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Price: $8.95
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Sale: $3.33
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Manufacturer: Saint Bede's Publications
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: William A. Meninger
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Publisher: Saint Bede's Publications
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Dewey Decimal Number: 255
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Publication Date: 1989-09-01
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Reading Level: 120
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Description: 1012 Monastery Road is the street address of St. Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado. It is home to a group of Trappist monks, among whose number have been Thomas Keating, the late Theophane Boyd, and William Meninger. Meninger—who with Keating and Basil Pennington is one of the leading lights of the contemplative prayer movement—describes the foundation of the monastery in 1956 and its difficult and tenuous early days, as the monastery was being built high in the Rocky Mountains. Meninger explores the meaning of community as well as the challenges and gifts that arise from the contemplative life. It is a life dedicated to opening one’s heart and allowing Christ to enter that "inner room," the place where we are called upon to respond to God.
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Price: $34.00
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Sale: $39.99
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Manufacturer: HarperOne
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Richard P. Mcbrien
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Publisher: HarperOne
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Dewey Decimal Number: 270.0922
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Publication Date: 2001-07-01
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Reading Level: 672
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Description: Lives of the Saints is a go-get-it-now book, an I've-been-waiting-for-this book, a thank-God-it's-on-good-paper-cause-I'll-still-be-reading-this-10-years-from-now book. Believers are drawn to saints because their witness and their teachings are inseparable: saints are the ones who lived what they believed. And we hope that, by learning about saints and meditating upon them, our own beliefs and actions will become more integrated. Author Richard McBrien, a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame and author of the equally indispensable Lives of the Popes, is particularly interested in the relationship between the lives of individual saints and the life of the Church. In his preface to Lives of the Saints, and in its excellent essays about the history of sainthood, veneration, and the process of canonization, he repeatedly asks: "What do the saints tell us, individually and collectively, not only about the character of Christian discipleship, but about the meaning of human existence itself? And what does the action of the Church in proclaiming or canonizing various types of Christians as saints disclose about the fundamental religious values of the Church itself?" Lives of the Saints also includes biographical sketches organized by feast day (January 1 is Mary, Mother of God; December 31 is Pope Sylvester I). The book's clear structure and simple style ensure that it will serve many readers' needs: it may be used as a reference or as a devotional, or it may be read straight through. In any case, it will help Christians (or any interested reader) address what McBrien calls "the question of sanctity," a question that lies at the heart of all of our lives: "In what does a human life fully consist?" he asks. "What does it mean not only to be 'good,' but to be 'really good,' even outstandingly so?" --Michael Joseph Gross
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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $14.02
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Manufacturer: Cistercian Publications c/o Liturgical Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Besa
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Publisher: Cistercian Publications c/o Liturgical Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 270.20924
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Publication Date: 1983-01-01
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Reading Level: 144
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Description: Shenoute of Atripe, ranked second only to Pachomius for his contribution to the development of egyptian monasticism, is all but unknown outside the coptic tradition. This first english translation of his Life, by his disciple and successor, casts new light on the austere monasticism of the fifth century.
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Price: $30.00
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Sale: $13.00
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Manufacturer: Element Books Ltd
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Raghu Rai::Navin Chawla
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Publisher: Element Books Ltd
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Dewey Decimal Number: 271.97
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Publication Date: 1996-12
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Reading Level: 192
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Description: More than one hundred black-and-white photographs and an insightful text combine with personal letters, documents, and interviews to capture the remarkable life, work, and beliefs of this powerful woman. $25,000 ad/promo. Tour.
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Price: $24.95
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Sale: $19.80
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Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Ivan Illich
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 001
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Publication Date: 1993-11-15
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Reading Level: 162
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Description: In a work with profound implications for the electronic age, Ivan Illich explores how revolutions in technology affect the way we read and understand text.
Examining the Didascalicon of Hugh of St. Victor, Illich celebrates the culture of the book from the twelfth century to the present. Hugh's work, at once an encyclopedia and guide to the art of reading, reveals a twelfth-century revolution as sweeping as that brought about by the invention of the printing press and equal in magnitude only to the changes of the computer age—the transition from reading as a vocal activity done in the monastery to reading as a predominantly silent activity performed by and for individuals.
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Price: $18.95
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Sale: $3.92
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Manufacturer: University of New Mexico Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Sister Blandina Segale
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Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 271.9102
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Publication Date: 1999-09-01
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Reading Level: 395
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Description: Originally published in 1932 and long unavailable, this memoir by a strong-willed and resourceful nun is a valuable addition to the story of women in the West. Sister Blandina (1850-1941) served in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico from 1872 to 1894 as a member of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati. She possessed a singular determination to get things done, as in 1876 when she demolished a dilapidated building serving as a school. Having no funds to replace the structure, she declared, "Our assets are good-will and energy"--and her example inspired artisans to volunteer in building a new school. Sister Blandina dedicated herself to teaching Hispanic children, tending the sick, visiting prisoners, assisting orphans, and raising money to further missionary activities among Hispanics and Native Americans. She quickly recognized the essential injustice of the settling of the West and observed that the Native Americans' "right to the land we call America is unquestioned." The foreword by Marc Simmons includes a biographical sketch, and an afterword by Anne M. Butler addresses the historical contributions of nuns such as Sister Blandina. "A small classic in the category of eyewitness accounts."--Marc Simmons
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Price: $10.98
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Sale: $65.00
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Manufacturer: Courage Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Maria Innecentia Hummel
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Publisher: Courage Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 750
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Publication Date: 1998-09
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Reading Level: 144
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Price: $10.95
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Sale: $8.93
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Manufacturer: Loyola Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Anthony De Mello::Anthony De Mello
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Publisher: Loyola Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 269.6
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Publication Date: 1991-10
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Reading Level: 207
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Description: Anthony De Mello suggestions for how to get the most out of retreat experiences. As he explores the subject of prayer, penance, and the love of Christ, De Mello shares some of his personal encounters.
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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $17.95
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Manufacturer: Liturgical Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: Liturgical Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 271.90022
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Publication Date: 1996-03
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Reading Level: 284
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Description: This book sketches the lives of 17 Multi-talented medieval nuns and canonesses, primarily followers of th Rule of Benedict, who represent a span of 12 centuries. The focus is primarily on the Angelo-Saxon and Germanic monastic women.
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Price: $12.95
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Sale: $4.50
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Manufacturer: Paulist Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Demetrius Dumm
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Publisher: Paulist Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 255.106
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Publication Date: 1996-08
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Reading Level: 163
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Description: The Rule of Benedict, one of the most influential documents in Western civilization, has its roots planted deeply in the scriptures. As a result, the forms of monastic life and the spirituality it engendered among lay men and women grew out of a loving reading of the Bible. In this book Benedictine scholar Demetrius Dumm traces those roots and shows how the Judeo-Christian scriptures shine through the monastic way of life, its attitudes and forms of praying. He points out that the hospitality often associated with the Benedictines begins with the entertainment of God's presence by quiet, trusting prayer, and he shows that the practice of Christian discipline is intended more for exposing and eliminating illusions than imposing order. Readers of all backgrounds who honor the wealth of the Christian heritage will welcome this wise and stirring book.
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