# New to the forum! + recs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Casual Discussion\ **Created:** [March 25, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/new-to-the-forum-recs/3234 "2026-03-25T19:28:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mademoiselleviolaine](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/mademoiselleviolaine/32/1136_2.png) [@mademoiselleviolaine](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/mademoiselleviolaine)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/new-to-the-forum-recs/3234/1 "2026-03-25T19:28:03Z")
Hello everyone! I am a 18 years old Catechumena from Italy and have just discovered this forum, which seems pretty active to me. Hope to bond with you all and learn more about the faith! Any books I could read about saints or about the religion or other bibliography you recommend? What are your favourite saints? Mine are Hildegard von Bingen, Teresa d’Avila and Queen Esther and Jeanne d’Arc ---
**Author:** ![Cade\_One](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/cade_one/32/34_2.png) [@Cade\_One](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Cade_One)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/new-to-the-forum-recs/3234/2 "2026-03-25T19:52:28Z")
Welcome! That is awesome that you are a Catechumena. I have never been to Italy. I have a customer who visits there every other month. She has family there. My favorite Saints are Saint Maximillian Kolbe, Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, and Venerable Augustus Tolton, to name a few. As far as books go, my favorite recommendations are Dr. Scott Hohn’s “A Father Who Keeps His Promises: _God’s Covenant Love in Scripture_” and the “Surprised by Truth” series. Trent Horn’s books are pretty good to. I still need to finish “Counterfeit Christs: _Finding the Real Jesus Among the Impostors_.” C.S. Lewis’ “Mere Christianity” is also great! The Big Green Catechism of the Catholic Church is a great companion to the Bible. You can look up verses in the appendix and see where the Catechism references these. My new favorite App is _Catena_, which has many references to the Early Church Fathers when you click on any Biblical verse. This has been a great help when studying the Scriptures. Glad you are here and God Bless. ---
**Author:** ![Literalman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/literalman/32/117_2.png) [@Literalman](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Literalman)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/new-to-the-forum-recs/3234/3 "2026-03-26T12:57:45Z")
Welcome. My favorite saints are Thomas More, Gus Tolton, and Marianne Cope (I wrote a play about her). Steve Dunham Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, USA ---
**Author:** ![JMJ777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3d9bf3/32.png) [@JMJ777](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/JMJ777)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/new-to-the-forum-recs/3234/4 "2026-04-22T12:33:03Z")
Welcome,am new also to this site, but your reading is great, St. Therese of child Jesus is my favorite, Teresa d’Avila is also very nice, have you read the city of God Mary of Agreda? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Gamgee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/sam_gamgee/32/1274_2.png) [@Sam\_Gamgee](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Sam_Gamgee)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2026, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/new-to-the-forum-recs/3234/5 "2026-05-26T12:51:44Z")
hy ! i’m also new to this forum ! this forum also seem pretty active, tho maybe need more members to make it more active nice to know you all, btw ! ---
**Author:** ![Cade\_One](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/cade_one/32/34_2.png) [@Cade\_One](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Cade_One)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2026, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/new-to-the-forum-recs/3234/6 "2026-05-26T19:35:28Z")
Welcome. Why do you put a space between words and closing punctuation. And why do you not capitalize the first letter of a sentence? Did you go to government school or were you home schooled? Just curious : ) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Gamgee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/sam_gamgee/32/1274_2.png) [@Sam\_Gamgee](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Sam_Gamgee)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 8:52am UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/new-to-the-forum-recs/3234/7 "2026-05-27T08:52:12Z")
and why you noticed all of those..? and why you put a space in your smiley..? and i go to govt school.. a special one for the MI6 agents.. hehe 😎 😎 ---
**Author:** ![Cade\_One](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/cade_one/32/34_2.png) [@Cade\_One](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Cade_One)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/new-to-the-forum-recs/3234/8 "2026-05-27T17:20:17Z")
> [@Sam\_Gamgee](#): > > and why you put a space in your smiley..? Because if you don’t put a space between the eyes and the mouth it looks like he has no nose ; ) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Gamgee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/sam_gamgee/32/1274_2.png) [@Sam\_Gamgee](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Sam_Gamgee)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/new-to-the-forum-recs/3234/9 "2026-05-27T21:04:10Z")
but there’s still no nose on that thing! lol ---
**Author:** ![Cade\_One](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/cade_one/32/34_2.png) [@Cade\_One](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Cade_One)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/new-to-the-forum-recs/3234/10 "2026-05-29T14:10:39Z")
> [@Sam\_Gamgee](#): > > but there’s still no nose on that thing! You sound like an atheist who doesn’t believe in God, because you can’t see Him. Trust me, there is a nose. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Gamgee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/sam_gamgee/32/1274_2.png) [@Sam\_Gamgee](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Sam_Gamgee)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/new-to-the-forum-recs/3234/12 "2026-05-29T18:16:29Z")
\*\*"\*\*Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan!” Mat 4 : 10a