Notes

• Authors marked with * are not in full communion with the Catholic Church.
• There is a book stall available at Wonersh on formation days.
• Where possble, the works mentioned below contain either a link to online content of a search for the book.
• Many Church documents such as the Catechism, Vatican II documents and papal encyclicals are available online at the Vatican website or in hard copy from the Catholic Truth Society.
• Some older works listed below may have multiple editions and ISBNs.

General

• Catechism of the Catholic Church
• Basic  Norms for the Formation of Permanent Deacons/Directory for Ministry and Life of Permanent Deacons (Congregation for Catholic Education/Congregation for the Clergy)
• Vatican Council II, The Conciliar and Post Conciliar Documents (Austin Flannery OP)
• The Christian Faith in the Doctrinal Documents of the Catholic Church (J. Neuner SJ & J. Dupuis SJ)

Scripture

• New Jerusalem Bible or Catholic Edition of NRSV Bible or American Catholic Community Bible
• New Jerome Biblical Commentary Student Edition (ed. R. Brown, J. Fitzmyer & R. Murphy)
• Synopsis of the Four Gospels (ed. K. Aland)
• The Gospel of John (R. Brown)
• The Birth of the Messiah (R. Brown)
• The Death of the Messiah (R. Brown)
• The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church (Pontifical Biblical Commission)
• Ancient Israel (R. DeVaux OP)
• Handbook for Biblical Studies (N. Turner*)
• Paul: A Critical Life (J. Murphy-O’Connor)
• Alive and Active (A. Graffy)
• Trustworthy and True (A. Graffy)

Philosophy & Dogma

• Early Christian Writings (ed. M. Staniforth)
• St Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologica A Concise Translation (T. McDermott)
• Fides et Ratio (Pope John-Paul II)
• Ecclesia de Eucharistia (Pope John-Paul II)
• Epiphany (A. Nichols OP) – text also available here.
• The Shape of Catholic Theology (A. Nichols OP)
• The Cappadocians (A. Meredith SJ)
• Torture and Eucharist (W. Cavanaugh)
• Radical Orthodoxy (ed. J. Milbank*, C. Pickstock & G. Ward)
• Sacrament of Salvation (P. McPartlan)
• Questions about God (P. Clarke)
• The Divine Trinity (D. Brown*)
• Arius (R. Williams*)
• On Christian Theology (R. Williams*)
• The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (S. Blackburn*)
• The Oxford Companion to Philosophy (T. Honderich*)
• Early Christian Doctrines (J. Kelly)
• A Rahner Reader (G. McCool)
• Foundations of Christian Faith (K. Rahner SJ)
• Theology: Science of Salvation (R. Latourelle)
• Fundamental Theology (G. O’Collins SJ)
• What Are They Saying About Jesus? (G. O’Collins SJ)
• The Easter Jesus (G. O’Collins SJ)
• John Henry Newman (I. Ker)
• Magisterium (F. Sullivan)
• After Writing (C. Pickstock*)
• Ecclesia: A Theological Encyclopedia of the Church (C. O’Donnell)
• What Binds Marriage? (T. Buckley CSsR)
• Marriage and Sacrament (M. Lawler)
• The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought (ed. A. Hastings)

Moral Theology

• Familiaris Consortio (Pope John-Paul II)
• Veritatis Splendor (Pope John-Paul II)
• Evangelium Vitae (Pope John-Paul II)
• Humanae Vitae (Pope Paul VI)
• The Way of the Lord Jesus Vol 1, Vol 2 (G. Grisez)
• Humanae Vitae: A Generation Later (J. Smith)
• Nuclear Deterrence, Morality and Realism (J. Finnis, J. Boyle & G. Grisez)
• Love and Responsibility (K. Wojtyla)
• Human Sexuality (G. Coleman)
• Ethics of Health Care (B. Ashley & K. O’Rourke)
• Issues for a Catholic Bioethic (ed. L. Gormally)
• Nuclear Weapons and Christian Conscience (ed. W. Stein)
• Choices (D. Brown*)
• Catholic Sexual Ethics (R. Lawler OFM Cap, J. Boyle & W. May)
• Ethics and Community (E. Dussel)
• Contraception and Chastity (G. Anscombe)

