Like to join a book club that meets to chat about Christian Classics?
Our next meeting will take place on Sunday July 13th at 7.00 pm in The Clonfert Family Centre, Brackernagh, Ballinasloe. H53 NX59.
At our next meeting we will discuss “The Rock From Which You Were Hewn: The Lives & Legacies of Holy Irish Men & Women”, Edited by Patrick Kenny and John S. Hogan. We will also reflect on Chapters 20 and 21 of Book One of “The Imitation of Christ” by Thomas à Kempis.
Newcomers always welcome.
Format:
Welcome
Opening Prayer
Brief introduction to book and its author
Facilitated chat over tea / coffee on book of the month
Selection of next book
Closing Prayer.
Our Welcoming Committee!
Text Reminder / More Info.
For more info. / to be added to a WhatsApp Group that offers reminders of meetings etc. please contact John Coughlan @ 086 8600987 / johnacoughlan1@gmail.com .
Books Read and Discussed
The Long Loneliness by Dorothy Day
Frank Duff: A Life by Finola Kennedy
The Day is now far spent: by Cardinal Robert Sarah
St John Bosco by F. A. Forbes
Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton
He Leadeth Me by Fr Walter Ciszek S.J. (Highly rated by Book Club)
The Benedict Option by Rod Dreher
Padre Pio: Stories and Memories of My Mentor and Friend Fr. Gabriele Amorth
The Life of St. Philip Neri Apostle of Rome by Anne Hope
Various biographies of St. Ignatius of Loyola
Lamp of Eternal Light (a biography of St Charbel Makhlouf) by Elias Turk
Various biographies of Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
To heal the broken hearted (a biography of St. Charles of Mount Argus) by Fr Paul Spenser.
Holy is His Name by Scott Hahn
The Confessions of St. Augustine
The Spiritual Journey of St Patrick by Fr Aidan Larkin SSC.
Introduction To the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales
God’s Architect, Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain by Rosemary Hill
Remembering Matt Talbot by Mary Purcell
Meet Solanus Casey, Spiritual Counsellor and Wonder Worker by Leo Wollenweber
Song for Nagasaki by Fr Paul Glynn
Various biographies of St Charles de Foucauld
John Bradburne: Soldier, Poet, Pilgrim by Fr Gerard Skinner
Various biographies of St Seraphim of Sarov
Secret Hiding Places, Priest Holes: The Incredible True Story of Faith, Courage and Ingenuity by Michael Hodgetts
The Life of St Gemma Galgani by Fr Germanus
To Raise the Fallen: a selection of Letters and Spiritual writings of Fr Willie Doyle
Christus Vincit: Christ’s Triumph over the Darkness of the Age, by Bishop Athanasius Schneider.
Introduction to the Devout Life by St Francis de Sales
The Case for Jesus by Brant Pitre
The lives and times of the forty martyrs of England and Wales 1535-1680 by Michael Pullman.
Chastity: Reconciliation of the Senses by Fr. Erik Varden
Sr Clare Crockett: Alone with Christ Alone by Sr. Kristen Gardner SHM
“The Hell There Is: An Exploration of an Often-Rejected Doctrine of the Church” by Msgr. Charles Pope.
“Dilexit Nos”, “On the Human and Divine Love of the Heart of Jesus Christ”. by Pope Francis.
All Welcome
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