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Roman Catholic books like the Baltimore Catechism, the Catholic Bible, the Liturgy, and the lives of the saints teach us to know, love and serve God in this world so as to be happy with Him in Heaven. The question is, "How do you know if a book is Catholic?"

Books are specifically Catholic if they were written by Catholics on Catholic doctrine and approved of and used by the Catholic Church. One may not study books of other religious persuasions on the subject of religion and hope to learn how to get to Heaven or to live a Catholic life on earth. See our Roman Catholic book reviews throughout this site and make your own below.

From the early years of the Catholic Church, books were hand written so they were rare and costly. For centuries the main Catholic books that were widely available were the Catholic Bible, the books of the Liturgy, the Martyrology, and local catechisms until the Catechism of the Council of Trent. They have conveyed the Catholic Faith to millions and are beacons for us. They are encyclopedic in their information and unsurpassed for their inspiration.

Other books that are written by Catholics and discuss Catholic topics are Catholic insofar as they agree with or teach the Catholic Faith. Catholics write bazillions of other books, too.

Roman Catholic Prayer Books

When searching for prayer books we sometimes need to specify the term Roman Catholic prayer books since there are Anglican "Catholic" books, etc. The Roman Catholic Missal is a complete daily Catholic prayer book, the original "thought for the day" book. It covers the Mass of the day and usually has most of the Catholic prayers and many stories of the saints or notes from The Immitation of Christ. It uses the Bible for several readings each day. The best of the Bible audio books we've listened to is the Audio Douay-Rheims Bible. Aquinas And More Catholic Church Goods is one of our favorite Catholic book stores and has a large selection of Roman Catholic Bible books and prayer books; some in Latin and others bound in various colors to give as gifts.

Catholic Reading List

Our St. Anne's Helper's Catholic Reading list includes

Many of these books could also be read during the school year, but these are also less "text booky", or more interesting in and of themselves, not merely books for information during the school year. All of these books are edifying and many are also very interesting for adults, especially the high school reading list. They are likely to be on many a Catholic home school curriculum "suggested reading list", too. As there are plenty of secular book lists available, this is a Catholic summer reading list.

Roman Catholic Home School Books

We are so fortunate that there are so many Roman Catholic home school programs available today. The new textbooks read better than textbooks did 30 and 40 years ago. Many teach their subjects better, too. Many Catholic home school curriculum publishers have rewritten old Catholic books that needed updating for Catholic homeschooling or have gone to great effort to republish authentically Catholic books. See our Catholic Homeschool recommendations here .

Catholic Childrens Books

The Catholic Church has some antique childrens books that are endearing. Neumann Press has a very nice selection of republished old childrens books and song books. We like using this Catholic childrens Bible and St. Anne's Helper Catholic Audio Books for First Communion and for Confirmation that teach the Catholic prayers for children.

Catholic Audio Books

Catholic audio books make it easy to learn the truths of the Catholic Faith and to hear the stories of the saints. Faith comes through hearing and if you do not have good sermons available, you'll need to read them. Many Catholic audio books offer you the same benefits as reading.

Catholic Ebooks

St. Anne's Helper Catholic ebooks are our effort to help you find the basics.

Many good books at Aquinas and More offer the best start in the pursuit of a joyful and truthful Catholic catechism course! We appreciate our arrangement with this good Catholic family business for making the good books we recommend available to you. They appreciate your visits, too.

Catholics appreciate the many old Catholic books that Tan Books and Neumann Press have worked to republish and restore. They have reprinted many rare Catholic books. Children also appreciate the many beautiful children's books that these and many Catholic Homeschool companies have restored.

Adoremus Books offers St. Anne's Helper First Communion Audio Catechism and Catholic Confirmation Audio Catechism; as well as many Catholic Homeschool books!

We recommend St. Anne's Helper First Communion (Volume 1) and Catholic Confirmation (Volume 2) Audio Catechisms (CDs and Downloads) and their companion Catechism Copybooks (Manuscript or Cursive Writing Ebooks) to lighten the study and teaching effort in learning the truths of the Catholic Religion. The audio are great for both children and adults.

Catholic Catechism Books

Our first recommendation is to learn the basic Catholic beliefs as taught in a catechism such as the Baltimore Catechism for children (This can be an easy way for an adult to learn, too, like using Cliffs Notes); and The Catechism of the Council of Trent and The Catechism Explained for high school and adult students. These books offer the Catholic principles necessary to learn to practice the Faith well enough to keep the Faith! Once a student knows the Catholic principles he can discern whether other books are Catholic or not. The catechism is one of the most fundamental of Roman Catholic books. A good one has all the basic answers!

