The SMM Book Club is open to any adult who is interested in deepening their knowledge, understanding, faith and spirituality by reading a wide variety of books and participating in interesting discussions. We meet on the last Thursday of each month except December at 7:00 PM in the Parish Center Lounge.
There is no formal membership. Simply attend whenever you wish, whether or not you have read or completed the book. Our fiction and nonfiction titles include church history, spirituality, conversion, biographies of saints, books of reflection, the church and social justice issues, Papal writings and church documents.
Treat yourself! Open your heart and your mind and join us whenever you can. You are always welcome.
Questions? Please contact Flo Stapleton at franknflo@hotmail.com or 310 328 8915.
Book for June

This book is first and foremost an elegant account of one person’s search for value and meaning. It is a gentle account, striving to be authentic, and it is authentic. Dr. Kalanithi strove and strove his entire life for Truth, for meaning that he could extend to himself and to others. He strove to be good, an excellent and compassionate surgeon. He strove to leave his daughter some account of himself, and, at the same time, some honest account of the nature of human truth that a man once charged with caring for those seriously ill wrung out of his own confrontation with death. Though he writes than he could say nothing definitive about God, there are moments when his description of moral duty/moral weight is enhanced with a Christian image.