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Winner of a third-place award for best new religious book from the Catholic Media Association. Whether you are just beginning to develop a consistent prayer practice or are looking for a new approach to spiritual growth, Ten Ways to Pray will explore a variety of traditional forms of Catholic prayer that enable you to draw closer to God and the communion of saints. This practical introduction to ten traditional forms of prayer from the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame will help you develop a richer spiritual life that draws you closer to the triune God and the communion of saints. Carolyn Pirtle provides intriguing bits of history, engaging spiritual and theological commentary, and step-by-step guidance for trying ten distinct ways of praying that Catholics have utilized across the centuries and around the world in order to develop your own prayer practice. These include praying with scripture; to consecrate time through the Liturgy of the Hours and the Angelus; through experience in the Examen; through action in the Works of Mercy; through the beauty of nature, art, and music; and through silence.

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Carolyn Pirtle is program director at the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy in the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame, where she also is the managing editor of and a frequent contributor to the McGrath Institute Blog. She lives in South Bend, Indiana. The McGrath Institute for Church Life was founded as the Center for Pastoral and Social Ministry by the late Notre Dame President Fr. Theodore Hesburgh, CSC, in 1976. The McGrath Institute partners with Catholic dioceses, parishes, and schools to provide theological education and formation to address pressing pastoral problems. The Institute connects the Catholic intellectual life to the life of the Church to form faithful Catholic leaders for service to the Church and the world. The McGrath Institute strives to be the preeminent source of creative Catholic content and programming for the new evangelization. Nikki Zakocs lives in sunny Arizona, where she records in her professional home studio. A love of learning, reading, and the arts has created her passion for narrating books. With a master's degree in education and literacy, she spent many years reading to her students, many of whom were English language learners. Nikki is passionate about education, child advocacy, and a true animal lover with a home full of pets. When she is not a party of one in a small padded room, she enjoys travel, photography, and a good cup of coffee with a piece of cake. John C. Cavadini is the McGrath-Cavadini Director of the Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame.

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