Religious Life

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Author

Spiritual Instruction for Religious

1914

Coppens, Charles

The Joy of Fidelity: Messages on Consecrated Life

1920

John Paul II

Abstract 1 Peter, 1, 15-15: "According to Him that hath called you, who is holy, be you also in all manner of conversation holy; because it is written: you shall be holy, for I am holy". These words apply especially to religious for they make open profession of aiming at the perfection of a Christian life.

In this volume, John Paul II speaks words of affirmation and encouragement to priests and religious throughout the world.

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SSJ St Joseph Convent St Augustine Fl

BX2182.C6

Unknown

1921

The reverend Jean Pierre de Caussade was one of the most remarkable spiritual writers of the Society of Jesus in France in the 18th century. This work is divided into two parts; the first devoted to total abandonment to Divine Providence; the first aspect being one Sr Mary Christine de Caussade, J. P. Zimorski as virtue, common and necessary to all Christians, the other as a state, proper to souls who have a special practice of seeking the holy will of God. The second part contains letters of direction for persons leading a spiritual life.

BV5082.3 C3813

The True Spouse of Jesus Christ

1929

St Alphonsus tells us that the book is suitable not only for nuns, but also to all members of the religious state, in which he refers to the observance of vows, regular discipline, and the perfection of their St Alphonsus De state. It should have two-fold interest to Superiors: it will inspire Liguori them with zeal and with vigilance, on which depend the maintenance of regular observances, and consequently the salvation of the community and their own salvation.

BX890.L5

Catechism of the Religious Profession

1943

Brothers of the Sacred Heart

Contents include preliminaries related to vows; Tending to Perfection; Rules and Constitutions; and Perseverance in the Institute to name a few.

Religious of the Precious Blood, Canada

Established the Order of the Sisters of the Precious Blood and was venerated in 1916. At the time of this writing (1945), there had been no Canadians declared as Saints by the Church. From her childhood she was SSJ Archives St. gifted with beautiful gifts of grace eventually dedicating her life to the Augustine glory of the Redemptive Blood, which she had the mission to make known, loved, and glorified on earth. This is her biography intended to support her canonization.

Abandonment to Divine Providence

With Dyed Garments: Mother Catherine Aurelie of the Precious Blood

1945

Unknown

Sr Mary Agatha 1951

BX4705.C345

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Author

Abstract

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Sr. Mary Katherine Zimorski, SSJ Novitiate

AZ101. S412

The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods

1946

A.D. Sertillanges

"Father Sertillanges' book provides a stirring yet discriminating account of the nature and dignity of the vocation to the intellectual life. It is above a practical book. It discusses with a wealth of illustration and insight such subjects as the organization of the intellectual worker's time, materials, and his life; the integration of knowledge and the relation of one's specialty to general knowledge; the choice and use of reading; the discipline of memory; the taking of notes, their classification and use; and the preparation and organization of the final production." -The Sign

The Choice is Always Ours: An Anthology on the Religious Way

1948

Phillips, Dorothy Berkley

A tested guide to spiritual development

Unknown

BL70.P48

The Way of Divine Love or The Message of the Sacred Heart to the World (2)

1948

Menendez, Josefa

Contains a short biography of Sr Josefa Menendez of the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Unknown

BX4705.M4875 A3413

1951

Mannix, Mary Dolorosa

Chosen by God to bring together the Sisters of St Joseph dispersed by the French Revolution, and to reorganize the congregation, Fontbonne has been given the title of its foundress.

SSJ Novitiate

BX4705.C3 F6 M2

1953

By bringing to light the divinity of baptismal grace, the author opens the paths of contemplation and holiness to all, in the midst of ordinary life. He Marie-Eugene, P points out the way of love, the fullness of Christian life: such is the call addressed by the Second Vatican Council to all Christians.

Unknown

BX2350.M2613

1955

Marie-Eugene, P

A companion work to, "I Want to See God", illustrates the untiring search for God through time and the need for reliable Masters.

Unknown

BX2350.M2613

The Living Fountain: The Story of Mother St John Fontbonne A Practical Synthesis of Carmelite Spirituality Volume I: I Want to See God A Practical Synthesis of Carmelite Spirituality Volume II: I Am a Daughter of the Church

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Issue Date

Author

A Less Traveled Road: A Memoir of Dom Mary Frederic Dunne, First American Trappist Abbot

1953

Dunne, Mary Frederic

Dear Sister‌

1953

de Hueck, Catherine

Religious Life II: Vocation

1953

Mitchell, Walter

Some Schools of Catholic Spirituality

1953

Gautier, Jean

Poverty

1954

Sheppard, Lancelot C.

Mother Catherine McAuley: A Great Social Worker

1954

Catechism of the Religious Profession

1954

An Hour With Jesus: Meditations for Religious

1955

compiled by Sr. Mary Isidore Lennon, RSM Brothers of the Sacred Heart Courtois, Gaston

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At the time of this writing the author was amazed by the number of Americans entering the cloistered life. For almost a century the Trappist way of life, that of the cloistered contemplative, attracted no native-born Americas. A handful of men at Gethsemani, Kentucky, a few Irishmen in Peosta, Iowa, and a group of French Canadians at Valley Falls, Rhode Island. Extinction was staved off by securing replacements from Europe SSJ St Mary's BX4705.D88 R3 and other foreign lands. But in the early 50s something marvelous Convent Miami Fl happened. The three monasteries were overwhelmed with new recruits.

Some pointed to the bombing at Hiroshima, and to the iron curtain spreading over Europe, and other factors. He goes on to discuss what was drawing Americans to the cloistered life. Perhaps we can apply this to today to reinvigorate our American cloistered communities.

Personal account of a nun's experiences in the cloistered life.

SSJ St Mary's Convent Miami Fl

BX4210.D4

Applies to both men and women in religious life. Reviews the early Church's attitude toward the call to perfection; follows a treatise, as SSJ Mercy NA realistic as it is deeply theological, on the obligation to follow one's calling Hospital Miami Fl and in the way in which a true vocation can be discerned.

Summaries of the orders: Benedictine, Carmelite, Dominican, Franciscan, SSJ Novitiate BX2350.2 G353 Jesuit, Oratorian, and Salesian.

Jensen Beach Fl Comprised of papers read at the annual Paris conference to consider the needs of modern French nuns. Poverty must be accommodated to a SSJ Novitiate BX2435.P313 minimal of material possessions; its function to gauge their use according Jensen Beach Fl to country, period, and economic and financial custom.

Our Lady of Gives a brief summary of the various works of charity and activism Lourdes Convent N/A accomplished or started by Mother Catherine McAuley.

Greenville MS Focuses on the vows of poverty, chastity, obedience, and their virtues.

Sr Rose Margaret

Principles of spirituality as they apply in the particular circumstances of the SSJ Novitiate apostolate of the teaching religious.

Jensen Beach Fl

BX2437.B75 BX4214.C67

Title

They Speak By Silences

Conquest of the Kingdom of God

Issue Date

1955

1957

Christ in His Consecrated Virgins: The Marriage of the Lamb

1957

The Cross of Jesus, Volume One

1957

An ABC of the Spiritual Life

1958

The Religious Life and the Vows

1958

Lamps of Love: A Recall to the Principal Sources of Love

1959

Life in the City of God: An Introduction to the Religious Life

1959

Author

Abstract

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A Carthusian

The thoughts and meditations in this book were born in the silence and solitude of a Charterhouse, and their very anonymity is part of that silence.

The author, who died in 1945, for many years held various positions of authority in the Carthusian Order, involving the direction of souls. He was a man learned and widely read, yet in the end it was from the experience of his own hidden life as a Carthusian that he learnt the secrets of wisdom that his writings reveal. This wisdom was very simple, yet very profound.

Even more, it was no mere book-learning, but deeply concerned with real life, whether in the cloister or in the world.

Unknown

A series of dialogues between a Franciscan religious and his spiritual director on various questions concerning the spiritual life. The soul that John of the Angels seeks perfection must rid itself of all attachment to all created things and empty itself of self so that God may dwell in the soul as in His temple.

SSJ Novitiate Jensen Beach Fl

Intended to serve two groups: religious who are preparing for consecration and those already consecrated as a source of devotion and inspiration. This Munster, Ludwig SSJ Novitiate sacramental belongs to the highest degrees of the mystical life; its place in the economy of salvation is made very clear.

A masterpiece of spiritual writing from the seventeenth century. Father Chardon uses as his theme the cross of Jesus and the cross of the Christian.

Chardon, Louis OP SSJ Novitiate In other words, he explains the imitation of Christ, the transformation of Christ by suffering and the cross.

Gives the reader an individual and beautiful interpretation of the Our St Joseph Junior Sprigler, A. J. Father, a compelling exposition of the virtues of humility and charity, and a College Jensen hard-hitting explanation of both mortal and venial sin.

Beach Fl First published in 1942. A partial translation of Gay's "The Christian Life SSJ Mercy Gay, Charles and Virtues" Insists on the positive aspects of the religious life and the Hospital Miami Fl enriching value of the vows.

Colin, Louis

The purpose of the book is to "Recall to ignorant or forgetful souls the principal sources of love, and to teach all to utilize them to the utmost."

Written for those living the religious life in convents and monasteries, and for those studying theology and the ways of perfection. Particularly Carpentier, Rene valuable for those responsible for training of novices in the spiritual and religious life.

