Each month, in association with Pauline Books & Media at 7 Denmark Hill Road, Hawthorn East, Sr Joanna Coleiro fsp gives book recommendations for parishioners, both big and small. Pauline Books & Media is run by The Daughters of St Paul, which is an international congregation of religious women founded to spread the Gospel through the channels of the modern media.
In Who Is Jesus? the life of Jesus is presented in chronological order, recounting episodes from his life in a factual way. It sets bible stories in a historical context, which helps bring them to life for young readers. Each page is full of information with a format that includes fact boxes, Bible references, maps, and more, making it ideal for actively engaging young people in the biblical stories. Available from Pauline Books & Media.
It is in the shelter of each other that the people live. Drawing on this Irish saying poet, storyteller and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama relates ideas of shelter and welcome to journeys of life, using poetry, story, biblical reflection, and prose to open up gentle ways of living well in a troubled world.
He reminds us that the fourth gospel tells of Jesus arriving in the room where the disciples are gathered, full of fear, on Easter Sunday. Jesus does not chide or admonish; instead, he says ‘Peace be with you’ which, in the Aramaic of his day, was simply a greeting. To people locked in a room of fear he said ‘Hello,’ welcoming them to a place of deep encounter: encounter with themselves, with their fear, with each other and with the incarnate one in their midst.
Interweaving everyday stories with narrative theology, gospel reflections with mindfulness, and Celtic spirituality with poetry, In the Shelter reveals the transformational power of welcome. Available from Pauline Books & Media.
Tilling the Church explores the possibilities for a more faithful, just, and creative church, one responsive to the movement of grace.
Richard Lennan reflects on the nature of the Church and its response to God and to the times in which we live. He reminds us that the ecclesial community is a graced, free response to God’s continual self-offering. It exists through God’s initiative, and can be faithful to its origin only by continuing to grow. Yet, it is only in accepting its own need for conversion that grace is able to permeate every aspect of the Church’s relationship with God, its life, and its engagement with the wider world. God’s grace ‘tills’ the church, constantly refreshing the tradition of faith and prompting the discipleship that embodies the gospel. Available from Pauline Books & Media.
Sr Joanna Coleiro, fsp, is a Daughter of St Paul with a long-time interest in the spiritual growth, faith development and religious experience of both adults and children.
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