The Catholic Readings: Writing for the Masses

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by Stephen Whelan, SDB

 

 The Catholic Readings Writing for the Masses

Subjects:

  • Introduction: The Catholic Readings as an Apostolate
  • 1853: The Well-Instructed Catholic: A Father’s Timely Talks to His Children with a Summation by Fr. John Bosco [II Cattolico Istruito nella sua Religione: Trattenimenti di un Padre di Famiglia co’suoi Figliuoli Secondo i Bisogni del Tempo epilogati dal sac. Bosco Giovanni], A Good Mother, Moral Talks in a Popular Style, A Factual Account of the Miracle of the Blessed Sacrament in Turin on June 6, 1453, with a Brief Description of the Quadricentennial Celebrations, Contemporary Events Presented in Dialog Form [Fatti Contemporanei Esposti in Forma di Dialogo], Examples of Christian Virtue, Selections from Various Authors, Family Discussion on the Precepts of the Church, The Man of Honor [Il Galantuomo] – National Almanac for the Year 1854 and Other Useful Information, Henry Buche: A Christian Workman, Unhappiness of a Recent Apostate, A Debate between a Lawyer and a Waldensian Minister
  • 1854: A Catholic Handbook on Revolutions, Fr. Serafino Sordi, S.J., Rules of Proper Behavior for Farmers and Others, The Conversion of a Waldensian Girl, Fr. John Bosco, A Collection of Curious Contemporary Episodes, A Popular Handbook on Protestantism, Fr. John Perrone, S.J., A Discussion about the Sacrifice of the Mass, Fr. Charles Philip da Poirino, O.F.M.C., Trafficking in Souls and the Protestant Agitation in Europe, Louis Rendu, Informal Talks on Maintaining Good Health, The Jubilee and Prayers for the Visits to Churches, Considerations on the Expected Dogmatic Definition of the Immaculate Conception and a Novena, Fr. Costa of Rome
  • 1855: An Easy Method for Learning Bible History for Christian People, Stealing Church Property and Its Consequences, Baron Nilinse, Collin de Plancy, Evangelical Comfort to Christians Living in the World, T.K., Dialogue between a Lawyer and a Rural Pastor on the Sacrament of Penance, The Conversion of a Wealthy Noble English Lady to the Catholic Faith, During the Period When Anti-Catholic Laws Were Still in Force in England, The Man of Honor, [Il Galantuomo], Marriage Instructions, Canon Lawrence Gastaldi, A Biographical Sketch of Charles Louis Dehaller, Member of the Supreme Council at Berne, and His Return to the Catholic Faith, The Life of St. Martin, Bishop of Tours, The Power of Good Upbringing
  • 1856: Talks on the Most Blessed Sacrament, Fr. Charles Da Poirino, O.F.M.C., An Easy Method for Learning Bible History, A Commentary on the Lord’s Prayer, St. Cyprian, Count Coriolano Malingri of Bagnolo, The Lord’s Day, A Warning about Blaspheming, Brief Reflections on Conforming to God’s Holy Will, The Conversion of Herman Cohen, a Jew, Now Father Augustine of the Blessed Sacrament, Discalced Carmelite, Andrew, or Happiness through Piety, as Narrated by Cesaria Fazzene and Edited
  • by Count G. Birago, Reflections on the Rites and Ceremonies of Holy Mass, Fr. Charles Filippo
  • da Poirino, O.F.M.C., The Guardian Angel of Young Children; Gleanings from a Book by Canon Claude Arvisenet, Vicar General of Troyes
  • 1857: Life of St. Peter, the Prince of Apostles, First Pope after Jesus Christ, Fr. John Bosco, Two Debates on Purgatory between Two Protestant Ministers and a Catholic Priest, Fr. John Bosco, The Man of Honor [Il Galantuomo], The Christian Easter, Life of St. Paul, the Apostles of the Gentiles, Fr. John Bosco, A Thought a Day in Honor of Mary, and the Story of the Conversion of Maria Alphonse Ratisbonne to the Catholic Faith, The Lives of Popes St. Linus, St. Cletus and St. Clement, Life of Blessed Oringa Toscana, Known as Christiana of the Holy Cross, The Lives of Popes St. Anacletus, St. Evaristus, and St. Alexander I, Lives of the Popes St. Sixtus, St. Telesphorus, St. Hyginus, and St. Pius I, with an Appendix on St. Justin, Apologist and Martyr, Fr. John Bosco, The Conversion of a Protestant Family, Family Discussions on the Primacy of the Pope and on the Salvation To Be Found Only in the Catholic Church, The Man of Honor [Il Galantuomo], The Life of St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna and Martyr, and of His Disciple, St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons and Martyr, Fr. John Bosco
