“Spiritual director, retreat leader, and one of the world’s finest Celtic harpers. Her music sits in that liminal space where music meets spirituality.”

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Let me tell you of the vision I have for the few minutes you spend here at this site. As you pause to see what is on offer, may you find refreshment, inspiration, a rest from busyness. My desire is that as you explore the various pages, you find articles of interest, music to delight in, access to resources to further your interest in living a life of meaning and value. 

My name is Dr Cath Connelly and I am passionate about enabling people to find an ever-deepening relationship with themselves and this most extraordinary planet on which we live, all held in the oneness of the Divine. My recently published book, Handbook of Hope: Emerging Stories Beyond a Disintegrating World, captures many of these themes. 

I am privileged to be the co-director of the Living Well Centre for Christian Spirituality, a four-year formation program in spiritual direction. I work as a spiritual director, a retreat leader and workshop facilitator. My own spirituality arises from my Irish heritage sitting in relationship with the expansive theologies of Creation-based perspectives. We are originally blessed and all that we are as a species, as a planet, is the outpouring of this realisation. 

Each year I co-lead pilgrimages to Ireland. Maybe you’d like to join us? As a professional Celtic harpist, I also travel the globe preforming and leading workshops in Celtic music and spirituality. 

For all these riches, I am most at home in my garden, nurturing the vegetable patch and tending to this bit of earth of which I am currently the steward. 

May you find something that nourishes you as you pause on this site…

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Handbook of Hope: Emerging Stories Beyond a Disintegrating World
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Handbook of Hope: Emerging Stories Beyond a Disintegrating World

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Cath recently published her Handbook of Hope, a practical entry point into exploring a world beyond despair.The chapters in this handbook cover a broad range of topics, from changing agricultural practices, mental health issues, living a life of radical simplicity to how our First Nations sisters and brothers have been able to maintain hope despite

Cath recently published her Handbook of Hope, a practical entry point into exploring a world beyond despair. The chapters in this handbook cover a broad range of topics, from changing agricultural practices, mental health issues, living a life of radical simplicity to how our First Nations sisters and brothers have been able to maintain hope despite all that they have experienced. 

Each chapter begins by asking you to reflect on the main ideas that are relevant to the particular topic. You will then find two or more case studies of actual stories where people have reached beyond despair and found new ways of thinking, new ways of being and some questions for reflection. 

Work with this handbook alone or maybe form a small discussion group. You will find here the material you need to explore our emerging stories, to begin telling your own stories, to find a reason to hope.  

$15 AUD + $3 AUD postage.

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eBook available from booktopia.com.au for $13