Books to Read

Discernment of Priesthood

To Save a Thousand Souls: A Guide for Discerning a Vocation to Diocesan Priesthood
by Fr. Brett Brannen

The Priest is Not His Own
by Archbishop Fulton Sheen

A Priest in the Family
by Fr. Brett Brannen

Priests for the New Millennium
by Archbishop Timothy Dolan

What Does God Want? A Practical Guide to Making Decisions
Fr. Michael Scanlan, T.O.R. with James Manney. 
 

Catholic Church Teaching

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

 
Spirituality

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