The following resource list includes books, periodicals, cds and dvds that we discovered when the Holy Spirit was guiding us toward the doors of the Catholic Church…there is something on this list for everyone!

Apologetics and Catholic Teaching (books)

A Biblical Defense of Catholicism- Dave Armstrong

The Catholic Verses- Dave Armstrong

The One Minute Apologist: Essential Catholic Replies to Over Sixty Protestant Claims – Dave Armstrong

Where We Got the Bible: Our Debt to the Catholic Church – Rt. Rev. Henry G. Graham

Reasons to Believe: How to Understand, Explain, and Defend the Catholic Faith -  Scott Hahn

Catholic for a Reason- Scott Hahn and Leon Suprenant

Hail Holy Queen: The Mother of God in the Word of God – Scott Hahn

Lord Have Mercy: The Healing Power of Confession- Scott Hahn

Swear to God: The Promises and Power of the Sacraments – Scott Hahn

The Lamb’s Supper: the Mass as Heaven on Earth- Scott Hahn

Evangelical is not Enough- Thomas Howard

On Being Catholic -  Thomas Howard

One Lord, One Faith- Vernon Johnson

Jesus Shock – Peter Kreeft

Any Friend of God’s is a Friend of Mine: The Communion of Saints- Patrick Madrid

Does the Bible Really Say That?: Discovering Catholic Teaching in Scripture- Patrick Madrid

150 Bible Verses Every Catholic Should Know – Patrick Madrid

Discovering Mary: Answers to Questions about The Mother of God- David Mills

Catholic Matters: Confusion, Controversy, and the Splendor of Truth- Richard J. Neuhaus

Catholic Doctrine in Scripture – Greg Oatis

Jesus of Nazareth- Pope Benedict XVI

Upon This Rock: St. Peter and the Primacy of Rome in Scripture and the Early Church- Stephen Ray

By What Authority: An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition – Mark Shea

The Truth of Catholicism: Inside the Essential Teachings and Controversies of the Church today- George Weigel

History (books)

Roots of the Reformation -  Karl Adam

The Mass of the Early Christians- Mike Aquilina

The History of the Church: A complete course from the Didache Series – The Very Rev.  Peter V. Armenio

A History of the Protestant Reformation in England and Ireland- William Cobbett

Faith of the Early Church Fathers – William A. Jurgens

Letters to a Young Catholic- George Weigel

How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization – Thomas E. Woods, Jr.

Conversion Stories (books)

Return to Rome: Confessions of an Evangelical Catholic – Francis Beckwith

The Catholic Church and Conversion – G.K. Chesterton

Classic Catholic Converts – Fr. Charles P. Connor

Born Fundamentalist- Born Again Catholic – David Currie

Journeys Home – edited by Marcus Grodi

Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism- Scott and Kimberly Hahn

Lead, Kindly Light- Thomas Howard

An American Conversion –  Deal Hudson

Confessions of a Mega-Church Pastor- Allen Hunt

Surprised by Truth – Vol 1 and 2:  Converts give the Biblical and Historical Reasons for Becoming Catholic –  Patrick Madrid

The Seven Storey Mountain- Thomas Merton

Crossing the Tiber- Stephen Ray

Spirituality, Devotionals, and Miscellaneous Great Reads

The Resilient Church: The glory, the shame, and the hope for tomorrow – Mike Aquilina

The Confessions of St. Augustine

City Of God – Augustine of Hippo

The Better Part – Fr. John Bartunek

This Tremendous Lover – Eugene Boylan

One Hundred Great Catholic Books: from the early Centuries to the Present – Don Brophy

The Night is Far Spent: A Treasury of Thomas Howard – compiled by Vivian Dudro

Ordinary Work, Extraordinary Grace: My Spiritual Journey in Opus Dei- Scott Hahn

Rediscovering Catholicism- Matthew Kelly

How to Win the Culture War- Peter Kreeft

Back to Virtue – Peter Kreeft

Death on a Friday Afternoon: Meditations on the Last Words of Jesus from the Cross – Richard J. Neuhaus

John Paul the Great –  Peggy Noonan

Cloister Walk- Kathleen Norris

Can You Drink This Cup?  Henri Nouwen

The  Return of the Prodigal Son – Henri Nouwen

Go In Peace- Pope John Paul II

Advent and Christmas with Fulton Sheen

The Courage to be Catholic – George Weigel

God’s Choice: Pope Benedict XVI and the Future of the Catholic Church- George Weigel

Spiritual Progress – Fr. Thomas Williams

Reference; Catechism

The Catechism of the Catholic Church

The Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church

Ignatius Study Bible

Butler’s Lives of the Saints – edited by Michael Walsh

Catholic Bible Dictionary – Scott Hahn

Signs of Life: 40 Catholic Customs and Their Biblical Roots – Scott Hahn

Catholic Christianity – Peter Kreeft

Periodicals, Audio, Video

Catholic Answers Magazine, edited by Karl Keating

This Rock, apologetics magazine, edited by Karl Keating

Envoy Magazine, edited by Partrick Madrid

OSV, Our Sunday Visitor

The Conversion of Scott Hahn- CD -  Saint Joseph Communications, Inc. (www.saintjoe.com)

Seven Pillars of Catholic Spirituality- CD- Lighthouse Media (www.lighthousecatholicmedia.org)

The Footprints of God: Salvation History from Abraham to Augustine – DVD- (www.catholic-convert.com)

Common Ground: What Protestants and Catholics Can Learn from Each Other (www.ninevehscrossing.com)

Free CDs from The Mary Foundation on the mass, the rosary, confession, the eucharist, etc. (www.catholicity.com)

CDs on a wide range of topics from John Martignoni and The Bible Christian Society (www.biblechristiansociety.com)