HISTORY OF READING

2023 (9)

  • William H. Willimon, Thank God It’s Friday: Encountering Jesus at the Lord’s Table for the Last Time.
  • Tomáš Halík, Touch the Wounds: On Suffering, Trust, and Transformation.
  • Monika K. Hellwig, The Eucharist and the Hungers of the Word.
  • Sheila Cassidy, Sharing the Darkness: The Spirituality of Caring
  • Adam Bucko, Let Your Heartbreak Be Your Guide: Lessons in Engaged Contemplation.
  • Timothy Radcliffe, O.P., El Borde del misterio: Tener fe en tiempos de incertidumbre
  • Loughlan Sofield, S.T., Carroll Juliano, S.H.C.J., and Rosine Hammett, C.S.C.,  Design for Wholeness: Dealing with Anger; Learning to Forgive; Building Self-Esteem.
  • Anna Carter Florence, Rehearsing Scripture: Discovering God’s Word in Community.
  • Walter Brueggemann, Spirituality of the Psalms
  • Chris Lowney, Make Today Matter: 10 Habits for a Better Life (and World).

2022 (40)

  • René Voillaume, Christian Vocation.
  • Kelley Nikondeha, The First Advent in Palestine Reversals, Resistance, and the Ongoing Complexity of Hope.
  • Cathy Wright, LSJ, Saint Charles de Foucauld: His Life and Spirituality.
  • D. L. Mayfield, Unruly Saint: Dorothy Day’s Radical Vision and Its Challenge for Our Times.
  • Clarence Jordan, The Inconvenient Gospel: A Southern Prophet Tackles War, Wealth, Race, and Religion.
  • Will D. Campbell, Writings on Reconciliation and Resistance.
  • Mary Catherine Hilkert, Naming Grace: Preaching and the Sacramental Imagination.
  • Sister Wendy Beckett and Robert Ellsberg, Dearest Sister Wendy . . . A Surprising Story of Faith and Friendship.
  • William T. Ditewig, Courageous Humility: Reflections on the Church, Diakonia, and Deacons.
  • Joseph Victor Edwin, SJ, ed., Brother to All: The Life and Witness of St. Charles de Foucauld.
  • Frederick Buechner, Buechner 101: Essays, Excerpts, Sermons and Friends
  • Francis De Bernardo, Mychal Judge: Take Me Where You Want Me to Go.
  • Albert Nolan. Jesus Before Christianity: Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition.
  • Walter Brueggemann, Embracing the Transformation. Edited by K. C. Hanson.
  • Mark Lloyd Taylor, So Fill Our Imaginations: The Work and Play of a Year of Preaching.
  • Kirstin Valdez, The Five Wounds: A Novel.
  • Gerhard Lohfink, The Our Father: A New Reading.
  • Ann Garrido, Preaching with Children.
  • Henri J. M. Nouwen, The Wounded Healer: ministry in contemporary society.
  • Thomas Merton, Seeds of Destruction.
  • Elias Marechal, Tears of an Innocent God; Conversations on Silence, Kindness, and Prayer.
  • Tish Harrison Warner. Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
  • James J. Bacik, Saints Celebrated and Unsung: The Universal Call to Holiness
  • Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Willimon, Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony.
  • Deacon Dominic Cerrato, Ph.D., Discovering Christ the Servant: A Spirituality of Service.
  • Dorothy Day, On Pilgrimage: The Seventies. Edited by Robert Ellsberg.
  • Pontificio Consejo para la Promoción de la Nueva Evangelización, Directorio para la Catequesis
  • William H. Willimon, Listeners Dare: Hearing God in the Sermon
  • Alicia Von Stamwitz, ed., Ronald Rolheiser: Essential Spiritual Writings (Modern Spiritual Masters).
  • Cyprian Consiglio, OSB Cam., The God who gave you birth: a spirituality of kenosis.
  • Daniel Berrigan, SJ, The Trouble With Our State
  • Erik Varden, Entering the Twofold Mystery: On Christian Conversion
  • Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt, The Love That Is God: An Invitation to Christian Faith.
  • Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith.
  • Edward Foley, Capuchin, Preaching as Paying Attention: Theological Reflection in the Pulpit
  • Scott P. Detisch, Being Claimed by the Eucharist We Celebrate: a spiritual narrative for priests and deacons.
  • Henri J.M. Nouwen, Can You Drink the Cup? Tenth Anniversary Edition.
  • Ismael Moreno, The North You Promised Me.
  • Meg Hunter-Kilmer, Pray for us: 75 saints who sinned, suffered, and struggled on their way to holiness.
  • Carolyn Forché, What You have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance.

2021 (21)

  • Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers, Our Life of Service: the Handbook for Catholic Deacons
  • Gerhard Lohfink, Prayer Takes Us Home; the theology and practice of Christian prayer.
  • United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, The National Directory for the Formation, Ministry and Life of Permanent Deacons in the United States.
  • Gregory Boyle, The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness
  • D. Michael Jackson, ed., The Diaconate in Ecumenical Perspective Ecclesiology, Liturgy and Practice.
  • Bill Wylie-Kellerman, Celebrant’s Flame: Daniel Berrigan in Memory and Reflection.
  • Tomáš Halík, Patience with God: The Story of Zaccheus Continuing in Us.
  • Tomáš Halík, Night of the Confessor: Christian Faith in an Age of Uncertainty.
  • Dorothy Day, On Pilgrimage: The Sixties.
  • Rebecca Ann Parker, and Rita Nakashima Brock, Saving Paradise: How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire.
  • Jon W. Sweeney, Nicholas Black Elk Medicine Man, Catechist, Saint.
  • Jim Forest, Eyes of Compassion: Learning from Nhat Hanh.
  • Daniel Hornsby, Via Negativa: A Novel
  • Jean-Pierre de Caussade, Abandonment to Divine Providence.
  • Henri J. M. Nouwen, The Return of the Prodigal Son. Anniversary Edition: A Special Two-in-One Volume, including Home Tonight.
  • John O’Donohue, To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings.
  • Anthony de Mello, S.J., El Canto del Pájaro.
  • Melvin McLeod, editor, The Pocket Thich Nhat Hanh.
  • Caryll Houselander, The Risen Christ: The Forty Days After the Resurrection.
  • Regis A. Duffy. O.F.M., A Roman Catholic Theology of Pastoral Care.
  • Tim O’Donnell, The Deacon: Icon of Christ the Servant, Minister of the Threshold.
  • Ronald Rolheiser, The Fire Within: Desire, Sexuality, Longing, and God.
  • Helena López de Mézerville, Sacerdocio y Burnout: El desgaste en la vida sacerdotal.
  • Michael J. Gillgannon, Padre Miguel: A Memoir of My Catholic Missionary Experience in Bolivia amidst Postcolonial Transformation of Church and State

2020 (44)

  • Pope Francis with Austen Ivereigh, Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future.
  • John Loughery and Randolph Blythe. Dorothy Day: Dissenting Voice of the American Century
  • Little Sister Kathleen of Jesus, The Universal Brother: Charles de Foucauld speaks to us today.
  • Brother Leo Wollenweber, OFM Cap, Meet Solanus Casey: Spiritual Counselor and Wonder Worker
  • F. H. Batacan, Smaller and Smaller Circles.
  • Enzo Petrolino, Pope Francis: Deacons, Servants of Charity.
  • Henri J. M. Nouwen, In the Name of Jesus: Reflections of Christian Leadership.
  • Deacon Dominic Cerrato, Ph. D., Encountering Christ the Servant; A Spirituality of the Diaconate.
  • Papa Francisco, Encíclica Fratelli Tutti
  • Jim Schmitmeyer. Preacher in a Hard Hat: A Guide to Preaching for Pastors and Everyone Else
  • Amanda W. Daloisio, Dan Mauk, and Terry Rogers, ed., Ambassadors of God: Selected Obituaries from The Catholic Worker.
  • Ron Hansen, Hotly in Pursuit of the Real: Notes Toward a Memoir.
  • Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh, Living Prayer: The Pocket Library of Spiritual Wisdom.
  • Graham Greene, The Lawless Roads.
  • Graham Greene, The Power and the Glory.
  • Yves Congar, O.P., Power and Poverty in the Church: The Renewal and Understanding of Service.
  • Henri J. M. Nouwen, Clowning in Rome: Reflections on Solitude, Celibacy, Prayer and Contemplation
  • Walter Brueggemann, Materiality as Resistance: Five Elements for Moral Action in the Real World.
  • Henry J.M. Nouwen, Reaching Out: The Three Movements of the Spiritual Life.  
  • Stéphane Hessel, Time for Outrage. Indignez-vous! 
  • N. T. Wright, God and the Pandemic: A Christian Reflection on the Coronavirus and its Aftermath.
  • Walter Brueggemann, Virus as a Summons to Faith: Biblical Reflections in a Time of Loss, Grief, and Uncertainty.
  • Phillip Berryman, Memento of the Living and the Dead: A First-Person Account of Church, Violence, and Resistance in Latin America.
  • José Antonio Pagola, Jesús: Aproximación Histórica.
  • Donald Cozzens, Freeing Celibacy.
  • Thomas Merton, A Course in Desert Spirituality: Fifteen Sessions with the Famous Trappist Monk.
  • Timothy Radcliffe, O.P., Alive in God: A Christian Imagination.
  • Timothy Egan, A Pilgrimage to Eternity: from Canterbury to Rome in search of a faith
  • John O’Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
  • Jim Forest, Writing Straight with Cooked Lines: a memoir.
  • Roland Merullo, Once Night Falls.
  • Thomas Merton, The Wisdom of the Desert: Sayings from the Desert Fathers of the Fourth Century
  • Caryll Houselander, The Way of the Cross.
  • Albert Camus, The Plague
  • Ann M. Garrido, Let’s Talk about Truth: A Guide for Preachers, Teachers, and Other Catholic Leaders in a World of Doubt and Discord.
  • Joe Laramie S.J., Abide in the Heart of Christ; A 10-Day Personal Retreat with St. Ignatius Loyola.
  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible.
  • Jon M. Sweeney and Mark S. Burrows, Meister Eckhart’s Book of the Heart.
  • Jean Paul Lederach, Reconcile: conflict transformation for ordinary Christians
  • Joshua J. Whitfield, The Crisis of Bad Preaching: Redeeming the Heart and the Way of the Catholic Preacher.
  • Luanne Zurlo, Single for a Greater Purpose: A Hidden Joy in the Catholic Church
  • James Keating, Remain in Me: Holy Orders, Prayer, and Ministry.
  • Mary Margaret Funk, Renouncing Violence.

