, Philip Schaff, ed. Buffalo NY: The Christian Literature
Co., 1886-1888), and The Fathers of the Catholic Church (Washington, DC: The Catholic University
of America Press, 1947) [hereafter referred to as “NPNF” and “TFC” respectively]. Only
selected readings from these series will be required for this class and those readings have been
indicated in the “Course Outline & Schedule of Readings” in the Syllabus and highlighted in
blue in the Bookmarks panel of Adobe Acrobat in the electronic version of the texts freely
available to students on Canvas. Otherwise, new and used copies of these texts are widely
available in print and digital formats.