Library of Congress

BV5080.J63

BX4211.M85

BV5030 C48

BX2350.S6

BX2385.G33

SSJ Mercy Hospital Miami Fl

BX2350.2 C62

SSJ Novitiate Jensen Beach Fl

BX2437.C283

Title

Issue Date

Mary Was Her Life: The Story of a Nun, Sister Maria Teresa Quevedo, 1930-1950

1960

A Trappist Writes Home: Letters of Abbot Gerard McGinley to His Family

1960

The Love of Learning and the Desire for God

1961

With Anxious Care

1961

To Live is Christ: Nature and Grace in the Religious Life

1961

Sponsa Christi: Meditations for Religious

1961

The Interior Life

1961

Author

Abstract

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The life of Teresita in this world was very brief; at the age of 20 she closed her eyes in death to behold then the loving gaze of Our Lady, who lived so SSJ Novitiate Pierre, Marie vividly in her life. From an early age she was enlightened with a deep Jensen Beach Fl knowledge of Mary and inflamed her will to conform with that of the Blessed Mother.

A series of letters, never written for publication, serve as a revelation not High School only of the secret of his life, but the secret of right living. That is a secret Library St Joseph McGinley, Gerard Trappist silence keeps reminding the world of: that the most realistic Academy at definition ever given of man is one who is capax Dei, "capable of being Augustine Fl filled with God." He lived that definition to the letter.

A study of monastic culture from one of the most eminent medievalists of his generation. Produces a picture of the mind, heart, and soul of the Leclercq, Jean medieval monk, striving in his sylvan solitude for the union of his soul with FIT Somet Library God, while at the same time, devoting himself to the study and advancement of learning and spirituality Concerned with religious authority and obedience in America today as they are influenced by the moods of modern life. In 1961 religious communities were confronted with the marvelous increase of religious Duffey, Felix D. SSJ Novitiate communities in every state of the Union, "serious minded religious of every prospering order, congregation, and religious society initiated a program of self criticism."

Lays particular stress upon the doctrines of the Incarnation and the Mystical Body as the matrix of religious life, which is less the pursuit of Gleason, R. W. SSJ Novitiate perfection than it is the effort to realize more fully the authentic dimensions of a life given in love to the Incarnate God.

Library of Congress BX4668.Q8 P5

BX4705.M23

BX2470.L413

BX2385.D8

BX2385.G58

Mother St Paul: "Send a woman to a woman, they understand one another better than we SSJ Mercy House of Retreats can", was the saying of an experienced Jesuit. This a book written by a nun Hospital Miami Fl Birmingham for nuns.

BX4210.S23

"In our quest for union with God Renunciation treats of what must be pruned away and the Interior Life of what must be cultivated.

Renunciation, interior life and virtues, taken in conjunction, cover practically the whole field of morality.

BX2350.5 L47

Leclercq, Canon Jacques

SSJ Novitiate Jensen Beach Fl

Title

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Author

Abstract Volume I. Adaptation of the Religious Life to Modern Conditions Volume II. The Novitiate Volume III. The Vows and Perfection Volume 4. Prayer and Sacrifice

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SSJ Novitiate Jensen Beach Fl

BX4213.T45

Religious Life in the Modern World: Selections from the Notre Dame Institutes of Spirituality

1961

Multiple Authors

My Life with Christ

1962

Paone, Anthony J.

Presents practical, psychological analysis into appropriate meditations on the life of Christ

SSJ Novitiate Jensen Beach Fl

BT306.4 P3

Don't Fall Out the Window

1962

"Application of some basic principles of spirituality to religious life in the modern nuclear age." The reader is encouraged to see himself as others Blocker, Hyacinth see him and to evaluate the spiritual life not in the fog of theoretical abstractions but in the revealing sunlight of flesh-and-blood conditions as they actually are.

St Boniface School Louisville KY

B2350.2 B55

A Synthesis of the Spiritual Life

1962

SSJ St Catherine We are sons of the Father united in the Son by the Holy Spirit for glory. The Convent, Miami Trinitarian exigence is the keynote and theme of this book.

Fl

BX2350.M60

The Nun in the World

1962

Before His Face: Meditations for Priests and Religious Volumes I, II, III

1962

Personality Development in the Religious Life

1963

Spiritual Letters to Clergy and Religious Volumes I and III

1963

Mork, Wulstan

Examines the place and mission of non-contemplative nun s in the world.

Because the nun's marriage to Christ is a marriage to the Church, she should say "The world is my convent."

A wealth of reflections, all directed to the priest, his needs his aspirations, his ideal of service to Christ and the Church. God is the friend of silence. In Courtois, Gaston silence he speaks eternally the life-giving Word which is His Word. Vol II starts with the priest and catholic action and Vol III starts with "He who abides in me".

Based on a series of lectures given to sisters by two priests. Shows the Envoy, John J., and influence of parent-child relationship to adult life, and in particular the life Christoph, Van F. of nuns.

Written over a period of 17 years (1834-1851) are spiritual advice given by Liebermann, Francis Liebermann to seminarians, priests, bishops, and religious. Reveal Francis his deep understanding of souls and his ability to adapt his language to improve the understanding of a wide variance in audiences.

Suenens, Leon Joseph

The Christ Child Center Tampa Fl

BX4205.S813

SSJ Novitiate Jensen Beach Fl

BX1912.5 C614

SSJ St Catherine Convent, Miami Fl

BX2385.E762

SSJ Novitiate

BV5053.L53 and BV5053.L55

Title

Issue Date

Author

Abstract

Lineage

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Unknown

BX4230.B713

SSJ Novitiate Jensen Beach Fl

BX4214.M3

Contemplative Nuns Speak

1963

Bro, Bernard

Benedictine, Carmelite, Poor Clare, Dominican, Trappistine, and Visitation Nuns reply to a questionnaire. The contemplative life is an organic part of the life of the whole Church, yet it is regarded as slightly mysterious by other Catholics. Many stories about women meeting God and deciding to follow Him. A fruitful contemplative life is characterized by a knowledge of theology and her knowledge of scripture if she is to meet that demands that this chosen way of life presents.

Teach Us to Love: Sisters' Conference Needs

1963

Madden, Dalmatius

An aid to ensure efficient and productive retreats.

Seeds of the Desert: Like Jesus of Nazareth

1964

Voillaume, Rene

The Mysticism of Obedience

1964

Leeming, Bernard

Retreat Conferences for Religious

1964

Edwin, Brother B.

Charity

1965

Desbuquois, G.

Mental Health and Religious

1965

Haley, Joseph E.

Maturity in the Religious Life

1965

Taken from the book "Seeds of the Desert: The Legacy of Charles de Foucauld." Father de Foucauld wished to be known as "Brother Charles of Jesus" and this book summarizes tenets of his Order "The Little Brothers of St Joseph Junior Jesus.' This new form of religious life established around 1900 advocates College Jensen they be contemplatives thrust straight into the world and the world's Beach Fl misery." They are encourages to mimic Jesus' life and work on earth in prayer, their work, and their behavior.

An effort to give some of the theological principles on which obedience is St Cloud Hospital justified.

Subjects discussed are: the blessings and purpose of the retreat; the problem of life; the religious vocation as a call to sanctity; the role of SSJ Novitiate temptations in life; chastity; St Paul as a model for the modern apostolate and the spirit of realism and optimism.

The first chapter "At Sources of Charity" begins with supportive Scripture verses: 'As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you' I Epist Jn IV, 9; St Joseph Junior ‌not that we have loved God, but that he has first loved us. I Epist Jn IV, College Jensen 10; 'Greater love than this no one has, that one lay down his life for his Beach Fl friends' John XV, 13.

Lectures from the Sisters' Conference on Spirituality. A significant contribution on the psychology of adaptation of Sisterhoods to new SSJ Novitiate demands of the contemporary Church and the world.

These fathers played a monumental role in bringing to America's religious Envoy, John J., and women an understanding of how a valid "psychology of personality" can Christoph, Van F. enrich and deepen their lives.

SSJ Novitiate Jensen Beach Fl

BX3775.V623

BV5082.2 L3

BX2385.E3

BV4639.D42

BX4214.M45

BX2385.E762

Title

A Heart to Know Thee: A Practical Summa of the Spiritual Life

Issue Date

1965

Author

Abstract

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Cuskelly, E. J.

Written for dissatisfied religious and laity who live in Christ and dream often of doing more for God and of closer union with Him. Ascetical theology and spiritual writings belong to the practical order: they must show how the truths of faith can become part of conscious living.

SSJ Novitiate

BX2350.5 C8

A remarkable woman: Russian aristocrat, Socialist leader, Plotter against Trotsky, Divorcee, Nun, and concentration camp martyr. Mother Maria SSJ Novitiate Smith T. Stratton BX597.M3 S6 was a martyr who suffered voluntarily. In her were resurrected the martyrs Jensen beach Fl of early Christianity.

Provides a reliable guide to the acquisition of an authentic, mature spirituality. Working with a profound knowledge of the theology of grace Liege, PierreSSJ Novitiate as well as a great insight into human psychology, Pere Liege analyzes the BX2350.2 .L4613 Andre, OP Jensen Beach FL stages through which a human being must pass if he is to become a responsible Christian adult.

Religious Life is viewed as the central mode of the Church's existence.

SSJ Novitiate Hinnebusch, Paul Shows the religious life can only be appreciated through a deep BX2435.H5 Jensen Beach Fl understanding of Church Liturgy.

SSJ Mercy Schlitzer, Albert L. 7][''[] Medical Center, BX4200.T5H Orlando, Fl A richly balanced, profoundly original explanation of the meaning and fundamental structure of the active religious life. "My search for the true Sr Mary Christine Van Kaam, Adrian BX2385.V3 meaning of religious life in a positive enriching way must be approached Zimorski with a sense of mystery."

The Rebel Nun: The Moving Story of Mother Maria of Paris

1965

Consider Christian Maturity

1965

Religious Life: A Living Liturgy

1965

Proceedings of the Institute for Local Superiors, 1965

1966

Personality Fulfillment in the Religious Life

1967

Salvation History and the Religious Life

1966

Hinnebusch, Paul

1967

At the time of the book's writing, religious life was receiving more theological attention that anytime since the 13th century. Medical SSJ Novitiate Leclercq, Jacques proficiency alone is not a justification for the nursing sister's way of life. It Jensen Beach Fl must rest on love, the love of Christ, whom she sees in the face of suffering humanity.

The Apostolic Spirituality of the Nursing Sister

Shows how the religious life can best be understood in terms of salvation history. The author shows that history includes everything God has said and done and it is as pertinent today as when it was first spoken by Jesus

St Joseph Junior College Jensen Beach Fl

BX2350.2 H52

BX4240.L4

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LRR

BX2179.L8 S7

Issue Date

A Modern Scriptural Approach to the Spiritual Exercises

1967

The 1986 printing of a classic. Was conceived as a concrete example of one Stanley, David M. way the 20th century achievements of biblical scholarship could be used in conducting or making the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius of Loyola

The Signs of the Times and the Religious Life

1967

Hinnebusch, Paul

Religious Life in the Light of Vatican II

1967

Daughters of St Paul

Living Community

1967

Beha, Helen Marie

The meaning of community amongst religious is the subject of this book.

Keenly sensitive of the implications of Vatican II it examines the means toward achieving community and for fulfilling the human person.

Unknown

BX2435.B4

1967

Yuhaus, Cassian J.

Seeks the meaning and mission of the preaching order in the Church. Can a religious order stay true to the spirit and ideals of its founder in a pluralistic modern society?

SSJ Novitiate

BX3880.Y8

1967

Magee, Raymond Helps the reader understand what a retreat is and can be. Authored by an J., editor all-star cast of religious with experience in retreats.

St Joseph Junior College Jensen Beach Fl

BX2375.A3 M2

Compelled to Speak: The Passionists in America Origin and Apostolate Call to Adventure: the retreat as a religious experience The Real Woman in the Religious Life

1967

Life in the Spirit

1967

The Nun: Sacrament of God's Saving Presence

1967

Open to the Spirit: Religious Life After Vatican II

1968

Author

Abstract

Title

Spells out the insights and directives of Vatican II in terms of the daily lives SSJ Novitiate of religious.

Jensen Beach Fl Every point on the Decree on the Adaptation and Renewal of Religious Life, SSJ Novitiate and the Norms for implementing it are discussed in depth and with Jensen Beach Fl practicality.

The American nun is recognized for her real qualities, those of a mature Christian woman who has chosen life: "and that more abundantly." their Envoy, John J., and SSJ Novitiate progression to their proper place in the Church was not automatic and in Christoph, Van F. Jensen Beach Fl most cases now assert their right to full participation and recognition in the mission of the Church.

Traces some of the dimensions of the spirituality demanded of the Kung, Hans SSJ Winter Haven Christian in current times.

The book was written to help nuns renew their appreciation of their SSJ Novitiate Garrone, Gabriel vocation and purpose.

Jensen Beach Fl Orsy, Ladislas M.

Explores the theological implications and the practical applications of the three vows, of the role of proper government, of both the contemplative FIT Somet Library and apostolic aspects of religious life.

BX2435.H52 BX2385.D3

BX2385.E8

BX830.K8 BX4214.G313 BX2435.O35

Title

Issue Date

The Story of a Nun: Jeanie Gordon Brown

1968

The Jesuits: A History

1968

The Religious Life of Man: Understanding the Religious Man

1969

Ecclesial Women: Towards a Theology of the Religious State

1970

Discerning the Spirit: Foundations and Futures of Religious Life

1970

The Brother and I

1971

Faith and Religious Life: A New Testament Perspective

1971

Author

Abstract

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The saga of Jeanie, a lass from Scotland, who came to Florida with her father John Brown. He disinherited he when she became a Roman Catholic and at the age of 21 she joined the SSJ. Here the reader will find the story Signed by Jane Quinn, Jane BX4705.B75 Q8 of hurricanes, of arrest of Sisters for teaching black children, and of the Quinn to SSJ 1979 nursing of yellow fever victims. The valor of the SSJ from 1866 to 1968 is told also.

The turbulent story of the Society of Jesus from its foundation in 1539 to the present day. Founded by the Spanish soldier-saint Ignatius of Loyola, this is a concise history of one of the greatest forces within the Catholic Church. The Order abides by Ignatius' Spiritual Exercises. The Order came to possess an immense influence throughout the Christian world, however they were nearly brought to extinction after being banned and censored in Hollis, Christopher the 18th century. Identified with the counter -Reformation, they became Eric R George BX3706.2 H64 involved in controversy. The society was restored in 1814, and in the succeeding century gained distinction above all Catholic Orders for dedication to education, science, learning, and particularly during Vatican II, ecclesiastical reform. Noted Jesuits include St Peter Canisius, St Peter Claver, St Francis Xavier, St Robert Bellarmine, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Teilhard de Chardin.

Concerned with both the variety and similarity of religious expressions Streng, Frederick Sr Mary Christine found in different traditions. "Religious life" cannot be defined, only BL48.S77 J. Zimorski explored.

Dubay, Thomas

Written at a time when thousands of sisters were leaving their orders.

While their personal motivations vary, most felt that the current religious SSJ Novitiate life had become anachronistic. This book is addressed specifically to Jensen Beach Fl religious women and emphasizes the need to elucidate a clear vision of the unique role of the nun.

At the time of this writing religious were leaving the Church in great numbers. Their loss of identity can be traced to the fact they were never SSJ Novitiate Gelpi, Donald L. shown in their formation the deep historical and theological roots of the Jensen Beach Fl religious life.

John Haffert, a Carmelite Brother made known to the world the vision that Haffert, John M. Unknown led to over 20 million members around the world.

Stanley, David M.

"It is imperative that a successful renewal adopt, as its point of departure, a truly Christian and integral vision of the world."

SSJ Novitiate

BX4210.D8

BX2435.G4

N/A BX2385.S7

Title

Issue Date

Author

Abstract

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SSJ Novitiate

BV5091.C7 C28

Contemplation

1972

Carroll, James

Written at the height of atrocities and murders happening to both Catholic priests and Protestants in Northern Ireland. Also when the Vietnam War was in full force and finally by the author's experience of an arsonist burning down his chapel at Boston University. He turns to contemplation and an individual's relationship with God even as the author has lost faith in the Church.

Religious Life: A Risk of Love

1972

van der Poel, Cornelius J.

A Search for meaning in contemporary religious life.

Sr Lorraine

NA

They Way Supplement no.

15: Maturity and Vocation

1972

Walsh, James S.J.

A collection of essays dealing with the education and psychology of novitiates.

Unknown

N/A

Unknown

Published by the Sisters of Christian Charity

Unknown

BX4705 .W32 H42

SSJ Novitiate

BX4705.G38

SSJ Novitiate

BV5031.2 D45

Pauline von Mallinckrodt Tells Her Story

1973

Frances Warde: American Founder of the Sisters of Mercy

1973

Eyes to Behold Him (2)

1973

Cleansing of the Heart

1973

A brief biological sketch of the beloved reverend mother and foundress of the Sisters of Christian Charity. "To accede to the wish of some Sisters, who desired to know what circumstances had occasioned the founding of von Mallinckrodt, the Congregation and how their first Mother had formerly lived, I have Pauline briefly recorded both. I Pauline ...was born June 3, 1817, at Minden in Westphalia, a Catholic and, by virtue of Catholic baptism, am a member of Holy Church." She then talks of having great parents and outstanding education in Catholic schools, etc.

Destined in her zeal for Christ to travel more miles than St. Paul of Tarsus and to found more convents than St. Teresa of Avila, Frances Warde is one of the greatest women in the history of the Church in the United States.

The American founder of the Sisters of Mercy, the largest English-speaking Healy, Kathleen congregation of women religious in the world, she initiated the phenomenal congregation which saw their numbers grow to 15,000 members in some 1070 convents in America within 100 years. The saga of her life and ministry, told in its entirety for the first time in this volume, makes inspiring and informative reading.

The autobiography of Fr Gaydos. Along his journey he discovered how God's Spirit can bring both spiritual and physical sight. After leaving his Gaydos, Michael spectacles in church one night after prayer he finds himself in new world of healed vision and insight. He proceeds to heal the vision impairment of hundreds of believers.

A study of Carmelite spirituality with special emphasis on our relationship Dent, Barbara to others.

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Attaining Spiritual Maturity for Contemplation: According to St John of the Cross

1973

Poslusney, Venard

For those who are discovering the abundant life of the Christian through the charismatic renewal and are hungry for more.

Unknown

NA

Documents on Renewal for Religious

1974

Daughters of St Paul

SSJ Novitiate

BX830.D3

The Sexual Celibate

1974

Goergen, Donald

SSJ Novitiate

BV4390. G59

The Scale of Perfection (2)

1975

Hilton, Walter

SSJ Novitiate

BV5080.G7 H5

Message of Merciful Love to Little Souls

1975

Peace Pays a Price: A Study of the Nun of Kenmare

1975

Destined for the Throne

1975

Spirituality for Religious Life (3)

1976

The Gospel Without Compromise

1976

Complete texts of all the conciliar and post-conciliar documents on renewal of religious life plus tasks given to religious by Pope John XXIII. A series of contemporary crises in culture, religion, and sexuality are affecting profoundly the traditional celibate and conjugal lifestyles. These crises pose a special challenge and task for today's theologian: a rethinking of the relation between religion and culture and a re-thinking of the Christian understanding of sexuality. From both a theoretical and a very practical viewpoint, the author enters into the world of both the sexual and the spiritual life of the celibate.

Mystical writing from 14th century England. Scale of perfection is a spiritual classic and a trustworthy guide to spiritual life.

The diary of Marguerite, recording her discussions with Jesus Christ.

Unknown Includes a biography of Marguerite's life.

A study of Margaret Anna Cusack, The Nun of Kenmare: Foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of Peace. "The cost of peace is suffering, and each Vidulich, Dorothy degree of suffering pays its own price tag. Peace has been sought through SSJ Novitiate kindness to the poor: the price is bureaucratic indulgence, often governmental corruption, the rise of revolutionaries."

Insights into God's purposes in the creation of the universe and the human race. Illustrates the truth that through the ages, one eternal purpose runs. SSJ Novitiate, Billheimer, Paul E. Those destined for the throne are learning how to overcome Satan and his Jensen Beach Fl hierarchy.

An attempt to explain in words the meaning of religious life. Explores in 8 brief chapters the meaning of some central concerns of religious life. He SSJ Novitiate, Faricy, Robert discusses prayer, obedience, faith, love, sexuality, involvement in the Jensen Beach Fl world, and change.

Doherty was Director General of Madonna House Apostolate, was born in Doherty, Russia in 1900. In 1920 she and her family arrived in Canada as refugees.

Catherine de She was successful as an executive in the lecture bureau and after the SSJ Novitiate Hueck death of her husband in 1931 she sold all her possessions and went to live with the poor in the slums of Toronto.

Marguerite

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Coping: Issues of Emotional Living in an Age of Stress for Clergy and Religious Documents of the 31st and 32nd General Congregations of the Society of Jesus Christ in My Life: Practical Meditations Followers of Christ: The Religious Life and the Church

The Pilgrim Contemplative: Book One Early Years, Book Two Mature Years

Catherine McAuley in her Own Words

The Story of a Nun: Jeanie Gordon Brown

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To fall in love with God, to seek Him, to find Him, is indeed, a lifetime Bush, Bernard J. quest. We do not cope with the challenges of life in a vacuum, our lives are made up of interpersonal relationships.

Unknown

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1977

Institute of Jesuit Resources

Documents recording the meetings of the Society of Jesus, dealing with the structure of the Order and the challenges of modern life.

Unknown

1977

de Burgh, David J.

A book of Gospel meditations to help religious know, love and imitate their Divine teacher. Transforms Gospel reading into Gospel living.

SSJ Novitiate

1977

An approach to the question of the Church and being Christian, focused on the problem of religious orders. Not just a piece of theological research but Kings College Metz, Johannes B. an answer to the question of how Christianity is to be identified in practice Library London BX2435.M42 Z4e and to the question who can be described as and who can be called Canada followers of Christ is more essential than ever for the cause of theology.

1977

Discusses contemplation in action as existential and intuitional in nature, while the writings tend to be theoretical. Contemplation in action is a Smith, Herbert F. growth process, and must be treated as one, then we are on our way to an enlightened path. We must recognize it as a life process.

1978

"May the Sisters of Mercy throughout the world reflect on these words of Our Lady of their Foundress. May they find in them renewed inspiration and strength Bolster, M. Angela Lourdes Convent to deepen their spirituality and develop their apostolates in this modern Greenville MS world."

1978

"The life of Jeanie Gordon Brown will be attractive to more than one type of reader, for this biography is different. It is the life of a nun, but it is much more than a biography. Those who knew her will naturally enjoy following her story. Others will be enchanted not only by the life of this Scottish-born lass, but also by the story of the growth and development of twentieth century Florida. Here, too, is the history of the Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Augustine, Florida, from 1866 to the present." -from the

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A Gospel Path: The Religious Life

1978

Tillard, J. M. R.

A study of the religious life, bearing in mind its evolution and present difficulties. Today members of all ages in our religious communities, together with their superiors, are asking themselves serious questions about fundamental issues. The author's reflections on these questions form the fabric of this book.

Celibacy, Prayer, and Friendship: A Making-SenseOut-Of-Life Approach

1978

Kiesling, Christopher

Sees celibate life as a personal mystery, never adequately justified by reason, and leading to a spirit of poverty which is necessary for the rich life celibacy offers.

SSJ Novitiate

BV4390.K48

Intimacy with another human being brings the Christian to a closer and emotionally richer relationship with the Lord. A new vision of the Church as Mystical body emerges when we are affirmed persons who live affirming others because we are intimately in the presence of Jesus Christ.

SSJ Formation Library St Augustine Fl

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Intimacy: Issues of Emotional Living in an Age of Stress for Clergy and Religious

1978

Polcino, Anna, editor

What is Religious Life?

Questions Religious Are Asking

1979

Dubay, Thomas

Fragments of My Life

1979

Doherty, Catherine de Hueck

The vows are embraced not as ends but as means to a more effective divinization. Religious life, like the Gospel itself, is a hard road and a narrow gate, but it does lead to life, abundant life.

An autobiography. Shares her agonies and the joys of her life-long fight in inner-city slums in behalf of the poor and racially suppressed, through her singular commitment to the Gospel.

Cloud by Day Fire by Night: The Religious Life as Passionate Response to God

1979

Knight, David M.

Volume III: Obedience is essentially an acceptance of government. A surrender to God in obedience includes all areas of life, and only those areas of life, that are submitted to government.

Pilgrimage Home: The Conduct of Contemplative Practice in Groups

1979

May, Gerald G.

A book from the Shalem group, an unconventional spiritual group not affiliated with any conventional religion. A resource book for anyone helping others to grow spiritually.

Theological Foundations for Ministry: Selected Readings for a Theology of the Church in Ministry

1979

Carmelite Spiritual Growth Experiences

1979

Anderson, Ray S., Compiled for the purpose of providing a consistent theology of the Church editor in Ministry.

Griffin Michael D.

The secular order of Discalced Carmelites is an association of the faithful who undertake the pursuit of evangelical perfection in the world. The Christian life of the members is inspired and nourished by the spirituality and guidance of the Teresian Carmel.

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Don't You Belong to Me? A Basic Introduction to the Spiritual Life

1979

A History of the Teresian Carmel: An Abridgement of its Origins and Development

1979

To Love, To Share, To Serve: Challenges to a Religious (2)

1979

Author

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The author provides an answer to "Why do I exist? It is not found in by a Monk of New rational explanations of existence but in "living experience hidden in Living Clairvaux Truth, awaited in faith for another day when God will draw us completely into His own fulfillment."

Contains lectures given to Carmelite Fathers in "Courses of Renewal" on Mount Carmel (1976-1977) and later of communities of Sisters in the Rodriguez, Otilio United States. One purpose is to explain the past so we fully appreciate what great value the Holy Spirit bestowed on their Order, in calling them to the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel.

Carroll, L. Patrick

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A personal account of a superior's approach of leading men in religious life SSJ Novitiate approached a s a journey together to reach God's will.

Jensen Beach Fl Vatican II stimulated more intense reflection on the nature of ecclesial duties of religious life. By inviting religious communities to renew in the spirit of the Gospels, Vatican II led them to reflect on the meaning and value of this form of Christian life.

This is a handbook for getting to Heaven- a short and practical course in proper Christian living that covers all the important aspects of religious duty. This book shows that perfecting one's self is not a complicated task, but one which requires some good, practical task at hand- in short "Light" on the path- which is what this book is. Thereafter, the result of one's knowing where he is going spiritually and how best to achieve his end is "Peace," that peace which the world cannot give.

BX2385.C37

Discipleship: towards the Understanding of Religious Life (2)

1980

Lozano, John M.

Light and Peace

1981

Quadrupani

Notes on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola

1981

Fleming, David L.

A collection of essays that create a study guide for the Spiritual Exercises

by St. Ignatius of Loyola.

Sr Eileen Marie Flanagan and Sr Mary Esther

BX2179.L8 N67

Pinions

Pinions is the pseudonym of an English woman who dedicated her life to God by becoming an anchoress. She lived alone in a small hut near a cathedral like Saints of the Middle Ages. Here she prayed, tended her garden, and corresponded with people all over the world.

