Recommended Reading
Books to help you discern your vocation
To Save a Thousand Souls: A Guide for Discerning a Vocation to Diocesan Priesthood
by Fr. Brett Brannen
Personal Vocation: God Calls Everyone By Name
by Dr. Germain Grisez and Russell Shaw
Is Jesus Calling You To Be A Catholic Priest? A Helpful Guide
by Fr. Thomas Richter, published by the NCDVD
Paths of Love: The Discernment of Vocation According to the Teaching of Aquinas, Ignatius, and Pope John Paul II
by Joseph Bolin
Could You Ever Become a Catholic Priest?
by Christopher J. Duquin & Lorene Hanley Duquin
Called by Name: The Inspiring Stories of 12 Men Who Became Catholic Priests
by Christine Mugridge & Jerry Usher
Virginity: A Positive Approach to Celibacy for the Sake of the Kingdom of Heaven
by Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa
“…And You are Christ’s”: The Charism of Virginity and the Celibate Life
by Thomas Dubay, S.M.
Together on the Road: A Vision of Lived Communion for the Church and the Priesthood
by Massimo Camisasca
A Celebration of Priestly Ministry: Challenge, Renewal, and Joy in the Catholic Priesthood
by Cardinal Walter Kasper
Parish Priest: Father Michael McGivney and American Catholicism
by Douglas Brinkley and Julie M. Fenster
A Priest Forever: The Life of Father Eugene Hamilton
by Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, C.F.R.
From Slave to Priest: A Biography of the Reverend Augustine Tolton (1854 – 1897): First Black American Priest of the United States
by Sr. Caroline Hemesath
A Shepherd in Combat Boots: Chaplain Emil Kapaun of the 1st Cavalry Division
by William L. Maher
The Shadow of His Wings: The True Story of Fr. Gereon Goldmann, OFM
by Fr. Gereon Goldmann
Magisterial Documents
Presbyterorum Ordinis (Order of Priests), 1965
Sacerdotii Nostri Primordia (From the Beginning of Our Priesthood) 1959
Pastores Dabo Vobis (I will Give You Shepherds), 1992
Program of Priestly Formation (5th Edition), U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2005