A Canopy of Stars

Some Reflections for the Journey

Christopher Gleeson

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David Lovell Publishing Pty Ltd
21 August 2018

Spirituality & religious experience; Education

Chris Gleeson has updated and added new material to his wonderful first editionof this book. As well as the eight Stars, we now have four Canopies, each of them aligning with one of the four Weeks of the Spiritual Exercises of St Igantius.

For more than twenty years, Chris Gleeson was at the head of two Jesuit school communities, and called upon to present numerous public speeches, homilies and reflections, spoken and written. Always, dotted among these commentaries, were qiotations from many sources. He has put together a collection of these 'nuggets of wisdom', as he calls them.

An inspiring collection of quotations, extracts, poems and aphorisms, illuminated by the author's reflections and anecdotes. 'A gem on every page and a definite resource if you enjoy pertinent stories and wisdom of the ages. For parents and teenagers themselves, it offers encouragement and inspiration'.

By: Christopher Gleeson
Imprint: David Lovell Publishing Pty Ltd
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 295g
ISBN: 9781863551830
ISBN 10: 1863551832
Pages: 242
Publication Date: 21 August 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christopher Gleeson sj has spent most of his working life as a teacher and administrator in Jesuit schools, nearly twenty-one of which as Head of both Xavier College in Melbourne and St Ignatius' College, Riverview, in Sydney. His peers elected him to serve as Chair of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia from 1999 to 2001. Since leaving Riverview at the end of 2002, he was Director of Jesuit Publications (now Jesuit Communications) in Melbourne, and inaugural Director of both the Faber Centre of Ignatian Spirituality and the Archdiocesan Santa Teresa Spirituality Centre in Brisbane. In January 2011, he was appointed to be the Provincial's Delegate for Education and Mission Formation, and in January 2016 took on the new role of Provincial Delegate for Ignatian Formation. Chris Gleeson is a member of the Australian Jesuit Province and is based in Our Lady of the Way Parish, Lavender Bay, Sydney.

Reviews for A Canopy of Stars: Some Reflections for the Journey

This book is a collection of many wise minds and stories that have been used by Christopher Gleeson in his many addresses and messages to his school audiences - students, teachers and parents. It's a book you can open at any page and find something that resonates with your own inner ponderings and truths. It has a gem on every page and is a definite resource of you enjoy pertinent stories and wisdom of the ages. For parents of teenagers and teenagers themselves, it offers guidance in the form of encouragement and inspiration. Cornerstone It's the sort of book many people are looking for - brief, punchy and with some light for the journey. Much needed! Michael Whelan sm, Aquinas Academy Presented in a witty and attractive manner, combining Gleeson's thoughts with a wide selection of wisdom from others ... He has a gift for finding the apt or inspirational quotation and weaving it in ... The quotations are always thought-provoking. Catholic Life