We are blessed to have the Father Leo Vanyo Library, located in Synod Hall at Saint Paul Cathedral, as part of our parish. We have dedicated library volunteers who organize and coordinate this ministry. Father Stubna has identified 25 books that every Catholic should read, as well as 25 "Easy to Read" books - first and foremost of course is the Bible.

1. An Introduction to the Devout Life by Saint Francis de Sales
2. Life of Christ by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
3. Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
4. The Didache, The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles
5. Confessions by Saint Augustine
6. The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis
7. Dark Night of the Soul by Saint John of the Cross
8. True Devotion to Mary by Saint Louis de Montfort
9. The Great Heresies by Hilaire Belloc
10. Love and Responsibility by Pope St. John Paul II
11. How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization: A Review by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
12. Interior Castle by St. Theresa of Avila
13. Theology for Beginners by Frank Sheed
14. History of the Church by Eusebius of Caesarea
15. Apologia Pro Vita Sua by John Henry Newman
16. He Leadeth Me by Father Walter J. Ciszek, SJ
17. Jesus of Nazareth, 3 volumes by Pope Benedict XVI
18. Apophthegmata Patrum, Translated as Sayings of the Desert Fathers
19. Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
20. Summa Theologica by Saint Thomas Aquinas
21. Catechism of the Catholic Church promulgated for the Catholic Church by Pope John Paul II - 1992
22. Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalski: Divine Mercy In My Soul
23. Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton
24. Rebuking the Devil by Pope Francis
25. The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkein

1. No Greater Love by Mother Teresa
2. The Art of Praying by Romano Guardini
3. The Fathers of the Church by Mike Aquilina
4. Discovering the Treasures of Divine Life by Father Matthew Kauth
5. Behold the Mystery: A Deeper Understanding of the Catholic Mass by Mark Hart
6. The Life of Saint Anthony by Saint Athanasius
7. Lord, Teach Us to Pray by Father Jeffrey Kirby
8. Fire Within: Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, and the Gospel, on Prayer by Thomas Dubay
9. Take Five: On the Job Meditations with St. Ignatius coauthored by Fr. Kris Stubna and Mike Aquilina
10. Butler’s Lives of the Saints by Michael Walsh
11. Gratefulness: The Habit of a Grace-Filled Life by Dr. Susan Muto
12. Finding True Happiness by Archbishop Fulton Sheen
13. The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
14. The Virtue Driven Life by Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, C.F.R.
15. Padre Pio: Man of Hope by Renzo Allegri
16. Theology of the Body for Beginners by Christopher West
17. Making Sense Out of Suffering by Peter Kreeft
18. Reason to Believe by Scott Hahn
19. The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton
20. Joan of Arc by Mark Twain
21. Saint Paul by Pope Benedict XVI
22. The Power of Silence by Robert Cardinal Sarah
23. Marian Veneration: Firm Foundations by Cardinal Francis Arinze
24. The Complete Stories by Flannery O’Connor
25. The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene