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| 1012 MONASTERY ROAD A Spiritual Journey By William Menninger, OCSO** AN EXPERIENCE OF CELIBACY By Keith Clark, OFM.Cap** BEHOLD THE WOMEN A Tribute to Sisters and Nuns of the Catholic Church in the United States and Other Countries By Dan Paulos (Note: This is a "sacred art" book by the artist Dan Paulos, a link to his website an online store is listed on this site's home page) CANONICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF A RELIGIOUS INSTITUE, The By Elio Gambari, SMM CENTERED ON CHIRST An Introduction to Monastic Profession By Augustine Roberts, OSCO CLOISTER WALK, THE By Kathleen Norris CROSSING THE THRESHOLD OF HOPE By His Holiness John Paul II FIRE WITHIN THESE ASHES,THE By Joan Chittister GOSPEL OF LIFE, THE By Pope John Paul II HIDDEN POPE, THE The Story of John Paul II and his boyhood friend Jersey Kluger By Darcy O'Brien** (Note: This book chronicles the personal story of JPII and his Jewish friend Engineer Kluger, it's a marvelous account not only of their relationship but of the importance and honor Pope John Paul II places on the relationship between Roman Catholics and Jews. In this discerner's opinion, this book is an absolute GEM. HINDS' FEET ON HIGH PLACES By Hannah Hurnard (Note: Fiction, An Allegory based on the Song of Solomon) IMITATION OF CHIRST, THE By Thomas a Kempis IN THIS HOUSE OF BREDE By Rumor Godden (Note: Also available on video tape, this is the fictional account of a successful business woman who enters a cloistered monastery "later" in life. DELIGHTFUL) LIFE AND HOLINESS By Thomas Merton LOVE ON THE MOUNTAIN Journal of a Camaldolese Monk By Robert Hale, OSB.CAM NEW HABITS Today's Women Who Choose To Become Nuns By Isabel Losada PERSEVERANCE IN TRIALS Reflections on Job By Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, Archbishop of Milan QUIET REVOLUTION The Story of the Sisters of Notre Dame De Namur RED TENT, THE By Anita Diamant (A Fictional Account based on Old Testament Scripture about Dinah, the daughter of Jacob & Leah) SAYINGS OF THE DESERT FATHERS, THE (The Apothegmata) Translated By Benedicta Ward SHOWINGS The writings of Julian of Norwich SISTERS By John Fialka SISTERS IN CRISIS By Ann Carey (Note: One Author's opinion/research results on Women's Communities after VaticanII, interesting reading and worth considering in this discerner's opinion) SWIMMING IN THE SUN By Albert Haase, OFM TO CLING WITH ALL HER HEART TO HIM Spirituality of St. Clare of Assisi By Benet A Fonck, OFM** TOO DEEP FOR WORDS Recovering Lection Divina By Thelma Hall, SC VEIL AND COWL Writings from the World of Monks and Nuns Edited By James B. Simpson WAY OF PERFECTION, THE By St. Teresa of Avila Translated by E. Allison Peers WAY OF SIMPLICITY, THE The Cistercian Tradition By Esther De Waal |
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