Discernment Resources

Below are a few resources that may be helpful to you in your discernment.

Priests for the New Millennium
by Archbishop Timothy Dolan

Men of Brave Heart
by Archbishop José Gómez

To Save a Thousand Souls
by Fr. Brett Brannen

What Does God Want? A Practical Guide to Making Decisions.

Fr. Michael Scanlan, T.O.R. with James Manney.

Diary of a Country Priest
by Georges Bernanos

Catechism of the Catholic Church

Ordinatio Sacerdotalis. Apostolic Letter on Reserving Priestly Ordination To Men Alone.

Pope John Paul II, May 22, 1994

Sacerdotalis Caelibatus (The Celibacy of the Priest).

Encyclical. Pope Paul VI, June 24, 1967

Pastores Dabo Vobis (I Will Give You Shepherds). Apostolic Exhortation On the Formation of Priests in the

Circumstances of the Present.

Pope John Paul II, March 25, 1992

Jesus of Nazareth

by Pope Benedict XVI

Questions and Answers for Today’s Catholics

by Michael Manning

The Priest and the Third Christian Millennium: Teacher of the Word, Minister of the Sacraments and Leader of the Community.

Congregation for the Clergy, 1999

Soul of the Apostolate.
by Dom Chautard

Pastoral Presence and the Diocesan Priest

by Rev. Paul T. Keyes

When God Asks for an Undivided Heart: Choosing Celibacy in Love and Freedom

by Fr. Andrew Apostoli C.F.R.

Spiritual Renewal of the American Priesthood
by NCCB, 1971. Secretariat for Priestly Ministry

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