Provides a nuanced, searching and exciting exploration of Ireland's socio-cultural landscape. A book for those who are interested in history politics of modern Ireland.
The conversations in this book reveal some of the anger, the sadness, the disaffection of ordinary people in today's Church, as well as their enduring search for hope and meaning.
" Bill East has brought to his task a scholar's depth allied to a communicator's skill, so the learning is a servant to the text, not its master..." - Bishop John Crowley
Sister Nicholas Griffey - This is the story of a lifetime's work in the stillness in which the deaf live, opening doors and windows of perception for them, putting language within their grasp, making God's saving word accessible to them; helping them develop the priceless ability to communicate.
In these pages, the reader will come to appreciate how the extended reading of passages from the Old Testament, in the light of the Paschal Candle, creates a sense of expectancy.
A book to be experienced rather than just read. There is a lesson in every line and the attentive reader will come away not only enlightened, but ultimately transformed.
Go Down to the Potter's House is the story of the first 'Potter' retreat/ workshops developed by Donagh O'Shea some 30 years ago.
These workshops combine meditation and simple meditative work with clay. The aim is to help overcome the effects of centuries of introspection and individualism and to discover in ourselves and in the Gospel a straightforward simplicity.
Fr Bill East brings a wealth of experience to this book of sermons for every Sunday of cycle B in the lectionary.
'Reading and enjoying Bill East's homilies for the Year of Mark made me think how simple a good homily is... Bill has had the generosity and courage to see share the fruits of his labours with us. I am sure that many will read and use this book with gratitude and joy.'- Terence Patrick Drainey, Bishop of Middlesbrough
Gospel Conversations is a collection of imaginary exchanges between various characters from the New Testament. The aim of the book is to enable the reader to engage more fully with the people who were influential in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. These include John the Baptist, Mary, Joseph, Mary’s parents, Peter, John and Mary Magdalene.