2019 (36)

  • John Paul Lederach. The Journey Toward Reconciliation.
  • Robert J. Schreiter, Reconciliation: Mission and Ministry in a Changing Social
  • Priest and Worker: The Autobiography of Henri Perrin.
  • Megan McKenna, The Poor Save Us.
  • Walter Brueggemann, The Prophetic Imagination 40th Anniversary Edition.
  • Jon M. Sweeney, Meister Eckhart’s Book of Secrets.
  • C. S. Lewis, Reflections on the Psalms
  • Donna Whitson Brett and Edward T. Brett, Martyrs of Hope: Seven U.S. Missioners in Central America.
  • Ronald Rolheiser, Domestic Monastery.
  • Siphiwe Mhkhize, The Spirit Is Among Us; The Permanent Diaconate: Questions & Answers.
  • Mark Sullivan, Beneath a Scarlet Sky: A Novel
  • Henri Nouwen, The Spiritual Life: Eight Essential Titles. (Intimacy, A Letter of Consolation, Letters to Marc about Jesus, The Living Reminder, Making All Things New, Our Greatest Gift, The Way of the Heart, Gracias)
  • Henri J.M. Nouwen, Our Greatest Gift
  • Henri J.M. Nouwen, A Letter of Consolation
  • Henri J.M. Nouwen, Letters to Marc about Jesus
  • Henri J. M. Nouwen, ¡Gracias! A Latin American Journal
  • Henri J. M. Nouwen, Intimacy.
  • Henri J. M. Nouwen, The Living Reminder: Service and Prayer in Memory of Jesus Christ
  • Henri J. M. Nouwen, The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers
  • Henri J. M. Nouwen, Making All Things New: An Invitation to the Spiritual Life
  • Graham Greene, The Quiet American
  • Robert Ellsberg, A Living Gospel: Reading God’s Story in Holy Lives.
  • Thomas Merton, Choosing to Love the World: On Contemplation.
  • Murray Bodo, OFM, Surrounded by Love: Seven Teachings from Saint Francis.
  • Olivia Hawker, The Ragged Edge of Night
  • Ana María Pineda, RSM, Romero & Grande: Companions on the Journey
  • Henri J.M. Nouwen, In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership.
  • Ronald Rolheiser, Our One Great Act of Fidelity: Waiting for Christ in the Eucharist.
  • Oscar Romero, The Scandal of Redemption: When God Liberates the Poor, Saves Sinners, and Heals Nations.
  • George B. Wilson, Clericalism: The Death of Priesthood.
  • Laurence Freeman, Beauty’s Field: Seeing the World.
  • Timothy J. Shugrue, Service Ministry of the Deacon.
  • Erik Varden, The Shattering of Loneliness: On Christian Remembrance.
  • Jean Vanier, We Need Each Other: Responding to God’s Call to Live Together.
  • W. Shawn McKnight, Understanding the Diaconate: Historical, Theological, and Sociological Foundation.
  • Michael F. Steltenkamp, Nicholas Black Elk: Medicine Man, Missionary, Mystic.

2018 (26)

  • Michele Bennardo, Lorenzo Bortolin, Benito Cutellè, El diácono: ¿Quién es? ¿Qué hace? ¿Cómo convertirse en uno?
  • Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Word, Liturgy, Charity: The Diaconate in the U.S. Catholic Church, 1968–2018,
  • Oscar Romero, The Church Cannot Remain Silent: Unpublished Letters and other Writings.
  • Sean Salai, S. J., All the Pope’s Saints: The Jesuits Who Shaped Pope Francis.
  • Michael J. Tkacik Deacons and Vatican II: The Making of a Servant Church
  • Anna Mah, The Last Vintage
  • Michael E. Lee, Revolutionary Saint: The Theological Legacy of Oscar Romero.
  • Walter Brueggemann, A Gospel of Hope.
  • Edward Buelt, A New Friendship: The Spirituality and Ministry of the Deacon.
  • Silas S. Henderson, Serving with Joy: Lessons from Pope Francis for Catholic Deacons Today.
  • Robert Schreiter, C.PP.S., The Ministry of Reconciliation: Spirituality and Strategies.
  • Gregory Boyle, Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship.
  • Ronald Rolheiser, Wrestling with God: Finding Hope and Meaning in Our Daily Struggles to Be Human
  • Paul Quenon, OCSO, In Praise of the Useless Life: a monk’s memoir.
  • Emily Wade Will, Archbishop Oscar Romero: The Making of a Martyr.
  • Christiana N. Peterson. Mystics and Misfits: Meeting God through St. Francis and Other Unlikely Saints.
  • Jon M. Sweeney. ed., What I Am Living For: Lessons from the Life and Writings of Thomas Merton.
  • David Steindl-Rast, Deeper Than Words: Living the Apostles’ Creed.
  • Andrea Riccardi, To the Margins: Pope Francis and the Mission of the Church
  • Rhina Guidos, Rutilio Grande: A Table for All
  • Virgilio Elizondo, ed., Way of the Cross: The Passion of Christ in the Americas
  • Michael Leach, James T. Keane, Doris Goodnough, ed., The Way of Gratitude: Readings for a Joyful Life
  • Catherine Doherty, Living the Gospel without Compromise
  • Eileen Markey, A Radical Faith: The Assassination of Sister Maura
  • Elizabeth Strout, Abide with Me: A Novel.
  • Bill Wylie-Kellermann, Principalities in Particular: A Practical Theology of the Powers That Be.

