Essential Readings for Catholic Students
Books are an essential tool for forming our minds as Catholics. On Tuesday’s program, we asked you what books are essential reading for Catholic students – and you had lots to say! Here is a list of every book mentioned on the program. Â
Summa Theologica –Thomas Aquinas
A Tour of the Summa – Msgr. Paul Glenn
The Iliad and The Odyssey – Homer
Mere Christianity & The Screwtape Letters – CS Lewis Â
Imitation of Christ – Thomas a Kempis Â
Decline of the West – Oswald Spengler
Men, Women and the Mystery of Love: Practical Insights from John Paul II’s Love and Responsibility – Ed Sri
Real Love: Answers to Your Questions on Dating, Marriage and the Real Meaning of Sex – Mary Beth Bonacci
The Confessions of St Augustine
Flannery O’Connor’s Short Stories
How the Catholic Church Built the West – Thomas Woods
The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self – Carl Trueman
Spirit of the Liturgy – Pope Benedict XVI
How the Eucharist Can Save Civilization – R. Jared Staudt
Man and Woman He Created Them – Pope St. John Paul II
The Faith Explained – Fr Leo Trese
The Case for Jesus and Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary – Brant Pitre
Witness to Hope – George Weigel
Priest and Beggar and The Hermit – Kevin Wells
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
The Three Marks of Manhood: How to be Priest, Prophet and King of Your Family – GC Dilsaver
In the Arms of Mary – Slawomir Biela
The Holy Eucharist – Alphonsus Liguori
Josh Charles’ writings at https://eternalchristendom.com/
Diary of a Soul – Sr Maria Faustina
Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
