Militia Templi
Preceptory for the United States

Lending Library

The lending library of the preceptory is for the use of brothers, novices, chaplains and other members of the Militia Templi in the United States and Canada. Only two books may be borrowed at a time and the usual loan period is two weeks though this may be extended with the agreement of the librarian.

The library holdings exist due to the generosity of members of the Militia and other good souls who donate new books or used books they no longer wish to keep for themselves. Donations of good Catholic books are always welcome. .You may hand books to the librarian at any Delegation meeting, or send them to the librarian via mail.

Rules

The Library is for the use of the member of the Militia Templi residing within the U.S. and Canada.

Books may be borrowed by mail by sending the cost of postage in currency or stamps.

Two books may be borrowed at a time.

Borrowing period is two weeks from the date of receipt.

Books are to returned at the borrower's expense in the same or similar padded envelope or mailer in which they were sent.

If books or an acknowledgement are not received for weeks after request, contact the librarian again.

Lost or damaged books should be reported at once. Do not try to repair damaged books but return "as is". Normal wear is understood.

All requests and inquiries should be directed to the librarian.

Charges

Please mail $2 for one book, $3 for two books to cover postage costs. Canadian residents contact the librarian for postage details.

Mailing address:

Fra Rodger Phillips, C.P.M.O.
203 Fairfield Avenue
Hartford, CT 06114

Books

Liturgy:

• Meehan, Andrew B. - A Practical Guide to the Divine Office
• Strasser, Bernard - With Christ Through the Year. The Liturgical Year in Word and Symbols
• Wuest, Joseph - Matters Liturgical. The Collectio Rerum Liturgicam

Saints

• Chesterton, G.K. - Saint Thomas Aquinas "The Dumb Ox"
• Ratisbonne, Theodore - St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Oracle of the Twelfth Century
• Therese of Lisieux, St. - The Story of a Soul
• Voragine, Jacabus de - The Golden Legend. Volume II
• Waugh, Evelyn - Saint Edmund Campion. Priest and Martyr

Chivalry

• Barber, Malcolm - The New Knighthood. A History of the Order of the Temple
• Bradford, Ernle - The Knights of the Order
• Minnucci, Giovanni - I Templari. Mito e Storia (Italian)
• Montiglio, Carla - Dalla Gerusalemme Celeste al Giubileo del 2000. San Bernardo di Chiaravalle la Cetra di Maria; San Giovanni de Montfort la Stella Templare (Italian)
• Partner, Peter - THe Murdered Magicians - The Templars and Their Myth

Doctrines/Encyclicals

• The Popes Against Modern Errors. 16 Papal Documents
• The Catechism of Pope Saint Pius X
• Jesuit Fathers of St. Mary's College ed. - The Church Teaches. Documents of the Church in English Translation
• Laux, John - Chief Truths of the Faith
• Leo XIII - Rerum Novarum (On the Condition of the Working Classes) [Pamphlet]
• Ott, Ludwig - Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma
• Ripley, Francis - This is the Faith. A Complete Explanation of the Catholic Faith

History

• Belloc, Hilaire - Characters of the Reformation
• Belloc, Hilaire - The Crusades
• Carroll, Anne W. - Christ the King, Lord of History. A Catholic World History from Ancient to Modern Times
• Carroll, Anne W. - Christ and the Americas
• Dawson, Christopher - The Judgment of the Nations
• Johnson, George - The Story of the Church. Her Founding, Mission and Progress. A Textbook in Church History
• Laux, John - Church History

Literature

• Belloc, Hillaire - The Path to Rome
• Benson, Robert Hugh - The Lord of the World
• Cather, Willa - Shadows on the Rock
• Cather, Willa - Death Comes for the Archbishop
• Chesterton, G.K. - The Man Who Was Thursday. A Nightmare
• Duggan, Alfred - Count Bohemond
• Greene, Graham - The Power and the Glory
• Hopkins, Gerard Manley - Poems
• Miller Jr., Walter M. - A Canticle for Liebowitz. A Novel
• Raymond, M. - Three Religious Rebels. Forefathers of the Trappists
• Sheed, F.J. ed. - Poetry and Life. An Anthology of English Catholic poetry
• Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Lord of the Rings
• Walsh, Thomas ed. The World's Greatest Catholic Poetry
• Waugh, Evelyn - Brideshead Revisited

The Sacraments

• A Secular Priest - A Simple Explanation of Low Mass
• Davies, Michael - A Short History of the Roman Mass
• Laux, John - Mass and the Sacraments

Spirituality

• Chautard, Jean-Baptiste - The Soul of the Apostolate. The Interior Life of Grace as the Key to Saving Souls
• Francis de Sales, St. - Introduction to the Devout Life
• Hildebrand, Dietrich von - Transformation in Christ. On the Christian Attitude of Mind
• Ignatius of Loyola, St. - The Spiritual Exercises
• Kempis, Thomas A - The Imitation of Christ
• Scupoli, Lorenzo - The Spiritual Combat

Scripture

• The Holy bible - Douay-Rheims
• Knecht, Frederick Justus - A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture
• Laux, John - Introduction to the Bible

Philosophy

• Pieper, Josef - Leisure the Basis of Culture
• Saward, John - The Beauty of Holiness and the Holiness of Beauty
• Lewis, C.S. - The Four Loves

Family

• Angelus Press, ed. - Raising Your Children
• Hahn, Kimberly - Catholic Education: Homeward Bound. A Useful Guide to Catholic home Schooling
• Lambert, L.A. - The Christian Father. What He Should Be, and What He Should Do

Apologetics

• Kreeft, Peter - Handbook of Christian Apologetics. Hundreds of Answers to Crucial Questions
• Laux, John - Catholic Apologetics

Biography

• Merton, Thomas - Seven Storey Mountain

Our Lady

• De Montfort, St. Louis - True Devotion to Mary

Theology

• Glenn, Paul J. - A Tour of the Summa
• Thomas Aquinas, St. - Aquinas's Shorter Summa

Traditionalism & Current Issues

• Amerio, Romano - Iota Unum. A Study of the Changes in the Catholic Church in the XXth Century
• Phillips, Robert - Last Things First. A Traditionalist Surveys the Wreckage of Vatican II
• Roche, Anne - The Gates of Hell. The Struggle for the Catholic Church

Misc.

• Chesterton, G.K. - The Common Man
• Chesterton, G.K. The Everlasting Man
• Chesterton, G.K. - What's Wrong With the World
• Laux, John - Catholic Morality

Video

• H.E. The Grand Master's Message to the American Delegation (VHS or DVD)

Audio

• Ockeghem - Missa Prolationum

Militia Templi
North American Preceptory
119 Carriage Point Lane, Glenn Allen VA 23059