2017 (26)

  • Alice McDermott, The Ninth Hour: A Novel.
  • James Keating, ed., The Character of the Deacon: Spiritual and Pastoral Foundations
  • Jim Forest, At Play in the Lion’s Den: A Biography and Memoir of Daniel Berrigan.
  • Albert J. Raboteau, American Prophets: Seven Religious Radicals and Their Struggle for Social and Political Justice
  • Caryll Houselander, A Rocking Horse Catholic
  • Thomas J. Scirghi. Longing to See Your Face: Preaching in a Secular Age.
  • Walter Brueggemann, The Practice of Prophetic Imagination: Preaching an Emancipating Word.
  • Bret Thoman, St. Clare of Assisi: Light from the Cloister.
  • Walter Brueggemann. Inscribing the Text: Sermons and Prayers of Walter Brueggemann
  • Mary Lea Hill FSP, editor. Christ in Our Midst: Wisdom from Caryll Houselander.
  • Guillaume Zeller, The Priest Barracks: Dachau 1938-1945.
  • John Paul Lederach, Preparing for Peace: Conflict Transformation across Cultures
  • Brian J. Pierce, OP, Jesus and the Prodigal Son: The God of Radical Mercy.
  • Richard Grabman, Gods, Gachupines and Gringos: A People’s History of Mexico
  • David A. Livermore, Serving with Eyes Wide Open: Doing Short-Term Missions with Cultural Intelligence
  • David Lagercrantz, The Girl in the Spider’s Web.
  • Amy Peterson, Dangerous Territory: My Misguided Quest to Save the World.
  • E. C. Andercheck, Deacon Phoenix of the Clergy: The History that defines a Ministry
  • Jay Cormier, The Deacon’s Ministry of the Word.
  • Ronald Rolheiser, The Passion and the Cross.
  • Jim Forest, Loving Our Enemies: Reflections on the Hardest Commandment.
  • Adrian House, Francis of Assisi; A Revolutionary Life.
  • Kate Hennessy, Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty: An Intimate Portrait of My Grandmother
  • Segundo Galilea, Temptation and Discernment.
  • Michael Leach, James Keane, Doris Goodnough, eds., Goodness and Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas.
  • Leonard J. DeLorenzo, Witness: Learning to Tell the Stories of Grace That Illumine Our Lives.
  • Daniel Berrigan, S.J., Ten Commandments for the Long Haul.

2016 (39)

  • Martin Gilbert, The Righteous: The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust.
  • Nihal Abeyasingha, Deacons: Their origins, functions, possibilities: Between the Sacred and the Profane, Bearing Messages
  • Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel.
  • Kathy Coffey, When the Saints Came Marching In: Exploring the Frontiers of Grace in America.
  • Andra Medea, Conflict Unraveled; Fixing problems at work and in families.
  • Robert Barron, Eucharist. Maryknoll: Orbis Books.
  • Anne C. Heller, Hannah Arendt: A Life in Dark Times 
  • Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale.
  • Ann M. Garrido, Redeeming Conflict: 12 Habits for Christian Leaders
  • Jim Forest, The Root of War is Fear: Thomas Merton’s advice to peacemakers
  • William H. Willimon, Fear of the Other: No Fear in Love.
  • Thomas Rausch, Eschatology, Liturgy and Christology: Toward Recovering an Eschatological Imagination.
  • Deacon William Ditewig, The Deacon’s Ministry of Charity and Justice.
  • Deacon James Keating, A Deacon’s Retreat.
  • Marco Bartoli, Saint Clare: Beyond the Legend.
  • John N. Collins. Deacons and the Church: Making Connections Between Old and New.
  • Frederick G. Bauerschmidt, The Deacon’s Ministry of the Liturgy.
  • Caryll Houselander, The Reed of God.
  • Gerhard Lohfink, No Irrelevant Jesus: On Jesus and the Church Today.
  • Walter Brueggemann, Praying the Psalms, Second Edition: Engaging Scripture and the Life of the Spirit.
  • Alberto Villegas Betancourt, El Diácono Permanente: Quién es y qué hace.
  • Jon Sweeney, The Enthusiast: How the Best Friend of Francis of Assisi Almost Destroyed What He Started.
  • Bishops’ Committee on the Diaconate, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Foundations for the Renewal of the Diaconate.
  • Gearóid Dullea, Deacons: Ministers and of God’s Mysteries.
  • Servais Pinckaers, O.P., The Sources of Christian Ethics.
  • Jamie Arpin-Ricci, Vulnerable Faith: Missional Living in the Radical Way of St. Patrick.
  • Christine M. Bochen, ed., The Way of Mercy.
  • Flannery O’Connor, A Prayer Journal.
  • Murray Bodo, Enter Assisi: An Invitation to Franciscan Spirituality. Franciscan Media.
  • Deidre Cornel, American Madonna: Crossing Borders with the Virgin Mary. Orbis Books.
  • María Ruiz Scaperlanda, The Shepherd Who Didn’t Run: Father Stanley Rother, Martyr from Oklahoma. 
  • Diana Butler Bass, A People’s History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story.
  • Jim Manney, An Ignatian Book of Days: Daily Reflections from the Spiritual Wisdom of St. Ignatius Loyola
  • Papa Francisco, Momentos de misericordia.
  • Kevin Cotter, ed., A Year of Mercy with Pope Francis: Daily Reflections.
  • Brian Burch & Emily Stimpson, The American Catholic Almanac: A Daily Reader of Patriots, Saints, Rogues and Ordinary People Who Changed the United States
  • Bob Puhala and Paul Turner, Guide for Deacons. The Liturgical Ministry Series.
  • Owen F. Cummings, William T. Ditewig, and Richard R. Gaillardetz, Theology of the Diaconate: The State of the Question.
  • Freddy Derwahl, The Last Monk of Tibhirine: A True Story of Martyrdom, Faith, and Survival.