  • 1858: Reflections on the Epistles and Gospels of Sundays and Feasts of Our Lord, The Lenten Season, The Lives of the Popes St. Anicetus, St. Soter, St. Eleutherius, St. Victor I, and St. Zephyrinus, The Month of May Consecrated to Mary Immaculate for Popular Use, Fr. John Bosco, Indulgences, a Treasure for the Faithful, Joseph and Isidore, or the Danger of Bad Companions, P. Marcello, The Christian’s Vademecum or Important Counsels on the Duties of the Christian so that Each One Can Attain His Own Salvation in His Vocation, Anthony, Little Orphan of Florence, The Youth’s Guide to Salvation, Claude Arvisenet, The Lamp at the Shrine, Cardinal Wiseman, The Life of St. Callistus I, Pope and Martyr, Fr. John Bosco, A Christmas Novena, Blessed Sebastian Valfrè
  • 1859: Life of Dominic Savio, Pupil of the Oratory of St. Francis de Sales, Fr. John Bosco, Life of Pope St. Urban I, The Cross by the Wayside, Edifying Stories, The Life of Rose Cordone, Fr. Joseph Frassinetti, The Shrine of Bassa, Anthony and Ferdinand: The Triumph of Innocence, The Lives of the Holy Pontiffs Sts. Pontian, Anterus, and Fabian, Fr. John Bosco, The Valley of Almeria, Frequent Communion, Key to Heaven, Fr. Antoine Favre, Fr. Charles Philip da Poirino, Augustine, or the Triumph of Religion, The Persecution of Decius and the Pontificate of St. Cornelius I, Pope
  • 1860: The Hour of Grace or The Last Hours of a Man Condemned to Death, Spiritual Resources as Needed by Our Times, , Bishop Louis Gaston de Ségur, Louis Gaston de Ségur, Elizabeth or the Reward of Poverty, Bishop D’Esoville, The Life and Martyrdom of St. Lucius I and St. Stephen I, Popes, Angelina or a Good Girl Taught True Devotion to the Virgin Mary, Alexis, a Young Painter with Some Added Edifying Facts, The Precepts of the Church and Their Observance With Each Precept Demonstrated, The Pontificate of St. Sixtus II and the Glories of St. Lawrence, Martyr, Fr. John Bosco, The Model of a Poor Girl, Rosina Pedemonte (Died on January 30, 1860 at 20 Years of Age in Genoa), Fr. Joseph Frassinetti, Confession: the Gate to Heaven, Fr. Charles Philip da Poirino, Biography of Fr. Joseph Cafasso, Fr. John Bosco
  • 1861: Virtuous Son, Louis Friedel, A Hidden Treasure: or Appreciation and Excellence of the Holy Mass with a Practical and Devout Way of Attending It with Beneficial Results, St. Leonard of Port Maurice, Saint Leonard of Port Maurice, Leonard of Port Maurice, The Life of St. Cyprian, Martyr, Fr. Re, Edifying Examples for Youths, The Church, Bishop Louis Gaston de Ségur, The Man of Honor [Il Galantuomo], Victorina and Eugenie or Courtesy and Charity, Abstinence from Work on Festive Days (Sundays and Holydays), D. Olivieri, A Family of Martyrs: or the Lives of the Holy Martyrs Marius, Martha, Audifax and Abachum and their Martyrdom, with an Appendix about the Shrine Dedicated to Them near Caselette, Fr. John Bosco, A Biographical Sketch of Michael Magone, Pupil of the Oratory of St. Francis de Sales, Fr. John Bosco, The Pontificate of St. Dionysius with an Appendix on St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, Fr. John Bosco, Paradise on Earth in the Chaste Christian, Fr. Joseph Frassinetti, Information about Blessed Panasia, a Valesiana Shepherdess from Quarona, Silvio Pellico
  • 1862: The Man of Honor [Il Galantuomo], The Devotion of the Seven Sundays in Honor of the Joys and Sorrows of St. Joseph with a Plenary Indulgence each Sunday, Fr. Ughet, Father Ughet, A Siberian Maiden or Filial Piety, Xavier De Maistre, The Jewish Orphans, Translated from the French with Some Little Songs for the Feast of the Holy Infancy, The Orphan of Fénelon or the Effects of a Christian Education, A Marian Diary or an Encouragement to Marian Devotion Every Day of the Year by One of her Devotees, Theophilus or the Young Hermit, a Lovely Story, Canon Christopher Schmid, The Pontificate of St. Felix I and St. Eutichianus, Popes and Martyrs, Fr. John Bosco, The Power of Darkness or Dogmatic-Moral Comments on Evil Spirits and Men, Followed by an Account of a Diabolical Infestation which Occurred in 1858 in the Val delta Torre, Fr. Charles Philip da Poirino, O.F.M.C., Two Orphan Girls or The Consolation of the Catholic Religion, Germaine, a Cabinetmaker, Work, Fr. Felice, S.J.
