St Paul’s Sunday Missal with hardback cover

Sunday Missal with the new translation of the Mass.  Contains the readings for the Sundays of the 3 year cycle. This is the red hardback edition.  This would make an appropriate Confirmation gift for young people who are moving into adolescence and beyond.

St. Paul’s Sunday Missal in flexible green cover with gilt  edged pages.  A lovely gift edition.  Contains the readings for the Sundays of the 3 years of the liturgical cycle.   This would make an appropriate Confirmation gift for young people who are moving into adolescence and beyond.

Pray the Rosary Leaflet

A convenient leaflet presenting the mysteries of the Rosary; with instructions on how to pray the Rosary.

Mary MacKillop

This booklet by Bishop James Cuskelly, presents St. Mary MacKillop as a spiritual model for all.  St. Mary of the Cross “brought the Good News to the poor, walked the way of the cross and loved her enemies”.  Contains 48 pages.

St Paul’s Weekday Missal

This Weekday Missal, available in either hardback edition, or deluxe flexible cover with gilt edged pages, contains the readings and prayers for all the weekday Masses of the Church’s 2 year liturgical cycle.  The Missal has the New Order of the Mass.

Unfortunately, the hard back edition of the Weekday Missal is out of print, and it is unlikely that it will be published again in the near future.

Church Registers

These church registers, (Baptism, Marriage and Death Registers), have a maroon/burgundy hard cover.  They measure 34cm x 24cm.

PLEASE NOTE: These are Church Registers, primarily used in the Catholic Church.  The Marriage Register is a Church Register — it is NOT a Government Marriage Register.

Book of the Names of the Dead

This hardcover book has a thoughtfully designed layout for recording the names of deceased members of a parish or school community.  It can be placed in an appropriate situation in a church or church foyer, encouraging the members of the community to remember the deceased in their prayers.  It can take special prominence during the month of November when the souls of the departed are particularly remembered.

SPCK Church Registers

These Church Registers, produced by SPCK, apply to a number of important aspects of church records.

The Order of Mass booklet

This 70 page booklet contains the new Order of the Mass, including the 4 main Eucharistic prayers.

The Illustrated Holy Rosary

This illustrated booklet leads the reader on a prayerful journey through the 20 Mysteries of the Rosary.  Each mystery is accompanied by an illustration and a scripture reading.

Pastoral Care of the Sick

This 384 page pocket size book contains the Rites of Anointing and Viaticum.

Shorter Book of Blessings

This book of blessings contains 570 pages of blessings for every possible situation and occasion.

NRSV Bible, in hardback

This hardback edition of the NRSV bible, with the Deuterocanonicals and Apocrypha, has a very readable layout.

NRSV Large Print Bible

This hardback edition of the NRSV bible has a large and very readable print.  It contains the Deuterocanonicals and Apocrypha.

Order of Christian Funerals

This hardback book includes the Cremation Rite.

NIV Family Bible

This white family bible (the blue label on the photograph is a part of the packaging only) has the complete text of the New International Version.  It has 8 pages for recording important family events; gold edged pages; the words of Jesus highlighted in red; and helpful study tools for reading the Bible.  This edition measures 28cm tall x 22cm wide when closed.

This little gem of a book presents nine of the classical hymns/prayers to Mary, with both the original Latin and the English versions of the songs.  Beautifully illustrated with Marian icongraphy.  A book for personal devotion, and as a lovely gift.

The Crucifix that spoke to St Francis

This beautiful book tells the story of the San Damiano crucifix, outlining the history of the cross, its significance in the life of St Francis of Assisi, and it explains all the elements and persons depicted in the cross.  The book concludes with several prayers of St Francis.  A must for all who have devotion to the San Damiano crucifix.

The Prayer Tree

This little gem of a book by Michael Leunig is about a person who “kneels to contemplate a tree and to reflect upon the troubles and joys of life ….. the person is learning how to pray”.

Eucharistic Prayers for Masses with Children

This book, which comes in both hardback and paperback versions, presents 3 Eucharistic Prayers for Masses with children.  The hardback version also includes the Order of Mass, and the Directory for Masses with Children.

Eucharistic Prayers for Concelebration

This paperback book presents the 4 main Eucharistic Prayers, 2 Eucharistic Prayers for Reconciliation, and 4 Eucharistic Prayers of use in Masses for various needs.

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults

This Rite has been approved for use in Australia by the Australian Episcopal Liturgical Commission.  The book is hardback, and contains 260 pages.

God Calling

This little gem presents daily devotions that help to “bring the reality of God and His constant concern for you into your heart every day of the year.  Millions of copies of this book have been sold over the past 60 years.  This is the hard back edition.

Rite of Baptism for Children

This book presents the Rite of Baptism for different circumstances: for several children; for one child; for a large number of children; when administered by a Catechist; and for other instances.

Good News Bible with white cover

This edition of the Good News Bible has a white vinyl cover, a presentation page, an introduction to each book in the Bible, over 500 illustrations and maps, and other helpful reading guides.  It would make a very appropriate gift for First Holy Communion.

Good News Bible

This edition of the Good News Bible has a cover with a magnetic clasping flap.  It is compact, measuring 12cm x 17cm, and has a page ribbon.  This is a very handy and durable production.