2015 (28)

  • Dorothy Day, Reflections during Advent: Dorothy Day on Prayer, Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience.
  • Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization, The Saints in Mercy: Pastoral Resources for Living the Jubilee.
  • Marco Politi, Pope Francis Among the Wolves: The Inside Story of a Revolution.
  • Umberto Eco, Numero Zero
  • N. T. Wright, Scripture and the authority of God: how to read the Bible today.
  • Jim Harries, Theory to Practice in Vulnerable Mission: An Academic Appraisal.
  • James Martin, The Abbey: A Story of Discovery.
  • Michael Franklin, Applying Ecofeminist Theory to Christian Mission Work in Honduras: Building Theoretical Bridges for Real Change.
  • James Keating, The Heart of the Diaconate: Communion with the Servant Mysteries of Christ.
  • William T. Ditewig, To Be and To Serve: The Ministerial Identity of the Deacon.
  • Mary Margaret Funk, Thoughts Matter: Discovering the Spiritual Journey.
  • Todd Hartch, The Prophet of Cuernavaca: Ivan Illich and the Crisis of the West
  • José Silvo Botero y Álvaro de Jesús Barrera, El Diaconado Permanente: Un servicio al pueblo de Dios
  • Todd Hartch, The Rebirth of Latin American Christianity
  • Owen F. Cummings, Saintly Deacons
  • William T. Ditewig, The Deacon at Mass: A Theological and Pastoral Guide.
  • James F. Keenan, S.J., Moral wisdom: lessons and texts from the Catholic Tradition. Second Edition
  • Joseph Martos, Doors to the Sacred: A Historical Introduction to Sacraments in the Catholic Church. Revised and updated edition.
  • William T. Ditewig, The Emerging Diaconate: Servant Leaders in a Servant Church.
  • Kenan G. Osborne, OFM, The Permanent Diaconate: Its History and Place in the Sacrament of Orders. 
  • Monsignor Laurence J. Spiteri, Canon Law Explained: A Handbook for Laymen.
  • Joseph Nangle, Engaged Spirituality: Faith Life in the Heart of the Empire.
  • Michael Kwatera, OSB, The Liturgical Ministry of Deacons
  • William T. Ditewig with Michael J. Tkacik, ed., Forming Deacons: Ministers of Soul and Leaven.
  • Enzo Petrolino, ed., Compendium on the Diaconate: A Resource for the Formation, Ministry, and Life of Permanent Deacon.
  • Michael Casey, Fully Human, Fully Divine: An Interactive Christology.
  • William T. Ditewig, 101 Questions and Answers on Deacons
  • Richard Rohr, Eager to Love: The Alternative Way of Francis of Assisi.

2014 (30)

  • Ron Kraybill and Evelyn Wright, The Little Book of Cool Tools for Hot Topics: Group Tools to Facilitate Meetings when Things Are Hot.
  • Joseph Nangle, O.F.M., Birth of a Church.
  • James Keating, ed., The Deacon Reader
  • Leonardo Boff, Francis of Rome and Francis of Assisi: A New Springtime for the Church
  • Jon Sweeney, When Saint Francis Saved the Church: how a converted medieval troubadour created a spiritual vision for the ages
  • Cornelius Platinga, Jr., Reading for Preaching: The Preacher in Conversation with Storytellers, Biographers, Poets, and Journalists
  • Ronald Rolheiser, Sacred Fire: A Vision for a Deeper Human and Christian Maturity. 
  • Marie Luise Knott, Unlearning with Hannah Arendt.
  • Roberto Quesada, The Ships.
  • James Martin, S.J., Jesus: A Pilgrimage.
  • Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert with Katie Casselberry, Helping without hurting in short-term missions: leader’s guide.
  • Edward L. Cleary, How Latin American Saved the Soul of the Catholic Church.
  • Duane Elmer, Cross-Cultural Servanthood: Serving the World in Christlike Humility
  • William Easterly, The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor.
  •  Rachel Joyce, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry: a novel.
  • Lee Rainboth, The Grinder: One Community’s Journey Through Pain and Hope from the Great Haiti Earthquake
  •  Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
  •  Jessica Alexander, Chasing Chaos: My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid.
  • Gerhard Lohfink, Jesus of Nazareth: What He Wanted, Who He Was.
  • Rich Cohen, The Fish That Ate the Whale: the life and times of America’s banana king
  • Robert Calderisi, Earthly Mission: The Catholic Church and World Development
  • Néstor Jaén, S.J., Toward a Liberation Spirituality.
  • Michael Harter, S.J., ed, Hearts on Fire: Praying with Jesuits.
  • Stanley Hauerwas and Jean Vanier, Living Gently in a Violent World: The Prophetic Witness of Weakness.
  • Gregorio Iriarte, OMI, ¿Qué es una Comunidad Eclesial de Base? Guía didáctica para animadores de las CEB. 
  • Daniel Berrigan, The Kings and Their Gods: The Pathology of Power.
  • Gary A. Haugen and Victor Boutros, The Locust Effect: Why the End of poverty Requires the End of Violence.
  • Dale T. Irvin and Scott W. Sunquist, History of the World Christian Movement: Volume II: Modern Christianity from 1454-1800
  • Ronald Rolheiser, OMI, Prayer: Our Deepest Longing
  • Eloi Leclerc, The Wisdom of the Poor One of Assisi.

