Cynthia Beebe
Long Island City
“The 33 Doctors of the Church” by Father Christopher Rengers, O.F.M. Cap.
“Your Life is Worth Living” by Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
“Catholics Come Home by Tom Peterson
Msgr. John Bracken
Blessed Trinity, Breezy Point
“The Famine Plot” by Tim Pat Coogan
“Francis: “The Journey and The Dream” by Murray Bodo
“Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor” by Richard Beeman
Bishop Frank Caggiano
Vicar General, Diocese of Brooklyn
“Lamy of Santa Fe” by Paul Horgan (a biography of Juan Battista Lamy, the first Archbishop of Santa Fe)
“Father of the Fatherless” by Richard Gribble (a biography of Father Nelson Baker)
“The Lord of the Rings” trilogy by JRR Tolkien
Bishop Raymond Chappetto
Pastor, St. Kevin parish, Flushing
“Rebuilt: The Story of a Catholic Parish” by Michael White and Tom Corcoran
“All Is Grace” (A Biography of Dorothy Day) by Jim Forest
“Gil Hodges, The Extraordinary Life of a Baseball Legend” by Tom Clavin and Danny Peary
Sister Dolores Crepeau, C.S.J.
“Following the Path: The Search for a Life of Passion, Purpose and Joy” by Sister Joan Chittister
“The Core Six: Essential Strategies for Achieving Excellence with the Common Core” by Silver, Dewing and Perini
“Immortal Diamond: The Search for Our True Self” by Richard Rohr
Father James Cunningham
Pastor, Holy Name, Windsor Terrace
“Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted and All of the Brilliant Minds Who Made The Mary Tyler Moore Show a Classic” by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
“Rebuilt: The Story of a Catholic Parish” by Michael White and Tom Corcoran
“The New Sonoma Diet” by Dr. Connie Guttersen
“The Miracle of Father Kapaun – Priest, Soldier, and Korean War Hero” by Roy Wenzel and Travis Heying
Donna Czak
Sacred Heart, East Glendale
“Padre Pio: Under Investigation” by Francesco Castelli
“Citadel of God” by Louis de Wohl
“The Life of Sister Marie de Mandat-Grancey and Mary’s House In Ephesus” by Father Carl G. Schulte
Father James Devlin
Good Shepherd, Marine Park
“The DiMaggios” by Tom Clavin
“The Searchers – The Making of an American Legend” by Glenn Frankel
“The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914” by Christopher Clark
David DiCerto
Co-Host, Reel Faith on NET-TV
“The Ear of the Heart: An Actress’ Journey from Hollywood to Holy Vows” by Mother Dolores Hart O.S.B. and Richard DeNeut
“The Space Trilogy (Out of the Silent Planet; Perelandra; That Hideous Strength” by C.S. Lewis
“Man to Man, Dad to Dad: Catholic Faith and Fatherhood” Edited by Brian Caulfield
John Duddy
Retired Middleweight Boxer
“That’s That” by Colin Broderick
“Several Short Sentences by” Verlyn Klinkenborg
“The Prophet” by Kahlin Gibran
Bob Fallon
Past New York State Deputy, Knights of Columbus
“Killing Jesus” by Stephen Mansfield
“Nothing to Hide” by Russ Shaw
“Evangelical Catholicism” by George Weigel.
Msgr. Steven Ferrari
St. Teresa’s, Woodside
“My Bright Abyss” by Christian Wiman
“And the Mountains Echoed” by Khaled Hosseini
“Does Jesus Really Love Me?” by Jeff Chu
Msgr. Fernando Ferrarese
Immaculate Conception, Astoria
“Pray for Me: The Life and Spiritual Vision of Pope Francis” by Robert Moynihan
“My Bright Abyss: Meditations of a Modern Believer” by Christian Wiman
“Les Miserables” by Victor Hugo
Dr. Philip Franco
Principal, St. Margaret School, Middle Village
“Reality: A Synthesis of Thomistic Thought” by Father Garrigou Lagrange
“Education at the Crossroads” by Jacques Maritain
“Killing Kennedy” by Bill O’Reilly
Father Frank Mann
DeSales Media Group
“All the Way to Heaven: The Selected Letters of Dorothy Day” edited by Robert Ellsberg
“Pope Francis: Conversations with Jorge Bergoglio: His Life in His Own Words” by Sergio Rubin and Francesca Ambrogetti
“Reverence for Life: Albert Schweitzer’s Great Contribution to Ethical Thought” by Ara Paul Barsam
Grant Gallicho
Commonweal Magazine
“Good Prose” by Tracy Kidder and Richard Todd
“Trent” by John W. O’Malley
“When I Was a Child I Read Books: Essays” by Marilynne Robinson
Steven Garner, M.D.