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Catholic Books For First Communion!

A great companion book to the First Communion Catechism year is Jesus Comes, book 2 of the Our Holy Faith series published by Neumann Press, Long Prairie, MN. This is the best “version” of the Baltimore Catechism that we have found for First Communion in over fifteen years of purposeful comparison. We were thrilled to find it after having had the same material taught by religious sisters to most of our children. It also has the fewest omissions of the Catholic books that we have seen. The pictures are sweet and modest. It was easy to teach about Adam, angels, Abraham, Moses, the Holy Family, the Catholic Ten Commandments and the Catholic sacraments. We used the book as a photo album, flipping to the pictures of the ideas that we would review. This also makes it a micro Roman Catholic Bible for Children. The modest pictures helped to expand the stories which help any poll-parrot drill make sense to our children. When we used it as a photo album, we would flip through the pictures asking who the pictures represented and what those people did. This is the book from which most of the St. Anne's Helper First Communion answers come, complete with Nihil obstat and Imprimatur. Hear audio clips and see copybook samples of St. Anne's Audio Catechism CDs and Copybook. They

offer the best Catholic answers to the Baltimore Catechism questions. The St. Anne's Helper First Communion Audio CD (or Download) concurs with the Confirmation Audio Helper CD. The few questions (Ten Commandments, Blessed Trinity, definitions of the Catholic sacraments, etc.) that are the same in each catechism, have the exact same answers which spares confusion.

See our Catechism Ideas page for the benefits and features of using these most helpful CDs to aid the memory work required by some pastors and CCD classes.

St. Anne's Helper has also produced verbatim copybooks for use in broadening the multi-sensory support for teaching the basic Catholic beliefs. They are also a treasure for handwriting or penmanship practice, even for students who have already received these sacraments! Think of having reproducible handwriting copywork sheets available at any time as many times as you need!

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The New Catholic Picture Bible can be a great photo album of salvation history for both children and adults (Cliff notes?!). It is used in the Catholic home school curriculum at Our Lady of Victory School. Noe and some of the prophets are given the Protestant spellings of their names (which is a signal to beware), but we have otherwise used that book as a great visual memory aid (like a photo album) and as an early history book as well as a mini Roman Catholic Bible which seems to concur in meaning with the Douay-Rheims version. It can be a great help liturgically, too, because the Nativity story has such good pictures and stories for the Roman Catholic Advent season and the Christmas season, the Passion of Jesus for the Lenten season and so forth. This is also useful for teaching the mysteries of the Rosary.

The Living My Religion series is used at OLVS, too, and made a great "reader" for the first few years. It was the first set of Catholic text books that we had used when we began to use a Catholic home school curriculum. We used them as grade appropriate readers and rejoiced to see the nuances the children picked up from their own reading of the text! It is also a great companion set for expanding the child’s idea of the catechism toward the information necessary for Confirmation. OLVS is republishing this set with workbooks.

Catholic Books For Catholic Confirmation!

Again, the most concise and easy to use presentation of the basic Catholic beliefs for Confirmation are the St. Anne's Helper Audio CDs (or Downloads) and E-Catechism Copybooks.

The Catechism of the Council of Trent and The Catechism Explained offer high school and adult level study of these same principles and they are surprisingly easy to read and understand. The Catechism of the Council of Trent was the foundation for the Baltimore Catechism and many Catholic catechisms since that time. The Baltimore Catechism is in a more concise question and answer format for easy memorization of specific answers. The Catechism Explained expands the Baltimore Catechism for adults. Further study and reference to sources at a higher level can be found in the book The Church Teaches since it has quotes from the Doctors of the Church. If you are beginning to study the Catholic Faith as an adult, be encouraged that you only need one good catechism. There aren't years worth of study necessary to learn the truths of the Catholic Faith.

Deharbe’s Small Catechism, Christian Book Club of America is a most concise and helpful book, especially for older students who do not need the visual aid of pictures (RCIA, CCD, Catholic Religious Education).

The Catechism in Pictures, Studere Educational Trust, Palayamkottai, INDIA, phone # 91 462 572 389 is full of beautiful artwork plates which are a catechism in themselves. Young and old will learn and marvel as they read and look at these beautiful pictures. We marvel at the detail. There is no mistaking Hell here! The main place that we have found it available in the US is at the Immaculata Book Store, phone # 785-437-2409. (It is currently out of print and is expected to be available in late August or early September.) (UPDATE: Fall 2010 an edited version was republished and is available at the Immaculata Book Store, El Camino Real, and the Angelus Press). Currently, the main catechisms we know to recommend for students who are able to study Catholic books on their own are The Catechism of the Council of Trent, and The Catechism of Pope Saint Pius X (recommended by him before he was pope and before the Baltimore and Penny Catechisms were available), and This is the Faith. They have excellent forewords and are excellent for high school and college level study! The first and last are published by Tan Books and the other is produced by Instauratio Press, now known as St. Benedict’s Book Club. This is the Faith was recommended by the religious sister who taught two of our daughters and is published by Tan Books. This Is The Faith is also available as a Catholic audio book on CD.