  • 1863: Blessed Catherine De Matei of Racconigi of the Order of Penitents of St. Dominic, The Man of Honor [Il Galantuomo], Four Popular Dialogues on Current Religious Errors, The Pontificate of St. Caius, Pope and Martyr, Biographical Highlights of Father John Vianney, “Curé d’Ars”, Canon Lawrence Gastaldi, The Life and Institute of St. Angela Merici, Fr. Joseph Frassinetti, Anthony, the Good Father of a Family, Fr. Peter Bazetti, The Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, Fr. Huguet et al., A Biographical Sketch of the Saintly Cleric Ezio Gherardi of Lucca, Short Dialogues on the Commandments of the Church, Fr. Joseph Frassinetti, Man Proposes and God Disposes, Fr. Peter Bazetti
  • 1864: Papal Authority, a Catechetical Instruction, Canon Lawrence Gastaldi, Louise and Pauline, a Conversation between Catholic and Protestant Girls, The Pontificates of St. Marcellinus and St. Marcellus, Martyrs, Fr. John Bosco, Delightful Contemporary Experiences from Public Records, Fr. John Bosco, The Fortune Seeker, The Little Shepherd of the Alps, St. Athanasius the Great, Bishop of Alexandria and Doctor of the Church, a Popular Account, Fr. Joseph Re, Adventure of Two Orphans, Urbano and Paola, Two Hidden Joys on Frequent and Even Daily Communion and Perfect Chastity
  • 1865: The Man of Honor [Il Galantuomo] The Fortune House, Fr. John Bosco, The Jubilee Year, How It Came About and Suggested Devotions When Visiting the Churches, Fr. John Bosco, Memories of Fr. John Ignatius Vola, a Priest of the Archdiocese of Turin, Canon Lawrence Gastaldi, A History of the Inquisition and Some Errors Falsely Attributed to It, Fr. Peter Boccalandro, Peace for the Church, the Pontificates of Sts. Eusebius and Melchiades, the Last Martyrs after Ten Persecutions, On Animal Magnetism and Spiritism, by a Medical Doctor and Surgeon, The Life of Blessed (Now Saint) Margaret Mary Alacoque with an Appendix of Devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Albert and Nina, an Uplifting Story, A Catechetical Instruction on the Sacrament of Confirmation, The Life of the Turinese Carmelite, Blessed Mary of the Angels
  • 1866: The Man of Honor [Il Galantuomo], The Cult of the Holy Martyrs, Sts. Salutor, Adventor and Octavius, Patrons of the City of Turin, Canon Lawrence Gastaldi, The Hidden Pearl, Nicholas Cardinal Wiseman, Meditations and Prayers for a Worthy Preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation, About Fiscal Duty, Fr. Joseph Frassinetti, Stories and Parables of Fr. Bonaventure, Theodulus, a Blessed Son, a Model for Youth, Fr. Michelangelo Marini, A Friendly Word to Servicemen, Fr. Victor Marchiale, Charles, a Biographical Sketch of One Condemned to Life at Hard Labor, Daniel and His Three Companions in Babylon, Fr. Giulio Metti, The Life of Blessed [Now Saint] Joseph Labre, The Life of St. Bernard of Menthon, Valentino, or a Thwarted Vocation
  • 1867: The Man of Honor [Il Galantuomo], St. Peter’s Centenary, the Life of the Prince of the Apostles, with a Triduum of Prayers to Prepare for the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, Fr. John Bosco, Life of St. Joseph, Spouse of Mary, Foster Father of Jesus, A Collection of Stories, Silvio Pellico, Cesare Cantù, Giuseppe Manzoni, Alphonsus Baleydier, St. Peter in Rome, a Drama in Three Acts, Fr. Julius Metti, An Ancient Pilgrimage to Rome to the Tombs of the Apostles on the Occasion of the Eighteenth Centenary of the Martyrdom of the Apostles Peter and Paul, Fr. Emilio Ruggieri, The Venerable Mary Christine of Savoy, Queen of the Two Sicilies, Father Benedict, an Exemplary Ecclesiastic during the French Revolution, Canon Bernardine Checucci, A Visit to the Blessed Sacrament and to Mary Most Holy for Every Day of the Month, St. Alphonsus Liguori, The Family of Simon the Exemplary Husband and Resignation in the Face of Adversity
