Catholic Books for Discerning the Brotherhood:
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)
Entering the Silence: Becoming a Monk and a Writer (The Journals of Thomas Merton) by Thomas Merton (1900)
Finding the Monk Within: Great Monastic Values for Today by Edward C. Sellner (2008)
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)
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)
Prayers for Priests: Let Us Stir the Heart of God on Behalf of Our Priests by Saints and Prelates Various (2016)
Praying for Priests: An Urgent Call for the Salvation of Souls by Kathleen Beckman (2018)
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)
The Private Journals by Thomas Merton (1995-1998)
The Seven Story Mountain by Thomas Merton (1948)
To Love Fasting: The Monastic Experience by Adalbert de Vogüé and Jean Baptist Hasbrouck O.C.S. (2024)
