Penny Hickey Carmelite history and prayer begin with Elijah on Mount Carmel. From Elijah has descended a long line of saints who have heard the voice of the Lord calling them to leave everything and come "drink from the stream". This book is an invitation for you to come and pray with the holy men and women of the Carmelite order. The prayers and meditations in this book will help the reader …
Fr. Raymond Thomas Gawronski , S.J. What made the early Jesuits such resolute missionaries? Why were they so unswerving in the face of impossible odds? A good part of the reason was the training they received from the founder, St. Ignatius Loyola. No one has ever devised a more effective spiritual discipline for Christians. Now, Father Gawronski shows us how those Spiritual Exercises can work …
Fr. Benedict Groeschel and the Franciscans of the Renewal Photos by Grazyna Marczuk A Drama of Reform is the story of the new order founded by Fr. Benedict Groeschel and seven other Capuchin friars, and of the first two decades of a reform in religious life begun in 1987. United in the desire to be authentic disciples of Jesus Christ and following in the footsteps of Saint Francis, they want …
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Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Issued in 1990, this document addresses the formation of nuns, brothers and other non-ordained Catholics who live in religious institutes. This document is divided into the following sections: Introduction I. Religious Consecration and Formation II. Aspects Common to All States of Religious Formation III. The …
Joseph Becker, S.J. In the decade following the Second Vatican Council - roughly 1965-1975 - the Jesuit order underwent an internal transformation probably greater than any it had experienced in its previous 400 years. The Re-Formed Jesuits provides a detailed history of this Jesuit experience in the United States. This history has great significance beyond itself. The entire Catholic Church …
Andres Vasquez de Prada This second volume of a new three-volume biography of St. Josemaria covers one of the most remarkable periods of his life: from the outbreak of the civil war in 1936 to his departure for Rome in 1946. In Republican Spain fierce anti-Catholic persecution led St. Josemaria to do his priestly work in secret, fully aware that if caught, he would be executed - as were 6000 …
A theological reflection on the spirit and apostolic practice of Opus Dei.
About this Book Curiosity about nuns and their distinctive clothing is almost as old as Catholicism itself. The habit intrigues the religious and the nonreligious alike, from medieval maidens to contemporary schoolboys, to feminists and other social critics. The first book to explore the symbolism of this attire, The Habit presents a visual gallery of the diverse forms of religious clothing …
Joseph Becker, S.J. In the decade following the Second Vatican Council--roughly 1965-1975--the Jesuit order underwent an internal transformation probably greater than any it had experienced in its previous 400 years. The Re-Formed Jesuits provides a detailed history of this Jesuit experience in the United States. This history has significance beyond itself on at least three levels. First, …
Hamish F.G. Swanston The first-of-its-kind study of the interrelationships among the early Redemptorist "brotherhood" is a behind-the-scenes look at how they influenced the development of the congregation of Redemptorists we know today.
Fr. Richard Butler OP The question of discerning a vocation is agonized over by many generous young Catholics today. A solid Thomist, who wrote this book in 1961, Father Butler shows that this type of question shows a totally wrong approach to a religious vocation - an approach that began with misguided theology in the 20th century, which then trickled down to the popular level, confusing both …
Andres Vazquez de Prada This second volume of a new three-volume biography of St. Josemaria covers one of the most remarkable periods of his life: from the outbreak of the civil war in 1936 to his departure for Rome in 1946. In Republican Spain fierce anti-Catholic persecution led St. Josemaria to do his priestly work in secret, fully aware that if caught, he would be executed - as were 6000 …
In 1960, five young men arrived at the imposing gates of Parkminster, the largest center of the most rigorous and ascetic monastic order in the Western world: the Carthusians. This is the story of their five-year journey into a society virtually unchanged in its behavior and lifestyle since its foundation in 1084. An Infinity of Little Hours is a uniquely intimate portrait of the customs and …
Uncommon Faith is an absorbing story about Saint Josemaria Escriva, whose teachings about the universal call to holiness anticipated Vatican II's theology of the laity by more than thirty years. The book gives an insider's account of the early years of Opus Dei, an institution founded by Escriva in 1928 to spread his message about lay holiness. Coverdale tells the intriguing …
A striking coffee-table book whose prose and photographs draw the reader into the prayerful rhythms of monastic life, as pictured in Mepkin Abbey, Monks Corner, SC. Includes interviews with noted authors Thomas Moore, Kathleen Norris and Herbert Benson, M.D.
Hans Urs von Balthasar This book describes the common task which Balthasar and Adrienne von Speyr undertook, the founding of a secular institute: The Community of St. John. He also describes their common theological work and explains the theology and role of secular institutes.
A thorough study of the historical contributions of Catholic nuns to the building of America through its schools, hospitals and charitable organizations. The book also describes the collapse of religious orders following Vatican II.
Halfway to Heaven The Hidden Life of the Carthusians by Robin Bruce Lockhart "Exhales a sweet serenity reminding us of the complex atrributes and simple rewards of silence and solitude." -The New York Times "The author has been given an unprecedented aceess to archives and books unknown to the outside world. Mr Bruce Lockhart's splendid book will hopefully bring this knowledge to a wide …
Covers all of the important facts on Opus Dei in a systematic fashion.
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