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Contents - Oct 2014 - Buy a copy now Editorial: Let's help desperate Middle East Christians - Peter Westmore Pope Francis' pastoral focus in visit to South Korea - AD2000 Report News: The Church Around the World Do we construct the Church in our own image? - Fr Ken Clark The implications of Anglican women bishops - Fr Dwight Longenecker Hebrew Bible and the Septuagint: What's the difference? - Andrew Sholl Art: Sacred art: window into eternity - Tommy Canning Dissent: Bishop Bill Morris: gone but not forgotten - Peter Westmore 'The Mother of Jesus' in St John's Gospel - Anne Lastman Students: Young adult ministry on Australian tertiary campuses - Br Barry Coldrey Letters: Using the missal at Mass - Charles M. Shann Letters: Use and misuse of language - Anne Lastman Letters: Evangelii Gaudium speaks to Victoria - Pat Shea Support: Support the Fighting Fund! Books: INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIANITY, by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI - Helena Pasztetnik (reviewer) Books: PRAYER FOR BEGINNERS, Peter Kreeft - WAYS OF PRAYING, John Edwards SJ - Br Barry Coldrey (reviewer) Books: A POSTCARD FROM THE VOLCANO: A novel of pre-war Germany, by Lucy Beckett - Michael Daniel (reviewer) Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au Reflection: The Lord hears the cry of the poor - Fr Paul Glynn SM

God's Holy Fire: A Theology of the Icon
Lawrence Cross
An in-depth study of the icon tradition, not only from a theologically interpretive viewpoint, but also from an artistic perspective. There is much here for Western Christians to enrich their Faith life.
162 pages • Softcover • $19.95 ISBN 978-0-99254-060-9

See How She Loves Us
Joan Carroll Cruz
These accounts of apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary range across 23 countries and two millennia. The visions show Mary's deep love for mankind, her Son and the Church. Discover lesser known apparitions and learn more about the visions of Mary at Fatima, Lourdes and Guadalupe.
250 pages • Softcover • $32.90
ISBN 978-0-89555-718-6

Culture and Abortion
Edward Short
Examining the scourge of abortion from a cultural perspective, Edward Short draws on history, literature and papal encyclicals to show how defending the right to life can help us reaffirm an understanding of culture based not on human pride or power but on a "civilization of life and love".
308 pages • Softcover • $35.00
ISBN 978-1-78182-990-5

John Paul II: Man of Prayer
Clare Anderson and Joanna Bogle
This book uncovers the spiritual message of the life of John Paul II. In exploring his spiritual life, we can learn what inspired and nourished this remarkable man. Studying his inner life we come to understand that at its heart were simplicity and joy.
157 pages • Softcover • $19.95
ISBN 978-1-78182-989-9

Eastern Christianity
Lawrence Cross
A serious but very readable exploration of the Byzantine Tradition. This book will definitely help Western Christians to recognise their Eastern counterparts as brothers in Christ.
140 pages • Softcover • $19.95 ISBN 978-0-97756-998-4

In the Household of the Spirit
Lawrence Cross & Joseph Leach
The authors hope their study of the Sacraments in the Byzantine Church will contribute to a resurgence in the love and practice of the Mass and Sacraments in the Western Church.
98 pages • Softcover • $19.95
ISBN 978-0-97756-999-1

Rich in Years
Johann Christoph Arnold
With a foreword by Tim Costello of World Vision, Rich in Years covers the significant topics facing the elderly, their families and caregivers: accepting changes, combatting loneliness and continuing on with purpose and hope.
161 pages • Softcover • $17.95
ISBN 978-0-87486-800-6

The Art of Praying
Romano Guardini
Here is a book to help adults to pray. If prayers are difficult or boring, the problem may not be so much a failure of will, as a lack of knowledge about how mature souls pray. The good news is that, as this book makes clear, such problems are easily overcome!
 192 pages • Softcover • $28.60
ISBN 978-0-91847-734-7

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