Books about the La Salette Message in English:
[all available from Attleboro Shrine Online Bookstore: http://lasalettegiftshop.com ]

A Grace Called La Salette: a Story for the World,
by Fr. Jean Jaouen, M.S., translated by Fr. Normand Theroux, M.S., Grassroots Publishing, Enfield, NH, 1991, 369 pgs. A classic work first published in 1946, describing in detail the La Salette event, including its approbation process and acceptance by the Church, the child witnesses to the Apparition, and explanations of the La Salette charism of reconciliation and its place in the devotional life of the Church.

All My People: Why She Wept at La Salette,
by Fr. Marcel Schlewer, M.S., Grassroots Publishing International, Enfield, NH, 2000, 155 pgs. With strong, challenging and courageous words, Fr. Schlewer invites us to reflect anew on the theological and spiritual message of La Salette in the light of the scriptures and, in particular, of the admonition of Deuteronomy 30: 19: "Choose life, then!"
 
From the High Peaks at La Salette, Mary Calls Us to Her Son,
by Fr. Roger Castel, M.S., La Salette Press, Attleboro, MA, 2003, 42 pgs. A colorful, very readable booklet on the message and meaning of the Apparition of Our Lady of La Salette. It also contains information on the worldwide ministries of the La Salette Missionaries including the La Salette Sisters. 

Great News: Reflections on the Weekday Gospels and the La Salette Message, 
Edited by Fr. Roger Plante, M.S., Grassroots Publishing International, Enfield, NH, 2000, 370 pgs. This book of biblical reflections on the weekday Gospels and the La Salette message is written by nineteen La Salette  issionaries. It gives fascinating perspectives on our call at La Salette to make Mary's message known to all her people. It is an easy-to-read daily reflection book for our own spiritual growth.

I Am the Holy Land... and so are you,
By Fr. Leo P. Maxfield, M.S., Avalini Publishers, Fitchburg, MA, 2007, 157 pgs. This memoir of the life, faith and ministry of Fr. Leo was lovingly recorded, transcribed and edited over several years in order to save for posterity his wonderful stories which he told with much animation. He shares with us many extraordinary events which some would call miracles and how his faith and that of others grew before his very eyes. This is a story of love, joy, humility and dedication to making Our Lady of La Salette's message known, one person at a
time. 

La Salette Prayer Book:
Prayers and Devotions Based on the Spirituality and Message of Our Lady of La Salette, by Fr. Ron Gagne, M.S., La Salette Communications Center Publications, Attleboro, MA, 2012, illustrated, 80 pgs. This small pocket prayer book includes the full text of the La Salette Apparition, the meaning of the La Salette Crucifix, the foundation of the La Salette Missionaries and their mission today. This is a one-of-a-kind gathering of Marian and La Salette devotions, including La Salette prayers, a La Salette Way of the Cross (Stations), Novena, Litany, Rosary and special La Salette Scripture Rosary. It also includes seven sets of words that can be used with nearly twenty familiar hymn tunes. The book concludes with hymns for Eucharistic Exposition and
Benediction.
 
Light on the Mountain: the Story of La Salette,
by John S. Kennedy, La Salette Communications Center Publications, Attleboro, MA, 2011,
illustrated, 220 pgs. This book has been recently republished (2011) and contains a fascinating narrative describing the days before the apparition in 1846 until the completion of the construction of the Basilica
and the blessing of the La Salette Statue in 1878. It is filled with refined historical information masterfully analyzed for the uninitiated. This recent edition also has over 45 historic pictures of people and places that fill out the texture of the story of the La Salette Apparition, its personages and the community's tremendous challenges and growth.
 
Promises Kept: Memoires of a Missionary Priest, Fr. Fred Julien, M.S.,
As told to Richard Pezdirtz, St. Paul's Publishing, Manila, Philippines, 1997, illustrated, 316 pgs. Formed from his discussions with Fr. Fred, Richard Pezdirtz, a professional journalist and his longtime friend has fashioned a rollicking read. It is the fascinating history of a dedicated man of God, covering nearly the entire twentieth century, the life story of Fr. Fred's triumphs and tragedies, as dramatic and astounding as was Fr. Fred's World War II deliverance from a Japanese Concentration Camp in the Philippines. And this was just the beginning of a marvelous life of service, building God's Church – both spiritually and physically – with strong
faith and a wonderful sense of humor.
 
