Sean Lemass by Robert J. Savage (University College Dublin Press, €17)

This new book by the popular writer Denis McBride will delight his many admirers and win him new ones. Covering in turn the Joyful Mysteries, the Luminous Mysteries, the Sorrowful Mysteries and the Glorious Mysteries, Fr McBride takes the reader through a series of meditations which draw out in a wonderful way the meaning and…

Agnes Morrogh-Bernard, Foundress of Foxford Woollen Mills by Margaret Molloy foreword by Mary Robinson (Mercier Press, €14.99).

The World of Books by the books editor

Bishop James Moynagh of Calabar by Colman M. Cooke (Columba Press, €24.99)

A Patchwork Quilt: Pallottines in the USA I and II Donal F. McCarthy, SCA (available directly from Eprint.ie, €28.00)

T.K. Whitaker: Portrait of a Patriot by Anne Chambers (Doubleday Ireland, €28.99)

Four Tipperary Saints: The lives of Colum of Terryglass, Crónán of Roscrea, Mochaomhóg of Leigh and Ruadhán of Lorrha Translated into English by Pádraig Ó Riain (Four Courts Press, €17.50 pb)

Stations of the Cross Timothy Radcliffe Bloomsbury (€12.99)

The Church of Saint John the Baptist: Blackrock by Michael O’Connell (€15.00; available from the parish office, Raven Books, Blackrock, or Carraig Books, Blackrock; details from saintjohnthebaptist@eircom.net)