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 December.Book club
Meeting Place: The Library in the Shirley Wallace Parish Centre 

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 2023….

26th July Statements from the Soul: the moral case for the Uluru Statement of the heart by Shireen Morris and Damian Freeman.  Black Inc, 2023. Available from Booktopia $26.95

23rd August        The Reckless Way of Love: Notes on following Jesus by Dorothy Day (Author), Carolyn Kurtz (Editor) Plough, 2017. Available from Amazon $11.95

27th September In Her Voice: Raising Women’s Voices in Preaching the Gospel  Australian Women Preach      Available from Garrett Publishing $29.95

25th October    The Body Keeps Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the healing of Trauma by Bessel A van de Kolk Penguin 2015 Available from Booktopia $33.75

22nd November TThe Valley Way of Soul: Melancholia, Poetry and Soul Making by Matthew del Nevo. Available from St Paul’s Publications Strathfield. $12.95.