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)

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.

Online text: Tractate on the Mercy of God, by St. Augustine

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• Tractate XXXIII on the Gospel According to St. John, by St. Augustine of Hippo. In Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John, Vol. I, translated by Rev. John Gibb (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1873). May be read online at Internet Archive.
  • The text as reproduced in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 7, edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1888), and revised and edited by Kevin Knight, may be read online on this page of New Advent.

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Free ebook: “The Religious State”, by William Humphrey, S.J. and Francisco Suarez, S.J.

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• The Religious State: a Digest of the Doctrine of Suarez, Contained in His Treatise “De Statu Religionis”, by William Humphrey, S.J., based on the work by Francisco Suarez, S.J. (London, New York: Burns and Oates, 1884). Volume I available on Open Library and Internet Archive. Volume II available on Open Library and Internet Archive. Volume III available on Open Library and Internet Archive.

See also the texts listed on the page Religious Orders and Religious Life, as well as:

• Communio: International Catholic Review, vol. 31, no. 1, Consecration and the States of Life (Fall 2004).
  • The following articles relating to the theme are available in pdf format: ”The Evangelical Counsels and the Total Gift of Self” by Jacques Servais, ”Consecration and Human Action: The Moral Life as Response” by David S. Crawford, ”Evangelical Counsels in Marriage?” by Jörg Splett, ”Theological Perspectives on Marriage” by Marc Ouellet.
  • Likewise available in pdf format are “Personal Singularity and the Communio Personarum: A Creative Development of Thomas Aquinas’ Doctrine of Esse Commune” by Adrian J. Walker, and “Introduction to Christianity: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow”, by Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI.
• How to Discover Your Vocation: Marriage, Priesthood, Consecrated Life, Permanent Diaconate, Single Life, by Fr Stephen Wang (London: Catholic Truth Society, 2009).
  • The printed book may be purchased on this page of the Catholic Truth Society.
  • The ebook be read online on this subpage of the Issuu page of the Catholic Truth Society. Available in pdf format on this Wayback Machine page, which is the 22 December 2014 snapshot of the Dropbox page linked by the 25 August 2009 post of Fr. Stephen Wang on Catholic Ideas.
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• “’Mystically Espoused to Christ, the Son of God (c. 604 §1)’: The Basis for Proposing Juridic Principles to Guide the Development of Norms for the Ordo virginum”, by Judith M. Stegman, CPA, JSD. Dissertation, School of Canon Law, Catholic University of America (2019). Available in pdf format on this page of the Catholic University of America. [Note: This text is a dissertation best suited for specialists and advanced students of canon law and theology.]
• “Virginal Chastity in the Consecrated Virgin”, by Judith M. Stegman [CPA]. Thesis, Master of Arts in Theology, Catholic Distance University, 2014. Available in pdf format on this page, linked by this page of the United States Association of Consecrated Virgins (USACV).

Posted on the Feast of Saint Simeon the Prophet and Saint Anna the Prophetess in the Maronite church, in belated observance of the World Day for Consecrated Life. 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: Plain Instructions for Those Entering the Catholic Church, by Rev. John B. Bagshawe

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• The Threshold of the Catholic Church: A Course of Plain Instructions for Those Entering Her Communion, by Rev. John B. Bagshawe (New York : Catholic Publication Society, 1872). With Imprimatur. Available at Open Library and Internet Archive (Digitizing sponsor: MSN, Book contributor: Kelly – University of Toronto).

See also the texts listed on the pages Catechisms and Explanations of the Faith and Evangelization and Missions, including sub-list III of the latter, “Converts and Stories/Narratives of Conversion”, as well as the following:

• “The Catholic Conversion Process among University Students: An Exploratory Study” (Unpublished thesis), by Sarah Anne Vielma. Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas. (2013). Available in pdf format at Texas State University.
• Early Steps in the Fold: Instructions for Converts, and Enquirers by Francis M. De Zulueta (New York: P.J. Kenedy, 1910). May be read online, and may be downloaded in pdf, epub, Kindle, Daisy, full text, and djvu formats, at Internet Archive.
• “A Study in the Psychology of Conversion” (Master’s Thesis), by Dorothy Catherine Kleespies (1932). Available in pdf format at Loyola University Chicago.

On the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle in the Maronite, Latin, and Syro-Malabar Churches, within 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.

Texto en linea: “Carta sobre la Nueva Evangelización”, de Mons. Javier Echevarría

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• Carta sobre la Nueva Evangelización, de Mons. Javier Echevarría, Prelado del Opus Dei, 2 de octubre de 2011. Disponible en formato ePub, en formato PDF, y en Word en esta pagina del Opus Dei; y en formato pdf en esta pagina del 10 Min con Jesús.

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Free ebook: “The Spiritual Combat”, by Laurence Scupoli

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• The Spiritual Combat; Together with The Supplement and the Path of Paradise, by Laurence [Lorenzo] Scupoli, a new translation (London, Oxford, Cambridge: Rivingtons, 1875). Part of the Library of Spiritual Works for English Catholics. May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats, at Internet Archive, with a 2nd copy at Internet Archive. Also available at Google Play Books.

On the Feast of Saint Dunstan in the Latin Church, and of Saint Ammoun the Hermit in the Maronite 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 ebook: “The Sinner’s Guide”, by Venerable Luis de Granada

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• The Sinner’s Guide, by Venerable Louis of Granada, O.P., a new and revised translation by a Father of the same Order (New York: P.J. O’Shea, 1890). With Imprimatur; and containing approbatory letter of Pope Gregory XIII. May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive. 
• Another translation is also available:
  • The Sinner’s Guide, in Two Books; Book I. Containing a Full and Ample Exhortation to the Pursuit of Virtue, with Instructions and Directions How to Become Virtuous; Book II. The Doctrine of Virtue, with Necessary Instructions and Advice for Making a Man Virtuous, by the Rev. F. Lewis of Granada, Provincial of the Order of St. Dominick, in the Kingdom of Portugal, translated from the Spanish (Philadelphia: Henry. McGrath, 1844). With the favorable recommendation of the Bishop of Philadelphia. Available in pdf format on this page of Saints’ Books; and may be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive.

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Online text: “The Role of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the New Evangelization” by Christopher Gillespie

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• “The Role of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the New Evangelization in the Writings of Blessed John Paul II”, by Christopher Gillespie, Marian Studies, Vol. 64 (2013): pp 171-197. Available in pdf format on this page of Marian Studies.

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Free ebook: “The Catholic Doctrine of Purgatory”, by Henry James Coleridge, S.J.

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• The Prisoners of the King: Thoughts on the Catholic Doctrine of Purgatory, by Henry James Coleridge, S.J. (London: Burns and Oates, 1889). May be read online, and available in mobi, epub, pdf, and other formats, at Internet Archive; and available in pdf format at Forgotten Books (some pages may be accessed only by members). The 1884 edition is also available at Internet Archive.

On the Feast of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. For other online texts and legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject).