Tuesday, July 27, 2010

BOOKS BY WILLIAM J. BAUSCH

Cost Rs.240
HOMILIES AND HOW TO WRITE THEM
This book contains 42 homilies, and throughout the text it weaves 130 stories – humorous, poignant, and filled with human interest. An appendix correlates the homilies in this volume as well as those from Father Bausch’s other homily books to specific liturgical seasons and the lectionary readings.


Cost Rs. 260
THE WORD: IN AND OUT OF SEASON
Homilies and spiritual seekers, rejoice and enjoy! The Word: In and Out of Season, offers you the rich blend of Scripture, spirituality, and insight that you’ve come to expect from bestselling author Fr. Bill Baush. The sixty homilies herein- divided according to liturgical seasons, feasts, and celebrations, with a section on Parables and on Lessons from Scripture- are presented to preachers as aids, though starters, or outright models. They are true to Fr. Bausch’s unique storytelling style: easy- to- read and listen to, yet profound and contemporary in their message.
Christian adults from all walks of life, in all seasons of their lives will find here a source of nourishment and guidance for their spiritual journey. Readers will delight in these wonderful, hope filled, Scripture- based messages... in and out of season.

Cost Rs. 260
THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD
Enter the world of Dorothy, Aunt Em, the Cowardly Lion, the Man, and all of the memorable characters from Kansa and Oz. They become the guides for a journey (on the yellow brick road) that will offer wonderful new perspectives on the spiritual life. Father Bausch recruits these classic figures from The Wizard of Oz and uses a treasury of stories and experience to reveal the many roads that lead to prayer.
The stories are not only for entertainment; they are meant to invite and provoke.
The contents of The Yellow Brick Road are an irresistible invitation to a richer spiritual life. By presenting the many aspects of spirituality through an appealing, familiar storyline, Father Bausch – in this own inimitable way introduces the reader to our rich tradition, past and present. Here’s a book that will bring laughter, tears, inspiration, and hope to every reader and an invitation to discover what lies “around the bend” on our quest to become spiritually whole and holy.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
William J. Bausch, a priest in the diocese of Trenton, New Jersey, was pastor of St. Mary’s Parish in Colts Neck for 22 years. He has written extensively on various aspects of parish life and is author of The Total Parish Manual, a collection of comprehensive resources for pastoral leaders. He has been serving the wider church as author, lecturer, consultant, and retreat director. He is the author of A World of Stories for Preachers and Teachers and Storytelling: Imagination and Faith.

BOOKS BY PETER HANNAN S.J


Cost Rs. 280
FOLLOW YOUR DREAM
What guides a tiny acorn as it grows, slowly and surely, into a majestic oak? Peter Hannah SJ talks of ‘the dream in the acorn’ a dream which guides this wonderful transformation. Each one of us, too, has a built in dream, a plan of God for our happiness that we may have life and have it in abundance. The difference between us and the acorn, however, is that we must take responsibility for the fulfilment of our dream. This involves befriending all those areas of our life from which we have become estranged.
This book is about precisely that process. It offers a set of thirty exercises through which you can work at befriending, or restoring an intimacy which you may have lost, with your inmost self, with God, with others, and with the whole of creation.

Cost Rs. 310
NINE PORTRAITS
THIS BOOK seeks to help you answer that central question which Jesus asks each person: ‘And what about you, who do you, say that I am?’
It is a question you are constantly being asked throughout your life and only you can answer it. Your answer will be an expression, not only of what you think of and feel about Jesus, but of what you think of and feel about yourself. Therefore, the answer you give to Jesus’ question will be crucial.
This book seeks an answer to Jesus’ question mainly from the gospels, but also from our own experiences of the people who have given us a good impression of who Jesus is and of the different aspects of his personality.
It also makes extensive use of the Divine ideas of the Enneagram. These help us to clarify and define the features of nine kinds of people we have met in our personal experience. Thus we use the gospels, our own experience of people, and the Enneagram to become aware of, to clarify and then to paint nine portraits of Jesus.

