IX. Reading of the Seminary.
"Give attendance to reading." 1 Tim. iv. 13.
The reading of works which develop the rules and spirit of the seminary, which treat of Christian and ecclesiastical virtues, of fitness to receive holy orders, as likewise that of the lives of saints, is indispensable to the seminarist. The following are those which he will chiefly read:
Manual of Piety. 8th edition.
The Good Seminarist. 2d edition.
Practice of Direction, of the monthly Retreat, and of Monition.
Manual of the Seminarist. By M. Tronson. 2d edition.
Treaty on Obedience. By M. Tronson.
Nepotian; or, The Pupil of the Sanctuary.
The Spiritual Combat.
The Presence of God, the Faithful Mirror, and the Golden Book.
The Spirit of Christianity. By Father Nepveu.
Christian Infancy. By M. Blanlo.
Catechism of the Interior Life. By M. Olier.
Practice of the Love of our Lord Jesus Christ. By S. Liguori.
Excellence of Devotion to the holy Virgin. By Father Galliffet.
Treaty on Holy Orders. By M. Olier.
Ecclesiastical Instructions. By M. de Lantages.
Meditations of Chenart, specially for vacations.
Life of Berchmans, S. Louis de Gonzaga, Calixtus Frèze, Antony Gohier, S. Vincent de Paul.