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Books for Ignatian Spirituality Development
(each section alphabetical by title, updated 1/30/02)

TOPICS:

 

IGNATIAN/CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY:

Amazing Grace, by Kathleen Norris, Riverhead Books

Armchair Mystic: Easing into Contemplative Prayer, by Mark Thibodeaux, S. J., St. Anthony Messenger Press

Challenge 2000: A Daily Meditation Program Based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, by Mark Link, S.J. Tabor Publishing                  

Experiencing God in Daily Life, by Robert Fabing, S.J., Epoch Universal Publications

Eyes on the Cross, Michael Kennedy, S.J., Crossroads Publishing

Eyes on Jesus, Michael Kennedy, S.J., Crossroads Publishing

God Loves An Unmade Bed, by Donald C. Fischer, Tom Allender, SJ, F.M. Publishing

God of Many Faces, Max Oliva, S.J., Ave Maria Press

Illuminated Life, Joan Chittister, Orbis Books

Inviting God In, Joyce Rupp, Ave Maria Press

Light in the Darkness, Joan Chittister, Crossroad Publishing

May I Have This Dance?, Joyce Rupp, Ave Maria Press

Moment by Moment: A Retreat in Everyday Life, by Carol Ann Smith, SHCJ, and Eugene F. Merz, S.J., Ave Maria Press

A Retreat with the Psalms, by John C. Endres, S.J., and Elisabeth Liebert, SNJM, Paulist Press

Soul Feast:An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life, Marjorie Thompson, Westminster John Knox Press

The Active Life: A Spirituality of Work, Creativity, and Caring, by Parker J. Palmer, Jossey-Bass Publishers

The Enduring Heart, by Wilkie Au, Paulist Press

The Holy Longing: The Search for Christian Spirituality, by Reverend Ronald Rolheiser, Doubleday Publishers

To See Thee More Dearly, by Richard J. Huelsman, S.J., St. Mary's Press

 

ABOUT IGNATIUS, JESUITS AND THE SPIRITUAL EXERCISES

A Pilgrim's Journey: The Autobiography of Ignatius Loyola, translated by Joseph N. Tylenda, S. J., Liturgical Press

Bamboo Swaying in the Wind, by Claudia Devaux and George Bernard Wong, S. J., Loyola Press

Directions for Communication: Discoveries with Ignatius Loyola, by Willi Lambert, Crossroads Publishing

Draw Me Into Your Friendship, by David L. Fleming, S.J., Institute of Jesuit Sources, St. Louis

Finding God in All Things: A Companion to the Spiritual Exercises, William A. Barry, SJ, Ave Maria Press

Ignatius Loyola, The Mystic, by Harvey D. Eagan, S.J., Liturgical Press

Ignatius of Loyola: A Biography of the Founder of the Jesuits, by Philip Carman, S.J., Harper and Row Publishers

Inner Compass, by Margaret Silf, Loyola Press

Jesuit Saints and Martyrs, by Joseph N. Tylenda, S.J., Loyola Press

Jesuit Saturdays, by William J. Byron, S.J., Loyola Press

Not Counting the Cost, by John J. Martinez, S. J., Loyola Press

One Jesuit's Spiritual Journey, by Pedro Arrupe, S. J., Institute of Jesuit Sources

Our Lady, Dominic & Ignatius, by Betsey Beckman, Nina O'Connor & J. Michael Sparough, S.J., St. Anthony Messenger Press

Praying with Ignatius of Loyola, by Bergan and Schwan, St. Mary's Press

The Fifth Week, by William J. O'Malley, S. J., Loyola Press

The First Jesuits, by John W. O'Malley, S.J., Harvard University Press

The Ignatian Mystique, by Douglas Letson, Michael Higgins, Loyola Press

The Origin of the Jesuits, by James Brodrick, S.J., Loyola Press

The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, translated by Anthony Mottola, PhD., Doubleday

The Voice of Blood, William J. O'Malley, S. J., Orbis Books

This Our Exile, James Martin, S. J., Orbis Books

 

DAILY PRAYER, MEDITATION, REFLECTION:

100 Ways to Keep Your Soul Alive: Living Deeply and Fully Everyday, by Brussat and Brussat, Harper of San Francisco

also, 100 More Ways to Keep Your Soul Alive 

2002:A Book of Grace-filled Days, (cycle A), Margaret Silf, Loyola Press

A Cup of Grace to Go: What Jesus Might Say to Start Your Day, Anita M. Constance, Ave Maria Press

Bedside Prayers, by June Cotner, Harper San Francisco

Close to the Heart: A Guide to Personal Prayer, by Margaret Silf, Loyola Press

Daily Book of Common Prayer, by Owen Collins, Eerdmans Publishing

Graces, June Cotner, Harper San Francisco

Hearts on Fire, Michael Harter, S.J., Institute of Jesuit Sources

Living in God's Embrace: The Practice of Spiritual Intimacy, Michael Fonseca, Ave Maria Press

