Advanced Ministry Formation
for Deacon Candidates and Lay Ecclesial Ministers
Diocese of Las Vegas

Preliminary Bibliography

Resources already obtained during LEMP:

• New Catholic Study Bible (or another “Study Bible,” preferably with NAB translation)
• Documents of Vatican II (transl. Abbott or Flannery)
• Catechism of the Catholic Church (2nd ed.)
• Catholic Basics series. 8 volumes. Loyola Press.
• Other books for monthly sessions - click here for details

General Resources for Diaconate Formation / Advanced Ministry:

1. The Liturgy of the Hours. 4 vols.  (New York: Catholic Book Publishing)
2. Basic Norms for the Formation of Permanent Deacons & Directory for the Ministry and Life of Permanent Deacons (Vatican: Congregation for Catholic Education & Congregation for the Clergy)

Specific Resources for Year 1, Biblical Studies:
(for publication details, see http://www.catholic-resources.org/Bible/Basic_Bibliography.htm)

3. One-Volume Bible Dictionary (e.g. HarperCollins; or Eerdmans).
4. One-Volume Bible Commentary (e.g. New Jerome; HarperCollins; Collegeville).
5. Large Bible Atlas (e.g. Collegeville, Oxford, HarperCollins)
6. Aland, Kurt. Synopsis of the Four Gospels (New York: United Bible Societies, 1985).
7. Brown, Raymond E. An Introduction to the New Testament (New York: Doubleday, 1997).
8. Bechard, S.J., Dean, transl. The Scripture Documents: An Anthology of Official Catholic Teachings (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 2002).

9. Access to some multi-volume Bible Commentaries, esp. on the Gospels (e.g. Sacra Pagina series, by The Liturgical Press)
10. Access to the Lectionary for Mass (2nd edition, 1998/2002)

Note: You do NOT need to have ALL of these by Fall 2008, but should plan soon to obtain any that you don’t have. 
Please get The Liturgy of the Hours, and bring Vol. 4 to the retreat in August and each monthly session in the Fall.

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