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The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness by Karen Armstrong Publisher Comments Karen Armstrong begins this spellbinding story of her spiritual journey with her departure in 1969 from the Roman Catholic convent she had entered seven years before — hoping, but ultimately failing, to find God. She knew almost nothing of the... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Radical Hospitality by Daniel O. S. B. Homan Publisher Comments At once deeply comforting and sharply challenging, true Benedictine hospitality requires that people welcome strangers not only into their homes, but into their hearts. With warmth, humor, and the wisdom of the monastic tradition, the authors present a... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Living with Contradiction: An Introduction to Benedictine Spirituality by Esther De Waal Publisher Comments Holding up segments of the Rule of St. Benedict, Ester de Waal's meditations on Benedict's words illumine the wisdom found there not only for those of Benedict's time, but for all of us today as well.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Long Retreat: In Search of a Religious Life by Andrew Krivak Publisher Comments This gorgeously written memoir tells the story of one man's search for his religious calling--a search that led him to the Dominican Republic and Central Europe, to Moscow and the South Bronx, and finally into married life with a woman whose search for... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Illuminated Life: Monastic Wisdom for Seekers of Light by Joan Chittister Publisher Comments Monastic Wisdom for Seekers of Light.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Foundations of Religious Life: Revisiting the Vision by Council Of Major Sup Synopsis In keeping with the vision set forth in Vatican II, the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious has maintained a more traditional form of religious life. While most religious orders are now facing marked decline in novitiates and the aging of their... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $10.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Essential Monastic Wisdom by Hugh (edt) Feiss Publisher Comments Chapter One Ordering Time and Place Visitors are almost always impressed by the order that characterizes monastic life. The monks and nuns walk quietly through the cloister precincts. They walk two by two to solemn liturgies. Each member of the community... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris Publisher Comments A New York Times bestseller for 23 weeks A New York Times Notable Book of the Year "A strange and beautiful book...Part memoir, part meditation, it is a remarkable piece of writing." -The Boston Globe "The Cloister Walk is a new opportunity to discover a... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Living Faith Day By Day Rules of Monasti by Debra K Farrington Synopsis A contemporary approach to ancient monastic "rules of life" are presented by "a fresh voice in the field of spirituality" ("Divinitas").... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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St. Benedict and ST. Therese: the Little Rule and the Little Way (02 Edition) by Dwight Longenecker Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-221).... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Promise Renewed: Jesuit Higher Education for a New Millennium by Martin R Tripole Publisher Comments Speaking candidly, twenty-seven noteworthy Jesuits from major areas of Jesuit higher education have contributed essays that discuss how the recent 34th General Congregation has had an impact on their scholarship and role as teachers and administrators.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Another World: A Retreat in the Ozarks by William Claassen Publisher Comments Another World explores day to day life in a small Trappist monastery tucked away in the Ozark foothills. Interweaving memoir with conversations with the monks, observations of community life, and relationships with other visitors, Claassen provides a... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Man of Blessing: A Life of St. Benedict by Carmen Acev Butcher Publisher Comments This biography of St. Benedict reveals that his life charted a course far different from the violent struggles of his day. In a time of war and want, this monk and abbot aimed to establish and nurture community, cultivate the wilderness, and feed the... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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Rise Up With a Listening Heart by Monks Of New Skete Publisher Comments In Rise Up With a Listening Heart, the Orthodox monks of New Skete Monastery in upstate New York offer a beautifully crafted series of meditations on daily resurrections. How do we "rise up" from loneliness, self-doubt, and fear? How do we "rise up" with... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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Fallen Order: Intrigue, Heresy, and Scandal in the Rome of Galileo and Caravaggio by Karen Liebreich Publisher Comments The Piarist Order of priests has for hundreds of years been known for its history of important contributions to education, science, and culture. Yet in 1646, the Piarist order was abruptly abolished by Pope Innocent X. Fallen Order is the stunning story... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $5.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Cluny: In Search of God's Lost Empire by Edwin Mullins Publisher Comments One thousand years ago, the French abbey of Cluny was the hub of one of the most powerful empires of the Middle Ages and the spiritual heart of Europe. Cluny was a Benedictine monastery in Burgundy, its church a breathtaking structure of towers, roofs... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Wisdom from the Monastery: A Program of Spiritual Healing by Peter Seewald Publisher Comments For almost two millennia, Christian men and women have banded together to live in devotion to God and humanity. Recent studies have shown that, on average, men and women in Holy Orders are healthier and live longer than the rest of us. What timeless... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Beyond the Walls: Monastic Wisdom for Everyday Life by Paul Wilkes Publisher Comments With earnest resolve and the vague hope of a deeper spiritual life, Paul Wilkes began his monthly visits to a Trappist monastery. His plan was to spend time each month with the monks and take back into his hectic world of family and profession what he... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Father & the Son by Matthew Murray Publisher Comments In this powerful, moving, and sometimes painful work week -- part memoir, part reportage -- Wall Street Journal reporter Matt Murray explores the reasons his widowed father, a middle-class homeowner and government worker, abandoned his world and moved to... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Rule of Saint Benedict (Image Book Original) by Benedict Publisher Comments Since the 6th century, this has been one of the most influential documents of Western thought and civilization. Full of plain wisdom, the words of St. Benedict are a guide for work, prayer, study, and community life.... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market
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