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TitleEditionYear of PublicationContributorsCountry of PublicationPossible Copyright StatusAvailable Online?
The administration of temporal goods in religious institutes1937James Edward McManusUnited StatesUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The American foundations of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur1928United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
The approbation of religious institutes1931Clement Raymond OrthUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrighted
As we ought1949Vincent P. McCorryUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrighted
The Benedictine way1984Wulstan MorkUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrighted
Black angels of Athos1934Michael ChoukasUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrighted
The brides of Christ1920Mother Mary. PotterUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Brother John: a tale of the first Franciscans1927Vida Dutton ScudderUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
California missions1932Jessie Van BruntUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
California's unbuilt missions1930George William Beattie, San BernardinoUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Catechism of the Third order of St. Francis1914Eugène. Oisy, Ferdinand Bernard GruenUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Catholicism on the march: the California missions[1st ed.]1961John H. Loth, Junípero SerraUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusCopyrightedPage view available
Christian monasticism: a great force in history1925Ian C. (Ian Campbell) HannahUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Conferences for religious communities1928Albert MuntschUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrighted
Confessors of religious1926Robert Emmet McCormickUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Convent life: the meaning of a religious vocation1919Martin J. (Martin Jerome) ScottUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Der ordensgedanke und die katholischen Klöster in Deutschland: mit einer übersicht über die ordensniederlassungen im deutschen reichsgebiet1936Bernhard BrinkmannGermanyCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Deutsche Klöster: mit besonderer berücksichtigung des benediktiner- und zisterzienserordens1928Johannes SchumacherGermanyCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Die gottgeweihten jungfrauen in den ersten jahrhunderten der kirche1892Josef WilpertGermanyPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
The Dominican nuns in their cloister1936United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Early Catholic missions in old Oregon1932Clarence BagleyUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
The education of sisters: a plan for integrating the religious, social, cultural and professional training of sisters1941Bertrande MeyersUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
El Camino real1931United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
English monks and the suppression of the monasteries1937Geoffrey BaskervilleUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusCopyrighted
The expedition into California of the Venerable Padre Fray Junípero Serra and his companions in the year 17691934Francisco Palóu, Douglas S. (Douglas Sloane) Watson, José de GálvezUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrighted
Faith is the substance: the life of Mother Theodore Guerin, foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the Woods, Indiana1959Katherine BurtonUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusCopyrightedPage view available
Forerunners of Saint Francis: and other studies1927Ellen Scott Davison, James T. Shotwell, Gertrude R. B. (Gertrude Randolph Bramlette) RichardsUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Forgotten shrines of Spain1926Mildred Stapley ByneUnited KingdomCopyrightedPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
The founding of the first California missions under the spiritual guidance of the Venerable Padre Fray Junípero Serra: an historical account of the expeditions sent by land and sea in the year 17691934Francisco Palóu, Douglas S. (Douglas Sloane) Watson, Thomas Workman TempleUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrighted
Frühromanische kirchenbauten und klosteranlagen der Benediktiner und der Augustinerchorherren nördlich des Harzes1928Adolf ZellerUnknown (outside United States)CopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The Franciscan conquest of Florida (1573-1618)1937Maynard J. GeigerUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrighted
Franciscan explorations in California1946Herbert Ingram Priestley, Lillian Estelle FisherUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Franciscan missionary sisters of the Sacred Heart in the United States, 1865-19261927 Maol-Iosa, Maol-Iosa (pseudonym)United StatesCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The Franciscan missions of California1941John A. BergerUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Franciscan poets1933Benjamin Francis MusserUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The Franciscans1930Father James, James E. (James Edward) O'MahonyUnited KingdomCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The Franciscans1930Father James, James E. (James Edward) O'Mahony, Fr. Thomas PlassmannUnited StatesPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Francisco Palou's life and apostolic labors of the Venerable Father Junipero Serra: founder of the Franciscan missions of California1913C. Scott Williams, George Wharton James, Francisco PalouUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Fray Juan Crespi: missionary explorer on the Pacific coast, 1769-17741927Herbert Eugene Bolton, Juan CrespíUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
Gold, frankincense and myrrh1919Ralph Adams CramUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
The Gospel in action: the Third order secular of St. Francis and Christian social reform1932Paul Revere MartinUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The great means of salvation and of perfection: Prayer--mental prayer--the exercises of a retreat--choice of a state of life, and the vocation to the religious state and to the priesthood1927Saint Alfonso Maria de' LiguoriUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
The great thousand years1918Ralph Adams CramUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Guide to the Catholic sisterhoods in the United States[4th ed.] rev. and enl.1958Thomas P. (Thomas Patrick) McCarthyUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusCopyrightedPage view available
Guide to the Franciscan monastery1934United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
A guide to the Franciscan monastery, Mt. Saint Sepulchre1914Isadore BraunUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Historical memoirs of New California1926Francisco Palóu, Herbert Eugene BoltonUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
I leap over the wall: contrasts and impressions after twenty-eight years in a convent1950Monica BaldwinUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
In and out of the old missions of California: an historical and pictorial account of the Franciscan missions1927George Wharton JamesUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
In the early days1912United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