  • 1868: The Man of Honor [Il Galantuomo], Fr. John Bosco, Historical Incidents about the Popes, from St. Peter to Pius IX, Severino, the Adventures of an Alpine Boy, Fr. John Bosco, Angel’s Flight, Umberto Le Bon, Reflections and Maxims on Current Events and the Exemplary Family of James Bonomo, Miracles of the Mother of God Invoked under the Title of Mary Help of Christians, Fr. John Bosco, The Life of Saint John the Baptist, The Story of Some Famous Conversions, The Great Treasure, Woe to Him Who Loses It, Fr. Peter Boccalandro, The Life of Young Ernest Saccardi of Florence, Fr. John Bonetti, Novena of Prayers for the Holy Souls in Purgatory, Remembrance [Souvenir] of a Solemn Feast in Honor of Mary Help of Christians, Fr. John Bosco
  • 1869: The Man of Honor [Il Galantuomo], The Pope’s Temporal Domain, A Conversation Between a Student and a Teacher, Fr. Peter Boccalandro, The Catholic Church and Her Hierarchy, Fr. John Bosco, Valentina, a Worthy Daughter of Mary, Fr. Peter Bazetti, The Valley of Almeria, The Association of the Devotees of Mary Help of Christians Canonically Erected in the Church Dedicated to Her with a History of this Title, Fr. John Bosco, Entrance into the World with Counsels to Youth When They Leave School to Take Up a Career, Ecumenical Councils and the Catholic Church, Fr. John Bosco, Sanctifying the Month of November, Devotion to the Holy Souls in Purgatory, How to Hear Mass for the Benefit of the Holy Souls, Angelina, Little Orphan of the Apennines, Fr. John Bosco, The Vatican Council’s Jubilee Year, Fr. Secondo Franco
  • 1870: Nicolo Olivieri and the Ransom of Arab Schoolgirls, The Holy Cross, Historical, Dogmatic and Moral Aspects about the Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Fr. Charles Philip da Poirino, Emil Defaix, a Model Worker. His Real Story, Following Advice of a Friend, Abbot Richaudeau, Novena to Mary Help of Christians, Fr. John Bosco, History of the Devotion to St. Joseph, Spouse of the Virgin Mary, Fr. Innocent Gobio, Biography of the Youth: Joseph Mazzarello, Fr. John Baptist Lemoyne, Virginia Anselmi, Model of
  • Christian Widows, Fr. Alphonse M. Pagnone, The Acts of the Ecumenical Vatican Council up to the Fourth Session, Church History for the Young and Useful for All People, Fr. John Bosco,
  • 1871: St. Joseph’s Vicissitudes, Fr. Lucian Secco, Colomba and Giacomina, A Cross Made More Bearable, Fr. Cajetan Blandini, Anthony, A Soldier’s Homecoming, Fr. Celestine Faggiani, Papal Infallibility Explained to the Faithful, Fr. Secondo Franco, S.J., The Blessed Vi rgin’s Apparition at La Salette, Fr. John Bosco, Livia Ortalli, Lover of the Sacred Heart, Fr. A. M. Pagnone, The Life of St. Jerome, Fr. Peter Bazetti, The Crown of Virginity, Why the Diodati Translation of the Bible is Forbidden, Fr. Louis Bruno, The Young Christian Girl, Reflections and Readings for Catholic Girls, A Great Friend, Devotion to the Guardian Angel, Fr. Vincent G. Berchialla, Interesting Incidents in the Life of Pius IX