The Tablet, Columnist
“Double Header, Mickey and Willie” by Allen Barra
“City of Ambition, FDR, LaGuardia and The Making of Modern New York” by Mason B. Williams
“Hidden Cities” by Moses Gates
Patricia Gigantiello
Long Island City
“And the Mountains Echoed” by Khaled Hosseini
“The House at Tyneford” by Natasha Solomons
“Unorthodox” by Deborah Feldman
“Palisades Park” by Alan Brennert
“The Light Between Oceans” by M. L. Stedman
“The Secret Keeper” by Kate Morton
Msgr. Michael Hardiman
St. Sebastian’s, Woodside
“The Ear of the Heart: An Actress’ Journey from Hollywood to Holy Vows” by Mother Dolores Hart O.S.B. and Richard DeNeut
“Inferno” by Dan Brown
“The Graves Are Walking” by John Kelly
“The Great Mortality” by John Kelly
Charles J. Hynes
Kings County District Attorney
“Angle of Investigation” by Michael Connelly
“The Forgotten” by David Baldacci
“They Wished They Were Honest” by Michael Armstrong
Jeremy Canna
St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie
“Pope Francis: His Life in His Own Words” by Sergio Rubin and Francesca Ambrogetti
“The Passion from Within” by Adrienne Von Speyr
“The Splendor of the Church” by Henri de Lubac
Mary Lou Killian
Editor, North Country Catholic
“The Chimera” by J.R. Venerosa
“The Vatican Diaries” by John Thavis
“Canada” by Richard Ford
Matthew Lombardi
Our Lady of Grace, Howard Beach
“Inferno” by Dan Brown
“The Alexandria Link” by Steven Berry
“Killing Kennedy” by Bill O’Reilly
Jim Mancari
The Tablet, Sports Columnist
“Doc: A Memoir” by Dwight Gooden
“The Magnificent Seasons: How the Jets, Mets, and Knicks Made Sports and Uplifted a City and the Country” by Art Shamsky
“Johnny Podres: Brooklyn’s Only Yankee Killer” by Bob, John and Robert S. Bennett
Father James Massa
St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie
“Hearts in Atlantis” by Stephen King
“The Fulfillment of All Desire: A Guidebook to God Based on the Wisdom of the Saints” by Ralph Martin
“Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy” by Eric Metaxas
Alice Mikolyzk
Former Tablet Reporter
“The Fairy Tales of Herman Hesse, Translated and with an Introduction by Jack Zipes
“Roald Dahl’s Book of Ghost Stories” a collection by various artists chosen by but not actually including Roald Dahl
“The Girl on the Fridge” by Etgar Keret
Matthew Monahan
Vice President for Communications, Battery Park City
“Mickey and Willie – Mantle and Mays, the Parallel Lives of Baseball’s Golden Age” by Allen Barra
“The Years of Lyndon Johnson – The Passage of Power” by Robert A. Caro
“The Scripps Newspapers Go to War, 1914-18” by Dale E. Zacher
Theodore Musco
Director of Faith Formation, Diocese of Brooklyn
“Holy Goals for Body and Soul” by Bishop Thomas John Paprocki
“Aging with Grace” by David Snowdon, Ph.D.
“Pope Francis: Conversations with Jorge Bergoglio” by Sergio Rubin and Francesca Ambrogetti
Msgr. Sean Ogle
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Astoria, Pastor
“Consuming the Word” by Scott Hahn
“Eisenhower In War and Peace” by Jean Edward Smith
“Evangelical Catholicism” by George Weigel
Margaret Riconda
Sacred Heart Parish, Bayside
“Reinventing Bach” by Paul Elie
“The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us” by James W. Pennebaker
“The Unbearable Wholeness of Being: God, Evolution and the Power of Love” by Ilia Delio, O.S.F.
Father Ray Roden
Spiritual Director, Cathedral House of Formation, Douglaston
“Living In the Spirit’s Fire: The Life of St. Eugene de Mazenod” by Alfred Hubenig
“God in Proof: The Story of a Search from the Ancients to the Internet” by Nathan Schneider
“Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories” by Sholem Aleichem
“Disabling Profesions” by Ivan Ilich
“The Feminine Face of God” by Father Daniel Berrigan, S.J.
Teresa Rosero
Contributor, Nuestra Voz
“Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife” by Dr. Eben Alexander
“Pope Francis: Conversations with Jorge Bergoglio: His Life in His Own Words” by Sergio Rubin and Francesca Ambrogetti
“Evangelization for the Third Millennium” by Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J.
Bishop Paul Sanchez
Pastor, Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Forest Hills
“The Inner Life of the Counselor” by Robert J. Wicks
“Stretched for Greater Glory – What to Expect from the Spiritual Exercises” by George J. Aschenbrenner, S.J.
“Teaching the Tradition – Catholic Themes in Academic Disciplines” Edited by John J. Piderit, S.J. and Melanie M. Morey
Sister Alice Michael, S.U.S.C.
Office of Faith Formation
“Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives” by Pope Benedict XVI
“Pope Francis” by Matthew E. Bunson
“Forming Intentional Disciples” by Sherry A. Weddell
Msgr. John Strynkowski
Rector, St. James Cathedral-Basilica
“Ressourcement: A Movement for Renewal in Twentieth Century Catholic Theology” Edited by Gabriel Flynn and Paul D. Murray
“Trent: What Happened at the Council” by John W. O’Malley
“Infinity Dwindled to Infancy: A Catholic and Evangelical Christology” by Edward T. Oakes, S.J.
Veronica Szczygiel
“Don Quixote” by Miguel de Cervantes
“All Creatures Great and Small” by James Herriot
“The Ocean at the End of the Lane” by Neil Gaiman
Louise Walton
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Astoria
“St. Chantal on Prayer” by Father A. Durand
“Preparing Yourself for Mass” by Romano Guardini
“The Search for the Twelve Apostles” by William Steuart McBirnie
Ed Wilkinson
Editor, The Tablet
“Patience of a Saint” by Father Andrew M. Greeley
“The Third Man” by Graham Greene
“At Your Fingertips: From the Council of Trent to Vatican II” by Msgr. Laurence J. Spiteri