Certitude In Choosing Roman Catholic Books!

Other catechisms (and even higher level volumes in some of these same series) vary some of the words, which is not always bad; yet some omit or remove questions on Creation, Original Sin, Heaven and Hell; remove definitions (What is Confirmation? as opposed to the subjective, "What does Confirmation do for you?"); and make the answers for confession plural. Yes, many questions can be answered in the possessive plural without changing the meaning much, but traditional Roman Catholic Confession is a singular matter. We have heard more than one parish priest admonish his congregation not to confess the sins of others. We chose to use the versions with Imprimatur that do not remove these truths of the Faith and that use definitions rather than subjective answers. Learning the Catholic Faith well often depends on choosing Catholic books carefully.

Another real gem was Children’s Retreats, by Rev. Fr. Halpin, Lepanto Press, Post Falls, ID. It has a section on the sacraments of Penance (Catholic Reconciliation), First Holy Communion and Confirmation followed in another part by stories to exemplify each of these three sacraments. It is seems to be meant for teachers or older students, and it teaches a great deal as it goes. It offers much that one can retell for a younger child as Father does in the text of the book.

See our Catholic answers page to see that most of the Baltimore Catechisms concur with very little difference in the wording of the catechism questions and answers. The discrepancies are few, especially where there are no expansions. Aquinas and More Catholic Books and Gifts - "Your source for Catholic products on-line" offers Tan Books and Neumann Press books as well as Baronius Press' Douay-Rheims Bible in several formats and many more books by which to learn the Catholic religion. They also offer so much more including Catholic Baptism gifts, First Communion gifts, Confirmation gifts, Catholic Jewelry, and Rosaries. Their Catholic family business offers so much for your Catholic family!

Adoremus Books offers our St. Anne's Helper First Communion Audio Catechism and Catholic Confirmation Audio Catechism; as well as a great variety of the best books, art, and games for Catholic Homeschooling! They are also a Catholic family business that appreciates your business. Be sure to visit to see their many Catholic gifts as well. Here is what they say: Adoremus Books (Latin for "Let Us Adore!") carries a broad selection of top quality books and resources designed to enrich your Catholic home from the Fathers of the Church to the great writers of today, Adoremus Books has something for everyone.

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Aquinas and More Books and Gifts is becoming "the premier distribution network for Catholic products in the United States" of America "in order to assist in the rebuilding of a Catholic culture in this country." We've enjoyed meeting Ian Rutherford, his dear family, and dedicated staff and recommend them for your convenience. What a joy to find such a helpful Catholic web site. "We carry thousands of products ranging from books and videos to chalices and church furnishings." It is one of the best connected websites we have seen! And we especially like their many gift registries - chaplain, wedding, military, and wish list!

See the Faith Database PC Version that has the Catholic Bible, St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica, and many other books of the Fathers of the Church all in one Faith Database for you to own!

Aquinas and More, 4727 N Academy Blvd, Suite A, Colorado Springs, CO 80918 719-495-7493, 866-428-2820

Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery offers an excellent supply of unusual Catholic homeschool books highlighting Benedictine spirituality. They have excellent selections for the study of Latin and caligraphy that we have not seen anywhere else. They are now also a Catholic book publishing company! Their website has a pdf of their 48 page catalog that is well worth the manual request. They are happy to take your order by phone.

Their book list is well focused and has many rare finds.

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AdoremusBooks.com offers a great variety of the best books, art, games, movies, music, and other educational resources for children and families and for Catholic Homeschooling. They also have St. Anne's Helper First Communion and Confirmation Audiobooks !
Be sure to visit their site to see their many Catholic gifts as well.

Here is what they say: "Adoremus Books (Latin for "Let Us Adore!") carries a broad selection of top quality books and resources designed to enrich your Catholic home from the Fathers of the Church to the great writers of today, Adoremus Books has something for everyone."

The Heldridge Family, Frederick Square Shopping Center,2992 S. 84th St., Omaha, NE 68124 Call them at 402-502-3162, or toll-free at 888-392-1973

Emmanuel Books says "Our family is also grateful to Laura Berquist and her Mother of Divine Grace Syllabi for this is how we have homeschooled our seven children for the last 16 years. The methodology she recommends is gentle and Christ centered, where the natural stages of development of every child is respected. We hope you will consider using some of her syllabi and ideas from her book, Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum.

