Many of the presenters and program leaders at Galilee Centre are also authors. Below are some of their works, along with other recommended resources for those on their own spiritual journey.
Books and online resources
Between the Dark and the Daylight
Joan Chittister
Between the Dark and the Daylight explores the concerns of modern life, of the overworked mind and hurting heart. These are the paradoxical—and often frustrating—moments when our lives feel at odds with everything around us. Only by embracing the contradictions, Sister Joan contends, may we live well amid stress, withstand emotional storms, and satisfy our yearnings for something transcendent and real.
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Rethinking Catholic Devotions
Jim Clarke
Addressing the broad topic of devotionalism in the Catholic Church—its implications for a mature spirituality in individuals, and its impact on the ecclesial community by examining a variety of well-known Catholic devotions across cultural lines to probe the truth and meaning of each of these lines of faith expression.
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Creating Rituals
Jim Clarke
Rituals can change lives. When we are experiencing ourselves as emotionally stuck, rituals can shift our focus and act as catapults to launch us forward in life. When we are feeling lonely, isolated, or disconnected from our deepest, truest self, rituals can reconnect us. When we’re feeling out of control, rituals can contain the chaos and actively direct the situation toward a resolution.
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Footfalls: Poems of the Camino
Suzanne Doerge
This remarkable collection of poetry follows the seven-hundred-kilometer path in northwest Spain, part of the Camino de Santiago (also known as the Way of St. James), that the author walked with her life companion in 2016. Themes ride the waves of physical challenges, fears, doubts, inspirations, and laughter of the month-long journey.
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Listening to Indigenous Voices
Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice
To engage in a process of reconciliation, we need to listen deeply to what Indigenous Peoples are saying, open ourselves to be transformed by their words, and act based on what they are telling us so we can begin to address injustices, heal relationships, and bring about a post-colonial Canada.
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The 20-Minute Retreat
David B. Perrin
Our hectic lives can make it hard for us to step back and reflect. How can we carve out moments to listen to God speaking to us through our life experiences. This book contains a series of thoughtful, faith-filled meditations for people who seek to find space for prayer and reflection at their own pace and in their own time.
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Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditation
Richard Rohr
The Daily Meditations are email reflections featuring Richard Rohr and the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) faculty, as well as guest teachers and authors, reflecting on the wisdom and practices of the Christian contemplative tradition. We hope these meditations will help deepen prayer practice and strengthen compassionate engagement in the world.
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The Holy Longing
Ronald Rolheiser
Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand what Christian spirituality means and how to apply it to their own lives, The Holy Longing translates the universal struggle for love and integration of spirit into a language accessible to all, explaining God and the Church for a world that more often than not doubts the credibility of both.
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God’s Ecstatic Love
Bruce Tallman
Bruce Tallman’s new book God’s Ecstatic Love takes Francis de Sales’ 1616 spiritual masterpiece Treatise on the Love of God and updates it in a way that makes sense to 21st century minds. The goal of God’s Ecstatic Love is to enable believers to master the most important life-skill of all: a passionate and intelligent life-transforming love of God.
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Little Design Communities
Rosemary O’Toole, CSJ
These critical times evoke a deep longing and desire within many to seek out a few friends that would cherish spending time together in their own homes reflecting and sharing wisdom on the journey. It’s a quest of identifying what ‘touches the soul’ of humanity – this is timeless and makes all the difference!
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The 8-Fold Path of A Spiritual Life
Rosemary O’Toole, CSJ
Many of life’s skills improve with practice and consistency. A mindful, repetitive practice, done well, reinforces positive outcomes. In hockey, basketball or music, the coach or mentor asks their students to go through a series of ‘exercises’ regularly to first of all acquire skill and proficiency so that they can improve the quality of their game or performance.
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Understanding False and True Self
Rosemary O’Toole, CSJ
These terms ‘false self’ and ‘true self’ were first used by Thomas Merton back in the 1960’s and they have evolved over the past decades offering a core insight into one’s growth in the spiritual life. “Lose yourself in Me and you will find yourself” (John 12:25) now evokes deep spiritual as well as psychological realities.
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