Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
A human search A human search Bede Griffiths xxviii, 163 p. : 23 cm OL11277578W
The Benedictine gift to music The Benedictine gift to music Katharine W Le Mée x, 230 pages : 21 cm OL12050094W
Seeking God Seeking God Esther De Waal For over fifteen hundred years St. Benedict's Rule has been a source of guidance, support, inspiration, challenge, comfort and discomfort for men and women. It has helped both those living under mona… OL13133W
The mermaid chair The mermaid chair Sue Monk Kidd Inside the abbey of a Benedictine monastery on tiny Egret Island, just off the coast of South Carolina, resides a beautiful and mysterious chair ornately carved with mermaids and dedicated to a saint… OL15398004W
The mermaid chair The mermaid chair Sue Monk Kidd It's about a woman named Jessie Sullivan who has to return to her former home Egret island to take care of her mother. Within a monastery resides a chair carved with mermaids that supposedly was ded… OL15798448W
The Benedict Option The Benedict Option Rod Dreher In a radical vision for the future of Christianity, New York Times bestselling author and American Conservative columnist Rod Dreher calls on American Christians to prepare for the coming Dark Age by… OL17633397W
Touched by God Touched by God Laurentia Johns Anyone whose imagination has been captured by monastic lifewill find this collection of personal stories by 10 men and women living underthe Rule of Benedict absorbing as well as enlightening...Each … OL17716308W
The cloister walk The cloister walk Kathleen Norris A New York Times bestseller for 23 weeksA 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"… OL1838569W
Benedict Benedict Norvene Vest,Pope Gregory I A biography of the medieval monk, St. Benedict, adapted from the writings of Pope Gregory. OL2637397W
Thirsting for God Thirsting for God Francis de Sales Wagner The monks of Saint Meinrad Archabbey, like other men and women who have followed the Rule of St. Benedict for centuries, dedicate their lives to prayer, work, and community life based on the Gospel. … OL27273929W
Blessed Columba Marmion Blessed Columba Marmion Mark Tierney "Columba Marmion (1858-1923) was one of the most influential spiritual writers of the early twentieth century. His trilogy, Christ The Life of the Soul, Christ in His Mysteries and Christ The Life of… OL3696198W
The Benedictine Order in the United States The Benedictine Order in the United States Joel Rippinger 299 pages : 23 cm OL4476214W
Searching for God Searching for God Basil Hume "Contemplation is not just looking at God; for most of us, now in via, it consists in looking for God, and if from time to time some 'sight' of him is accorded, this will only be a glimmer granted by… OL457270W
The Intimate Merton The Intimate Merton Thomas Merton In this diary-like memoir, composed of his most poignant and insightful journal entries, The Intimate Merton lays bare the steep ways of Thomas Merton's spiritual path. Culled from the seven volumes … OL461674W
Unconventional Sisterhood: Feminist Catholic Nuns in the Philippines (Southeast Asia: Politics, Mea… Unconventional Sisterhood: Feminist Catholic Nuns in the Philippines (Southeast Asia: Politics, Mea… Heather Lynn Claussen "Unconventional Sisterhood is an ethnographic exploration of the ways in which Filipina Missionary Benedictine Sisters are renegotiating traditional understandings of gender, religious responsibility… OL8246983W
Finding Sanctuary Finding Sanctuary Christopher Jamison "Father Christopher Jamison is the Abbot of Worth, a Benedictine monastery in Sussex. In this inspirational and practical book he offers ways in which the lessons of monastic living, and the teaching… OL8475654W