Plain Living: A Quaker Path to Simplicity, Catherine Whitmire, Ave Maria Press

Sayings of Jesus, Eugene Peterson, Navpress

Simple Days: A Journal on What Really Matters, Marlene A. Schiwy, Ave Mara Press

Simply Surrender, John Kirvan, Ave Maria Press

Short Prayers for the Long Day, by Harcourt, Giles and Melville, Triumph Books

The Sacred in the Simple, by Mary Lou Kownacki, OSB, Ligouri Publications

Woman Un-Bent, by Irene Zimmerman, OSF, St. Mary's Press

You Are My Beloved, by Mitch Finley, Resurrection Press

 

CATECHETICAL (Basic to Advanced):

A Faith You Can Live With: Understanding the Basics, by John O'Donnell, S.J., Sheed and Ward Publishers

Paths to Prayer, by Robert F. Morneau, St. Anthony Press

What It Means to Be Catholic, by Father Joseph M. Champlin, St. Anthony Press

Symbols of the Church, by Maurice Dilasser, Liturgical Press

Christ Among Us, by Anthony Wiehelm, Harper of San Francisco

This Is Our Faith, by Michael Francis Pennock, Ave Maria Press

Catechism of the Catholic Church, U.S. Catholic Conference, Image Books/ Doubleday Publishers

God for Us, by Catherine Mowry LaCugna, Harper of San Francisco

 

MID-LIFE SPIRITUALITY:

Chaos or Creation, by Carroll and Dyckman, Paulist Press

Dear Heart Come Home, by Joyce Rupp, Crossroad Publishers

Solitude to Sacrament, by Carroll and Dyckman, Paulist Press

Two Old Women, Velma Wallis, Epicenter Press

Winter Grace, by Kathleen R. Fischer, Paulist Press

 

LOSS, GRIEF, TRANSITION:

Finding Your Own North Star, by Martha Beck, Crown Publishers

Happiness is an Inside Job,  by John Powell, S.J., Thomas More Co.

Let Your Life Speak, by Parker Palmer, Jossey-Bass Publishers

Living Peace, John Dear, Doubleday Publishing

Pilgrim Heart, by Sarah York, Jossey-Bass Publishers

Praying Our Goodbyes, by Joyce Rupp, Crossroad Publishers

Risking Hope, by Kathleen O'Connell Chesto, Liguori Lifespan

The Courage to Teach, by Parker J. Palmer, Jossey-Bass Publishers

The Problem of Pain, by C. S. Lewis, Touchstone Books/Simon & Schuster

This Blessed Mess, Patricia H. Livingston, Sorin Books

To Know as We Are Known, by Parker J. Palmer, Jossey-Bass Publishers

When Things Fall Apart, by Pema Chodron, Shambala Classics

When Your Parent Dies, by Cathleen L. Curry, Ave Maria Press

Wrestling With God and Cancer, by Beverly Lancour Sinke, Twenty-third Publications

Your Sorrow Is My Sorrow, by Joyce Rupp, Crossroad Publishing

 

SERIES:

Companions for the Journey, St. Mary's Press

Daily Prayers for Virtue: St. Mary's Press

Faith, by Wayne Simisis

Humility, by Robert Morneau

Love, by Carl Koch

The Linns: Dennis Linn, Sheila Fabricant-Linn, & Matthew Linn, S.J., Paulist Press,

Good Goats: Healing Our Image of God

Sleeping With Bread: Holding What Gives Us Life (the examen)

Don't Forgive Too Soon

Simple Ways to Pray for Healing

Healing the Purpose of Your Life

Take and Receive, by Jacqueline S. Bergan and Sister Marie Schwan, St. Mary's Press,

Love

Forgiveness

Birth

Surrender

Freedom

Vision 2000, by Mark Link, S.J., Tabor Publishing

Vision

Mission

Action

Challenge

Jesus

Bible   

Spirit

Lent

 

WOMEN'S SPIRITUALITY AND REFLECTION:

Chocolate for a Woman's Soul, by Kay Allenbaugh, Simon/Schuster

Coming Home to Myself, by Marion Woodman, Jill Mellick, Conari Press

Faith In The Valley: Lessons for Women on the Journey to Peace, by Iyanla Vanzant, Simon/Schuster

(also Acts of Faith and The Value in the Valley)

Everyday Sacred, by Sue Bender, Harper Collins

Images of Women in Transition, by Janice Grana, St. Mary's Press

Life Ablaze: A Woman's Novena, by Joan Chittister, O.S.B., Sheed and Ward

Loving Yourself More: 101 Mediations for Women, by Virginia Ann Froehle, R.S.M., Ave Maria Press

Psalms of a Lay Woman, Edwina Gateley, Sheed and Ward

Remarkable Women, Remarkable Wisdom, Mary Francis Gangloff, O.S.F., St. Anthony Messenger Press

Sacred Journeys, by Jan L. Richardson, Upper Room Books

Sisters and Prophets, by Mary Lou Sleevin, Ave Maria Press

The Dance, by Oriah Mountain Dreamer, HarperSan Francisco

The Invitation, by Oriah Mountain Dreamer, HarperSan Francisco

The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola, an inclusive translation by Elizabeth Meier Tetlow, Loyola Press, New Orleans

The Spiritual Exercises Reclaimed, by Katherine Dyckman, SNJM, Mary Garvin, SNJM, and Elizabeth Liebert, SNJM, Paulist Press

Women at the Well: Feminist Perspectives on Spiritual Direction, Kathleen Fischer, Paulist Press

Women of the World, by Mary Lou Sleevin, Ave Maria Press

 

WOMEN'S MID-LIFE SPIRITUALITY:

Autumn Gospel: Women in the Second Half of Life, Kathleen Fischer, Paulist Press

For She Is The Tree of Life, by Valerie Kack-Brice, Conari Press

Women in the Middle: by Margot Hover, Twenty Third Publications

 

OF INTEREST TO WOMEN:

A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman, Joan Anderson, Broadway Books

Knowing Her Place: Gender and the Gospels, by Anne Thurston, Paulist Press

Leading Ladies: Transformative Biblical Images for Women's Leadership, Jeanne Porter, PhD, Innisfree Press

Leave Her Alone, by Megan McKenna, Orbis Books

Mary Magdalene: Beyond the Myth, by Esther DeBoer, Trinity Press International

Mary Magdalene: Myth and Metaphor: by Susan Haskins, Riverhead Books

Not Counting Women and Children, by Megan McKenna, Orbis Books

The Courage to Change, by Marilyn Gustin, Liguori Publications

The Friendship of Women, by Joan Chittister, Sheed and Ward

The Story of Ruth, by Joan Chittister, Wm.B. Eerdmans Publishing

Women in the Days of the Cathedrals, by Regine Pernoud, Ignatius Press (San Francisco)

Women of Courage, by Katherine Martin, New World Library

 

OF GENERAL INTEREST AND REFLECTION:

A Passion for Life: Fragments of the Face of God, by Joan Chittister and Robert Lentz, Orbis Books

Blessed Are You, Mother Teresa and the Beatitudes, by Eileen Eagan and Kathleen Eagan, OSB, Ignatius Press

Conversations of the Saints, by Bernard-Marie,OFS, and Jean Jscenot, FEC, Liguori

Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, by Kathleen Norris, Houghton Mifflin Co.

Ethics for the New Millennium, by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Riverhead Books

Holy the Firm, by Annie Dillard, Harper & Row

Mystics, Masters, Saints and Sages, by Robert Ullman and Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, Conari Press

People of God: The History of Catholic Christianity, by Anthony E. Gilles, St. Anthony Messenger Press

Religious Life in the New Millennium, Three Volumes, by Sandra Schneiders, IHM, Paulist Press

Saints of the Southwest, by Jim Griffith, Rio Nuevo Publishers

Street Journal: Finding God in the Homeless, by Gary N. Smith, SJ, Sheed and Ward

Temple, Monarchy and Word of God, by John C. Endres, S.J., Michael Glazier Publisher

Ten Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Went Out Into the World, by Maria Shriver, Warner Books

Teresa of Avila, by Cathleen Medwick, Alfred Knopf

The American Catholic Experience: A History from Colonial Times to the Present, by Jay P. Dolan, University of Notre Dame Press

The Camino: A Journey of the Spirit, by Shirley MacLaine, Pocket Books

The Catholic Imagination, by Andrew Greeley, University of California Press

The Illustrated World's Religions, by Huston Smith, HarperSan Francisco

The Gift of Peace, by Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, Doubleday

The Journey to Peace, by Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, Doubleday

The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant, Picador USA

This Man Bernadin, by Eugene Kennedy, Loyola Press

Two Old Women (Alaskan Legend), by Velma Wallis, Epicenter Press

Virgin Time: In Search of the Contemplative Life, by Patricia Hampl, Ballantine Books

What's Happening to Home? Balancing Work, Life and Refuge in the Information Age, Maggie Jackson, Ave Maria Press

Why Christianity Must Die by John Shelby Spong, HarperSan Francisco

 

Jesuit Resources on World Wide Web:

      http://www.jesuit.org/resources/index.html

 revised January 30, 2002

 

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