Romano Guardini (1885–1968)

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1. Benedict XVI

   Author of In the Beginning...: A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall (Resourcement), Called to Communion: Understanding the Church Today, Behold the Pierced One

2. Romano Guardini

   Author of The Lord, The Art of Praying: The Principles and Methods of Christian Prayer, Letters from Lake Como: Explorations in Technology and the Human Race (Ressourcement : Retrieval & Renewal in Catholic Thought)

3. Pope John Paul II

   Author of Crossing the Threshold of Hope, Fides et Ratio / On the Relationship between Faith and Reason, Letter to Families from Pope John Paul II: 1994 Year of the Family

4. Fulton J. Sheen

   Author of Life of Christ, Peace of Soul, The World's First Love

5. Benedict J. Groeschel

   Author of Spiritual Passages: The Psychology of Spiritual Development "for those who seek", Listening at Prayer, The Courage to Be Chaste

6. F. J. Sheed

   Author of Theology and Sanity, Theology for Beginners, Map of Life: A Simple Study of the Catholic Faith

7. John Henry Newman

   Author of Apologia Pro Vita Sua, An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, An Essay in Aid of a Grammar Of Assent

8. Henri de Lubac

   Author of Catholicism: Christ and the Common Destiny of Man, The Mystery of the Supernatural (Milestones in Catholic Theology), The religion of Teilhard de Chardin

9. St. Louis de Montfort

   Author of The Secret of the Rosary, True Devotion to Mary, Total Consecration According to Saint Louis De Montfort

10. Hans Urs von Balthasar

    Author of Prayer, A Theology of History (Communio Books), Credo: Meditations on the Apostles' Creed

11. Dietrich von Hildebrand

    Author of Transformation in Christ: On the Christian Attitude, Trojan Horse in the City of God: The Catholic Crisis Explained, Liturgy and Personality: The Healing Power of Formal Prayer

12. Josef Pieper

    Author of Leisure: The Basis of Culture, Guide to Thomas Aquinas, Justice

13. Francis De Sales

    Author of Introduction to the Devout Life, Sermons of St. Francis de Sales For Lent

14. Christopher Dawson

    Author of Religion and the Rise of Western Culture, The Making of Europe, Dynamics of World History

15. Jacques Maritain

    Author of Creative Intuition in Art and Poetry, Existence and the Existent, Three Reformers: Luther, Descartes, Rousseau

16. Bernard Haring

    Author of Shalom: peace; the sacrament of reconciliation, A Sacramental Spirituality, The Law of Christ, Volume III: Special Moral Theology;

17. Thomas Dubay

    Author of Fire Within: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and the Gospel-On Prayer, Prayer Primer : Igniting a Fire Within, Seeking Spiritual Direction: How to Grow the Divine Life Within

18. Columba Marmion

    Author of Christ, the Life of the Soul, Christ in His Mysteries, Christ the ideal of the monk;: Spiritual conferences on the monastic and religious life,

19. John L. McKenzie

    Author of Dictionary of the Bible, The two-edged sword; an interpretation of the Old Testament, Authority in the Church

20. Hilaire Belloc

    Author of Great Heresies, The Crusades: The World's Debate, Europe and the Faith