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Wind on the Sand: The Story of a 20th Century Anchoress

1981

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Call to Integration: A New Theology of Religious Life

1981

The Pathways of Prayer: Communion with God

1981

The Way Supplement: Formation to the Religious Life

Ministry: Leadership in the Community of Jesus Christ

1981

1981

Author

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Tossed by the storms of passion and disintegrated self-awareness, the human consciousness time and again feels the call to its own interiority- to integration, to holiness and wholeness. This book sheds light on the process of integration, especially in the religious life. Skillfully drawing Vineeth, together the threads of Scripture, contemporary philosophy and theology, Vadakethala F. Indian thoughts and modern psychology, as well as religious practice, the author weaves a compelling demonstration of religious life as offering the means to achieve full integration in Christ. In separate chapters he deals with vocation, commitment, the three vows, community life, and the apostolate.

A valuable how-to-pray primer by a Carmelite nun with 16 years experience helping others begin an active prayer life. Every chapter Sister Immaculata reminds us of the magnificent healing power of prayer available to all that use it.

Because it is the divine purpose to establish a personal relationship with Christ, the primary responsibility on the human level rests with the one whom he calls. No one can respond for another in this movement of love, which of its nature implies a freedom to make choices independently of Molinari, Paul S.J. any coercion or undue influence on the part of any other. At the same time, where it is a question of a call to religious community, the divine action disposes the person to become increasingly docile to the requirements of the community, and to the Spirit animating it.

Schillebeeckx, Edward

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BX2435 .V46 1981

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Probes the historical and theological aspects of ministry. After surveying Diocese of St the three principle conceptions of priesthood in their historically changing Augustine Office contexts (the patristic, the medieval, and the modern), the author singles of BV4011. S34713 out the theological criteria that drives the church's practice of ministry. Communications Includes a discussion of compulsory celibacy, , the ministry of women, and Catholic Center the place of non-ordained pastoral workers.

Jacksonville Fl

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A Commentary on the Rule of Life

Nomad of the Spirit: Reflections of a Young Monastic First Steps in Christian Discipleship: The Experience of Accepting Jesus

Early Dominicans: Selected Writings

Waymakers: Eyewitnesses to the Christ

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1981

Author

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The Order of Carmel has been raised up in the Church and endowed with a special charism (gift of the Holy Spirit) to bear witness to the supreme importance of contemplative prayer and union with God. This way of life is Griffin, Michael D. being lived by the friars of the Order and in the silent cloisters of the nuns. Mary K Kirkland Pursuing the same spiritual perfection are the members of the Secular Order of the Teresian Carmel. All three branches form the one family of Carmel.

Library of Congress

In progress?

82159409

1981

Schellenberger, Bernardin

Explores the provisional and radical spiritual challenges of monastic life lived in true imitation of Christ. The author shares his own struggles to break loose into the freedom of honest living.

SSJ Novitiate

BX2435.S3613

1982

Knight, David M.

The author believes what is lacking in religion is a clear understanding of the need every Christian has, at some point in their life, to make a conscious, explicit, radical and affective act of acceptance of Jesus Christ.

Rea Wurmnest

BV4916.K5

1982

The spirituality of St. Dominic and his early followers was a dynamic force in thirteenth-century Europe. In this volume the writings of St. Dominic's Purchased from early disciples are presented in a fresh, lively translation by Simon Tugwell, Chamblin OP of Blackfriars, Oxford. The breadth of Dominican piety represented in edited by Simon Bookmine by these selections and the fine preface by the Master of the Order of Tugwell, OP Hannah Preachers, Father Vincent de Couesnongle, OP, plus Tugwell's brilliant Simmons, August introduction, was called by Spirituality Today "the best treatise on 2019 Dominican spirituality now available,' combine in making this a truly classic volume.

1982

A collection of 50 poems which lyrically recreate what might have been the direct experience and afterthoughts of those who met Jesus when he walked the roads of Palestine. These dramatic monologues span the time Smith, M. Pamela from the Annunciation to Pentecost. The voices of the Blessed Virgin, SSCM Joseph, the Magi, various apostles, the woman caught in adultery, Zacchaeus, the leper, Martha and Mary and Lazarus and numerous others speak their impressions as their lives were touched by Christ.

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An Experience of Celibacy: A Creative Reflection on Intimacy, Loneliness, Sexuality, and Commitment

1982

Clark, Keith

Explores the meaning of intimacy and loneliness, develops the importance of dying to self and experiencing new life, and then provides insight on practical questions of celibate life.

Unknown

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Unknown

Sr Mary Christine Zimorski

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SSJ Novitiate

NA

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BX3703.A77

The End of the Religious Life (3)

1983

Faricy, Robert

This radical, contemporary analysis clarifies the multitude of changes apparent upheavals in religious orders and congregations today. Faricy bluntly admits that these organizations are dying and prophesies that change alone will not bring about renewal. Yet with feet planting firmly in reality, Faricy discusses religious life in relation both to traditional charisms of obedience, poverty, and chastity, and to contemporary charismatic renewal.

Light for My Path: The New Code of Canon Law for Religious

1983

Flannery, Austin

A digest of that portion of the new Code of Canon Law, which deals with "institutes of Consecrated Life", and societies of apostolic life.

Until Christ Be Formed in You

1983

Alberione, James

In Him Alone is Our Hope: Texts on the Heart of Christ (1965-1983) (2)

1983

Arrupe, Pedro

Compendium of Magisterial Documents on Religious Life (3)

1983

Patterns of Christian Community: A Statement of Community Order

1984

Treasures in Earthen Vessels: The Vows

1984

For all those making a retreat or developing their spiritual life, as well as Masters and Mistresses of the novitiate and those in charge of guiding souls.

The author was the 28th General of the Society of Jesus. Father Pedro was born in 1907 in Bilbao, Spain and entered the Society of Jesus in 1927. He was expelled from Spain with all other Jesuits by Spanish Republic in 1932. elected 28th Superior General in 1965 and resigned in 1983. These are his texts during his tenure as Superior General.

Begins with the documents of the Second Vatican Council and ends with the New Code and Papal encyclical Redemptionis Donum.

Patterns of Christian Community has been written from the experience of a body of Christians who have sought to live together the Lord's call to love one another. It is therefore based on the teaching in scripture of what it Clark, Stephen B. means to be brothers and sisters in the Lord, read in the light of efforts of dedicated Christians through the centuries to be faithful not only to the Lord but also to one another.

Synthesizes insights from philosophy, and theology as they relate to the Ridick, Joyce consecrated life. Highlights the manner in which body, emotions, mind and soul are united in the pursuit of a healthy, honest holiness.

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1984

Woman First Among the Faithful

1984

Into the Needle's Eye: Becoming Poor and Hopeful Under the Care of a Gracious God

1984

Reiser, William E.

Religious Life in the US Church: The New Dialogue

Anger: Issues of Emotional Living in an Age of Stress for Clergy and Religious

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Written by God through the wisdom of the spirit within the soul of a Lubich, Chiara woman who has revealed with purity and a sense of ecclesial responsibility Unknown the treasures she has received.

Jesus established a new reign of God where all accepted fears, taboos, Maloney, Francis distinctions and divisions between male and female were wiped away. The SSJ Novitiate J. early Doctors of the Church acknowledged women as often the first to Jensen Beach Fl come to faith.

Unity and Jesus Forsaken

My Song is of Mercy and Justice: the Spirituality of Catherine McAuley

Abstract

Explores that being a religious and fully human person involves learning to turn poor and hopeful under the caring eye of God.

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SSJ Novitiate

BV4630.R5

1984

It can be said that the spirituality of Mother Catherine is accessible to all, but has a special relevance to women religious and particularly to Sisters of Mercy throughout the world. The world in which we live is in many respects different from the world of Mother Catherine; in other respects it Bolster, M. Angela is essentially the same. And if the spirituality of Mother Catherine was the source of inspiration of such great achievement, we might still draw on its potential for good in a world which has great need of the merciful love of God, mediated through dedicated women religious.

Unknown

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1984

edited by Robert J. This book reveals what has been going on in the dialogue that has Daily, S.J., Michael characterizes religious life since Vatican Council II. It brings together J. Buckley, S.J., several addresses by Archbishop Quinn with papers that were developed Mary Ann for conferences held at Boston College and the University of San Francisco Donovan, S.C., in 1984. The volume also includes a letter from Pope John Paul II and a Clare E. Fitzgerald, document from the Vatican Congregation for Religious and for Secular S.S.N.D., John W. Institutes.

Padberg, S.J.

Unknown

BX2505 .R44 1984

1984

The expression of anger should never prevent our examining the consequences of actions. Anger is only one aspect of reality not a threat to Riordan, Brendan SSJ Novitiate it. When we try to ignore or escape the inevitable differences of opinion, P. Jensen Beach Fl we do so at the price of becoming submissive to others and ignoring our own sense of individuality and dignity.

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The Courage to be Chaste (2)

1985

The Theresian Story: Women in Support of Women

1986

Ministry of the laity

1986

Being Sexual and Celibate (2) Strategies for Growth in Religious Life (2)

1986 1986

Living the Vows: The Emotional Conflicts of Celibate Religious

1986

The Healing of the Religious Life

1986

New Wineskins: Reimagining Religious Life Today (3)

1986

Life as a parable: Reinterpreting the Religious Life Paths of Renewal for Religious And You are Christ's: The Charism of Virginity and the Celibate Life

1986

Author

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For a growing number of people chastity is a appealing alternative to a life of Lassitude and indignity. Offers a practical guide to those seeking a Unknown chaste life.

Voss, Elwood C. The story of thousands of women who since 1961 have developed, and Mullen, nurtured, led and guided the Theresians through times of hope, of sadness Unknown Patricia and fear, of renewal, and of great rejoicing.

