Free ebook & audiobook: “The Catholic Church and Conversion”, by G.K. Chesterton

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• The Catholic Church and Conversion, by G.K. Chesterton (New York: MacMillan Company, 1926). With Imprimatur.
  • The ebook be read online on this page of the EWTN Library; available in text file on this page, zipped here, at G. K. Chesterton’s Works on the Web; and available at Google Books. The 1927 impression may be read online, and is available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats at Open Library and Internet Archive.
  • An audiobook read by various speakers is available at LibriVox and Internet Archive; and it may be streamed as video on this page of the Classic Catholic Audiobooks Youtube channel, through this playlist of Divine Logos channel, and at the LibriVox channel.
  • A different audiobook of Part 1 of the work may be streamed as video on this page of Return to Tradition.

On the Memorial of the Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle in the Latin, Maronite, and Syro-Malabar Churches, within the one true and Catholic Church, and at the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

“[O]ther sheep I have, that are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.” (Gospel according to St. John, x, 16)

Online media: “가톨릭 영상 교리 ” / “Video Catechism of the Catholic Church”, in Korean (한국어), English, and sign language

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• 가톨릭 영상 교리  / Video Catechism of the Catholic Church, in Korean (한국어), English, and sign language, produced by the Catholic Pastoral Institute of Korea and the Catholic Peace Broadcasting Corporation. Approved by the Catholic Bishops Conference of Korea, 2020.
  • (Note: According to the English webpage, “The arrangement of this Video Catechism is different from that of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and was produced as a support material to be used in the catechesis. Therefore, it is recommended that priests, religious, and catechists fully explain the content of the Catechism and utilize this video to support catechisis in the Catechumenate, re-education of the faithful, and Sunday school catechesis.”)

• • The Korean language version is available for downloading or streaming at Videos of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Korea. It may also be streamed at the Youtube channel of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Korea.

• • The English language version is available for downloading or streaming at Videos of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Korea. It may also be streamed at the Youtube channel of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Korea.

• • The sign language version, co-produced by the Busan Catholic Mission for the Deaf under Father Cho Joo-hee, is available for downloading or streaming at Videos of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Korea. It may also be streamed at the Youtube channel of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Korea.

On the Feast of Saint John Yi Yun-il. For other texts and ebooks on various subjects, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

“[T]he Church has always looked on catechesis as a sacred duty and an inalienable right… [I]t is certainly a duty springing from a command given by the Lord and resting above all on those who in the New Covenant receive the call to the ministry of being pastors… [O]ne can likewise speak of a right: from the theological point of view every baptized person… has the right to receive from the Church instruction and education enabling him or her to enter on a truly Christian life; and from the viewpoint of human rights, every human being has the right to seek religious truth and adhere to it freely…

The specific character of catechesis, as distinct from the initial conversion-bringing proclamation of the Gospel, has the twofold objective of maturing the initial faith and of educating the true disciple of Christ by means of a deeper and more systematic knowledge of the person and the message of our Lord Jesus Christ… It is true that being a Christian means saying ” yes ” to Jesus Christ, but let us remember that this “yes” has two levels: it consists in surrendering to the word of God and relying on it, but it also means, at a later stage, endeavoring to know better and better the profound meaning of this word.

“Authentic catechesis is always an orderly and systematic initiation into the revelation that God has given of himself to humanity in Christ Jesus, a revelation stored in the depths of the Church’s memory and in Sacred Scripture, and constantly communicated from one generation to the next by a living active traditio…” (Saint John Paul the Great, Apostolic Exhortation “Catechesi Tradendae”)

Free audiobook & ebook: “Instructions for Devout Souls to Dispel Their Doubts and Allay Their Fears”, by Fr. Carlo Giuseppe Quadrupani

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• Light and Peace: Instructions for Devout Souls to Dispel Their Doubts and Allay Their Fears, by R. P. [Carlo Giuseppe] Quadrupani, Barnabite, translated from the French, with an Introduction by the Most Rev. P. J. Ryan, D.D., Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pa. (St. Louis, Mo.: B. Herder, 1898). With Imprimatur.
  • The ebook of the transcribed text may be read online, and is available in mobi, epub, and other formats, at Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive. The ebook with images of the printed text is available at Internet Archive. The images ebook of the 8^th edition (1918) is available at Internet Archive. The ebook of the 5^th edition (1907) is available at Internet Archive.
  • The audiobook, read by Dave7 with Maria Therese as proof listener, may be streamed, and is available in mp3 format, at LibriVox and Internet Archive.

On the Feast of Saint Bernard of Corleone; and in remembrance of George Cardinal Pell (+10 January 2023), bishop and confessor. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

Free audiobook & ebook: “Life of St. Vincent de Paul”, by Frances Alice Forbes

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• Life of St. Vincent de Paul, by Frances Alice Forbes (London: R. & T. Washbourne, Limited, 1919). With Imprimatur. Part of the series Standard-bearers of the Faith: A Series of Lives of the Saints for Young and Old.
  • The audiobook is available at LibriVox, and through Youtube videos on this page of Classic Catholic Audiobooks, on this page of Sacred Heart Publications, through this playlist of Piusmedia, and at LibriVox Audiobooks.
  • The ebook may be read online, and available in epub, full text and kindle formats, at Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive. Available in pdf format at Saint Patrick Basilica Ottawa. May be read online at Manybooks.

