Online text: Exhortation on Priestly Sanctity, by Pope St. Pius X

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• Apostolic Exhortation to the Catholic Clergy “Haerent Animo” on Priestly Sanctity, by Pope St. Pius X (August 4, 1908). May read online on this page of Catholic Culture, on this page of EWTN, and at Papal Encyclicals Online.

On the Feast of Saint Jean Vianney in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. See also these related texts:

• The Evangelizing Parish, by Francis Cardinal Arinze (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2018). The ebook and printed book may be purchased for worth-it prices on this page of Ignatius Press, on this page of the EWTN Religious Catalogue, at Barnes & Noble, at Google Books, and at Amazon. [See also these related online articles: “Cardinal Arinze Discusses Hallmarks of an Evangelizing Parish”, July 18, 2018, at the National Catholic Register; “The five traits of an Evangelizing Parish”, October 11, 2018, at Denver Catholic; “Renewing Our Parishes: The Why and the How“. September 11, 2018, at Catholic Mom.]
• Instruction “The Priest, Pastor and Leader of the Parish Community”, by the Congregation for the Clergy (4 August 2002). May be read online at the Holy See.
• A Manual of Homiletics and Catechetics (The Priest in the Pulpit), adapted from the German of Rev. Ignaz Schüch by Rev. Boniface Luebbermann (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1894). With Imprimatur. May be read online, and available in mobi, epub, pdf, and other formats, at Internet Archive.
• The New Parish Priest’s Practical Manual: A Work Useful Also for Other Ecclesiastics, Especially for Confessors and for Preachers, by Joseph [Giuseppe] Frassinetti, translated by William Hutch (London: Burns and Oates; New York: Catholuc Piblication Society, 1883). With Imprimatur. Available in pdf format at Saints’ Books. May be read online, and available in mobi, epub, pdf, and other formats, at Internet Archive.
• The Parish Priest on Duty: a Practical Manual for Pastors, Curates, and Theological Students Preparing for the Mission, Being a Brief Summary of the Prescribed Manner of Administering the Sacraments, the Service of the Dead, and Sundry Other Pastoral Functions in Accordance with the Roman Ritual (The Sacraments), by H.J. Heuser (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1904). With Imprimatur. Available at Open Library and Internet Archive, with a second copy at Internet Archive and Open Library, linked from Boston University Digital Common.

On the Feast of Saint Jean Marie Vianney 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.

Worth-it ebook: “The History of St. Dominic”, by Augusta Theodosia Drane

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• The History of St. Dominic, The Founder of the Friars Preachers, with Illustrations, by Augusta Theodosia Drane, O.P. (Mother Francis Raphael) [1823-1894] (Gastonia, NC: TAN Books, 1988). The original edition has an Imprimatur. The ebook and printed book may be purchased for worthwhile prices on this page of TAN Books, at Google Books, and at Amazon. [Note: The ebook on Amazon bears the publisher information—Omaha, NE: Patristic Publishing, 2019.]

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Online text: “The Thomism of Bartolomé de Las Casas and the Indians of the New World”, by Dr. Thomas Francis Xavier Varacalli

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• “The Thomism of Bartolomé de Las Casas and the Indians of the New World”, by Thomas Francis Xavier Varacalli, Ph.D. LSU Doctoral Dissertations, 1664 (2016). Available in pdf format in pdf format of the LSU Digital Commons.

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Free ebook: “Saint Antony of Padua: The Miracle Worker”, by C. M. Antony

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• Saint Antony of Padua: The Miracle Worker (1195-1231), by C. M. Antony [Catherine Mary Antony Woodcock] (New York, London, Bombay, Calcutta: Longmans, Green and Co., 1911). With Imprimatur. Part of The Friar Saints Series, or Lives of the Friar Saints, with the Franciscan Lives edited by the Very Rev. Fr. Osmund, OFM and C. M. Antony, and the Dominican Lives edited by the Very Rev. Bede Jarrett, OP and C. M. Antony. May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats at Internet Archive, Internet Archive (2nd copy), Internet Archive (3rd copy), Internet Archive (4th copy). Also available in pdf format at the Catholic Harbor of Faith and Morals
  • [Note: The last mentioned website, while it contains many valuable classics of Catholic doctrine and spirituality, is administered by persons who reject the Second Vatican Council. Therefore, while the Catholic Christian classics are of profit to all the faithful, the website’s discussion of the Council should be approached with prayerful caution and corrected in light of the hermeneutic of continuity and reform propounded by Pope Benedict XVI.]

On the Feast of Saint Anthony of Padua in the Maronite and Roman Rites. 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. Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints!