  • 1872: Answers to the Objections of the Evangelical Joseph lmerito Against the Catholic Religion, Fr. Mark Mallarini, Historical Memoirs of Fr. Victor Frigiolini of the Congregation of the Schools of Charity
  • Founded in Venice by the Venerable Fr. Conti de’ Cavanis, A Summary of the Life of the Venerable Servant of God, John Ancina, Oratorian of St. Philip Neri and Later Bishop of Saluzza, The Sign of the Cross, The Railway or a Blind Man’s Daughter, The Month of June Consecrated to the Sacred
  • Heart, Fr. Secondo Franco, S.J., Holy Communion, Monsignor Louis de Ségur, The Fifteenth Centenary of
  • St. Eusebius (of Vercelli) and the Churches of Westem Italy, The Conversion of Daniel Martin a Former Calvinist Minister in Berne Which Occurred in the 17th Century: His Own Story, General Drouot, a Model of a Christian Soldier, Fr. Vincent Minella
  • 1873: The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, Fr. John Baptist Lemoyne, The Martyr Paul Emil Reynaud and John Pinna, Apostolic Missionaries, Highlights of the Life of St. Gregory VII, Serapia, An Episode of the Second Century of Lower France for Popular Use, L. Matteucci, The Catholic in the Nineteenth Century, Advice Offered by a Member of the Turin Catholic Circulating Library, Jesus Christ and the Church, Samples of Revelations Related by a Sister of the Nativity, The Ferocious Beast Revealed to Youth, The Wonders of Our Lady of Lourdes
  • 1874: The Man of Honor [Il Galantuomo], Maximinus, a Young Boy’s Meeting with a Protestant Minister at the Site of the Ancient Roman Capitol, St. Joseph, Protector of the Catholic Church, Fr. Joseph Frassinetti, A Brief Life of St. Thomas Aquinas on the Sixth Centenary of His Death, Fr. John Bonetti, S.D.B., The Life of St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan and Doctor of the Church, Fr. Thomas Chiuso, Heartless William, the Prisoner of Poissy, The Tail of the Great Beast, The Evangelist of Wittenberg and the Protestant Reformation in Germany, Fr. John Baptist Lemoyne, S.D.B.
  • 1875: Godfrey, a Moral Story for People, Some Examples of How to Keep Holy Days, Canon Gaetano Costamagna, The 1875 Jubilee. Its Proclamation and Devotions for Visits to Churches, Fr. John Bosco, Mary Help of Christians and Accounts of Some Favors Obtained during the First Seven Years after the Consecration of the Church Dedicated to Her in Turin, The Heart of Jesus on the Second Centenary of Its Revelation, Fr. John Bonetti, Holy Water, Fr. Charles Philip da Poirino, The Truth of the Christian Faith, Baron Manuel di San Giovanni, A Layman’s Thoughts on Christianity, Fr. Sebastian Vallebona, Fernando Cortez, Fr. John Baptist Lemoyne
  • 1876: The Man of Honor [Il Galantuomo], [Less detailed information]
  • 1877: The Little Cloud of Carmel, [Less detailed information]
  • 1878-1888: 1878 – The Most Beautiful Flower, the Election of Pope Leo XIII, 1879 – The Ark of the Covenant, the Power of Mary Help of Christians Toward Her Devotees, Fr. John Baptist Lemoyne, 1883 – The Catholic in the World, Fr. John Bosco, 1884 – Some Episodes in the Life of Louis Comollo Who Died in the Seminary at Chieri Admired for His Rare Virtue, Fr. John Bosco, 1886 – Upright Family Scenes Revealed in the Life of Margaret Bosco, Fr. John Baptist Lemoyne
  • Conclusion: The Evangelical Genius of Don Bosco in the Catholic Readings
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