The first book has no official approbations but were subjects for meditations given to His Eminence Richard Cardinal Cushing by various religious communities and he brought them together to be published, basically under his name sometime in 1959, by the daughters of St. Paul, Boston, Massachusetts, my copy being the fourth printing of the second edition. The title is “Meditations for Religious.” with a Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 60-148.
The second book helps the more technically oriented look into the impact grace, creativity, personality and psychology play into religious life. It deals with not only pure psychological effects but triggers for those effects such as aloneness and hunger. The name of the book is “Creative Personality in Religious Life” by Sister Marian Dolores, S.N.J.M. From the preface we read that “This book is an outgrowth of a series of lectures given at the Institute of Mental Health for Religious at St. Louis University in Jun, 1960, at the invitation of Rev. Aloysisus h. Scheller, S.J., director of the School of Social Work.” It carries a copyright of 1963 from the publisher Sheed & Ward, inc. the Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 63-17138The approbations are as follows:
Nihil Obstat: John R. Ready
Censor librorum
May 2, 1963
Imprimatur: + Robert F. Joyce
Bishop of Burlington
May 3, 1963
The third book answers some questions which those young ladies contemplating the religious life may have with regard to it, answered by a retreat master. The name of the book is” Question Box for Sisters” by Fr. Winfrid Herbst, S.D.S.
ASIN : B002I9U47U
Publisher : St. Paul Publications; First Edition (January 1, 1960)
Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 61-13712
Imprimi Potest: Jerome Jacobs, S.D.S.
Provincial
Nihil Obstat: Rt. Rev. Msgr. Robert J. Chisholm, J.C.L.
Censor Librorum
Imprimatur: +The Most Rev. Thomas L. Noa, D.D.
Bishop of Marquette Marquette, Michigan December 13, 1960
The fourth book on the inside cover describes itself as follows: “The Beauty and grandeur of religious life are brought into sharp focus by the spiritual optimism that is characteristic of Father Rosin’s writings.” The title of the book is “To Obey is to Reign” by Father F.X. Ronsin S.J. It is, as is the next book, available on amazon.
ASIN : B0007EFBG2
Publisher : St. Paul Publications; First Edition (January 1, 1961)
Hardcover : 234 pages
- Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 61-14113
Nihil Obstat: Charles E. Ross, J.C.L.
Censor deputatus
Imprimatur: +Paul Schulte, D.D.
Archbishop of Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Indiana
February 18,1961
The fifth book is along the same lines as To Obey is to Reign, but for those religious who become superiors and is entitled: “To Govern is to Love” also by Father F.X. Ronsin S.J.
ASIN : B000XY0P7G
Publisher : Society of Saint Paul (January 1, 1963)
Hardcover : 287 pages
For the American Edition which was translated from the French original Gouverner C’est . . . Aimer.
Nihil Obstat: Emilius Goossens
Censor Deputatus
Imprimatur: +Paulus Schulte
Archiepiscopus Indianapolitanus
August 15, 1953
Traditional Thomistic Catholic 