Irish medieval monasteries on the continent1927Joseph Paul FuhrmannUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Journals and letters of Mother Theodore Guerin1937Saint Theodore Guérin, Mary Theodosia Mug, His ExcellencyUnited StatesPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Junípero Serra, pioneer colonist of California1933Agnes RepplierUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedPublic DomainPublic Domain
Junípero Serra; the man and his work1914A. H. (Abigail Hetzel) FitchUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Klosterbilder aus Italien1925Emil Kaim, Paul StiegeleUnknown (outside United States)Unknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
La femme dans les missions1933Georges GoyauFranceCopyrightedPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Las misiones franciscanas entre los infieles de Bolivia: descripcion del estado de ellas en 1883 y 1884, con una noticia sobre los caminos y tribus salvajes, una muestra de varias lenguas, curiosidades de historia natural, y un mapa para servir de ilustracion1886José Cardús, active1883-1905 José CardúsSpainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Les compagnies de prêtres du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle1928Paul PisaniFranceCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Les dominicaines1935M.-M. (Marie-Madeleine) DavyFranceCopyrightedCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusCopyrighted
Life and work of Mother Benedicta Bauer1937Sister Alary Hortense Kohler, Mary Hortense KohlerUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The life of the Right Reverend John Baptist Mary David (1761-1841) bishop of Bardstown and founder of the Sisters of charity of Nazareth1926Paul L. Blakely, sister Columba FoxUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Light and shadow in religious life1930Otto Cohausz, Laurence Peter Ernest EmeryUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Listen, Sister1952J. E. (John Edward) MoffattUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusCopyrighted
The longevity of members of Catholic religious sisterhoods1927Constantine John FecherUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Looms for sanctity: conferences to religious1935Alexander John CodyUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Los grandes monasterios españoles, con 31 grabados1920SpainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Mirror of a true religious1934Sister Mary Eva, J. B. (Jean Baptiste) BooneUnited StatesCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Mission memories1929Frederick Valentine Carpenter, John Steven McGroartyUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainMix of public domain material and material of unknown statusMix of public domain material and material of unknown status
Mission Santa Ines, virgen y martir: and its ecclesiastical seminary1932Zephyrin EngelhardtUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
The missions of California, with sketches of the lives of St. Francis and Junipero Serra1914Racine McRoskeyUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Monasticism and civilization1921John B. (John Bonaventure) O'ConnorUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
My convent life: spiritual considerations on every-day phases of the religious life for members of all religious orders and communities1932Karl. GerjolUnited StatesCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The old franciscan missions of California1913George Wharton JamesUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Our light and our way: conferences for religious1936Basile-Antoine-Marie MoreauUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Padre Junipero Serra and the mission church of San Carlos del Carmelo1884Richard Edward WhiteUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
The penal law for religious1935Mariner Theodore SmithUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Psychology and the Franciscan school: a symposium of essays1932Claude L. (Claude Lawrence) Vogel, Berard Vogt, Ephrem LongpreUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrighted
Qualities of a good superior1908Ferreol Girardey, Joseph Benoit Marcellin Champagnat, BevUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
The religious: a treatise on the vows and virtues of the religious state.1882Jean-Baptiste Saint-Jure, Austin CarrollUnknownPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Religious congregations in their external relations1916Celestine Anthony FreriksUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Religious men and women in church law1934Edward Francis Garesché, Adam C. (Adam Charles) Ellis, Joseph CreusenUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrighted
A return to the novitiate: principles of the religious life1935Monseigneur Alcime Gouraud, Gertrude L. Callahan, Bp Alcime GouraudUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The Rose of Jesus and Mary: a life of the foundress of the Sisters of the holy names of Jesus and Mary1934sister Mary AliciaUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Saint François d'Assise et son œuvre: histoire de l'Ordre des frères mineurs des origines à nos jours1928Achille LéonFranceCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The seraphic highway: talks to tertiaries and non-tertiaries on the Third order of St. Francis1925Fulgence MeyerUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright status
The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Kentucky1917Anna Blanche McGillUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
So you're going to college!: and other Clarke college talks1934Isidore Joseph SemperUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The soul of Elizabeth Seton: a spiritual autobiography culled from Mother Seton's writings and memoirs1936Emmitsburg, Md. Saint Joseph's college A Daughter of charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Saint Elizabeth Ann SetonUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Spanish missions of the old Southwest1926Cleve HallenbeckUnited StatesCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusPublic DomainPublic Domain
Spiritual reflections for sisters1936Charles J. MullalyUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
St. Basil and monasticism1930Sister Margaret Gertrude MurphyUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Thasci Caecili Cypriani De habitu virginum: a commentary, with an introduction and translation1932Bishop of Carthage Saint Cyprian, Sister Angela Elizabeth KeenanUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The Third order secular of St. Francis1928Gerald Joseph ReinmannUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrighted
Thoughts on the religious life: reflections on the general principles of the religious life, on perfect charity the end of the religious life1907Carlo Andrea Basso, F. X. (Francis Xavier) LasanceUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
The tradition of the nun in medieval England1932sister. Mary of the Incarnation ByrneUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Trois siècles d'histoire religieuse: Les Filles de la charité: L'institut de 1617 à 18001933Georges Goyau, Charles Baussan, Pierre CosteFranceCopyrightedCopyrightedPublic DomainPublic Domain
The virtues of a religious superior (De sex alis seraphim): Instructions1920Cardinal Saint Bonaventure, Sabinus MollitorUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Waiting for the Paraclete: retreat lectures for religious and other pious souls1930Rev. Fulgence Meyer, Father Fulgence MeyerUnited StatesCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
What must I do?1950Sister Mary Paul ReillyUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Willamette interlude1959Mary Dominica McNameeUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusCopyrightedPage view available