2013 (40)

  • Eduardo Galeano, Children of the Days: A Calendar of Human History.
  • Tanya M. Kersen, The New Struggles for Land, Food and Democracy in Northern Honduras. 
  • Ron Brenneman, Perquín Musings: a gringo’s journey in El Salvador.
  • Chris Lowney, Pope Francis: Why He Leads the Way He Leads: Lessons from the First Jesuit Pope
  • Michael Griffin & Jennie Weiss Block, ed., In the Company of the Poor: Conversations between Dr. Paul Farmer and Father Gustavo Gutiérrez
  • Michael Gorkin and Marta Evelyn Pineda, From Beneath the Volcano: The Story of a Salvadoran Campesino and His Family.
  • Daniel P. Horan, OFM, and Julianne E. Wallace, Spirit and Life: A Franciscan Guide for Spiritual Reflection.
  • Peter Greer, with Anna Haggard, The Spiritual Danger of Doing Good
  • Equipo de Reflexión, Investigación y Comunicación de la Compañia de Jesús en Honduras (ERIC-SJ), Religión, ideología y sociedad: Una aproximación a las Iglesias en Honduras. 
  • Donna Hicks, Dignity: the essential role it plays in resolving conflict.
  • Paula Huston, A Land Without Sin: A Novel.
  • James Gilligan, Preventing Violence. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2001.
  • Todd Wynward, The Secrets of Leaven. Taos, NM: TiLT Books, 2013.
  • Will D. Campbell and Richard C. Goode, Crashing the Idols: The Vocation of Will D. Campbell (and any other Christian for that matter). Cascade Books (Wipf and Stock Publishers), 2010.
  • E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O’Brien, Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: removing cultural blinders to better understand the Bible.  Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2012.
  • Robert E. Brenneman, Homies and Hermanos: God and Gangs in Central America. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2012.
  • Jack Wintz, OFM, Lights Along My Path: A Friar’s Journey in the Footsteps of St. Francis.  Phoenix, AZ: Tau Publishing, 2012 (Kindle).
  • Jonathan Kozol: Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-five Years among the Poorest Children in America. New York: Crown Publishers, 2012.
  • Andrew Greeley, White Smoke: A Novel about the Next Papal Conclave. New York, NY: Forge, 1996
  • John Thavis, The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church.  New York, NY: Viking (Penguin), 2013
  • Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M., Francis of Assisi and the Future of Faith: Exploring Franciscan Spirituality and Theology in the Modern World. Phoenix, AZ: Tau Publishing, 2012.
  • Lawrence S. Cunningham, Francis of Assisi: Performing the Gospel Life. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2004.
  • Andrew M. Greeley, The Bishop and the Beggar Girl of St. Germain. New York, NY: Forge, 2001.
  • Andrew M. Greeley, The Bishop Goes to the University: A Blackie Ryan Story. New York, NY: Forge, 2003.
  • Jeffrey T. Jackson, The Globalizers: Development Workers in Action. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005
  • John Anglin, OFM, The Wandering Friar: A Traveling Franciscan Preacher Looks at the Church through the Stories of Its Members. Tate Publishing, 2013.
  • Thomas Kelly, When the Gospel Grows Feet: Rutilio Grande, SJ, and the church of El Salvador: an ecclesiology in context. Collegeville, MN: Michael Glazier book (The Liturgical Press), 2013
  • J. R. Veneroso, The Chimera. X-Libris, 2013.
  • John Lynch,  New Worlds: A Religious History of Latin America. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012.
  • Sigrid Undset, Catherine of Siena. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2009.
  • Paul Sabatier, Life of St. Francis of Assisi.
  • Gustavo Gutiérrez, We Drink from Our Own Wells: The Spiritual Journey of a People.  Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1984
  • Julien Green, God’s Fool: The Life and Times of Francis of Assisi.  NY: Harper & Row, 1987 (1985).
  • Catherine Wolff, Not Less Than Everything: Catholic Writers on Heroes of Conscience from Joan of Arc to Oscar Romero. New York, Harper One, 2013.
  • Nikos Kazantzakis, Saint Francis. Chicago: Loyola Classics, 2005.
  • Timothy Radcliffe, O.P., Taking the Plunge: Living Baptism and Confirmation. London: Bloomsbury, 2012.
  • Carlo Carretto, I, Francis. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1982.
  • André Vauchez, Francis of Assisi: the life and afterlife of a medieval saint. Yale University Press, 2012.
  • Augustine Thompson, O.P., Francis of Assisi: A New Biography. Cornell University Press, 2012.
  • Michael Harrington, City of Man: A Trilogy. Inferno – Purgatorio – Paradiso. Based on a True Story of the Renaissance. 2009

2012 (38)

