Cardinal Burke’s Recommended Reading List

Most of the following are available from the Marian Catechist Bookstore:

• Anima Christi, Mother Mary Francis, P.C.C.
• Heart of the Redeemer, Timothy T. O’Donnell, S.T.D.
• Meditations on the Litany of the Sacred Heart, Fr. Anthony Wolf
• Pope John Paul II Prays the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
• Mary of the Americas, Fr. Christopher Rengers, O.F.M. Cap.
• Praying in the Presence of Our Lord with the Saints, Fr. Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R. and James Monti
• A Right to be Merry, Mother Mary Francis, P.C.C.
• Forth and Abroad, Mother Mary Francis, P.C.C.
• Father John Hardon’s little books: Holiness in the Church; Salvation and Sanctification; Spiritual Life in the Modern World; Theology of Prayer
• Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux
• St. Thérèse of Lisieux: Her Last Conversation
• I Believe in Love: A Personal Retreat Based on the Teaching of St. Therese of Lisieux, Fr. Jean C. J. d’Elbee
• The Hidden Face: The Life of Therese of Lisieux, Ida F. Goerres
• The Story of a Life: St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Guy Gaucher, O.C.D.
• The Trial of Faith of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Fr. Frederick L. Miller, S.T.D.
• God Alone: The Collected Writings of St. Louis Marie de Montfort
• Encyclicals:
  • Catechesi Tradendae
  • Dives in Misericordia
  • Dominum et Vivificantem
  • Evangelii Nuntiandi
  • Redemptor Hominis
  • See The Vatican’s List of Documents

Recommended by Cardinal Burke during Retreat 2003

• Novo Millennio Ineunte, “At the Beginning of the New Millenium”
• Rosarium Virginis Mariae, “On the Most Holy Rosary”
• Ecclesia de Eucharistia, “On the Eucharist in Its Relationship to the Church”

Recommended by Father Hardon in the Marian Catechist Manual

• Catechesi Tradendae, “On Catechesis in Our Time”
• Evangelii Nuntiandi, “Proclaiming the Gospel to All People”
• Familiaris Consortio, “On the Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World”