The Book of Spiritual Exercises of Our Lady of La Salette,
by Fr. Sylvain-Marie Giraud, M.S., with introduction, notes and translation by Fr. Donald Paradis, M.S.,  grassroots Publishing International, Enfield, NH, 236 pgs. From Fr. Giraud's position as Master of Novices in 1861, he felt called to write this book for the benefit of his novices and eventually adapted it for use by pilgrims visiting the La Salette Shrine in France. It is based on the "Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola" and explores, in fourteen meditations, the classic stages of spiritual development, influenced by the French
School of Spirituality.
 
The Missionaries of La Salette: From France to North America,

by Fr. Donald Paradis, M.S., La Salette Publications, Attleboro, MA, 2000, 164 pgs. This fine work describes in artful fashion the stormy political climate that caused the expulsion of the La Salette community from France and resulted in a "new discovery" of North America for their ministry and charism. He fills this work with a host of characters and personalities that give it life and color and he concludes with a valuable detailed chronology.

English eBooks:
Available on itunes Store (ibook):
 

Gagne, Fr. Ron, M.S., La Salette Prayer Book: Prayers and Devotions Based on the Spirituality
and Message of Our Lady of La Salette (Nov 27, 2011). 

Available on Amazon.com Store (kindle):


Anonymous. Apparition Of The Blessed Virgin At La Salette (Jul 5, 2012). 
Cook, Kevin A. Marian Apparitions are Real: Visits of Jesus and Mary (Jun 29, 2010).
Gagne, Fr. Ron, M.S. La Salette Prayer Book: Prayers and Devotions Based on the Spirituality and Message of Our Lady of La Salette (Nov 27, 2011). 
Harris, Ruth. Lourdes (Sep 17, 2008). 
Huysmans, J. K. The Cathedral (Apr 24, 2012). 
Kapuscinski, Stanislaw (aka Stan I.S. Law). The Avatar Syndrome (Prequel to Headless World) (Sep 11, 2006). 
Lord, Bob and Penny. Our Lady of La Salette (Many Faces of Mary Book I) 
Odell, Catherine M. Those Who Saw Her: Apparitions of Mary (Mar 19, 2010). 
Roberts, Courtney. Visions of the Virgin Mary: An Astrological Analysis of Divine Intercession (May 8, 2004). 
Schwebel, Lisa J. Apparitions, Healings, and Weeping Madonnas: Christianity and the Paranormal (Jan 5, 2004). 
Ziegler, Robert. Satanism, Magic and Mysticism in Fin-de-siècle France (Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic) (Jul 17, 2012). 

English Books from various publishers:
(most available on Amazon.com)


Bloy, Leon. She who weeps: Our Lady of Salette and Emile La Douceur. Fresno, CA: Academy
Library Guild, 1956. [out of print]

