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Lanzetta, Beverly

Summary: The Monk Within is written for the person seeking a deeper, contemplative orientation to daily life. Yearning for inner realization of divine wisdom, this "new monk" draws on four interlocking themes: embodied spirituality grounded in the sacred web of life; the mystical path of the feminine, inspired by women's monastic communities; the archetype of the monk that is the deep truth of every...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Sapphire Books 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 204 LAN

Cybulskie, Danièle

Summary: "A book on how medieval monastic practices can inspire us to live fuller lives"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abbeville Press Publishers 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.8 CYB

Chittister, Joan

Summary: Every century, every culture has sought the spiritual dimensions of life in particular ways, through teachings and lifestyles it could embrace. Across the ages, for some women and men the longing to unite with the Divine took the form of an existence in solitude and prayer. For others, it lay in communal life and worship. For many, it was an attempt to withdraw from the secular world in order...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: BlueBridge 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.4 CHI

Norris, Kathleen

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1996

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 255 NOR

Norris, Kathleen

Summary: Kathleen Norris's masterpiece: a personal and moving memoir that resurrects the ancient term acedia, or soul-weariness, and brilliantly explores its relevancy to the modern individual and culture.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2008

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.862 NOR

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Relation Norris

Sweeney, Jon M.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Brazos Press 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.482 SWE

Chittister, Joan

Summary: "The activist, nun, and esteemed spiritual voice who has twice appeared on Oprah's Super Soul Sunday sounds the call to create a monastery within ourselves--to cultivate wisdom and resilience so that we may join God in the work of renewal, restoration, and justice right where we are. "In every beating heart is a silent undercurrent that calls each of us to a place unknown, to the vision of a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Convergent 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.8 CHI

Norris, Kathleen

Summary: Poet Kathleen Norris' account of her two extended retreats at Benedictine monasteries and the resulting enrichment of her marriage, her daily life, and her poetry.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 1997

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 255 NOR

Tvedten, Benet.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 1999

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 255.1 TVE

D'Avila-Latourrette, Victor-Antoine.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Triumph Books 1997

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5636 DAV

Gonzalez-Balado, Jose Luis

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mowbray 1988

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 267.23 GON

Merton, Thomas

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 1996

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 271.125 MER

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