Anderson, James Written for laypeople searching for ways to make a positive difference in A., and Jones, Ezra the world. Aims to help people see themselves as subjects who can act in Unknown Earle ministry, not as objects who are ministered to.

About intimacy and loneliness, relationships, love: human and divine, and SSJ Novitiate Clark, Keith about prayer Jensen Beach Fl Groeschel, Benedict J.

A study of how congregations can encourage new leadership and creative thinking to meet the challenges of decreased vocations.

Christians who profess religious vows are not beyond the Human McAllister, Robert condition. The Christian tradition as a whole does value the physical and J. emotional human being as a gift of God: affected by sin but good in itself (good enough to be assumed by the son of God).

This book is meant neither for those religious who are completely satisfied with the way the religious life is going‌nor for the complacent; nor is it for those who have lost all hope. It is for those religious who know that the Faricy, Robert Lord is faithful to his promises, that the Lord does not want their religious institutes to go into oblivion... that he wants to guide us to new and better things for the religious life.

Reflection of women religious has been marked by the priority of Schneiders, experience over theory and by the collaborative character of the Sandra M. reflection. Women religious were more concerned after Vatican II with the revision of their concrete lives in accord with the Gospel.

Offers a fresh interpretation of religious life that is rooted in the Bible and Lozano, John M. the living tradition of the Church. Answers Vatican II's call to all religious orders to seek a renewed biblical interpretation of their life.

Arbuckle, Gerald

1986

Fleming, David L.

1987

Dubay, Thomas

A deep discussion of the changes to religious life under the umbrella of Vatican II. Discusses one of the most important but least understood charisms, virginity. Although the idea of virginity is unpopular in modern society, Dubay emphasizes the importance pf evangelical virginity is rooted in biblical foundation, both in the Old and New Testaments.

Library of Congress BV4647.C5 G76 BX2347.8 W6 V67 BV4525.A54 BX2386.C52

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BX2435.A7

Unknown

BX2440.M33

Lorraine

Unknown

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SSJ Formation Library St Augustine Fl

BX2435.L687

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BV4647.C5 D76

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Mother Angelica's Answers, Not Promises

1987

Mother Angelica

Answers your most difficult questions about loneliness, death, fear, lust, love, faith and sex. Mixes anecdotes with scripture and humor.

To Sr Mary Christine from Mildred 1990

BX1754.3 M23

Strategies for Growth in Religious Life (2)

1987

Living Religious Vows: A Personal Pilgrimage

1987

These are painful and exciting times for religious congregations. We know they are painful- membership is down, vocations are down, all the old Arbuckle, Gerald securities and assumptions have been cast into doubt. But exciting? Yes, says Fr. Arbuckle, in this study of how congregations can encourage new leadership and creative thinking to meet these challenges and serve God's Writes knowingly about the "daily ploddings," the daily pilgrimage of the vowed life. The successful religious life come only as the fruits of a long Rayes, Joseph journey, these fruits include a supportive community, practicing poverty, chastity, and obedience in daily life.

"Religious life is a ship afloat on an ocean of time whose tides are now governed by the swell of pluralism." Navigation calls for the gifts she identifies as the insight and appreciation of the poet, the challenge and goading of the prophet, and the planning and programming of the pragmatist.

Poets Prophets and Pragmatists: A New Challenge to Religious Life

1987

Journey to Freedom: The path to Self Esteem for the Priesthood and Religious Life

1987

Drawing upon his experience as a counselor for over 20 years, the author Sullivan, James E. discusses the importance of self-esteem for a healthy psychic and spiritual life.

Renewed by the Holy Spirit: Testimonies of Priests Touched by the Holy Spirit

1987

DeGrandis, Robert

Out of Chaos: Refounding Religious Congregations (3)

1988

John Paul II Speaks to Religious: 1987-1988

1988

Woodward, Evelyn

"one of the best ways to find out what the Holy Spirit is doing in the Church is to listen to the testimonies of those who have experienced His transforming love."

The crisis of religious life in the Western world concerns everyone interested in preserving a precious heritage of our faith. The lack of Arbuckle, Gerald vocations, the failure to live simply and the continuing loss of professed A. women and men even after many years of vowed living are only symptoms of the malaise. The author offers optimism and new paths for restoring vocations of religious.

Beyer, Jean

Principle allocutions and Letter from February 1987 to December 1988

Unknown

SSJ Formation Library St Augustine Fl

N/A

Unknown

BX2435.W64

Unknown

BV4647.S43 S85

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Unknown

BX2440.A73

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Title

Coming Down the Mountain: How to Turn Your Retreat Into Everyday Living

Issue Date

1988

A Priest Forever: The Life of Father Eugene Hamilton (2)

1988

Abounding in MercyMother Austin Carroll

1988

Vocation for Mission: The Challenge of Religious Life Today

1988

Fasting

1988

The Listening God

1989

Obedience: The Authority of the Word Religious Life: Rebirth Through Conversion Living the Vision: Religious Vows in an Age of Change (4) From Nuns to Sisters: An Expanding Vocation

1989

Author

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Written to assist people that are just finished with a retreat and have high Hart, Thomas N. energy and desire to spread that attitude and knowledge into the everyday life.

This is the true story of Eugene Hamilton: a young man who dreamed of becoming a priest; a young man stricken with terminal cancer as his life Groeschel, was just beginning; a young man who, because of his exceptional Benedict J. spirituality, would receive special dispensation to be ordained early, who would become a priest just hours before he died.

The quality of mercy is not strained, at least as it is found in the biography Abounding in Mercy. It runneth over, telling the history of Mother Austin Sr. Mary Hermenia Carroll, the Irish Sister of Mercy who brought her nuns all of the South in Muldrey, RSM the latter half of the nineteenth century, doing all sorts of good works from teaching to nursing and back again.

Integrating the insights of spirituality, scripture, liberation theology and cultural anthropology, Vocation for Mission presents a stimulating and Azevedo, Marcello prophetic challenge for the renewal of religious life. With a view of S.J. religious life as a radical call to live the gospel, Azevedo develops a theology of poverty, chastity, and obedience rooted in the evangelical mission of the Church.

Fasting is a voluntary abstinence from food, not as an end in itself, but as a Barbaric, Slavko means to holiness.

Nurtures the spirit by drawing upon our shared experiences and allowing Pollard, Miriam the contemplative life to inform and enrich our daily activities.

Cantalamessa, In order to make it possible in the Church to obey laws and superiors, we Raniero have to start from submission in the Holy Spirit to the Father.

1990

Arbuckle, Gerald

1990

Fiand, Barbara

1990

Neal, Marie Augusta

Approaches to refounding of religious life from 5 areas: history, theology, anthropology, spirituality, and psychology.

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BV4501.2 H363

To Sr. Lorraine

BX4705.H36 G76 1998

Sr. Patricia (?)

BX4705 271.92 (B)

Unknown

BX2435 .A9813 1988

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MLCS 91/07131 (B) BX2182.2 P57

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BX2432.C59

Fiand illuminates the meaning of religious vows in the context of holistic Srs Rita and Kathy spirituality. She turns to the early Jesus movement and the mystics who Carr preserved its vision throughout the ages.

BX2435.F48

Illustrates that a preferential option for the poor has become a focal point for North American sisters, especially since Vatican II. She demonstrates SSJ Kingman Ave that sisters have left seclusion and security to embark upon an uncharted Jacksonville Fl path of change and risk in response to the Church's call.

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Reweaving Religious Life: Beyond the Liberal Model

1990

The Emergence of the Laity in the Early Church

1990

Ministry, Traditions, Tensions, and Transitions

1990

Catherine McAuley, Venerable for Mercy

1990

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An exploration into the future of religious life in North America. Argues Leddy, Mary Jo that the American empire is in decline. Demonstrates how this affects Unknown N/A religious life but also society in general.

Traces the history of the Laity during the first five centuries of Christianity.

BR195.L27 Faivre, Alexandre Demonstrates that the laity did not surface as a separate class until the 3rd Unknown F3513 century.

Practical examples from parish life and many examples for extending ministry now and in the future. Centers attention on the history and Bausch, William J. Unknown BX1913.B39 current status of ministry; the past, present, and future of ministry are thoroughly researched For fifteen years, Angela Bolster RSM, a distinguished historian, had been assembling the voluminous material about Catherine which had to be "To Anne, From N/A- published Bolster, M. Angela considered before the pope took his first major step towards declaring her Alphonsus in Ireland a saint. This book is a by-product of Sister Angela Bolster's Herculean Summer GFF" (?) labours, an accessible summary of the fruits of her research.

The Reform of Renewal

1990

Benedict J. Groeschel, CFR

This book definitely places the onus for reform on the individual Christian striving to follow the Gospel in our materialistic and selfish culture.

Because of its roots in the Scripture and in the long history of reform in the Church, this book offers the reader a well-founded hope that the first signs of real renewal in the Church are beginning to appear.

When Our Love is Charity: Spiritual Writings, Vol 2

1991

Lubich, Chiara

Examines love and the precedence it must take in the lives of Christians.

Emphasizes mutual love as expressed by Jesus in his new commandment.

Unknown

BX2350.2 L7762513

Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

1991

Her friends

"I am a pilgrim and a wanderer. I shall remain a wanderer until mankind has learned the way to peace, walking until I am given shelter and fating until I am given food."

