Parish Book Club

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General Idea: A social gathering to explore themes of our Christian faith through literature.


Meeting time: Fourth Wednesday of Month, 10:00- 11.30am, February to November.Book club
Meeting Place: The Library in the Shirley Wallace Parish Centre above Holy Family Church

Want to take part? If you’d like to be added to the email list to receive updates about gatherings please contact either Catherine Willis (
catherinecwillis@gmail.com) or Elizabeth Reedy (elizabethreedy@msn.com).

Here are the  books for the second half of 2026….

22nd July: 

Encyclical by Pope Leo: Magnifica humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence

This publication is available to read or download free from the Vatican website (vatican.va)

It is also available as an audio book at https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-06/audiobook-of-pope-leo-xiv-s-encyclical-now-available.html

26th August:    

The Afternoon of Christianity- The courage to change   (by Tomas Halik).

23rd September:

Five Mystics that came to dinner (Margery Kempe, Julian of Norwich, The Cloud of Unknowing, Richard Rolle, Hildergard of Bingen, Francis of Assisi)    (by Carmel Bendon).

28th October:

Encountering Teilhard (Ed by Juan V Fernandez de la Gala).

25th November:

The Names (by Florence Knapp)