Resources

Christian Life Community

These are some helpful resources for use in small groups

CLC in England and Wales have recently developed some resource material, including meeting plans, to help guides in leading a series of meetings. These plans can be downloaded here.

In addition, the following books and web resources may also be of using in preparing meetings:

· Laurence Gooley S.J. To Share in the Life in Christ

· Dominic Totaro S.J (2005) My Just one shall live by faith: the spiritual exercises of St Ignatius Loyola designed for use by small communities without the aid of a director.

· The Sacred Space website also has helpful reflections and daily readings that can be used in small groups or for individual prayer

Resources for personal prayer that can be downloaded from this site:

· The Prayer of the Examen

· Eco Examen

· Eco Examen 2

· Examen Bookmark

Also, CLC members are welcome to use the Carmelite library in Middle Park, which has a wonderful collection of spiritual resources. The library is located at the cnr of Richardson and Wright sts, Middle Park.

The contact person for the library is Philip Harvey and the library’s opening hours are Tue and Thur 12pm - 8pm and Wed and Friday 9pm - 5pm.

Information about CLC and Ignatian Spirituality

· Brief Life of St Ignatius

· Ignatian Spirituality and the Lay Person

· General Principles of CLC

· Discern, Send, Support, Evaluate

CLC Documents

· General Principles: Christian Life Community's General Principles are a description of its vision and charism. These principles are not a set of rules and regulations, but a particular vision for living out in community Christ's invitation to be church in a unique way.

· The CLC Charism revised (Progressio Supplement No. 56 December 2001): The CLC Charism helps us to understand and implement the General Principles. It has three sections The CLC Person; The CLC Community and Commitment in CLC.

· Charism II - The CLC Process of Growth (Part II of Progressio Supplement No. 4, 46 December 1996): The document has three sections: Dimensions of CLC Formation; The Phases of CLC Formation; Fundamental Stages of CLC Growth.

· CLC Formation Stages: This document was completed in November 1999 by a Working Party in Victoria . It is intended primarily for guides and formators in Australia , and may be of help to all members.

· Components of a CLC Meeting: This document was completed in May 2004 by a Working Party in New South Wales . It provides a description of the various components of a meeting and explains their purpose.

Ignatian Spirituality Resources on the Web

· Jesuit Spirituality

· Living Word - daily prayers from "Madonna" magazine

· Madonna magazine - from Jesuit Publications, Australia

· Apostleship of Prayer - Australian site

· Sacred Space: an excellent portal with daily prayer

· SJWeb - Ignatian Spirituality area

· ISECP - Ignatian Spiritual Exercises for the corporate person

· Creighton's online ministries for everyday life

· Orientations - John Veltri's site