Setting the Gospel Free provides an inspiring and accessible approach to reading the gospel narratives 'from below', from the viewpoint of the poor. It discusses issues such as the way Bible stories... More > work, the place of women in the New Testament, and how to build the Body of Christ in a multi-racial society. Written in South Africa as apartheid ended, this book helps to free the gospel as a source of liberation for all of us today.< Less
Mary Ward (1585-1645) was the founder of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the COngregation of Jesus. This book documents her struggles with the Church over her vocation to found an... More > institute of religious women modelled on the Jesuits, using newly available sources from the Inquisition archives.< Less
The Book of Furrows is Patrick Purnell’s long-awaited follow-up to his first poetry collection, Imagine, published by Way Books in 2004. Fr Purnell worked for many years in education and in... More > catechetics and has since been involved in giving the Spiritual Exercises. Many of the poems in both books have been inspired by his experience of spiritual direction, and some of them have recently reached a wider audience through BBC Radio 4’s programme Something Understood. The Book of Furrows is organized around the Weeks of the Spiritual Exercises and events in the life of Christ.< Less
Pierre Favre (1506-1546) met Ignatius Loyola in Paris, and was the first of nine men whom Ignatius recruited there to join him in a company dedicated to the apostolic service of Christ. After the... More > Society of Jesus became established in Rome in 1540, Favre lived a life on mission, largely in Germany, but also in what are now Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium and France. He was nominated by Pope Paul III to serve as a theologian at the Council of Trent, but died before he could attend any of the sessions. He left behind his Memoriale, a marvellously sensitive, intimate record of his inner experiences. Brian O’Leary’s definitive study helps us appreciate the richness of this moving human document, and explores how this remarkable man lived out what Ignatius had taught him about discernment through the Spiritual Exercises.< Less
Pierre Favre (1506-1546) met Ignatius Loyola in Paris, and was the first of nine men whom Ignatius recruited there to join him in a company dedicated to the apostolic service of Christ. After the... More > Society of Jesus became established in Rome in 1540, Favre lived a life on mission, largely in Germany, but also in what are now Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium and France. He was nominated by Pope Paul III to serve as a theologian at the Council of Trent, but died before he could attend any of the sessions. He left behind his Memoriale, a marvellously sensitive, intimate record of his inner experiences. Brian O'Leary's definitive study helps us appreciate the richness of this moving human document, and explores how this remarkable man lived out what Ignatius had taught him about discernment through the Spiritual Exercises.< Less
The Book of Furrows is Patrick Purnell’s long-awaited follow-up to his first poetry collection, Imagine, published by Way Books in 2004. Fr Purnell worked for many years in education and in... More > catechetics and has since been involved in giving the Spiritual Exercises. Many of the poems in both books have been inspired by his experience of spiritual direction, and some of them have recently reached a wider audience through BBC Radio 4’s programme Something Understood. The Book of Furrows is organized around the Weeks of the Spiritual Exercises and events in the life of Christ.< Less
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