We hope you will have time to view the most complete and current" homeschool books "lists for Grades K-12 available. These Booklists contain the EXACT titles in each Laura Berquist Mother of Divine Grace Syllabus" and so many more, especially if you like living history books like El Cid, God's Own Champion or Biography of Saint Fernando III Of Castile.

P. O. Box 321, New Castle, DE 19720; 800-871-5598

Email them at email(at )emmanuelbooks(dot )com for a paper catalog. (Address symbols are spelled out to avoid spam).

Catholic Vitality Publications is a Catholic family business that writes and sells great Catholic literature. Their original art tells the story itself!

Here is what they say: "Catholic Vitality Publications is dedicated to bringing the Roman Catholic faith and traditions to children. Learning to Love God is a children's book with 49 beautiful color illustrations to inspire your child to a greater love of God!

See and order El Cid and Biography of Saint Fernando III Of Castile, brilliant living history literature at Our Lady of Victory School! Breathtaking Catholic adventure in true historical settings teach the details like no textbook can!

email at catholicvitality @ yahoo.com (with no spaces)

El Camino Real has Catholic books and gifts and much more.

We found this company when we were searching for the Catechism in Pictures. Their Catholic book publishing company has published the De La Salle Readers, the crown their book selection! We did not know that these were in print. These seem to be excellent old Catholic books, a rare find! We love the pedagogy in the front of the books. A Catholic "McGuffy" reader set. We have our own antique set!

They have many other good Catholic homeschool books as well. Here is what they say: "El Camino Real is a Catholic book store dedicated to spreading and publishing classic traditional Catholic books for individuals, families, and home school families who want to learn more about the liturgy of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Church doctrine, scripture, bible study, theology, apologetics, devotions, the saints, Catholic literature and the spiritual life."

El Camino Real, PO Box 84, Thompsons, TX 77481

Lepanto Press is a Catholic book publishing company that has been noted for using the old Baltimore Catechism and reprinting old Catholic books and textbooks. See their El Cid and Saint Fernando III by Mr. James Fitzhenry and their Catholic homeschool curriculum, also. They, too, have started creating copybooks with theme based content.

Here is what they say: "From the beginning, OLVS stressed Religion as the common thread throughout the curriculum, with an accent on the history of the Church. We have also emphasized the importance of good Catholic literature, and we are revising our Music program to teach young children the appreciation of Folk, Classical, and Sacred Music, including polyphony and chant."

Lepanto Press 421 S. Lochsa Street, Post Falls, ID 83854 208-773-7265

Neumann Press is a Catholic book publishing company that has excellent Catholic homeschool books, especially if you are using Laura Berquist's method or are unschooling. They have a two book set for Homeschool advice in particular. Some of the most precious books for children are at this site. They have republished Our Holy Faith Vol. 2, Jesus Comes which is the back bone of St. Anne's Audio Catechism and Catechism Copybook. It is an excellent book with modest and delightful pictures to go along with some bible stories and the Baltimore Catechism. Here is what they say:

"The Neumann Press is named after Saint John Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia (1851 to 1860), the first man from the United States of America canonized by the Church. Our goal and primary purpose is to republish orthodox, traditional and classic Catholic books that have gone out of print."

Neumann Press, 21892 County 11, Long Prairie, MN 56347 1-800-746-2521

Tan Books is a Catholic book publishing company that has made a phenomenal effort to republish truly excellent Catholic books, again, especially if you are using Laura Berquist's method or are unschooling. They also publish excellent editions of the Douay-Rheims Bible, the Catechism of the Council of Trent, and the Catholic Daily Missal (makes a great "Thought for the day" book). We have been grateful to use the Catechism of the Council of Trent with our highschool children, it is plain spoken and easy to read!

Read what they say: "TAN Books and Publishers was founded by Thomas A. Nelson in 1967, when the problems developing in the Church were clear and becoming more severe. Many Catholic publishers such as Benziger and Bruce were getting out of Catholic publishing. Mr. Nelson recalls that at age 30, after studying politics and world events, he concluded that the only way to turn around the political situation in the U.S. and the world was through spiritual means. He believed that if enough people were living in the state of grace and striving to do God's will, then, “for the sake of the elect,” God would “run interference” for the just in the social and political arena, according to Proverbs 21:1: “The heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will he shall turn it.”

We pray his successors continue to glorify God in publishing only good Catholic books.

TAN Books & Publishers, PO Box 410487 Charlotte, NC 28241 800-437-5876

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