Boissarie, Prosper Gustave. Heaven's recent wonders: The work of Lourdes. Ratisbon, NY: F. Pustet Co., 1909. 
Bernoville, Gaëtan. La Salette. 1946. 
Burton, Richard D. E. Holy Tears, Holy Blood: Women, Catholicism, and the Culture of Suffering in France, 1840-1970 (Mar 31, 2004). 
Bussard, Fr. Paul and Fr. Francis B. Thornton and Richard C. MacKenzie. Notre Dame De La Salette (1959). 
Cook, Kevin A. Marian Apparitions are Real: Visits of Jesus and Mary (Jun 29, 2010).
Ford, Lauren. Our Lady's Book (Oct 1997). 
Formby, Henry. Our Lady of La Salette: Internal credibility of the miracle of La Salette... ; a discourse, addressed to the Birmingham Confraternity of Our Lady of La Salette (1857). [out of print]
Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. La Salette: You Will Make This Known To All People: 19th Century Apparitions In France; Rue Du Bac, La Salette, Lourdes (1998). 
Hari, Albert. A Short Guide to Notre-Dame de La Salette (2002, pamphlet). 
Harris, Ruth. Lourdes (Sep 17, 2008). 
Hughes, Marilynn. Marian Apparitions in the Catholic Church: An Overview (Oct 31, 2009).
Huysmans, J. K. The Cathedral (Apr 24, 2012).
Johnson, Kevin Orlin, Ph.D. Apparitions: Mystic Phenomena and What They Mean (May 13, 1998). 
Kapuscinski, Stanislaw (aka Stan I.S. Law). The Avatar Syndrome (Prequel to Headless World) (Sep 11, 2006). 
La Douceur, M.S., Emile. The Vision of La Salette by M.S. Emile (1956). 
Lindsey, David. Woman and the Dragon, The: Apparitions of Mary (Jan 31, 2001). 
Nocentini, Fabio and Lara Cox. Vibrational Waters: The Therapeutical Properties of Sacred Springs (Nov 20, 2012). 
Odell, Catherine M. Those Who Saw Her: Apparitions of Mary (Mar 19, 2010). 
O'Reilly, James P. The Story of La Salette: Mary's Apparition, Its History and Sequels, Lumen Books, 1953) 
Picard, E. La Salette. 1946. 
Roberts, Courtney. Visions of the Virgin Mary: An Astrological Analysis of Divine Intercession (May 8, 2004). 
Rushe, Patrick and Patrick O'Kane. Messages of La Salette, Garabandal and the Messages of Love. (March 22, 2007). [out of print]
St. John, Bernard and Brother Hermenegild TOSF. The Blessed Virgin in the Nineteenth Century: Apparitions, Revelations, Graces (Feb 27, 2013). 
Schwebel, Lisa J. Apparitions, Healings, and Weeping Madonnas: Christianity and the Paranormal (Jan 5, 2004). 
Ullathorne, by Bp. William Bernard. The Holy Mountain of La Salette: A Pilgrimage of the Year 1854 (Aug 31, 2012) 
Windeatt, Mary Fabyan and Gedge Harmon. Our Lady of La Salette Coloring Book (Jan 1, 2009).
Wyse, John. Manual of the Confraternity of La Salette (Mar 23, 2010). 
Ziegler, Robert. Satanism, Magic and Mysticism in Fin-de-siècle France (Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic) (Jul 17, 2012). 
Zimdars-Swartz, Sandra L. Encountering Mary: From La Salette to Medjugorje, May, 1991.

Italian Books
(most available on Amazon.com)



Barbero, Giuseppe. La Vergine a La Salette. Storia dell'apparizione (Italian edition, Jan 1, 2004).
Barsotti, Divo. Una madre tra noi: il messaggio della Madonna. Padova: Edizioni Messaggero, 1985. 
Bassette, Louis. Notre-Dame de La Salette et le bienheureux Pierre-Julian Eymard: La Salette et quelques historiens. Grenoble: Eymond, 1960. 
Bloy, Léon. Il miracolo di La Salette (Italian edition, Jan 1, 2012). 
Campagna, Arcangelo. La Salette pianto di Madre (Italian edition, Jan 1, 2013). 
Galli, Antonio. Scoperti in Vaticano i segreti de La Salette (Italian edition, Jan 1, 2008).
Hecht. Historia Della Compariziun Della Beada Purschala A Dus Affons-pasturs, Sil Cuolm Salette En Fronscha Ils 19 De September 1846 (Italian Edition, Jul 24, 2011). 
Roggio, Gian Matteo, Isidro A. Perin, Angelo Avitabile. Bellezza e solidarietà. La spiritualità dell'apparizione di Maria a La Salette (Italian edition, Jan 1, 2002). 
Shalom. Novena alla bella Signora di La Salette (Italian edition, Jan 1, 2010). 

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