Postulant Reading

Holy Scripture    
Ferlo, Roger, Opening the Bible.
Johnston, Michael, Engaging the Word.
Kee, Young, and Froelich, Understanding the New Testament.
Anderson, Bernhard, Understanding the Old Testament.
         
1. Community Life Skills
Lindahl, Kay, The Sacred Art of Listening.
Lindahl, Kay, Practicing the Sacred Art of Listening.

2. Religious Life
Cummings, Charles, Monastic Practices.
Chittister Joan, Fire in These Ashes          
De Waal, Esther, Seeking God
Smith and Graybeal, Spiritual Formation Workbook.

3. History of Monasticism
Byrne, Lavinia, Sharing the Vision.
O'Murchu, Diarmuid, Reframing Religious Life.
Levi, Peter, Frontiers of Paradise.
Lawrence, CH, Medieval Monasticism.
Anson, Peter, Call of the Cloister, Anglican Religious Communities.

4. Gregorian Reading
Richards, Jeffery, Consul of God.
Gregory the Great, Be Friends of God.

5. Rule
SSG Rule and other Documents
Van Der Looy, Rule for a New Brother.
De Waal, Esther, Living With Contradictions.
Chittister Joan, The Rule of Benedict: Insight for the Ages.

6. Prayer
Bourgeault, Cynthia. Singing the Psalms.
Mother Mary Clare, Encountering the Depths.
Foster, Richard, Prayer.
Roth, Nancy, Breath of God, an Approach to Prayer.
Fowke, Ruth, Finding Your Prayer Personality.
Keating, Pennington & Clarke, Finding Grace at the Center.
Gruen, Anselm, The Challenge of Silence.

7. Life and Prayer
Bondi, Roberta, To Pray and To Love.
Taylor, Brian, Becoming Christ.
           

Novitiate Reading

1.Religious Life
Thompsett, Fredrica et al eds., Deeper Joy, Chapter 1: Community.
Hume, Basil, Intentional Life.
Nemeck & Coombs, Called by God: Theology of Vocation.

2. Desert Tradition
Ward, Benedicta, The Sayings of the Desert Fathers.
Chryssavgis, John, In the Heart of the Desert.
Gruen, Anselm, Heaven Begins Within You.
Swan, Laura, The Forgotten Desert Mothers.
Mayers, Gregory, Listen to the Desert.
Merton, Thomas, The Wisdom of the Desert.

3. Gregorian Reading
Richards, Jeffery, Consul of God.
Gregory the Great, Forty Gospel Homilies.
Gregory the Great, Pastoral Care.
Evans, G. R. The Thought of Gregory the Great.

4. Rule and Vows
SSG Rule and other Documents
Chittister Joan, The Rule of Benedict: Insight for the Ages.
Henrry, Patrick, ed. Benedict's Dharma.
De Waal, Esther, Seeking God.
Chittister Joan, Fire in These Ashes.

5. Prayer
Cassian, Conferences.
Cassian, Institutes.
Funk, Mary Margaret, Thoughts Matter.
Funk, Mary Margaret, Tools Matter.
Nemeck & Coombs, Contemplation.
Evagrius Ponticus, The Praktikos.
Williams, Rowan, Ponder These Things: Praying With Icons.
Nouwen, Henri, Behold the Beauty of The Lord: Praying with Icons.
Egan, Keith, ed. Carmelite Prayer.
         
6.Mixed Life/Ministry
Bakken, Kenneth, Journey Into God.
Radcliffe, Sing a New Song.
Simpson, James, Veil and Cowl.
Teasdale, Wayne, Monk in the World.

7. Life and Prayer
May, Gerald, Dark Night of the Soul.
Ryan, Thomas, Prayer of Heart and Body: Meditation and Yoga.

8. Spiritual Traditions
DeSales, Francis, Letters of Spiritual Direction. (CWS)
Hanh, Thich Nhat,  Living Buddha, Living Christ.
Miller, John, ed. Inside Islam.
Sullivan, Shirley, Transformed by Love. [Carmelite Tradition]
          TRADITIONS IN CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY SERIES:  Orbis Press.
Wright, Wendy, Heart Speaks to Heart: The Salesian Tradition.
Belisle,P. The Language of Silence:The Changing Face of Monastic Solitude.
Chase, Steven. Contemplation and Compassion: The Victorine Tradition
Countryman, L. W. The Poetic Imagination: An Anglican Spiritual Tradition.
De Waal, Esther. Way of Simplicity: Cistercian Tradition.
Lonsdale, D. Eyes to See, Ears to Hear: An Intro to Ignatian Spirituality.
McGreal, Wilfrid. At the Fountain of Elijah: The Carmelite Tradition
McGuckin, J. Standing in God's Holy Fire: The Byzantine Spiritual Tradition.
Murk-Jansen, Saskia. Brides in the Desert: The Spirituality of the Beguines.
Nuth, Joan. God's Lovers in an Age of Anxiety: The Medieval English Mystics.
O'Loughlin, Thomas. Journeys on the Edges: The Celtic Tradition.
Short, William. Poverty and Joy: The Franciscan Tradition.
Stewart, Columba. Prayer and Community: The Benediction Tradition
White, Susan. The Spirit of Worship: The Liturgical Tradition.
Woods, Richard. Mysticism and Prophecy: The Dominican Traditions