Marie-Louise Ternier-Gommers
Awards

November 29, 2003
Finding the Treasure Within: A Woman's Journey into Preaching was one of three books short-listed in the category for First Book for the Saskatchewan Book Awards.

Jurors' comments:
"Marie-Louise Ternier-Gommers' story about the journey into preaching is a moving work by a committed and deeply spiritual person. Finding the Treasure Within reveals the struggle to find a place for herself within the structures of a faith community that has no place for a woman. This well-written account highlights the lack of opportunity for women in the Roman Catholic Church and puts the author on the leading edge of movement to renew her church."

Finding the Treasure Within:
A Woman's Journey into Preaching
Novalis, Ottawa, Canada, 2002

Third Place First Time Author Book Award
May 30, 2003
Judges' comments:
"This is a compelling and well written book. Ternier-Gommers has lived deeply into the paradox of the Church prohibition of women's ordination and preaching and her own call to preaching. The author finds ways to nurture her gift for preaching and share it with the people of God while at the same time remaining a committed member of the church."