Books About Healing

Grow in knowledge about healing and healing ministry through the following books by Leo Thomas, OP, and Jan Alkire. They are available from ICM and from Amazon.com. To order from ICM, download the order form below. To order from Amazon.com click on the highlighted book titles.

More reading resources can be found in the Annotated Bibliography as well as in Articles About Healing.

Healing: Stories of Faith, Hope, and Love
Jan Alkire. Paulist Press, 2003

This book offers readers hope and shows them how to participate actively in their own healing: physical, emotional, spiritual, and relational.

At the end of each chapter, a practical section is designed to lead readers into healing experiences where God can meet them in their need. ISBN 0-8091-4173-6

“Alkire's highly readable account is rich with stories, prayer suggestions, and practical resources. It is rooted in tradition, yet attuned to contemporary realities. I recommend Healing to anyone looking for a way out of hurt into hope and wholeness.“ Kathleen Fischer, author of Transforming Fire.

To order/per copy: $16.95. The book can be purchased from Amazon.com by clicking on the highlighted book title above, or at any bookstore. If it's not in stock, a bookstore will order it for you.

Healing as a Parish Ministry:
Mending Body, Mind, and Spirit
Fr. Leo Thomas, O.P. and Jan Alkire

This sound and practical book shows how Jesus' mandate to heal the sick, an essential but forgotten ministry, is rooted in Christian scriptural and sacramental tradition.

Creating an atmosphere of hospitality, sensitivity, and worship will allow God to be present to those in need – the primary goal of the healing ministry. The stories in the book are based on actual experiences. ISBN: 0-9679815-0-6

Single copies of this book can be purchased from ICM for $12.95 plus shipping and handling. Ten or more copies are $10.00 each, plus shipping and handling. To purchase the books on this page from Amazon.com, Just click on highlighted book titles .

Healing Ministry: A Practical Guide
Fr. Leo Thomas, O.P. and Jan Alkire

Today thousands of lay and ordained people seek ways to bring the healing power of Christ back to the people they serve. This book grows out of Fr. Thomas‘ experience of more than thirty years of training both clergy and laity – Catholic and Protestant – to do pastoral ministry. Healing Ministry will be useful to clergy and laity who are interested in learning how to make healing ministry a part of an overall ministry of pastoral care. ISBN: 1-55612-673-5

To order: The book can be purchased from Amazon.com by clicking on highlighted book title above, or at any bookstore. If it's not in stock, a bookstore will order it for you.

ICM receives a percentage of sales on any book if you go to Amazon.com from the ICM website. Books purchased from ICM directly benefit ICM's ministry.