Worth-it ebook: “The Holy Eucharist as the Sacrament of Charity”, by Cardinal Burke

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• Divine Love Made Flesh: The Holy Eucharist as the Sacrament of Charity, by Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke (San Diego: Catholic Action for Faith and Family; San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2012). The ebook is available at Barnes & Noble. The printed book is available on this page of The Marian Catechist Apostolate.
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Posted on the Octave of Corpus Christi, the Vigil of the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the Feast of Saint John of Sahagun and Saint Maximus of Naples.

Worth-it book & ebook: “How to Discover Your Vocation”, by Fr. Stephen Wang

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• 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.
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  • 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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Online text: “Pandemic & the Right to the Sacraments”, by Dr. Marie Hilliard & NCBC Ethicists

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• “Pandemic and the Right to the Sacraments”, by NCBC Ethicists; also entitled “Sacraments and the Pandemic” by Marie Hilliard, MS, MA, JCL, PhD, RN, DM, revised December 18, 2020. Available in pdf format and may be read online on this page of The National Catholic Bioethics Center.

On the Memorial of St. Joseph Vaz in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite (calendars of India, Sri Lanka, and the Congregation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri); the Memorial of the Chains of St. Peter in the Maronite Rite; and the secular observance of National Religious Freedom Day in the United States of America. 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: Saint Charles Borromeo, the Reforming Cardinal, by Louise M. Stacpoole-Kenny

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• Saint Charles Borromeo: A Sketch of the Reforming Cardinal, by Louise M. Stacpoole-Kenny (London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow: R. & T. Washbourne; New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benzinger Bros., 1911). Includes a translation of the Encyclical “Editae Saepe” on St. Charles Borromeo of Pope Pius X.
  • The audiobook may be streamed online, and is available in mp3 format, at Internet Archive, with another copy at Internet Archive, and at LibriVox (linked by this page of CatholicAudioBooks).
  • The audiobook is also reproduced in video form on this page of Classic Catholic Audiobooks; at LibriVox Audiobooks; and at Full Audiobooks.
  • The ebook may be read online, and is available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive (linked by this page of CatholicAudioBooks) and Open Library, with a 2nd copy at Internet Archive and Open Library.

See also another work by the same holy bishop:

• Charles Borromeo’s “Instructiones Fabricae et Supellectilis Ecclesiasticae”, 1577, Book I and Book II, translated with commentary and analysis by Dr. Evelyn Voelker (+2008). The complete text is available in pdf format at EvelynVoelker.com.
• The original dissertation of Dr. Voelker, containing the translation of Book I, is also available: Charles Borromeo’s “Instructiones Fabricae et Supellectilis Ecclesiasticae”: A Translation with Commentary and Analysis, by Dr. Evelyn Voelker (Dissertation, Syracuse University, 1977). May be borrowed at Internet Archive (which requires an Internet Archive account, entailing a very simple signup), and may be accessed by ProQuest subscribers at Syracuse University Libraries.
  • [Note 1: Dr. Voelker’s translation of St. Charles Borromeo Pastoral Letter to the Clergy of Milan, on page 21 of her original dissertation, translates the title of the work as Instruction for Ecclesiastical Buildings and Furnishings.]
  • [Note 2: Dr. Voelker’s original 1977 dissertation includes material unfortunately omitted in the text provided on EvelynVoelker.com, including her translation of St. Charles Borromeo’s Pastoral Letter to the Clergy of Milan, as well as her truly informative Notes to that letter.]

On the Feast of St. Charles Borromeo 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. Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints!

Online text: “Prayer in the Life of the Priest”, by Roch Kereszty

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• “Prayer in the Life of the Priest”, by Prof. Roch Kereszty, O.Cist., Communio, Vol. 36, No. 4 (Winter 2009): pp. 607-622 (© 2009 by Communio: International Catholic Review). Available in pdf format through this page of Communio: International Catholic Review.

On the Feast of Saint Pio of Pietralcina (Padre Pio) in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite, and of the Announcement to Zechariah and of the Prophet Jonah in the Maronite 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. Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints!

Online ebook: “Communications of Our Lord regarding Priests and Religious to Blessed Dina Belanger”

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• For Consecrated Souls: Communications of Our Lord regarding Priests and Religious to Blessed Dina Belanger, taken with permission from the Autobiography of Dina Belanger (2013). Available in pdf format at SicutInCælo. [Note: The text states that it was “compiled and typeset by Robert T. Hart. Published here for free downloading with permission of Les Religieuses de Jésus-Marie — Sillery (Quebéc) Canada”]

Posted on the Feast of Blessed Dina Belanger, in earnest prayer that her once-Christian homeland may repent of the Quiet Revolution’s apostasy and return to its first allegiance to Christ our divine Lord and His one true 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. Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints!