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Websites
- Nobel Peace Prize Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize. This site has a biography on her.
- Patron Saint Index Here on this well-researched site, you can find information about the saints.
- Saints & Angels From Catholic Online: "the largest collection of facts and information about saints and angels on the Internet."
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Nonfiction
Amey, Peter. Luther, Erasmus and Loyola. St. Paul, Minn.: Greenhaven, c1980. 920 Ame
Briefly describes the Reformation and split in the Christian Church, through the lives and writings of three leaders.
Bernardin, Joseph Louis. The Gift of Peace: Personal Reflections. Chicago: Loyola Press, c1997. 921 Bernardin
A memoir in which the late Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, Archbishop of Chicago, shared his personal reflections and the insights he gained during the last three years of his life, which included a false accusation of sexual misconduct, a diagnosis of cancer, and a return of the cancer after months of remission.
Bunson, Matthew. The Catholic Almanac's Guide to the Church. Huntington, Ind.: Our Sunday Visitor, c2001. 282 Bun
Collopy, Michael. Works of Love Are Works of Peace: Mother Teresa of Calcutta and the Missionaries of Charity: A Photographic Record. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, c1996. 271.97 Col
Presents a collection of more than 180 photographs, taken over a period of ten years, that document the work and prayer life of Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity, and includes writings by Mother Teresa and the daily prayer book of the Sisters.
Doig, Desmond. Mother Teresa, Her People and Her Work. 1st. U.S. ed. New York: Harper & Row, c1976. 921 Teresa
Green, Julien. God's Fool: The Life and Times of Francis of Assisi. 1st ed. San Francisco: Harper & Row, c1985. 921 Francis
A portrait of the Christian saint from his childhood, through his maturation as a servant of God and the influence of the religious order that took his name.
Hennesey, James J. American Catholics: A History of the Roman Catholic Community in the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. 282 Hen
A history of American Catholics from colonial days to the 1980's.
John Paul II, Pope. Crossing the Threshold of Hope. New York: Knopf, 1994. 282 Joh
John Paul II, Pope. An Invitation to Joy. New York: Simon & Schuster, c1999. 282 Joh
A collection of writings by Pope John Paul II that address the themes that are most important to his life and work.
Kalberer, Augustine. Lives of the Saints: Daily Readings. Chicago, Ill.: Franciscan Herald Press, [c1975]. 282.092 Kal
Kelly, Frederic Joseph. Man before God: Thomas Merton on Social Responsibility. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1974. 271.125 Kel
Knowles, Leo. Modern Heroes of the Church. Huntington, Ind.: Our Sunday Visitor, c2003. 282 Kno
Malinski, Mieczyslaw. Pope John Paul II: The Life of Karol Wojtyla. New York: Seabury Press, 1979. 921 John Paul
A biography of the extraordinary man who is the first Pope in history of Polish descent.
McBrien, Richard P. Lives of the Saints: From Mary and St. Francis of Assisi to John XXIII and Mother Teresa. [San Francisco]: HarperSanFrancisco, c2001. 270 McB
Provides brief biographies of all of the saints in the Catholic religion.
Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968. Seeds. 1st ed. Boston: Shambhalal, 2002. 242 Mer
Merton, Thomas. The Seven Storey Mountain. New York: Octagon Books, 1978, c1948. 271 Mer
Merton, Thomas. The Sign of Jonas. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979, c1953. 271 Mer
Muggeridge, Malcolm. Something Beautiful For God: Mother Teresa of Calcutta. New York: Harper & Row, 1971. 271 Mul
Murphy, F. X. John Paul II: A Son of Poland. South Hackensack, N.J.: Shepherd Press, 1978. 921 John Paul
Nobel: A Century of Prize Winners. Richmond Hill, Ont.: Firefly, 2008. 920 Nob
Contains photographs and profiles of more than two hundred men and women recognized by the Nobel Prize since it was established in 1901 to reward accomplishments in the areas of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace, with a prize in economics added in 1968, and includes a complete list of all prize winners.
Rice, Edward. The Man in the Sycamore Tree: The Good Times and Hard Life of Thomas Merton. [1st ed.]. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1970. 921 Merton
Royal, Robert. The Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century: A Comprehensive World History. New York: Crossroad Pub., c2000. 272 Roy
Profiles Catholics who were persecuted, tortured, and martyred for their religious beliefs in the twentieth century.
Saints for All Seasons. 1st ed. New York: Doubleday, 1978. 920 Sai
Spink, Kathryn. Mother Teresa: A Complete Authorized Biography. [San Francisco]: HarperSanFrancisco, c1997. 271 Spi
Biography of Mother Teresa, an Albanian born nun, discusses her early life, work with the sick and poor, winning the Nobel Prize, and presents her vision of the world.
Stock, Dennis. Saint Francis of Assisi. San Francisco: Harper & Row, c1981. 271 Cun
Stokes, Philip. Philosophy: 100 Essential Thinkers. New York: Enchanted Lion, 2003. 190 Sto
Teresa, Mother. A Gift for God. New York : Harper & Row, c1975. 242 Ter
Teresa, Mother. Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light: The Private Writings of the "Saint of Calcutta." 1st ed. New York: Doubleday, c2007. 271 Ter
Presents a comprehensive collection of letters written by Mother Teresa to her spiritual advisors over decades that chronicles her spiritual journey and the struggles she had with her own faith and duty.
Teresa, Mother. Words to Love By-- Notre Dame, Ind.: Ave Maria Press, c1983. 242 Ter
Unsworth, Tim. I Am Your Brother Joseph: Cardinal Bernardin of Chicago. New York: Crossroad, c1997. 921 Bernardin
Walsh, Michael J. An Illustrated History of the Popes: Saint Peter to John Paul II. New York: Bonanza Books: Distributed by Crown Publishers, 1984, c1980. 262 Wal
Weigel, George. Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II. 1st Perennial ed. New York: Cliff Street Books, 2005, c1999. 921 John Paul
Presents a biographical portrait of Pope John Paul II as a man, a thinker, and a leader, examining his stand on some of the major questions that face humankind at the millennium, discussing his efforts to connect with other religious communities, and including translations of his poetry, as well as personal anecdotes by loved ones.
Wojtyla, Karol. Easter Vigil and Other Poems. 1st ed. New York: Random House, c1979. 891.81 Woj
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Reference
The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary. New York: Continuum, 2002. Ref 282 Wat
Cohn-Sherbok, Lavinia. Who's Who in Christianity. New York: Routledge, c1998. REF 920 Coh
Cronin, Vincent. A Calendar of Saints. Westminster, MD: Newman Press, c1963. REF 920 Cro 881
Current Biography. Vol. 1997. [Bronx, New York : H.W. Wilson Co.], 1997. Ref 920.03 Cur
Delaney, John J. Dictionary of Saints. 1st ed. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1980. REF 920 Del
Short biographies of all the saints, with a chart of popes and copies of the Roman and Byzantine calendars.
Farmer, David Hugh. The Oxford Dictionary of Saints. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978. REF 920 Far
Flinn, Frank K. Encyclopedia of Catholicism. New York: Checkmark Books, 2008, c2007. Ref 282 Fli
Contains approximately seven hundred alphabetized, cross-referenced entries on individuals, institutions, events, movements, and concepts in the history of Catholicism, and includes further reading lists with each entry, a chronology, and a bibliography.
The HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism [San Francisco]: HarperSanFrancisco, c1995. REF 282 Har
Reference guide to the people, places, history, theology, art, sacraments, and spirituality of Catholicism, with over 4,200 entries, pronunciation guides to names and other terms, photographic timeline, and illustrations.
Newland, Mary Reed. The Saint Book: For Parents, Teachers, Homilists, Storytellers, and Children. New York: Seabury Press, c1979. REF 282.092 New
Brief sketches of more than 55 saints, arranged by the dates of their feast days, focusing on personal details and factual incidents of their lives.
The Saints: A Concise Biographical Dictionary. New York: Hawthorn Books, c1958. REF 920 C83
The Who's Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-2000. Westport, CT: Oryx Press, 2002. Ref 001.4 Who
Contains over seven hundred entries that provide biographical and bibliographical information about each of the world's Nobel Prize winners from 1901 through 2000; grouped in the categories of chemistry, medicine and physiology, economics, physics, literature, and peace, with name, education, nationality, and religion indexes.
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