Resources

Joy-filled Good News

Fr John Chalmers has given presentations on Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel) to dioceses, groups and parishes. These reflections are available free of charge in audio and text. Permission is given for copies to be made for local use, eg parish, group, school. Below there are six audio files of Fr Chalmers giving each of these presentations. You may listen to these on the website or download them to your computer. This will enable you to listen to these files on a computer, iPod, iPhone, iPad, Kindle or Android device. Following the audio files (MP3) you will find the text of the six reflections (PDF files, 3-4 pages). You may print these for parish councils, staff, groups and individuals. The files can also be transferred to an iPhone or tablet and read by an app such as GoodReader. We will also be publishing small group materials in coming months.

Downloads:

  1. Encountering Jesus Audio (28.65 MB)
  2. Finding ways to communicate with Jesus Audio (24.14 MB)
  3. Shining Forth in a Life of Fidelity to the Gospel Audio (22.43 MB)
  4. Embracing with Tender Affection those who are Poor and Vulnerable Audio (27.83 MB)
  5. Being Church Audio (26.51 MB)
  6. Precious Allies Audio (22.43 MB)

Documents:
Unfortunately the documents below are no longer available on the website that they linked to. We are currently trying to locate them and reinstate them. Please check back soon.

  1. Encountering Jesus PDF (202 KB)
  2. Finding ways to communicate with Jesus PDF (198 KB)
  3. Shining Forth in a Life of Fidelity to the Gospel PDF (161 KB)
  4. Embracing with Tender Affection those who are Poor and Vulnerable PDF (166 KB)
  5. Being Church PDF (194 KB)
  6. Precious Allies PDF (155 KB)
  7. The Joy of the Gospel. Text as PDF 223 pages. (865 KB)

Related websites:

  1. Full text of The Joy of the Gospel