Social Teaching & Liberation Theology

• Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church (Pontifical Council For Justice And Peace) also available online here.
• Gaudium et Spes (Vatican II)
• Laborem Exercens (Pope John-Paul II)
• Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (Pope John-Paul II)
• Centesimus Annus (Pope John-Paul II)
• Ecclesia in Europa (Pope John-Paul II)
• The Common Good and the Catholic Church’s Social Teaching (CBCEW)
• Vote for the Common Good (CBCEW)
• Human Rights and the Catholic Church (CBCEW)
• Jubilee for Refugees (CBCEW)
• The Call of Creation (CBCEW)
• The Common Good in Education (CES)
• The New Dictionary of Catholic Social Thought (ed. J. Dwyer)
• Liberation Theology (G. Gutierrez)
• Christology at the Crossroads (J. Sobrino SJ)
• The Beatitudes (S. Galilea)
• Unemployment and the Future of Work (CT in Britian & Ireland)
• The Social Teaching of Vatican II (R. Charles SJ)
• The New Politics (P. Vallely)
• Option for the Poor (D. Dorr)
• Catholic Social Teaching (T. Herr)

Canon Law

• The Code of Canon Law (Numerous editions)
• The Canon Law, Letter and Spirit (Canon Law Society)
• An Introduction to Canon Law (J. Coriden)
• Mixed Marriages: The Revised Directory (CBCEW)

Spiritual Theology

• Confessions (St Augustine)
• Prayers and Meditations (St Anselm)
• The Interior Castle (St Teresa of Avila)
• Spirit of Flame (E. Allison Pears) London SCM 1943
• Mother of Carmel (E. Allison Pears) London 1945
• The Seven Story Mountain (Thomas Merton)
• Seeds of Contemplation (Thomas Merton)
• The Desert in the City (C. Carretto)
• To Be a Pilgrim – A Spiritual Notebook (B. Hume OSB)
• On Prayer (H. von Balthasar)
• School for Prayer (A. Bloom*)
• The Study of Spirituality (C. Jones* et al)
• The Wound of Knowledge (R. Williams*)
• Soul Friend (K. Leech*)
• True God (K. Leech*)
• Spirituality and Pastoral Care (K. Leech*)
• Dictionary of Christian Spirituality (G. Wakefield*)
• Good Friday People (S. Cassidy)
• God of Surprises (G. Hughes SJ)
• In Search of a Way (G. Hughes SJ)
• The Road from La Storta (P-H. Kovenbach SJ)

Liturgy

• Ceremonial of Bishops
• The Roman Rite Described
• The Rite of Baptism for Children
• Pastoral Care of the Sick
• Order of Christian Funerals
• The Rites of the Catholic Church, Vol 1, Vol 2
• The New Dictionary of Sacramental Worship (P. Fink SJ)
• General Instruction to the Roman Missal
• Christian Celebration (J. Crichton)
• Ceremonies of the Modern Roman Rite (P. Elliott)
• The Study of Liturgy (ed. C. Jones* et al)
• Diocesan liturgical newsletters if available

Church History & Hagiography

• The History of the Early Church (Eusebius)
• The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (ed. E. Livingstone)
• The Early Church (H. Chadwick*)
• The Reformation (O. Chadwick*)
• The Church in the Age of Revolution (A. Vidler*)
• John XXIII (P. Hebblethwaite)
• Paul VI (P. Hebblethwaite)
• Augustine of Hippo (P. Brown*)
• Roman Catholicism in England (E. Norman*)
• Cardinal Hume ad the Changing Face of English Catholicism (P. Stanford)
• John Paul II (Lord Longford)
• A History of Christianity (O. Chadwick*)
• The Stripping of the Altars (E. Duffy)
• Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes (E. Duffy)
• The Life of Thomas More (P. Ackroyd*)
• The Handle and the Axe (J. Aveling)
• A History of English Christianity 1920-1985 (A. Hastings)
• Butler’s Lives of the Saints (M. Walsh)
• The Memory of the Christian People (E. Hoornaert)

Pastoral Theology & the Deacon’s Ministry

• Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem (Pope Paul VI)
• Ad Pascendum (Pope Paul VI)
• Christ the Sacrament of the Encounter with God (E. Schillebeeckx)
• The Way of the Heart (H. Nouwen)
• The Wounded Healer (H. Nouwen)
• Compassion (H. Nouwen)
• Care and Conflict (K. Leech*)
• The Art of Christian Listening (T. Hart)
• General Directory for Catechesis (Congregation for the Clergy)
• Preaching: The Art and the Craft (W. Burghardt SJ)
• Preaching the Just Word (W. Burghardt SJ)
• The Practical Preacher (P. Edwards)
• The Deacon’s Ministry (C. Hall*)
• Diakonia (J. Collins)
• Baptising Babies and Clearing Gutters (B. Stringer)

Journals

• The Tablet
• The Pastoral Review
• Priests and People
• New Blackfriars
• Communio
• Concilium
• Faith
• The Way
• Spirituality