CAROLINE CHISHOLM LIBRARY CATHOLIC BOOK CLUB IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CENTRAL CATHOLIC BOOKSHOP
Come and join us in 2010 for a monthly discussion of Catholic books.
We meet at the Caroline Chisholm Library, corner of Elizabeth and Lonsdale Street at 7pm. Everyone is welcome. There are no membership fees but if you could become a member of the Library ($50 per year) that would be greatly appreciated. Email:
READINGS FOR 2010
JANUARY 29
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (1881–1963), Pope John XXIII (1958- 1963). Beatified September 3 2000. Journal of a Soul (1964) English translation Geoffrey Chapman Ltd 1965, New Edition with additional material, Journal of a Soul: The Autobiography of Pope John XXIII, Doubleday 1999
FEBRUARY 26
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889), ‘The Wreck of the Deutschland’ (1875/6 first published 1918). Available at http://www.bartleby.com/122/4.html
MARCH 26
Romano Guardini, (1885-1968) The Lord, 1954 (Gateway Editions, Regnery Publishing, 1996
APRIL 30
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, (1881-1955) Hymn of the Universe, (various writings 1916-1923) 1961 (Collins, Fontana Books, 1970)
MAY 28
Robert Bolt (1924-1995) A Man For All Seasons. A Play of Sir Thomas More, 1960 (Many editions available)
JUNE 25
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, 11th Prince of Lampedusa (1896 - 1957), Il Gattopardo (published posthumously in 1958, translated as The Leopard(1960))
JULY 30
Walter M Miller Jr, (1923-1996) A Canticle for Leibowitz, 1959 (Bantam Books reissue 2007)
AUGUST 27
Michael D O Brien (1948- ) Father Elijah. The Story of an Apocalypse, (Ignatius Press 1998)
SEPTEMBER 24
Sigrid Undset (1882–1949) Kristin Lavransdatter (a trilogy 1920-1922) Volume 1: The Wreath trs Tina Nunnally, Penguin Classics, 1997
OCTOBER 29
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (1882 –1941) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1916 (many editions available)
NOVEMBER 26
Piers Paul Read, (1941- ) Hell and Other Destinations (Ignatius Press, 2006)
DECEMBER 17
Marie-Françoise-ThérèseMartin (1873-1897) (St Thérèse of Lisieux, canonised 1914), ‘The Story of a Soul’: Autobiography of a Saint 1898, Trs Ronald Knox, The Harvill Press, 1958
Remember 10% discount at the Central Catholic Bookshop for members
Membership of the Book Club is an annual subscription to the Caroline Chisholm Library
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