Note: The following listing of books was compiled by Peggy Gorman of the ARCAN Committee. The intent was to copy this list and insert in conference folders. However in the interest of "conserving paper" it was decided to publish this list online. Happy reading !
Women, Spirituality and Transformative Leadership: where grace meets power
Edited by Kathy Schaef, Kay Kindall, Kathleen S. Hurtz, PHD Reverend Guo Chien
Skylight Paths Publishing 2012
ISBN 978-1-59473-313-0
This book showcases women’s spiritual leadership and its patterns of transformation.
Remembering the Women
Women's Stories from Scripture for Sundays and Festivals
Compiled by J. Frank Henderson, forward by Marjorie Proctor- Smith
Essays by Jean Campbell OSH, Ruth Fox OSB, Eileen Schuller OSU
Liturgy Training Publication 1998
ISBN 1-56954-174-0
More than 250 Scripture passages from the old and new testaments, witness to women’s presence in the bible. These women are prophets, queens, warriors, slaves, prostitutes, virgins and heroes.
Praying with Visionary Women
By Bridget Mary Meehan SFCC, art by Doris Klein CSA
Bowman and Littlefield Publisher, Inc. 1999
ISBN 1-58051-063-9
This book summons us to pray with 20 great women of faith through the ages Hildegard of Bingen to Dorothy Day. These women will change your life and enrich your spiritual journey with new possibilities of self- discovery, wisdom, creativity and friendship.
Field of Compassion: How the New Cosmology is Transforming Spiritual Life
By Judy Cannato
Sorin Books 2010
ISBN 10-1-933495-21-9
This book examines the interconnectedness of the physical and spiritual worlds.
Radical Amazement
By Judy Cannato
Sorin Books 2006
Twentieth century science completely rewrote the story of our universe. Now this thoughtful, practical guide reveals the harmony of science and spirituality and invites us to explore the connectedness of all of creation.
Jesus in the New Universe Story
By Cletus Wessels
Orbis Books 2013
ISBN 1-57075-465-9
This book is about how to understand the meaning of Jesus Christ in the context of what modern cosmology tells us about the nature of the universe.
The Holy Longing: the search for a christian spirituality
By Ron Rolheiser
Doubleday 1998
ISBN 0-985-49418-1
Rolheiser grounds his vision of spirituality in hard real life experiences and tells tough truths. In the end it is the hard truths of compassion, forgiveness and action in the world that give us a true and lasting hope.
Biblical Foundations of Spirituality: Touching a Finger to the Flame
By Barbara Bowe rscj
Rowman and Littlefield Publishers Inc. 2003
The author invites the reader to “touch a finger to the flame” of the sacred text of the Bible by offering guidance on what to read, how to read and why to read the Bible as a source of spiritual nourishment. The author saya “our Spirituality is our lived relationship with the Other who is God”
Psalms for Praying
By Nan Merrill
Continuum Publisher 1996
ISBN 0-8264-1045-6
Merrill’s psalms evoke the deep sense of reverence and soul stirring dialogue with the Divine in a loving contemplative manner.
Becoming the Sign: Sacramental Living in a Post Conciliar Church
By Kathleen Hughes rscj
Paulist Press 2012
ISBN 978-08091-4824-0
This book “is an attempt to open up the mystery of our sacramental life and its intimate relationship with the way we live our lives.”
Our One Great Act of Fidelity: Waiting for Christ in the Eucharist
By Ron Rolheiser
Doubleday 2011
ISBN 978-0-307-88703-0
This book is a series of reflections on the Eucharist.
The Breath of the Soul: Reflections on Prayer
By Joan Chittister
Novalis 2009
This book helps us to prepare for and engage in prayer and to make prayer an authentic, real, deep, and profound part of our lives.
The Art of Life: Monastic wisdom for everyday
By Joan Chittister
Novalis 2012
ISBN 978-2-89646-537-8
This is a book of daily reflections using great works of art for inspiration, and is full of wisdom, wit, encouragement and advice.
To Bless the Space Between Us: A work of blessings
By John O’ Donahue
Doubleday 2008
ISBN 978-0-385-52227-4
This book is a beautiful collection of blessings to help readers through both the everyday and extraordinary events of their lives.
The Invisible Embrace Beauty: Rediscovering the true source of Compassion, Serenity and Hope
By John O’ Donohue
Harper Collins 2005
ISBN 0-06-095726-3
John O’ Donohue opens our minds and hearts to our own relationship with beauty by exposing the infinity and mystery of its breadth.
The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See
By Richard Rohr
Crossroad Publishing Company 2011
Rohr says “it is living in the naked now, the sacrament of the present moment that will teach us how to actually experience our experiences, whether good or bad and let them transform us.”
Quest for the Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the Theology of God
By Elizabeth A. Johnson
The Continuum International Publishing Group 2007
ISBN 978-1-4411-7462-8
This book challenges us to glimpse the living God in fresh ways. This God, who dwells in unspeakable light and engages the world with merciful love bringing the mystery of that love ineffably closer.
Prayers to Sophia: Deepening our relationship with Holy Wisdom
By Joyce Rupp
ISBN 13-978-1-893732-84
This is a deep evocative book of prayers to Divine Wisdom conscious, personal, and reminiscent of Rumi. Joyce Rupp helps open us to the Divine Feminine within us.
Drawn into the Mystery of Jesus through the Gospel of John
By John Vanier
Paulist Press 2004
ISBN 0-8091-4296-1
John Vanier shares the music he has heard behind the words and flow of this Gospel. The song has warmed and stirred his heart, given hope, meaning and orientation to his life with all that is beautiful and broken with in him.
Can We Save the Catholic Church
By Hans Kung
William Collins 2013
ISBN 13-978-0007-522026
Hans Kung presents what Catholics have long been yearning for: modern responses to the challenges of a modern world.
New Seeds of Contemplation
By Thomas Merton
New Directions reprint 2007
ISBN 10-97808-112-17248
This book is a revised and expanded version of Merton’s earlier book and offers a guide to contemplative life. Merton describes contemplation as life itself: fully awake, fully active, fully aware.
Seven Sacred Pauses: Living mindfully through each day
By Macrina Wiederkehr
Ave Maria Press 2010
ISBN 10-1933-495243
This book invites us to live attuned to living in the present moment and to develop a kindred spirit with the rich tradition of the sacred hours. In this book Macrina uses scripture, poetry, reflection and personal stories.
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