Online ebook: “Pope John Paul II Writings on Young People”, collected by Fr. Roger J. Landry

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• Pope John Paul II Writings on Young People: Sourcebook, collected by Fr. Roger J. Landry, September 14, 2002. Available in pdf format on this page of Catholic Preaching.

On the Memorial of Saint José Sánchez del Río. 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: “An Ethnography of Latin Mass Catholics”, by Dr. Nathaniel Marx

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• Ritual in the Age of Authenticity: An Ethnography of Latin Mass Catholics, by Dr. Nathaniel Marx (2013). Dissertation submitted to the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. Available in pdf format at CurateND.

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Free ebook: “A Prayer-Book for the Young, After First Communion”

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• A Prayer-Book for the Young, After First Communion; Including Devotions for Confirmation, and a Variety of Occasional Prayers, Novenas, Litanies, &c. (London: Burns and Lambert, 1852). May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive.

On the Feast of Saint Dominic Savio in the Latin, Maronite, 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.

Online text: Encyclical “Divini Illius Magistri” on Christian Education, by Pope Pius XI

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• Encyclical “Divini Illius Magistri” on Christian Education, by Pope Pius XI, December 31, 1929. May be read online on this page at Catholic Culture, on this page at the EWTN Library, and at the Holy See.

On the Feast of St. Scholastica in the Latin Church, within the one true and Catholic Church; and in remembrance of the great and faithful shepherd Pope Pius XI. 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: 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.

Free ebook: The Ursuline Manual; or, A Collection of Prayers, Spiritual Exercises, Instructions for Youth

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• The Ursuline Manual; or, A Collection of Prayers, Spiritual Exercises, etc., Interspersed with the Various Instructions Necessary for Forming Youth to the Practice of Solid Piety; Originally Arranged for the Young Ladies Educated at the Ursuline Convent, Cork, revised by the Very Rev. John Power, D.D. and approved by the Most Rev. John Hughes, D.D., Archbishop of New York (New York: Edward Dunigan and Brother, 1845). May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats at Internet Archive. May be read online at Making of America Books beginning with the Title page. A later impression (New York: Edward Dunigan and Brother, 1851) is available at Internet Archive.

On the Memorial of Saint Angela Merici (in the General Calendar of the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite), and of Saint Enrique de Ossó y Cercelló and Blessed Paul Joseph Nardini. 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 ebook: “Life of St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr”, by Aloysius J. Smith

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• Life of St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr, by Aloysius J. Smith (London, Glasgow: R. & T. Washbourne; New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Btothers, 1906). Available in pdf format on this page at Mary Our Help. May be read online and available in pdf, mobi, epub and other formats at Internet Archive.
  • [Note: This text is certainly in the public domain in the United States. However, we are unable to ascertain its copyright status in other jurisdictions, as we cannot find the death of decease of the author. Advice on this point would be most appreciated.]

See also the texts listed on the post “Online ebook: ‘Of Holy Virginity’ by St. Augustine“, as well as the following:

• Guide for Catholic Young Women, Especially for Those Who Earn Their Own Living, 35^th ed., revised, by the Rev. George Deshon (New York: The Columbus Press, 1910). May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi/kindle, djvu, Daisy and txt formats at Internet Archive and Open Library. The 29^th edition (New York: Catholic Books Exchange, 1893) is available in at Internet Archive and Open Library.
• Purity, by Rev. Bede Jarrett, O.P. (+1934) (London, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Brighton, Cardiff, Newcastle, Derby: Catholic Truth Society, 1929). Pamphlet. May be read online on this page at e-Catholic 2000. Available in PDF format on this page of Catholic Pamphlets.net. Another edition (London: Catholic Truth Society No. 293, 1973) is readable online and available in PDF format at Catholic Truth Society Pamphlets.

On the Feast of Saint Agnes of Rome in the Syro-Malabar Church and the Latin Church, 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.

“[T]he unmarried woman and the virgin thinketh on the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she that is married thinketh on the things of the world, how she may please her husband… Therefore, both he that giveth his virgin in marriage, doth well: and he that giveth her not, doth better.” (I Corinthians vii, 34, 38)

“If anyone says that the married state excels the state of virginity or celibacy, and that it is better and happier to be united in matrimony than to remain in virginity or celibacy, let him be anathema.” (Council of Trent, Session XXIV)

Notice: New Page “For Children and Young Readers”

Please be informed that, upon the request of a commenter (for whose suggestion we are grateful), the Project now has a new page “For Children and Young Readers“, which lists legally free or online Catholic Christian texts and ebooks intended to be read by children and youth. Suggestions on other texts would be welcome. Dominus vobiscum.

Free ebook: “Catholic Hours; or, The Family Prayer-Book” (with Mass prayers for those at home and Office for the Dying)

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• Catholic Hours; or, The Family Prayer-Book; Containing all the Public and Private Devotions Generally Used by English Catholics, and Never Before Collected in One Book, 10th edition, with added Mass prayers for those at home and the Office for the Dying (London: R. Washbourne, 1868). With episcopal approbation. May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats, at Internet Archive. The 5th edition (London, Dublin, Glasgow, Edinburgh: T. Jones, 1845), with episcopal approbation, is also available at Internet Archive. The 2nd edition (London, Dublin, Glasgow: T. Jones, 1840) is also available at Internet Archive.

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Online text: “Parents and the Vocation of Their Children”, by Ernest F. Miller

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• Parents and the Vocation of Their Children (Tract), by Ernest F. Miller, C.Ss.R. With 1960 Imprimatur. May be read online on this page of e-Catholic 2000; and available in pdf format on this page of Catholic Pamphlets.net.

On the Feast of Saints Louis Martin and Marie-Azélie Guérin. 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.