On the Feast of Saint Vincent De Paul in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

Free ebook & audiobook: “On Christian Doctrine”, by Saint Augustine of Hippo

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• On Christian Doctrine, by Saint Augustine of Hippo, translated by the Prof. J.F. Shaw.
  • The text may be read online on this page of New Advent, from Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 2, edited by Philip Schaff (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1887.), revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight; and at Professor James O’Donnell’s website.
  • The text as originally published is included in: The Works of Aurelius Augustine, a New Translation, edited by the Rev. Marcus Dods, D.D., Vol. IX: On Christian Doctrine: the Enchiridon; on Catechising: on Faith and the Creed (Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark, 1873), available at Internet Archive, whose 3^rd edition (Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark, 1892) is available at Internet Archive
  • The text was re-published in: A Select Library of the of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, edited by Philip Schaff, D.D., Ll.D., Volume II. St. Augustine’s City of God and Christian Doctrine (Buffalo: Christian Literature Co., 1887), available at Internet Archive, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive.
  • The audiobook is available at Internet Archive and on Youtube: part 1 and part 2.

On the Feast of St. Bede the Venerable in the Roman Rite. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

“And Philip running thither, heard him reading the prophet, Isaias, and he said: Thinkest thou that thou understandest what thou readest? He said: How can I, unless some one shew me?” (Acts viii, 30-31).

“[O]ur most dear brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, hath written to you, As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things: in which are some things hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable wrest, as also the other Scriptures, to their own perdition. You therefore, brethren, knowing these things before, beware; lest, being led away by the error of the unwise, you fall from your own steadfastness. But increase in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.” (II St. Peter iii, 15-18)

Free audiobook & ebook: The Life and Works of Don Bosco, by M. S. Pine

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• A Sketch of the Life and Works of the Venerable Don Bosco, Apostle of Youth, Founder of the Society of St. Francis of Sales, by M. S. Pine (Philadelphia, Pa.: Salesian Press, 1916). With Imprimatur.
  • The audiobook is available through this page of Catholic Audiobooks.
  • The ebook is available in pdf, epub, mobi/kindle, and other formats at Internet Archive; and it may be read online on this page of CatholicSaints.info.

On the Feast of Saint John Bosco (Don Bosco) in the Latin, Maronite, and Syro-Malabar churches in the one true and Catholic Church. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

Online audiobook & free ebook: “Abandonment to Divine Providence”, by Jean Pierre de Caussade

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• Abandonment to Divine Providence, by Jean Pierre de Caussade, S.J., edited by Rev. J. Ramiere, S.J., introduction by Dom Arnold, O.S.B., third English edition translated from the tenth complete French edition by E.J. Strickland (Exeter: Sydney Lee, Ltd., Catholic Records Press; St. Louis, Mo.: B. Herder Book Co.). With Imprimatur dated 1921. The text may be read online on this page of Catholic Treasury, and is available in pdf, mobi, epub and other formats, at Internet Archive and Open Library. The audio is provided in a series of Youtube videos on the Boston Catholic Journal channel, beginning with Part 1.1.

See also the ebooks listed on the page Spirituality and Mysticism.

On the Feast of Saint Paul of Thebes in the Eastern Catholic churches of the Byzantine Rite and in the Latin Church. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

Free ebooks & online audio: “Meditations for Every Day in the Year”, by Bishop Richard Challoner

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• Considerations upon Christian Truths and Christian Duties, Digested into Meditations for Every Day in the Year, by the Ven. and Rt. Rev. Dr. [Richard] Challoner, Bishop of Debra (Philadelphia: Eugene Cummiskey, 1874). Both volumes combined into a single file may be read online, and is available in pdf, epub, mobi and other formats, at Internet Archive.
  • An older edition (London: Keating, Brown, and Keating, 1815) is also available at Internet Archive: Vol. I (From January 1 to June 30) and Vol. II (From July 1 to December 31) (linked by Traditional Catholic).
  • An edition comprising a single volume, entitled Meditations for Every Day in the Year (Dublin: James Duffy, 1859) is avaiable at Internet Archive.
• The audio of the meditations are available in a series of videos listed in the Daily Challoner playlist on the Youtube channel Old Roman TV. [As of 30 December 2021, daily meditations ranging from 02 September (“On Poverty of Spirit”) to 29 December have been made available. Note that the Daily Challoner playlist does not order the videos uniformly by date.]
  • [Caution: While the Youtube channel providing the Daily Challoner contains some valuable materials, it appears to be administered by persons whose view of the Second Vatican Council requires correction with the hermeneutic of continuity and reform. Therefore please approach the materials thereon with prayerful caution.]

See also these other meditations arranged for the secular calendar year (January-December):

Worth-it media: “Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Advent”, by Dr. Brant Pitre

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• Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Advent, by Dr. Brant Pitre. May be purchased through this page of Catholic Productions, which contains a Printable Outline in pdf format and an Audio excerpt in mp3 format (and which is linked by this page of Catholic Heart and Mind). A video introduction is available on this page of the Catholic Productions Youtube channel.

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Online audio & text: “The Patristical Idea of Antichrist” by Cardinal Newman

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• “The Patristical Idea of Antichrist”, in Discourses and Arguments on Various Subjects, by Saint John Henry Newman (London, New York, Bombay, Calcutta: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1907). In four parts:
  • “His Times”, through this page of Newman Reader. The audio is available on this page of Catholic Culture.org.
  • “His Religion”, through this page of Newman Reader. The audio is available on this page of Catholic Culture.org.
  • “His City”, through this page of Newman Reader. The audio is available on this page of Catholic Culture.org.
  • “His Persecution”, through this page of Newman Reader. The audio is available on this page of Catholic Culture.org.

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