Cost Rs. 280
THE QUIET REVOLUTION
This book is about a momentous choice which faces each of us today, between what is kife giving and what is destructive. This choice is between two cultures, each of which is bidding for our allegiance and each of which proposes its own distinctive value system and lifestyle. One culture centres on the outer world of material things, on what we have and what we do. The priority of the alternative culture is to give to our relationship with God, with our inner self, with others and with creation, the time, energy and resources they deserve. To choose this culture will involve us in a revolutionary change of mind and heart. The nature of this quiet revolution, and what it means to play our part in it, is the subject matter of this book.

BOOKS BY Fr. JAMES GILHOOLEY


Cost Rs. 240
MAKING HOPE VISIBLE
This book features 155 of Father Gilhooley’s best columns and reminiscences. Each is a reflection of the human experiences we all share. In a way as to be powerful reflection of the human experiences we all share. In plain and crisp style, he cuts to the heart of matters so as to reveal an important kernel of truth in the day to day occurrences of life and to shed light upon national and international events over the past many years.

Cost Rs. 340
PRIESTS AND OTHER HEROES
In this book Father James Gilhooley vividly portraits the life and work of unsung heroes of the Church, the priest and clergy. The reader easily becomes connected to the people about whom he writes with a passionate and witty style.

Cost Rs. 280
REFLECTIONS ON THE SUNDAY GOSPELS
The powerful volume of Commentary by Father James Gilhooley blends the Gospel to modern situations. This volume is very handy for the homily preparations for preachers and teachers for meditation.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Father James Gilhooley is a priest of the archdiocese of New York.
His articles have appeared in America, The Critic, Christian Century, Commonwealth, National Catholic Reporter, Saturday Evening Post, The Tablet(London), The Month(London), Homiletic and Pastoral Review, etc.
He has reviewed books for the National Catholic News Service for many years.
He is also the author of “Reflections on the Sunday Gospels” now in its third edition as well as “Priests and Other Heroes.” The first edition of the latter is sold out. His homilies appear at www.homilies.net. They are also available on CD.
His original work among New York City’s poor has been featured in The New York Times, LIFE, New York Magazine, New York Post, Catholic Digest, etc. It has been discussed on television and radio.
He had his own weekly interview show for many years on WOR-TV. He also wrote a weekly column for a New York City newspaper. He lives in the village of Montgomery, New York.

SOUL SISTERS


Cost Rs. 280
SOUL SISTERS
The book is all about twelve women in the gospels whose names are so familiar. They were people from all walks of life: homemakers, sex workers, child runaways, crones, teachers, mothers, senior citizens.... all of them knew Jesus. All of them were archetypes who reflected the journeys, struggles, joys, and dreams of women today.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Edwina Gateley is the founder of the Volunteer Missionary Movement which sends lay missionaries to three continents and of Genesis House in Chicago, a residential and outreach program for women in prostitution. Louis Glanzman is one of America’s most acclaimed portraitists. He has won numerous awards and is known to millions for his eighty unforgettable covers for Time Magazine.

SINGING A NEW SONG

Cost Rs. 140

SINGING A NEW SONG
Song and music are the metaphorical warp and woof that texture, the work in its entirety, as a book of the spiritual in the experiential Biblical pattern of salvation history. It is supported by abundant scriptural textual citations and the sustained metaphor of music, which continually seeps through the gamut like a theme song.

REJOICE GREATLY O’DAUGHTER

Cost Rs. 100

REJOICE GREATLY O’DAUGHTER
Women’s Ordination has become the burning issue in the contemporary Church. It has become a topic of heated debate and has generated wide curiosity in the aftermath of WOW. Anoop Dev delves into the entire episode in an uncompassionate way, with satirical wit and humour. Yet there is a unique message in this book. Something different from the popular view. You will find strong views presented forcefully under the covering of satire.

PURE HEART, CLEAR CONSCIENCE

Cost Rs. 180

PURE HEART, CLEAR CONSCIENCE
Living a moral life is more than following rules; it is a state of being. A moral person is someone who has developed a moral sense, or conscience, manifested by a goodness that is integrated into daily living. For such a person, morality loses all sense of restriction and becomes a positive affirmation of a relationship with God.
Pure Heart, Clear Conscience offers an approach to morality that is rooted in a relationship with Jesus, or Savior. As we strengthen or relationship with the Lord, we begin to develop a Christian conscience than is able to recognize sin and accept true forgiveness. In welcoming goodness into our lives, we find the true happiness that every person was created for.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
James Keating, Ph.D., is associate professor of moral theology at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio.