SSJ Formation Library St Augustine Fl

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The Apostolate of Holy Motherhood

1991

Miravalle, Mark I.

A Spirituality for Active Ministry

1991

Clarke, Corita

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A call to holiness of family life and Christian motherhood echoes the purest Sr Kathy and the Gospel message.

SSJ Addresses the issue of contemporary apostolic spirituality for Christian ministers. Focuses primarily on integration of prayer and action, Unknown contemplation and ministry, the purpose is to provide a tool for ongoing ministry growth and development.

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Religious Life: A Prophetic Vision (2) Ministry in the Church: A Historical and Pastoral Approach Generous Lives: American catholic Women Today

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1991

O'Murchu, Diarmuid

The author draws religious life out of self-preoccupation into the deepest and most radical living of Gospel values. The prophetic vision of this book says no to the possibility that the ranks of the religious will continue to decline and outlines a way of hope and promise for the future.

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1992

1992

Bernier, Paul

Redmont, Jane

Offers a comprehensive perspective on the development of Christian ministry. Shows how this development came in response to specific social Sr Rosa Maria and cultural needs, and discourages placing blame for practices Lopez de la Vega promulgated in good faith and for the common good.

BX1913.B435

Examines how Catholic women vote, love, work, and pray. It is a book on "Catholic women in American society" more that "women in the Church", but it does ponder the reasons why many women remain active, grateful members of the Catholic Church and why many others choose to leave.

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PS3531. O9723 Z75 1992

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Winter Music is a biography of Jessica Powers, a poet and nun, whose life and work reveal the intimate connection between art and the Leckey, Dolores R. contemplative way of life. It is a story of laughter and pain, of courage and creativity, a story of love.

Describes the journey one takes in contemplating and coming to know love, a journey that involves moving from loneliness and restless longing of Dunne, John S. the heart through spiritual friendship to the ultimate spiritual destination of love of God and union of love with God.

Winter Music: A Life of Jessica Powers

1992

Love's Mind" An Essay on Contemplative Life

1993

Ministry: Lay Ministry in the Roman Catholic Church, Its History and Theology

1993

Osborne, Kenan B.

A complete study of lay Ministry starting with the first witness in the Bible.

Addresses major issues that lay men and women face within church structures at various periods of time.

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BX1920.O76

Edith Stein: Carmelite Nun, Philosopher, and Holocaust Martyr

1993

De Fabregues, Jean

In 1942 Edit Stein died in a concentration camp and gave her life for Christ and for the Jewish people on the alter of racial hatred.

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BX4705.S814 F313

Celibacy: Gift or Law? A Critical Investigation

1993

Vogels, Heinz-J.

Advocates a priestly ministry uniting married with the celibate.

Miles and Barbara Anderson

BV4390.V5813

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Fraternal Life in Community

Welcome to Carmel: A Handbook for Aspirants to the Discalced Carmelite Secular Order

Issue Date

1994

Author

Congregation for Religious life is a vital part of the Church and lives in the world. The values Institutes of and counter-values which ferment within an epoch or cultural setting, and Consecrated Life the social structures which manifest them, impinge on everyone, including and Societies of the Church and its religious communities. Developments within the Church Apostolic Life have also marked religious communities deeply.

1994

Griffin Michael D.

Virginity: A Positive Approach to Celibacy for the Sake of the Kingdom of Heaven

1995

Cantalamessa, Raniero

When God Asks for an Undivided Heart: Choosing Celibacy in Love and Freedom

1995

Apostoli, Andrew

Pathways to Re-Creating Religious Communities (2)

1996

The Church and Consecrated Life

1996

Abstract

The spirit of the religious orders are like fine perfumes. They all have a delightful fragrance, but there is a difference, even though subtle. To recognize the spirit of Carmel, it is necessary to immerse yourself in its heritage and traditions, its saints and their writings.

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Mary K Kirkland

BX3202.2 W44

For the sake of God's kingdom seeks to help create the kind of motivation necessary, drawing heavily on texts from the New Testament which Sr Mary Christine BV4647.C5 C3213 address many of the problems associated with the very idea of living Zimorski chastely with the restraint and discipline required.

Written for religious that are the resolute, undaunted few. Those who pass on the flame of truth in a dark world, those who are not afraid to stand before the noisy self-centered world and point out a different road.

Poses 4 basic questions that a religious community must answer of it is to survive and grow in the 21st century. What is our fundamental reason for Wittberg, Patricia existing? What distinguishes members from non-members? How will we live out our fundamental purpose in daily life? What resources do we need, and where can they be found?

Derived from the 1994 Synod of Bishops on the theme "The Consecrated Fleming, David L., Life and Its Mission in the Church and the World." Covers the renewal and McDonough, developments of religious life since Vatican II. Presents key themes of the Elizabeth Church's teachings on the reality of consecrated life.

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BX2432.W476

Unknown

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Burns, Helen Marie and Sheila Carney

Best known as the founder of the Sisters of Mercy, Catherine McAuley's original intention was simply 'to make some lasting efforts for the relief of suffering and instruction for the ignorant.' Practical and creative, Mother McAuley began an employment agency for young women, a commercial laundry, and adult education program, a school for the poor, and a small shop to sell the handiwork of young women associated with her House of Mercy. Perhaps her greatest contribution to the church, however, is the spirituality that enlived her mission of mercy- a fresh and fertile blending of the contemplative spirit and the compassionate heart.

Unknown

N/A

1996

Chittister, Joan

Goes to the heart of the issues that religious face today. She identifies the signs of life and holiness among them and seeks out the sources of hope.

Concomitantly, she analyzes those attitudes that bring about a stifling paralysis and offers alternative prespectives.

Unknown

BX2435.C482

Divine Intimacy: Meditations on the Interior Life for Every Day of the Liturgical Year

1996

Father Gabriel of St Mary Magdalen

We can hardly expect to remain fervent and apostolic Christians unless we make it a practice to ponder the truths of our holy religion, to strive to identify our thoughts with those of Christ, our Leader, and to transform those thoughts into effective action in His service.

Unknown

BX2170.C55 G33

Ignatian Exercises: Contemporary Annotations

1996

Unknown

BX2179.L8 C66

Carmelite Spirituality in the Teresian Tradition (2)

1997

Unknown

BX3203.P38

Sisters in Crisis: The Tragic Unraveling of Women's Religious Communities (2)

1997

Unknown

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Praying with Catherine McAuley (3)

The Fire in These Ashes

Issue Date

1996

The follow-up to "Notes on the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius of Loyola".

The author adds articles published in Review for Religious from the mid 1980s up to the mid 1990s.

Provides a concise overview of Carmel's spiritual heritage from a Teresian perspective. Identifies the principal texts, themes, figures, and teachings of Paul-Marie of the Carmel: Elijah and Mary, the Rule of St Albert and the "Book of the Cross Institution of the First Monks," the Carmelite understanding of contemplation and the degrees of prayer, etc.

A generation ago, nearly 200,000 sisters worked in Catholic Schools, hospitals, nursing homes, parishes, and social service agencies. Sisters gave precious witness to the spiritual richness of a vocation to the religious life.

Carey, Ann BY 1997 over half as many Sisters remained and they continue to dwindle.

However, pockets of Sisters are growing and leadership, not surprisingly is the key to growth and success.

Fleming, David L.

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Poverty

1997

Cantalamessa, Raniero

Deals with each of 4 different aspects of poverty in the light of the Gospel message: Negative material poverty which is dehumanizing and must be combated; Positive material poverty, an evangelical ideal which liberates people from the things of this world; Negative spiritual poverty, known as the wealth of the poor, the finest blossom on the tree of biblical poverty.

To the Priests, Our Lady's Beloved Sons

1998

Gobbi, Don Stefano

Words spoken to Gobbi directly from the Blessed Mother.

Unknown

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A Priest Forever: The Life of Father Eugene Hamilton

1998

Groeschel, Benedict J.

SSJ Villa Flora Brown Hall St Augustine Fl

BX4705.H36 G76

Poverty, Celibacy, and Obedience: A Radicle Option for Life

1999

O'Murchu, Diarmuid

Unknown

BX2435.O33

Beyond the Walls: Monastic Wisdom for Everyday Life

1999

Wilkes, Paul

The true story of a man who dreamed of becoming a priest. However he was struck with terminal cancer as his life was just beginning. He became a priest just before he died.

An original work that expands the meaning, and potential for good, of the three traditional religious vows. Claims that the vows are first and foremost about values and not about laws. Suggests that the Eastern concept of non-violence is a core value of the vowed life in all the monastic traditions known to humankind.

Lessons that monastic life holds for the modern, secular, daily existence of most laypeople. Talks of the author's return to the Abbey at Mepkin and observations/discussions with the monks that lived there.

Unknown

BX2525.A33 W58

Romancing God: Contemplating the Beloved

1999

Lull, Ramon

Unknown

BV5080.L566

Unknown

N/A- published in Ireland

Unknown

BX4323.F8 B87

Sing a New Song: The Christian Vocation

1999

The Quell of Terror: The True Story of the Carmelite Martyrs of Compiegne

1999

Seeking union with God, Catalan mystic Lull (1232-1315) describes the mystical ascent of the soul to God.

