Recommended Reading

The Spiritual Journey of St Patrick

Aidan J.Larkin SSC

176pp €14.95

Aidan Larkin uncovers a wealth of references to the Church Fathers, neglected until now, in the writings of St Patrick. He encourages us to recognise and engage with Patrick’s deep spiritual legacy to the Church.

Dancing with Loneliness

José Maria R. Olaizola SJ

160pp €12.95

Celebrated author José María

R. Olaizola SJ says that if we can accept loneliness as a normal emotion, we can learn to listen to it and embrace it as a creative emptiness within which something new and life-giving can develop. In a perceptive, imaginative and down-to- earth style, Olaizola conveys his wisdom through literature, poetry, cinema and personal anecdotes.

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