ILLUMINATED LIFE

Cost Rs. 140

ILLUMINATED LIFE
This book talks about your life. The one you fear is not spiritual because o fits complexities and concerns. This book is about qualities the world’s most ancient of seekers say are the cardinal components of a contemplative life. Illuminated Life is a summons. It invites us to quit looking for spiritual techniques and psychological quick fixes to give substance to our lives. It asks us to remember again the spiritual direction that has stood the test of time.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sr. Joan Chittister OSB, is the founder and Executive Director of Benetvision, a centre for contemporary spirituality. She has written extensively on spirituality and contemplation. In this book, “Illuminated Life”, Joan Chittister sheds light on what we need to know to “be in the world but not of the world”.

BETHELEM TO JERUSALEM

English Edition's Cost Rs. 60
Hindi Edition's Cost Rs. 40


BETHELEM TO JERUSALEM
Are you interested in walking the way of the cross with Christ? Here is a perfect help to meditate on the passion of the Lord in all its intensity and devotion, making every station of the cross a living encounter with Christ. Written in an unique autobiographic style, it will touch your heart to re-live the way of the cross and find strength to carry your own cross.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rev. Fr. Praveen Leo Lasrado is a diocesan priest of Mangalore diocese. He has completed his philosophical and theological studies in St. Joseph’s Seminary Mangalore. Presently he is the assistant parish priest at St. Francis Xavier Church, Bejai, Mangalore. Fr. Leo is known for his meaningful sermons and homilies. Besides he has written quite a few religious articles and short stories in different books and magazines. This ‘Way of the Cross’ is unique as it touches upon the entire life of Jesus. The Hindi translation of this is done by Rev. Fr. Ignatius Kujur of Allahabad Diocese.

GRACE FOR TOUGH TIMES

Cost Rs. 250

GRACE FOR TOUGH TIMES
Tough times may seem insurmountable, but they are no match for God! Writen by someone who has been through the fire herself this book takes you on a rare journey into the heart of God. The compelling honesty and wisdom in each, devotion, will bring renewed hope, no matter what you may be facing.
Exploring the unchanging truths of Scripture will encourage you to believe that God, far from aboandoning you in your trials, is working to bring special blessing to your life through them. The tests of faith, surrender, obedience, joy, forgiveness and more will bring a deeper level of maturity as you emerge from the fire into a new place of freedom.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mary J. Nelson is the author of grace for Each Hour. A survivor of breast cancer, she disciples and prays for other women who face the disease and leads the pray for the Cure cancer ministry at Hosannal, a church of 5,000 members. She and her husband, Howie, have two adult children and make their home in Minnesota.

GROWING IN FAITH

Cost Rs. 200

GROWING IN FAITH
Faith is not just a gift we receive at the beginning of our Christian life. Whenever we want to see God act, we need faith. God has a plan for the decisions of our life, but how we know what He wants us to do. Growing in faith was first published in 1972, Knowing God’s Will, in 1974. Now bound together, they provide Christians form all traditions with tangible helps for spiritual growth and Christian guidance.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Steve Clark has been a leader in the Charismatic Renewal since the late 1960s. His books include Baptized in the Spirit, Man and Woman in Christ, Redeemer, Building Christian Communities, and Catholics and the Eucharist. Steve is the president of the Sword of Spirit, a world-wide association of charismatic communities. He is also the founder of the Word, and ecumenical brotherhood of celibate men.
To learn more about the Sword of the Spirit and its member communities, visit www.swordofthespirit.net.

HOW TO BE ECUMENICAL TODAY

Cost Rs. 180

HOW TO BE ECUMENICAL TODAY
AS THE THIRD MILLENNIUM APPROACHES, there is a renewed interest in ecumenism. It is, however, not the same as the interest that was so high in the late Sixties and Seventies. Then the main focus was church unity and the new progress the churches were making as a result of ecumenical dialogues. Now the focus is more on common witness to Christ as we celebrate the 2,000th anniversary of his birth. That means that cooperative ecumenism is to the fore.
We therefore offer this book on cooperative ecumenism. Our intention is to offer practical help to Christians already engaged in cooperative ecumenism. How do we cooperate with Christians in other churches when we are trying to advance the cause of Christ?

