Christian communities & monasticism books

Fr Ambrose looks at the human landscape and from a scriptural perspective discovers how all life converges on one...  Read More >>

Catherine McAuley (1778-1841) founded the Sisters of Mercy in Dublin in 1831. Her letters are essential primary...  Read More >>

Commentary and devotional meditations on The Rule of St. Benedict.  Read More >>

The Macarian writings are one of the principal fountainheads of the Christian ascetic and mystical tradition. This...  Read More >>

This book examines the uniqueness of Lacordaire and his approach to founding or refounding a religious congregation...  Read More >>

A concordance of the two text witnesses to the Old Syriac Gospel of the Distinct Evangelists (Evangelion da-Mepharreshe),...  Read More >>

A concordance of the two text witnesses to the Old Syriac Gospel of the Distinct Evangelists (Evangelion da-Mepharreshe),...  Read More >>

A concordance of the two text witnesses to the Old Syriac Gospel of the Distinct Evangelists (Evangelion da-Mepharreshe),...  Read More >>

This study is about the experiences of the people who served the American Catholic Church in religious orders and...  Read More >>

For many years, congregations have been inspired, challenged and charmed by the homilies given by the monks who...  Read More >>

A history of the 140 or so daughter houses of English monasteries, considering the reasons for their foundation...  Read More >>

Mount Athos, a spectacularly beautiful rocky peninsula jutting out from the coast of northeastern Greece, has been...  Read More >>

This is the first English translation of Dom Jean Mabillon's treatise that defends the propriety of study and research...  Read More >>

Mountain Sisters is a prophetic first-person account of the history of American Catholicism, the war on poverty,...  Read More >>

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This work presents a concise history of the trials and evolution of Russian Orthodox monasteries and convents and...  Read More >>

Representations of convents and nuns assumed power and urgency within the volatile political culture of eighteenth-century...  Read More >>

Comprising the papers from a conference held in Dalgan Park, Ireland in August 2002, these papers give insights...  Read More >>

The story of how Brother Roger founded a non-denominational Christian community at Taize, a place of peace and retreat...  Read More >>

Traces the development of Ireland's Magdalen Asylums - homes that were founded in the mid-nineteenth century for...  Read More >>

In a world that keeps asking us to go higher and faster, how do we begin to go deeper, into the place where God...  Read More >>

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The definitive story of the recent discovery of the first-century ossuary (limestone bone box) with the legend 'James,...  Read More >>

A wonderful insight into the calm and contemplative world of the monastery from a premier travel writer.  Read More >>