Biographies, Autobiographies & Memoirs / Religious

In the third book in this successful series by Fr Lorcán Kenny, we hear from seven characters. Each voice is unique. Each voice has a different tempo, feeling and resonance. Each contains comfort and inspiration.

Columba McCann explores Marmion’s spiritual teachings and highlights key moments in his life that influenced his writing, from his early childhood in Dublin to his later years as a Benedictine and as abbot of Maredsous in Belgium.

A short but fascinating biography of this most courageous and adventurous of saints. One of Ignatius of Loyola’s original companions, St Francis was central to the formation of the Society of Jesus.

An indispensable companion for anyone seeking to understand the role of Saint Patrick in forging modern Irish identity.

In this book, Aidan Larkin SCC brings the academic rediscovery of Patrick to a lay audience, arguing the case for recognising and engaging with Patrick’s spiritual legacy. A wealth of references to the Fathers of the Church in Patrick’s own writings, encourages us to see Patrick as a religious thinker in dialogue with the Church’s past and future.

Willie Doyle SJ was an Irish Jesuit priest and Chaplain in the First World War. His time in the war saw him demonstrate great acts of heroism. The cause for his canonisation has become increasing popular in recent times.

Autobiography of distinguished psychiatrist David Enoch, author of modern classic Uncommon Psychiatric Syndromes, and committed Christian, now aged 94. A valuable first-hand contribution to 20th-century history as well as a candid and truly inspirational story of one man’s journey through life.

A quarter of a century ago, Canon Hilary Wakeman became the Rector of a Church of Ireland parish in the far southwest of Ireland, a very different world from her English home in Norwich. This book is Hilary’s record of her remarkable first year in West Cork.

Ignatius conversion will allow the reader to get a perspective on how Ignatius faced the challenges which transformed his life, and hopefully, the reader may be able to make time in their own life to explore things which brought about changes in their life and see how God was operating within this change.

As Nano’s journey unfolds it reveals how the steady and alluring presence of God became known to her through the most ordinary of events of her life. Her response was one of wholehearted surrender to the call of the gospel and to walking the path of radical discipleship.