  • Thomas Merton, Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander. Image Books/Doubleday, 2009 (1966).
  • Barbara Kingsolver, The Bean Trees: A Novel. HarperTorch, 2001 (1988).
  • Nicholas P. Cafardi, ed., Voting and Holiness: Catholic Perspective on Political Participation. Paulist Press, 2012.
  • Ivan Illich, The Church, Change and Development. Urban Training Center/Herder and Herder, 1970.
  • Jon Wolseth, Jesus and the Gang: Youth Violence and Christianity in Urban Honduras.  University of Arizona Press, 2011.
  • John D. Caputo, What Would Jesus Deconstruct? The Good News of Post-Modernism for the Church. Baker Academic, 2007
  • John W. Kiser, The Monks of Tibhirine: Faith, Love, and Terror in Algeria. St. Martin’s Griffin, 2002.
  • Eduardo Galeano, Mirrors: stories of almost everyone. English translation by Mark Fried. Perseus Books Group (Nation Books), 2009
  • Mike Farrell, Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist. RDV Books, 2008.
  • Frank J. Korn, A Catholic’s Guide to Rome: Discovering the Soul of the Eternal City. Paulist Press, 2000.
  • Kelsey Timmerman, Where Am I Wearing?: A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories, and People That Make Our Clothes. Revised and Updated. Wiley, 2012.
  • Daniel R. Reichman, The Broken Village Coffee, Migration, and Globalization in Honduras. ILR Press (Cornell University Press), 2011
  • John Soluri, Banana Cultures: Agriculture, Consumption, and Environmental Change in Honduras and the United States. University of Texas Press, 2005.
  • Don Mosley with Joyce Holliday, Faith Beyond Borders: Doing Justice in a Dangerous World. Abingdon Press, 2010.
  • Bryant L. Meyers, Walking with the Poor: Principles and Practices of Transformational Development. Revised and updated edition. Orbis Books, 2011.
  • Luke Timothy Johnson, Prophetic Jesus, Prophetic Church: The Challenge of Luke-Acts to Contemporary Christians. Eerdmans, 2011
  • Ian Morgan Cron,  Chasing Francis: A Pilgrim’s Tale. Nav Press, 2006.
  • José Comblin, Called for Freedom: The Changing Context of Liberation Theology. Orbis Books, 1999.
  • Mary Jo Leddy, The Other Face of God: When the Stranger Calls Us Home. Orbis Books, 2011.
  • Wes Howard-Brook, “Come Out, My People!” God’s Call out of Empire in the Bible and Beyond.” Orbis Books, 2010.
  • Anselm Grün, OSB, Images of Jesus. Continuum, 2002.
  • Enrique Dussel,  A History of the Church in Latin America: Colonialism to Liberation.  Eerdmans, 1981.
  • John Paul Lederach, The Little Book of Conflict Resolution. Good Books, 2003.
  • Robert Cook, When the Sun Comes Up in the West: A Missionary’s New Song of Justice and Peace. West Bow Press, 2011.
  • Albert Nolan,  Hope in an Age of Despair – and other talks and writings.  Orbis Books, 2009.
  • Paul Theroux,  The Mosquito Coast. A Mariner Book (Houghton Mifflin), 1982.
  • John Paul Lederach,  The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace. Oxford University Press, 2005.
  • Andrew Chandler, ed.,  The Terrible Alternative: Christian Martyrdom in the Twentieth Century. Cassell: 1998.
  • Jamie Arpin-Ricci, C.J., The Cost of Community: Jesus, St. Francis, and Life in the Kingdom.  IVP Books, 2011.
  • Jon M. Sweeney,  The Pope Who Quit: A True Medieval Tale of Mystery, Death, and Salvation. Image Books, 2012.
  • Bob Ekblad,  Reading the Bible with the Damned.  Westminster John Knox Press, 2005.
  • Ilia Delio, O.S.F.,  Compassion: Living in the Spirit of St. Francis.  St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2011.
  • Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M.,  Dating God: Live and Love in the Way of St. Francis. St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2011.
  • James Martin, S.J., Between Heaven and Mirth: Why Joy, Humor, and Laughter Are at the Heart of the Spiritual Life.  Harper One, 2011.
  • Will Samson,  Enough: Commitment in an age of excess.  David C. Cook, 2009.
  • Glenn J. Schwartz,  When Charity Destroys Dignity: Overcoming Unhealthy Dependency in the Christian Movement: A Compendium. World Mission Associates, 2007.
  • Robert Ellsberg, ed.,  All the Way to Heaven: The Selected Letters of Dorothy Day.  Marquette University Press, 2010.
  • Thomas Merton,  Choosing to Love the World: On Contemplation. Edited by Jonathan Montaldo. Sounds True, 2008.

2011 (20)

  • Robert D. Lupton,  Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It).  NY: Harper Collins, 2011.
  • Eamon Duffy,  Ten Popes Who Shook the World, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2011.
  • Dominic Monti, Francis and His Brothers: A Popular History of the Franciscan Friars. Cincinnati, OH: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2009.
  • Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler,  Crucial Confrontations: Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated Expectations, and Bad Behavior. New York: McGraw Hill, 2005.
  • Christian Feldman,  God’s Gentle Rebels: Great Saints of Christianity. New York, NY: Crossroad, 1995.
  • Mario Masini,  Lectio Divina: an ancient prayer that is ever new.  NY: Alba Books, 1998.
  • Shane Clairborne, The Irresistible Revolution: living as an ordinary radical  Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2006.
  • Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Boss, 2011.
  • Uwem Akpan,  Say You’re One of Them. NY: Back Bay Books, 2009 (2008).
  • Fr. Jack Donald, S.J.,  Diary of a Country Priest in Honduras.  Ramona, CA: Manzanita Press, 2009.
  • Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert,  When Helping Hurts: How to alleviate poverty without hurting the poor and yourself. Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2009.
  • José Comblin,  People of God. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2004.
  • Adrienne Pine, Working Hard, Drinking Hard: On violence and survival in Honduras. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2008.
  • Marcy Heidish,  Defiant Daughters: Christian Women of Conscience.  Ligouri, MO: Ligouri Publications, 2010.
  • Mark Juergensmeyer, Gandhi’s Way: A Handbook of Conflict Resolution. Updated with a new preface and a new case study. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2005.
  • Gustavo Gutiérrez,  The Density of the Present: Selected Writings. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1999.
  • Ellen F. Davis, Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible. NY: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
  • Megan McKenna, This Will be Remembered of Her: Stories of Women Reshaping the World.  Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2010.
  • Francis Patrick Sullivan, S.J., Indian Freedom: The Cause of Bartolomé de Las Casas (1484-1566). Kansas City, MO: Sheed & Ward, 1995.
  • Paulo Freire, ¿Extensión o comunicación? La concientización en el medio rural. Mexico: Siglo veintiuno editores

