Book reviews
From time to time one of our group reads a book that is relevant to the Single Consecrated Life, these pages share their thoughts and views on the books they have read.
A Simplified Life
by Verena Schiller
Verena Schiller is a member of the Anglican Community of the Holy Name who for twenty five years has been permitted to follow a call to solitude in…
Consecrated Celibacy
by Christine Barnabas
This book was published in 2022 and is an ideal and compact resource for anyone who is discerning a call to the Single Consecrated Life or has already…
Following the Silence
by Georgina Alexander
At confirmation services, I encourage candidates to give their testimonies. It can be a very powerful witness as a candidate gives an account of his…
Infinite Horizons
by James MC Caffrey
Fr James McCaffrey is a well-known writer in Carmelite Circles. He's written a number of books drawing upon the spirituality and writings of our…
John of the Cross
by Fr Ian Matthew, OCD
Very affordable at just £5, John of the Cross: Seasons of Prayer is a good introduction to the writings of the great Doctor of the Church St John…
Selling All
by Prof. Sandra M Schneiders IHM
‘Selling All’, is the second volume in a trilogy, ‘Religious Life in a new Millennium’. In this masterly work Schneiders makes…
Seven Silver Rings
by Julia Faire
In “Seven Silver Rings”, 7 members of The Jesus Fellowship tell their stories of how God called them to be celibate for Him and how their…