DO YOU LOVE ME

Cost Rs. 310

DO YOU LOVE ME
This impressive book opens up the gospel of John. It highlights the tension between a model of the church that gives emphasis to the Petrine principle of apostolic authority and a model of the church-characterised by the Beloved Disciple - that gives greater emphasis to loving service and discipleship. This book will enlighten, affirm or challenge one's Christology, Ecclesiology and understanding of social responsibility.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Michael H. Crosby, Capuchin-Farnciscan, is a popular writer and lecturer. He is the author of twelve books including The Dysfunctional Church, The Spirituality of the Beatitudes, and The Seven Last Words. He gives talks around the world on biblical spirituality geared for "First World" society and corporate responsibility.

COVENANT COMMUNITY & CHURCH


Cost Rs. 150
COVENANT COMMUNITY & CHURCH
This book is intended for leaders of covenant communities and others interested in understanding the place of covenant communities in the Catholic Church.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Stephen B. Clark is a leader in The Sword of the Spirit, an international, ecumenical grouping of covenant communities. His many books include Building Christian Communities and Unordained Elders and Renewal Communities.

CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING


Cost Rs. 310
CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING
Catholic Social Teaching is a classic overview of the history of the Catholic Church’s social teaching for students, teachers, lay people, and clergy. It presents outlines of both recent and historic key documents.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Edward P. DeBerri is a social justice activist who currently serves as a hospice chaplain and a spiritual director in upstate New York. James E. Hug, S.J., is president of the Center of Concern in Washington D.C.

CATHECHISM FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN

Cost Rs. 95

CATECHISM FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN
To train up the children in the faith, we need well prepared catechism books. Such books present, in a condensed form, the faith we profess, we celebrate and we live in daily life.
This book that has been and systematically prepared and composed with dedication by Rev. Fr. P.D. Johny, Principal of St. Anthony's H.S. School. The Creed, the Sacraments, the Commandments, and the Our Lord's Prayer are presented at the level of school students. This Catechism book is a school compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC). It also contains the life and teachings of Christ as contained in the Gospels.

THE BREAD OF GOD

Cost Rs. 200

THE BREAD OF GOD
This book celebrates the life-giving Eucharist-the imaginative means by which our thinking and our lives are transformed in Jesus Christ. Even as the Eucharist is the sacrament of Christ’s real presence in the midst of the Church, it is also the gift that nourishes our bodies and souls with the food and drink of eternal life. It is the sustaining inspiration by which we grasp the mysteries of faith as they gain momentum, direction, and shape in our lives.
A celebration of the centrality of the Eucharist in a life of faith, The Bread of God examines the way of thinking that links us to the mind of Christ, the mind of the Church, and to each of us in the body of Christ. Early chapters of the book plumb the meaning of the Eucharist as found in the Scriptures and lead us full circle to find the true meaning of the Scriptures in the Eucharist. Further chapters discuss more deeply the characteristics of the Eucharist: sacrifice, communion, judgement, praise, and love. Father Kelly concludes the book with a poetic meditation on the power of the Eucharist to make us truly present to the life of the world and to live that presence as generously as we can.
If you are looking to celebrate a truly living Eucharist – one that deepens and broadens your experience of the paschal feast – The Bread of God is a beacon for the possibilities of our Christian faith.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A Redemptory’s priest and theologian, Tony Kelly is a professor of theology at Australian Catholic University. He has authored 15 books, including Behold the Cross: Meditations for the Journey of Faith, and more than 100 articles for international journals.

ARISE MY LOVE...


Cost Rs. 280

ARISE, MY LOVE...
This book is a treasure house of spiritual insight and an informed exercise in interreligious dialogue. This is a respectful dialogue that does not obscure the distinctiveness and integrity of religious traditions but which allows them together to illuminate the human religious quest.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
William Johnston, an Irish Jesuit, as a professor of religious studies and director of the Institute of Oriental Religions of Sophia University, has lectured worldwide on East-West mysticism.