Resources for Starting a Men’s Fellowship Group

National Fellowship of Catholic Men (NFCM)
•    This website offers guidance on starting a Men’s fellowhip groups , starter kits , training and other Men’s group resources .

Catholic Men’s Fellowship of California
•    This website offers a Men’s fellowship Group Formation instructional series
Making a Difference in Each Other’s Lives and Faith: Parish and Small Church Communities (2009)
•    This 13-minute DVD “ touches on a range of essential aspects of faith sharing including the role of scripture, men and small communities, silence…” 

No Man Left Behind—How to Build and Sustain a Thriving Disciple-Making Ministry for Every Man in Your Church by Patrick Morely, David Delk, and Brett Clemmer
•    This book’s theme is “building faithful men” and it targets leaders of men’s ministry

Brothers! Calling Men into Vital Relationships by Geoff Gorsuch with Dan Schaffer (1994)
•    If you lead a men's group, this book will help you develop the skills you need to draw other men into deeper, more genuine relationships.

Resources for Use by Men’s Fellowship Groups

Fuel: Catholic Men Living The Faith A Small Group Guide By Steve McCoy-Thompson and Randy M. Haykin

•    This is a lively, practical resource for forming and sustaining a faith support group.

Accepting The Embrace of God:  The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina by Luke Dysinger
•    Lectio divina is a slow, contemplative praying of the Scriptures This book offers an understanding of its origins and the steps to follow for the full experience for groups and individuals.

The Busted Halo Ministry
•     This website strives to reveal and create a forum, particularly for young adults, for the Catholic spiritual dimensions of our lives through feature stories, reviews, faith guides, audio clips and other forms of communication.

Conversing with God in Scripture: A Contemporary Approach to Lectio Divina by Stephen J. Binz (2008)
•    This practical and inspirational book shows how we can read and reflect on Scripture in ways that enable us to hear God speaking to us in our thoughts and hearts.
•    Other books by Binz include:
o    The Threshold Bible Study, which offers many thematic Bible studies
o    Introduction to the Bible: A Catholic Guide to Studying, which presents the basic principles for a full Catholic understanding of the scriptures.

Crossing the Goal (CTG)
•    This television show uses a sports show format to encourage men to get into spiritual shape. The website offers show archives, DVDs and books of interest to Catholic men.

God’s Word Today
•    This magazine intends to assist the beginner as well as the experienced Catholic in understanding the Word of God and application to daily living. 

Go To Joseph by Father Richard W. Gilsdorf (2009)
•    The book is well suited for personal devotions, study groups, men’s groups and adoration before the Blessed Sacrament.

A Guy’s Guide to the Good Life:  Virtues for Men by Robert Lockwood (2009)
•    The cardinal and theological virtues are presented to assist leading the “Good Life.” 

How Do Catholics Read the Bible? by Daniel J. Harrington, SJ (2005)
•    Harrington “equips readers with tools they need to more fully engage Scripture and the Catholic Tradition. The book is a wealth of information and suitable for sharing in groups.

Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration by Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI (2007)
•    The Holy Father seeks to restore Jesus’ true identity as discovered in the Gospels and shares his personal conviction as a believer, a compelling, flesh-and-blood portrait of Jesus that incites us to encounter, face to face, the central figure of the Christian faith

Lectio Divina: Contemplative Awakening and Awareness by Christine Painter and Lucy Wynkoop.  (2008.)
•    This book provides a thorough grounding in Lectio Divina and guides the reader in ways of applying this mode of praying to scripture study, prayer and living. 

The Mystery of God’s Word by Father Raneiro Cantalamessa, OFM (1994)
•    Father Cantalamessa discusses why and how the Liturgy of the Word “is nothing other than the liturgical actualization of the preaching of Christ.”

One Heart, One Mind: Walking with God Day by Day by Richard Cleveland (1998)
Embracing the Kingdom: A Bible Study on Conversion by Richard Cleveland  (2002)
Discovering the God We Call Father: A Catholic Bible Study on the Lord’s Prayer by Richard Cleveland (2008)
•    The author of all three bible studies that share the vision of taking scripture out of isolation and having it set hearts afire through sharing in groups. 

Reason for Our Hope Foundation
•    This website is the outreach ministry of Father Larry Richards with the mission of spreading God’s Word based on 1 Peter 3:15.

St. Joseph’s Covenant Keepers (SJCK)
•    This is the website for an informal international network of Christian men, under the patronage of St. Joseph, dedicated to strengthening the family. The primary thrust is to men who are fathers of children still living at home.

The St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology
•    Non-profit research and educational institute that promotes life-transforming Scripture study in the Catholic tradition.

The Scripture Source Book for Catholics by Rev. Peter Klein (2008)
•    This is an ideal book for parish leaders of faith sharing and bible study groups to respond to the questions with a Catholic understanding of the scriptures. 

Signposts: How to be a Catholic Man in the World Today by Bill Bawden and Tim Sullivan (1999)
•    The “fifty-two discussion plans … offer men the opportunity to grow in their love for God, the Church, and their families, and to joyfully embrace the call to live an authentic Christian life.”

Too Deep for Words: Rediscovering Lectio Divina by Hall, Thelma (1988) 
•    The book has two parts.  The first sets forth the principles. The second part offers 500 scriptures with which to practice lectio.  The approach is ideal for beginners.

What Are They Saying about Masculine Spirituality? by David C. James with an introduction from Richard Rohr (l996)
•    James draws on the wisdom of other writers to develop a well-rounded understanding of masculinity and then moves into an integrative approach in a communal setting. 

The Wild Man’s Journey:  Reflections on Male Spirituality by Richard Rohr and Joseph Martos (1992)
•    The authors present “a gospel-rooted spiritual vision that integrates the call to Jesus to new life with a mature masculine religious identity.” 

The Word Among Us
•    This is a monthly devotional with reflections on the scriptures from daily and Sunday Mass. Additionally it offers articles, book reviews and personal witnesses.  A Spanish edition is available.

Word on Fire Catholic Ministries
•    This website is rich with solid Catholic teaching offered in a contemporary style.

Men as Elders and Leaders (MALEs)
•    This website, which features Fr. Richard Rohr, offers numerous resources for men's spirituality.


For further details on this bibliography or suggested additions, please contact: 

Bob Bursley
Coordinator of Small Christian Community Ministry
Office of Catechesis
Diocese of Trenton
Tel: 609-406-7400 x5623
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Web:  www.dioceseoftrenton.org