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The Book Discussion Group meets at the Parish Center on the third Friday of each month (except August) at 11:00 AM to discuss a book selected by the group. Our choices are eclectic, ranging from theology to novels. All are welcome to come and participate on a regular or occasional basis.

A complete list of books being discussed is shown below.

Facilitator: Eileen Dooley
dooleywoods@comcast.net

Selected Book Club Readings

CURRENT Reading List (Book club date and book)
JAN 20, 2023
Strange Gods: A Novel About Faith, Murder, Sin and Redemption by Daly, Peter J., Myslinski, John F.

FEB 17, 2023
Light of Assisi: The Story of St. Clare by Margaret Carney.

MAR 20, 2026
Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver

APR 17, 2026
Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life by Karen Armstrong (recommended by Elaine Rendler)

MAY 15, 2026
Being Mortal by Atul Gawandi

JUN 19, 2026
The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

JUL 17, 2026
Theo of Golden, A Novel by Allen Levi, ATRIA Paperback, 2023

AUG
Summer break

Reading Archive

JAN 20, 2023
Strange Gods: A Novel About Faith, Murder, Sin and Redemption by Daly, Peter J., Myslinski, John F.

FEB 17, 2023
Light of Assisi: The Story of St. Clare by Margaret Carney.

MAR 17, 2023
Forgive Everyone Everything by Greg Boyle and Fabian Debora.

APR 21, 2023
Creation and the Cross: The Mercy of God for a Planet in Peril by Elizabeth Johnson

MAY 19, 2023
Out of Depths: The Story of Ludmila Javorova by Miriam Therese Winter

JUN 16, 2023
A World Transfigured: The Mystical Journey by Philip Shildrake

JUL 21, 2023
The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Album

SEP 15, 2023
No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us by Rachel Louise Snyder (Shepherd U Common Read for 2023/24)

OCT 20, 2023
The Shoes of the Fisherman (1963) by Morris West

NOV 17, 2023
Siblings All, Sign of the Times: The Social Teaching of Pope Francis by Cardinal Michael Czerny and Father Christian Barone

DEC 15, 2023
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

JAN 20, 2024
Invisible Child: Girl in the Shadows: Dasani’s Homeless Life by Andrea Elliott

FEB 17, 2024
The Yellow House: A Memoir by Sarah M. Broom

MAR 17, 2024
Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others by Barbara Brown Taylor

APR 21, 2024
Hello Darkness My Old Friend: How Daring Dreams and Unyielding Friendship Turned One Man’s Blindness into an Extraordinary Vision for Life by Sandford D. Greenberg

MAY 19, 2024
The Most Important Words of Jesus by Gerhard Lohfink and Linda M. Maloney

JUN 16, 2024
Horse: A Novel by Gwendolyn Brooks

JUL 21, 2024
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson

SEP 15, 2024
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by Heather Cox Richardson, 2023, Viking – Shepherd U Common Read

OCT 20, 2024
Blood Brothers: The Dramatic Story of a Christian Priest Working for Peace in Israel by Melkite Priest Elias Chacour & David Hazard, Baker Books 2013, Updated 2023

NOV 17, 2024
The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory: American Evangelism in the Age of Extremism by Tim Alberta, Harper Collins, 2023

DEC 15, 2024
So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men by Claire Keegan, Grove Press, 2023

JAN 20, 2025
Judaism is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life by Shai Held, Macmillan Publishers, 2024

FEB 17, 2025
The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende, Ballentine Books, 2023

MAR 17, 2025
Art and the Bible by Francis A. Schaeffer. IVP, 2006

APR 21, 2025
The Diary of Jesus Christ by Fr. Bill Cain, Orbis Books, 2021

MAY 19, 2025
Out of Depths: The Story of Ludmila Javorova by Miriam The Afternoon of Christianity: the Courage to Change by Fr. Tomas Halik, The University of Notre Dame Press, 2024

JUN 16, 2025
Caryll Houselander: A Biography by Mary Frances Coady, Orbis Books, 2023

JUL 21, 2025
Praise Song for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks by Crystal Wilkinson, Penguin Random House, 2024

OCT 17, 2025
Truly our Sister: by Elizabeth Johnson Parts I – IV

NOV 17, 2025
Truly our Sister: by Elizabeth Johnson Part V

DEC 15, 2025
Cherished Belonging: The Healing Power of Love in Divided Times by Fr. Greg Boyle, SJ