2010

  • John Paul Lederach, The Little Book of Conflict Resolution. Good Books, 2003.
  • Dan Koeppel,  Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World.  Plume (Penguin), 2008.
  • Mario T. García, The Gospel of César Chávez: My Faith in Action. Sheed and Ward, 2007.
  • Charles E. Curran, Catholic Social Teaching 1891- present; A historical, theological and ethical analysis. Georgetown University Press, 2002.
  • James Martin, S.J., The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life. Harper One, 2010.
  • Robert J. Karris, O.F.M.,  Eating Your Way through Luke’s Gospel. Liturgical Press, 2006
  • Charles Avila,  Ownership: Early Christian Teaching. Orbis Books, 1983
  • St. John Chrysostom,  On Wealth and Poverty. Translated by Catherine T. Roth.  St. Vladimir Seminary Press, 1984.
  • Wendell Berry,  The Way of Ignorance and other essays,  with contribution by Daniel Kemmis and Courtney White. Shoemaker & Hoard, 2005.
  • Bernard V. Brady, Essential Catholic Social Thought. Orbis Books, 2008.
  • Patrick Jordan, editor,  Dorothy Day: Writings from Commonweal.  Liturgical Press, 2002.
  • Dennis P. O’Connor, Bridges of Faith: Building a Relationship with a Sister Parish.  St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2007.
  • Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High.  McGraw-Hill, 2002.
  • Matthew B. Crawford,  Shop Class as Soulcraft: An inquiry into the value of work.  The Penguin Press, 2009.
  • Jean e Hildegarde Goss-Mayr, Evangelio y Lucha por la Paz. Ediciones Sígueme, 1990.
  • George Sanderlin, ed., Witness: Writings of Bartolomé de las Casas.   Orbis Books, 1992.
  • Dean Brackley, S.J.,  Etica Social Cristiana.  UCA editores, 1995.
  • Richard Deats,  Marked for Life: The Story of Hildegard Goss-Mayr. New City Press, 2009.

2009

  • Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone: A novel. New York, NY: Alfred A Knopf, 2009.
  • Ildefonso Camacho Laraña, Doctrina Social de la Iglesia: quince claves para su comprensión. Bilbao, España: Desclée de Brouwer, 2000.
  • H. McKennie Goodpasture, ed., Cross and Sword: An Eyewitness History of Christianity in Latin America. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1989.
  • Paul Moses, The Saint and the Sultan: The Crusades, Islam, and Francis of Assisi’s Mission of Peace. New York, NY: Doubleday Religion, 2009.
  • Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent. Translated by Cedric Belfrage. Foreward by Isabel Allende.   NY: Monthly Review Press, 1997.
  • David Livermore, Serving with Eyes Wide Open: Doing Short-Term Missions with Cultural Intelligence. Baker Books, 2006.
  • Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert, When Helping Hurts: How to alleviate poverty without hurting the poor and yourself. Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2009
  • Dario A. Euraque, Reinterpreting the Banana Republic: Region and State in Honduras, 1870 – 1972. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1996.
  • Peter Chapman, Bananas: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World. NY: Canongate, 2007
  • Gustavo Gutiérrez, ¿Dónde dormirán los pobres? Lima, Perú: Instituto Bartolomé de las Casa, 2002.
  • Robert A. Wild, ed., Compassionate Fire: The Letters of Thomas Merton & Catherine de Hueck Doherty. Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 2009.
  • Pierre Parodi, The Use of Poor Means in Helping the Poor World. with an appendix on nutrition in the poor countries.
  • Ryszard Kapuscinski, The Soccer War.  
  • Mohandas Gandhi: Essential Writings. Selected with an Introduction by John Dear.  Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2002.
  • Daniel Berrigan, Genesis: Fair Beginning, Then Foul.  Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006.
  • Jim Forest, Living with Wisdom. A Life of Thomas Merton. Revised Edition. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2008.
  • Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, Why Arendt Matters. New Have, CT: Yale University Press, 2006.
  • Katie Smith Milway, La Finca Humana. Tegucigalpa: CIDICCO, 2004.
  • Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food; An Eater’s Manifesto.  NY: Penguin Books, 2009 (2008).
  • Marci Blum, OSF, Living Like Francis Today
  • Steven Galloway, The Cellist of Sarajevo.  New York: Riverhead Books, 2009 (2008).
  • Richard Deats, Marked for Life: The Story of Hildegard Goss-Mayr. Hyde Park, NY: New City Press, 2009.
  • Roland Bunche, Two Ears of Corn: A Guide to People-Centered Agricultural Improvement. Oklahoma City, OK: World Neighbors, 1982.
  • Lanza del Vasto, Return to the Source.  NY: Pocket Books, 1974 (1972).
  • Timothy Radcliffe, O.P., Seven Last Words. New York, NY: Burns & Oates, 2004.
  • Isabel Allende, Zorro. The Novel.
  • George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London.
  • Richard A. Horsely, Jesus and Empire: The Kingdom of God and the New World Disorder.
  • Madeleine L’Engle, The Joys of Love.  NY: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2008.
  • Henri J.M. Nouwen, With Burning Hearts: A Meditation on the Eucharistic Life. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1994.
  • Thomas Merton, Life and Holiness.  NY: Image Books (Doubleday), 1995 (1963)
  • Katie Smith, The Human Farm: A Tale of Changing Lives and Changing Lands.
  • Kelly S. Johnson, The Fear of Beggars: Stewardship and Poverty in Christian Ethics. Eerdmans, 2007.