Catholic Books for Discerning the Brotherhood (Monk and Friar)
Catholic Books for Monk Discernment
A Living Sacrifice: Guidance for Men Discerning Religious Life by Fr. Benedict Croell O.P. and Fr. Andrew Hofer O.P. (2019)
A Matter of the Heart: A Monk’s Journal by Paul Quenon (2024)
A New Silence: Spiritual Practices and Formation for the Monk Within by Beverly Lanzetta (2020)
Brother Andre by Jean-guy Dubuc (2010)
Brother John: A Monk, a Pilgrim and the Purpose of Life by August Turak (2018)
Christ the Ideal of the Monk: Spiritual Conferences on the Monastic and Religious Life by Columba Marmion (2022)
Cloister Talks: Learning from My Friends the Monks by Jon M. Sweeney (2009)
Finding the Monk Within: Great Monastic Values for Today by Edward C. Sellner (2008)
Identity and Mission of the Religious Brother in the Church by CICLSAL (2016)
In the Praise of the Useless Life: A Monk’s Memoir by Paul Quenon (2018)
Ladder of Monks and Twelve Meditations (Volume 48) (Cistercian Studies Series) by Guigo II the Carthusian (1981)
Living with the Monks: What Turning Off My Phone Taught Me about Happiness, Gratitude, and Focus by Jesse Itzler (2019)
Monastery Mornings: My Unusual Boyhood Among the Saints and Monks by Michael Patrick O’Brien (2021)
Monk’s Notre Dame by Edward A. Malloy C.S.C. (2022)
Monk’s Tale: The Pilgrimage Begins, 1941-1976 by Edward A. Malloy (2009)
Padre Pio: Man of Hope by Renzo Allegri (2000)
Practice of the Presence: A Revolutionary Translation by Carmen Acevedo Butcher and Brother Lawrence (2022)
The Brother Lawrence Collection: Practice and Presence of God, Spiritual Maxims, the Life of Brother Lawrence: Practice and Presence of God, Spiritual Maxims, The Life of Brother Lawrence by Brother Lawrence (2008)
The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris (1997)
The Hermits of the Big Sur by Paula Huston (2021)
The Love of Learning and The Desire for God: A Study of Monastic Culture by Jean Leclercq O.S.B. (1960)
The Monastery of the Heart: An Invitation to a Meaningful Life by Joan Chittister (2012)
The Monk Within: Embracing a Sacred Way of Life by Beverly Lanzetta (2018)
The Monk’s Tale: A Biography of Godfrey Diekmann OSB by Kathleen Hughes RSCJ (1991)
The Orchards of Perseverance: Conversations With Trappist Monks About God, Their Lives, and the World by David D. Perata (2000)
The Practice of the Presence of God In Modern English by Brother Lawrence (2013)
To Love Fasting: The Monastic Experience by Adalbert de Vogüé and Jean Baptist Hasbrouck O.C.S. (2024)
Catholic Books for Friar Discernment
How To Pray the Dominican Way: Ten Postures, Prayers, and Practices that Lead Us to God by Father Angelo Stagnaro (2012)
A Capuchin Chronicle by Fra. Ruffino Da Siena and Fr. Bernadino Da Copetrazzo (2017)
A Work of God: Images of Renewal (Franciscan Friars of Renewal, 2021)
Assisi’s Silent Witness: St. Francis, the First Friars, and the Humble Roots of the Sanctuary of Rivotorto (Pilgrimage to the Sacred: Italy’s Holy Shrines) by T.M. Aquinas (2025)
Capturing the Capuchins: The Men, the Myths, the Memories by Fr. Lester Knoll OFM Cap (2024)
Dominican Brothers: Conversi, Lay, and Cooperator Friars by Augustine Thompson, O.P. (2017)
Francis & His Brothers: A Popular History of the Franciscan Friars by Dominic V. Monti O.F.M. Ph.D. (2009)
Franciscans in Canada: Historical Essays by Paul-André Dubois (2025)
Friar Jack’s Favorite Prayers by Jack Wintz O.F.M. (2011)
Friar Thomas D’Aquino: His Life, Thought and Work by James A. Weisheipl (1974)
How To Pray the Dominican Way: Ten Postures, Prayers, and Practices that Lead Us to God by Father Angelo Stagnaro (2012)
Oranges From Dominic’s Tree: Selected Poems by Dominican Friars, Sisters, and Laity by Matthew Powell (2015)
Perfect Joy: 30 Days with Francis of Assisi (2016)
St. Dominic: The Story of a Preaching Friar by Donald J. Gergen OP and Timothy Radcliffe OP (2016)
The Little Flowers of St. Francis by St. Francis of Assisi and Affinity Imprints (2022)
The Travels of Friar Odoric: 14th Century Journal of the Blessed Odoric of Pordenone by Odoric of Pordenone and Paolo Chiesa (2001)
