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Welcome to our Parish Library's e-page!
The Library is regularly open after all Sunday Masses:
after the Saturday 5pm Mass; and after the 8:30am,
10:15am, 12 noon, and 4:00pm Sunday Masses.
Our Parish Library is one of only 3 Catholic parish
libraries in the lower mainland. Since it opened in 2005,
over 600 Immaculate Conception parishioners have registered
with us! Our Library now has almost 1800 items ranging from
books and magazines to movies and computer programs.
There are over 770 books for adults that cover such topics as basic catholicism to the lives of the saints and more!
We also have 100 books for the youth of our parish. With new titles arriving weekly!
Our Children's books are quite popular with many stories on the saints, celebrating the sacraments, and beautifully illustrated stories of our faith.
The music selection continues to grow and currently contains over 50 CD's. New this year are Audio CDs for children with exciting stories to hear! We now have The Altar Gang and Adventures in Odyssey.
And most popular of all is our movie selection with almost 200 DVD's and 70 VHS's with an average of 50 movies circulating weekly!
For children, youth and teens - Join our Summer Reading Club!
Collect stamps on your special bookmark with each book you take out of the Parish Library!
There will be prizes at the end of August for our Reading Club members!
More information on this club in the Library.
New titles to enjoy this summer are:
Manga - Appealing to kids and adults, readers will find this edgy rendition of the Gospel accounts both compelling and highly engaging. This authentic, cutting-edge art style is combined with fast-paced storytelling to deliver biblical truths to an ever-changing culture that is often a challenge.
Isle of Fire - Brace yourself for a thrilling high-seas adventure and dare to set sail for the Isle of Fire."A great explosion rocked the crowded harbor. The ferocious blaze engulfed ship after ship expanding the circle of destruction in mere heartbeats. The fire rain had been unleashed."As Cat's memory returns, he realizes that he has lived two very different lives. Now he must choose whether to return to the ways of his notorious father and join the evil Merchant, or defy the Merchant and risk his life to save his friends.
Isle of Swords - A young lad awakens on an island, alone and brutally injured, with no memory of his past. Captain Declan Ross searched for riches that will free him and his headstrong daughter, Anne, from the piracy business forever . . . Bartholomew Thorne, an infamously ruthless pirate, seeks to destroy Ross and any who stand in his way of the legendary treasure hidden by a mysterious order of monks. With these intriguing characters and many more, Wayne Thomas Batson weaves a spell-binding adventure filled with high-seas drama where battles rage, storms brew, a long-dormant volcano awakens, and a sea creature slithers in the deep as pirates race for a cliff-top fortress.
Kidsboro - Kidsboro is a small town in the woods behind Whits End in Odyssey. It has a church, a store, a police station, a bakery, a newspaper, and a total of zero citizens over the age of 14. Its a town run by kids. Ryan, the mayor, helps enforce the laws, create new jobs, and keep the peace in a town where he seems to have lots of friends (and a few enemies).
Teen Austin Gutwein has taken his best shot several thousand times to help AIDS orphans in Africa and in the process has built a school and a medical clinic! Take Your Best Shot tells how one boy made an incredible difference in the lives of those without hope while challenging the reader to do the same.
Other new arrivals.
Audio CDs
These professionally produced dramatizations by Catholic World Mission, called “Glory Stories”, are the true stories of the lives of holy people of God. Both children and adult saints set inspiring examples for youngsters to emulate in their early walk of Faith…and teach their parents at the same time!
Stories in this series include some of the Church’s most popular saints and each story teaches a truth of the Catholic Faith, so they are catechetical as well as fun.
New DVD titles this month include: "Monsieur Vincent"
"Entertaining Angels, The Dorothy Day Story"
"Mary, from the Footprints of God series"
"Lilies of the Field"
"The Book of Ruth: Journey of Faith"
"The Apocalypse" starring Richard Harris
"Moses" starring Ben Kingsley
"The Agony and the Ecstasy" w. Charlton Heston/ Rex Harrison
"Barabbas" starring Anthony Quinn
Also for children: "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" animated for younger children
"Bibleman, Divided We Fall"
"VeggieTales : Saint Nicholas A Story of Joyful Giving"
"VeggieTales : Josh and the Big Wall"
"VeggieTales : Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush"
Also Evolution documentaries:
"The Mysterious Islands : A Surprising Journey to Darwin's Eden"
"On a Level Playing Field: The Theories of Eveolutions & Creation"
We now have the entire collection of the Cat Chat music for children, including more than one copy of some titles so more children can enjoy them at the same time!
The Parish Library is open after every Sunday Mass including Saturday after the 5pm Mass.
Our Library volunteers are very friendly and dedicated in their service to you.
If the title you are looking for isn't available, we'll reserve it for you, and we also take requests.
Please be courteous to other library users by returning your materials on time:
DVD, VHS, CD's are on loan for 1 week.
Books are on loan for 4 weeks.
- Lisa Lewko
Parish Librarian email address iclibrary@dccnet.com
Catholic Websites as found in the Vocations Family Kit
www.vatican.va - Vatican Website
www.rcav.org - Archdiocese of Vancouver
www.catholiccanada.com - Catholic Canada Directory
www.cccb.ca - Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
www.internetpadre.com - Internet Padre (U.S.)
www.ewtn.com - Eternal Word Television Network (U.S.)
www.catholicexchange.com - Catholic Exchange (U.S.)
www.catholicnews.com - Catholic News Service (U.S.)
www.cf.catholic.org - Origins (International Catholic News Services)
www.catholic.com - Catholic Answers
www.catholiceducation.org - Catholic Educator's Resource Center
www.vocations.ca - National Vocations Website of Canada
www.vocationsvancouver.com - Vocations Website of the Archdiocese of Vancouver