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Below is a small list of books that may be of interest when discerning a vocation into the priesthood or religious life. Clicking on the book will take you to where you can get further information on this book. Please note that this in no way denotes the diocese's endorsing of any particular source.

Extraordinary Lives: Thirty-four Priests Tell Their Stories
Francis P. Friedl, Rex Reynolds
ISBN: 0877936560
Paperback: 272 pages
December, 1998
Ave Maria Press

Let Your Life Speak:
Listening for the Voice of Vocation
Parker J. Palmer
ISBN: 0787947350
Hardcover, 128pp
September 1999
Wiley, John & Sons

The Holy Longing:
The Search for A Christian Spirituality
ISBN: 0385494181
Hardcover, 272pp
July 1999
Doubleday Publishing

As Leaven in the World:
Catholic Perspectives on Faith, Vocation, and the Intellectual Life - Catholic Perspectives on Faith, Vocation, and the Intellectual Life
ISBN: 1580510892
Paperback: 463 pages
January, 2001
Sheed & Ward
Listening Hearts:
Discerning Call in Community
ISBN: 0819215635
Paperback: 143 pages
May,1991
Morehouse Group

Launch into the Deep
A Scriptural Retreat on Vocation
Fr. Anthony Bannon, LC
This book shows you how to invite God into your live to look at your life though his eyes and ask for the grace to change.
ISBN: 19332710904
Softcover: 132 pages

Search for other books on discernment and vocations at the following webstores: Aquanias and More, Ave Maria Press, Ignatius Press, Paulist Press, or Vision Guide for Catholic Vocations

 

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