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Phase II Initial Formation Reference Materials

In addition to the books listed in the Carmelite Bibliography, these materials are recommended.

BOOKS — O-S

  • OPENING TO GOD, Thomas H. Green, S.J., Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, IN, 1977.
  • PAUL VI, POPE. MARIALIS CULTUS, Hales Corners, WI, Priests of the Sacred Heart, 1974.
  • PRACTICE OF SPIRITUAL DIRECTION, William Barry, S.J. and William Connolly, S.J., Harper, San Francisco.
  • PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD, Kilian Lynch, O.Carm., Aylesford, Kent, England, The Carmelite Press, 1975.
  • PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD, (BROTHER LAWRENCE OF THE RESURRECTION), Robert J. Edmonson, Trans., Orleans, MA, Paraclete Press, 1985 (1994).
  • PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD, (BROTHER LAWRENCE OF THE RESURRECTION), Donald Attwater, Springfield, IL, Templegate, 1974.
  • PRAYER LIFE IN CARMEL, Redemptus Maria Valabek, O.Carm., Rome, Italy, Carmel in the World Paperbacks, Vol. I (1987), Vol. II (1988).
  • PRAYER, ASPIRATION AND CONTEMPLATION, Venard Poslusney, O.Carm., Trans. & Ed., New York, NY, Alba House, 1975.
  • PROPHET OF FIRE, Kilian Healy, O.Carm., Rome, Italy, Carmel in the World Paperbacks, 1990.
  • REDISCOVERING THE SACRAMENTS, Brennan Hill, William H. Sadlier, Inc., New York, 1982.
  • RULE OF ST. ALBERT, Hugh Clarke, O.Carm., and Bede Edwards, O.C.D., General Editors, Aylesford & Kensington, England, 1973.
  • SPIRITUAL DIRECTION IN THE LETTERS OF ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS, Kevin Culligan, O.C.D., Washington, D.C., ICS Publications.
  • SPIRITUAL DIRECTION AND MEDITATION, Thomas Merton, The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN, 1960.
  • SPIRITUAL DOCTRINE OF BLESSED ELIZABETH OF THE TRINITY, Luigi Borriello, O.C.D., Alba House, New York, 1986.
  • SPIRITUALITY AND THE DESERT EXPERIENCE, Charles Cummings, O.C.S.O., Dimension Books, Denville, NJ, 1978.
  • SPRINGS OF CARMEL, Peter Slattery, O.Carm., New York, Alba House, 1991.
  • ST. TERESA OF AVILA, Giorgio Papasogli, St. Paul Books and Media, Boston, 1990.
  • ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS, NIGHTINGALE OF GOD, Otilio Rodriguez, O.C.D., Rome, Italy, Teresian Historical Institute, Teresianum, 1990.
  • ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS: A SPIRITUALITY OF SUBSTANCE, ed., Peter Slattery, O.Carm., Alba House, New York, 1994.
  • STORY OF A SOUL, John Clarke, O.C.D., Trans., Washington, D.C., ICS Publications, 1975.

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