NRSV Gift Bible, with Presentation pages

This magnificent vinyl covered gift Bible, in an attractive case, has a Presentation page, and pages to record details such as Baptism, First Holy Communion, Confirmation, Family History and Matrimony.  It also has many pages of material to assist with reading and understanding the Bible.  This Bible is beautifully designed for readability, and is at the same time compact.  It has a satin ribbon marker, and comes in a red or white cover.

Daily Prayers Booklet

This 32 page booklet presents the most common and important of the daily prayers, as well as the Mysteries of the Rosary, and the Rite of Reconciliation for Individual Penitents.  The booklet measures 16cm x 10cm.

Order of Celebrating Matrimony

This hardback book contains the revised (2017) Order for Celebrating Matrimony according to the Roman Ritual.

The Order of Confirmation

This hardback book presents the Order of Confirmation, renewed in 2015 by the Vatican.

This is a wonderful hardback Bible, complete with ribbon and tabs for each book of the Bible.  This Bible presents the Third Revised Edition of the Christian Community Bible (from the Philippines).  There is an Introduction to each book of the Bible, a Lexicon at the back of the book, and frequent references to other Biblical Books.

New Community Bible

Compendium of the Catechism

This hardback edition presents, in concise form, all the essential and fundamental elements of the Church’s faith.  It “is a faithful and sure synthesis of the Catechism of the Catholic Church” (Pope Benedict xv1).

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults — Study Edition

This paperback Study edition is designed to assist celebrants, sponsors, catechumens and congregations to study the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.

YOUCAT for Kids

This Catholic Catechism for children (aged 7 to 13, and beyond) and their parents, is written in simple language and deals with the entirety of the Catholic Faith.  This work has been designed in a modern question and answer format.  This is a MAGNIFICENT book, explaining the Catholic Faith in an attractive and readable fashion.  Ideal for family discussion, with notes to assist the adult to a deeper understanding.  Recommended by Pope Francis.

YOUCAT Reconciliation

This is an outstanding book, explaining the liberating effect of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.  Pitched at teenagers and young adults, it is really is for everyone.  A fantastic resource for teachers and parents as well, and very attractively presented in format.

Online with Saints

This marvellous book presents the lives of over 100 Saints, holding them up as inspirations to our modern generation.  Written in a way that will engage both young and the not-so-young, this is an excellent resource for teachers, and a gift extraordinaire for teenagers.  For each saint there is a brief life summary which is linked to real life questions for today’s society and the young.  A modern and contemporary approach.

Keeping the Faith

This challenging and thought provoking book is just so easy to read.  The author is Fr James Grant, an outstanding preacher outreach priest.  In this book, Fr Grant provides a clear assessment of the challenges facing the Catholic Church, and courageously outlines what needs to be done to face those challenges.  Stand up and be counted!!

In this book, Fr James Grant takes aim at the issue of the need to re-energise parishes by suggesting ideas and strategies

Let There Be Light

to enable them to not only survive, but also to thrive into the future.  A must read for parish priest and other church leaders.

How Not To Be a Victim

Engaging in its readability, this book by Fr James Grant extols the ageless virtues of freedom, hard work, fidelity in small things, growth through failure, the false gods of addiction which hold people back and other insights — all presented in relatively brief reflections.  A book to treasure.  Treat yourself!

This NRSV version of the Bible contains many features to assist the youth (and the not so young!) to understand and interpret the Bible in relation to Catholic teaching and insight.  This hardback edition measures 23cm x 16cm.

Catholic Youth Bible

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NRSV Bible

This is a high quality edition of the Bible, with an easy to read and well spaced typeface.  Hardback, 24cm x 16cm, it has sewn bindings for increased durability, allowing the Bible to lay flat for ease of use.

This NRSV version of the Bible is presented in a manner that facilitates the Lectio Divina:

Catholic Prayer Bible

the “diligent reading of the Sacred Scripture accompanied by prayer” (Pope Benedict).  The Lectio Divina invites the reader to Reflect, Pray and Act on reading each page of the Bible, presenting reflections and suggestions for the reader to act upon.

New King James Bible

This magnificent edition of the New King James Bible has a flexible cover, gold leaf-edged pages, presentation page, the Words of Jesus in red, Bible study helps, strong binding and lays flat for easy reading.  It also comes in a hard back “case”, and measures 22cm x 15cm.

Pieta Prayer Book

This little 80 page prayer booklet is a long standing favourite with many wonderful prayers and reflections.

Ordo 2021

The Ordo for 2021  is a reference book for the Celebration of the Eucharist and the Liturgy of the Hours for the Dioceses of Australia and New Zealand.

Anglican Lectionary 2021

The Australian Lectionary for 2021 (commonly referred to as the Anglican Lectionary) brings together the patterns set out in A Prayer Book for Australia, and other tables approved by the General Synod.

Family Bible

This is a Bible to keep forever; to grace the family home: with a Presentation page and Family Record pages, Footnotes and References, a full colour picture of Pope Francis, a Doctrinal Bible Index, and more than 100 pages of religious art masterpieces.  The Bible measures 30 cm x 24 cm, and comes in a hard cardboard case/container.  The Bible itself has a white cover with gold embossed writing on it.

This Mass Book contains the prayers for each day of the Calendar year, from Advent 2020 until the feast of Christ the King in November 2021.  Containing the Eucharistic Prayers and the prayers of the Mass, it does not have the full text of the daily Readings.

Daily Mass Book 2021