A Severe Mercy - Sheldon Vanauken. •. And You are Christs: The Charism of.
Virginity and the Celibate Life - Fr. Thomas. Dubay. •. Anna Karenina – Leo
Tolstoy.
Favorite Books and Movies Seminarian and Religious Top Picks We surveyed the seminarians and the men and women discerning consecrated life from our Diocese asking them what their favorite Movies and Books are. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien were chosen more than once under both categories! THEIR FAVORITE MOVIES • Alfred Hitchcock's I Confess (1953) • Anastasia (1997) • Clare and Francis (2008) • Gladiator (2000) • Glory (1989) • Good Will Hunting (1997) • IP Man (2008) • It's a Wonderful Life (1946) • Lord of the Rings Trilogy • Of Gods and Men (2010) • Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) • Padre Pio (2000) • Rudy (1993) • Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven (2011) • Saving Private Ryan (1998) • Schindler's List (1993) • The Bells of St. Mary (1945) • The Dark Knight (2008) • The Great Escape (1963) • The Mission (1986) • The Peaceful Warrior (2006) • The Phantom of the Opera (2004) • The Reluctant Saint (1962) • The Shawshank Redemption (1994) • The Sting (1973) • Valkerie (2008)
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THEIR FAVORITE BOOKS • A Memory of Wonders: A True Story – Veronica Namoyo Le Goulard & Mother Mary Francis • A Severe Mercy - Sheldon Vanauken • And You are Christs: The Charism of Virginity and the Celibate Life - Fr. Thomas Dubay • Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy
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Babette's Feast – Isak Dinesen Be a Man: Becoming the Man God Created you to be - Fr. Larry Richards Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh Christ is Passing By - St. Josemaria Escriva Dedication and Leadership - Douglas Hyde Divine Comedy – Dante Jesus of Nazareth Parts 1 & 2 - Pope Benedict XVI Mother Teresa: Come be my Light - Mother Teresa & Brian Kolodiejchuk Narnia Series – C.S.. Lewis Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen Rediscovering Catholicism - Matthew Kelley The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Canterbury Tales – Geoffrey Chaucer The Civil War - Shelby Foote The Consecrated Life: Vita Consecrata Pope John Paul II The Evidential Power of Beauty: Science and Theology Meet - Fr. Thomas Dubay The Great Divorce - C.S. Lewis The Inferno - Dante The Lord - Ramano Guardini The Lord of the Rings Trilogy – J.R.R. Tolkien The Power and the Glory – Graham Greene The Practice of the Presence of God Brother Lawrence The Way – St. Josemaria Escriva Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption – Laura Hillenbrand