"His friends, in and out of the Dominican Order, have benefited for years from Timothy Radcliffe's clarity, depth and wisdom, and will rejoice to see these essays and addresses in print. They embody an extraordinary Radcliffe, Timothy breadth of experience, and often speak from some of the world's darkest OP places. They offer rich insights on the religious life, but also on the apostolic calling of all believers; and they invariably do so with great personal honesty and a certain lightness of touch." -Rowan Williams, Bishop of Monmouth (Anglican) At the height of the French Revolution's "Great Terror", a community of 16 Carmelite nuns from Compiegne offered their lives to restore peace to the Church and to France. Ten days after their deaths by the guillotine, Bush, William Robespierre fell, and with his execution on the same scaffold the reign of terror effectively ended. Had God thus accepted and used the Carmelites' generous self gift?

Title

The Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Finding the Treasure: Locating Catholic Religious Life in a New Ecclesial and Cultural Context (6)

Issue Date

2000

2000

Illuminated Life: Monastic Wisdom for Seekers of Light

2000

Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation

2000

Sisters: An Inside Look

2001

We Speak the Word of the Lord: A Practical Plan for More Effective Preaching Gardening the Soul: A Spiritual Daybook Through the Seasons

2001

2001

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Carmelite Provincials

While Christ alone has redeemed us, the Blessed Virgin Mary has always been seen by Catholics as a loving mother and protector. The Blessed Virgin has shown her patronage over the Order of Carmel from its earliest days. This patronage and protection came to be symbolized in the scapular, the essential part of the Carmelite habit.

Unknown

Published by Community of Teresian Carmelites

Schneiders, Sandra M.

Examines major questions of celibacy, permanent commitment, formation, community, vows, and prayer. Tackles tough issues of patriarchy, feminism, and the role of women in the Church. Uses the paradigm of the Dark Night of the Soul to make sense of what happened to religious life since Vatican II.

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Author

Abstract

Each Illumination begins with a story from the desert mystics and then applies it to practical application. The qualities and practices include; Chittister, Joan Unknown BX2350.2 C526 awareness, beauty, community, humility, kindness, prayer, solitude, understanding, and vision.

Shares insights gained from darkness and depression as well as fulfillment Palmer, Parker J. and joy, illuminating a pathway toward vocation for all who seek the true Sr Florence Bryan BV4740.P35 calling of their lives.

The story of one Roman Catholic sister as she lives the consecrated religious life. Sr Rooney reflects upon her ministerial journey in light of the Rooney, Kathleen vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. She describes the rewards, Unknown BX4210 R65 requirements, opportunities, the work, and the challenges of being a sister.

Harris, Daniel E.

Helps priests, deacons, and other ministers called to proclaim God's Word.

Practical examples, sample homilies and helpful suggestions; chapters Sr Florence Bryan include: What is a homily? Making a homily outstanding, Preaching the Scriptures, Weekday, Funeral, and Wedding homilies.

Kennedy, Sister Stanislaus

A book of spiritual lessons gleaned from the wisdom of nature to comfort and to inspire. Sr Stanislaus Kennedy was raised on a farm in Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland. It is one of the most beautiful parts of Ireland. It was there she learned to appreciate the earth, its stillness and its energy, its beauty and its bounty.

Unknown

BV4211.5 H37Helps

Published in Great Britain

Abstract

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Religious Life in a New Millennium Vol Two: Selling All: Commitment, Consecrated Celibacy, and Community in Catholic Religious Life (6)

2001

Schneiders, Sandra M.

Murphy, Apostle of the Smokies: The Story of a Detroit Businessman Who Became a Priest at Age 80

2001

Schmenk, Jane

A biography of Mr "Will" Murphy, his journeys from Michigan to the forests of N Carolina and the Church of St Margaret.

A note from the author inside the front cover

NA

Reflection and Dialogue, Community in Society, Church, and Religious Life: Making the Connections

2001

Center for the Study of Religious Life

A study of the Benedictine, Dominican, Franciscan, Jesuit, and Ursuline orders.

Unknown

N/A

Unknown

BX2435.M585

Lyn

BX2435.F48

The second volume about religious life focused on the life that illuminates SSJ St Joseph everything. In the process has given religious women a set of articulated Convent St Miami reasons for the choice they made.

Fl

Brothers and Sisters: Glimpses of the Cloistered Life

2001

Monaco, Frank

To choose to live cut off from the world, as priests and nuns do is something many find difficult to understand. The author, a photographer shares with us his photos of common features of the monks and nuns living the cloistered life in Western Europe.

Refocusing the Vision: Religious Life into the Future (2)

2001

Fiand, Barbara

Addressed the struggles that many nuns, past and present, have experienced so religious life can be a happy time.

2002

Institute of Consecrated life

Part One: The Presence of the Love of Christ Part Two: Courage to Face Trials and Challenges Part Three: Spiritual Life in the First Place Part IV: Witnesses to Love

2002

Schumacher, Evelyn Ann

Starting Afresh from Christ: A Renewed Commitment to Consecrated Life in the Third Millennium An Undivided Heart: Pope John Paul II on the Deeper Realities of the Consecrated Life

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BX4210.5 S37

A Pamphlet published by the Sr Jane Stoecker Daughters of St Paul

Shows how consecrated life is necessary in the life of the Church and her members. She shows also how those who respond to the call of To Sr Marie Rene consecrated life are drawn into intimacy with both the Lord and His from Bishop Bob people.

Institute on Religious Life

Title

Religious Life in America: A New Day Dawning

Issue Date

2002

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Sammon, Sean D.

Offers specific recommendations to further the renewal of religious congregations in the U. S. The authors cites the biggest challenge as reclaiming the values that lie at the heart of living the Gospel and to express them in a new form.

Sr Margaret Mary

BX2505.S32

Unknown

BX2050.C35 D75

Drink of the Stream: Prayers of the Carmelites

2002

Hickey, Penny

Carmelite history and prayer begin with Elijah on Mount Carmel. From Elijah has descended a long line of saints who have heard the voice of the Lord calling them to leave everything and come "drink from the stream".

This book is an invitation for you to come and pray with the holy men and women of the Carmelite order.

From Fragmentation to Wholeness

2003

Youngberg, Vincent

The personal reflections of a priest of the Passionist Congregation and World War II veteran.

Donated upon Sister Margaret's death.

N/A

The Laity and the Life of the Counsels: The Church's Mission in the World

2003

von Balthasar, Hans Urs

Discusses the development of secular institutes, groups of lay people who live the life of counsels, poverty, chastity, and obedience, in the world.

Unknown

BX2386.B35

Unknown

BS580.E4 A35

Unknown

BX2435.L435

Elijah: Prophet of Carmel

2003

Ackerman, Jane

Elijah is considered the Carmelites legendary founder and traditional patron. They rank him as one of their great spiritual models. The coat of arms display his flaming sword. Mount Carmel, and Elijah's proclamation, "With zeal I have been zealous for the Lord God of hosts." This book examines the linkage between the Order and the prophet over time.

The Beating of Great Wings: A Worldly Spirituality for Active, Apostolic Communities

2004

Lee, Bernard J.

Emphasizes the need for giving Scripture and the Eucharist places of privilege in the community and suggests ways for doing so that help religious be more open to the presence of the Spirit.

Listen to the Silence: A Retreat with Pere Jacques (2)

2004

Pere Jacques was chosen to give the sermon that marked the 500th anniversary of the death of Joan of Arc in the Cathedral of Rouen, the city Murphy, Francis J. Mary K Kirkland where she was burned at the stake. These are notes from the talks he gave to Carmelite nuns in 1943.

BX4322.J22

Title

Mother Angelica: The Remarkable Story of a Nun, Her Nerve, and a Network of Miracles

Issue Date

2004

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Arroyo, Raymond

Meet Mother Angelica, the Franciscan nun whose down-to-earth advice helps millions through her call-in TV show- whose loving, entertaining, sensible insights can revitalize your life!

Sr Mary Christine Zimorski

BX4705.M124 A77

Unknown

BX2179.L8 V36 2004

Unknown

BX4705.R74 D69 2004

Christ in a Grain of Sand: An Ecological Journey with the Spiritual Exercises

2004

Vaney, Neil SM

The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius are perhaps the greatest retreat guide ever written. Neil Vaney's innovative approach to the Exercises is an invitation to a journey of discovery, a challenge to look for Christ in all things and to find him everywhere, even in a grain of sand.

Like a Tree by Running Water: The Story of Mary Baptist Russell, California's First Sister of Mercy

2004

Doyle, Mary Katherine, RSM

The story of Sister Mary Baptist Russell's life, told by a fellow nun and companion. Includes letters and writings from Sister Mary Baptist herself.

Passion for Christ, Passion for Humanity

2005

Can Religious Life be Prophetic?

2005

Perfect Intimacy

2006

What is the Spirit saying today to consecrated men and women? How can religious of the third Christian millennium live in ever creative fidelity, as witnesses of Christian joy who are passionate in self-giving? The International Congress on Consecrated Life convoked to address these International questions and the many challenges confronting religious today. The Congress on Unknown Congress affirmed the perennial relevance and beauty of consecrated life Consecrated Life and the gift that religious men and women offer ass witnesses of Christian hope where hope has grown dark, of self=giving love where selfishness reigns, and of an 'unquenchable thirst for Divine love and the desire to bring that love to all humanity.'

A Franciscan priest and authoritative voice in Catholic renewal helps us rediscover the treasures of Christianity. By making the great prophetic Donated upon Crosby, Michael H. voices of scripture come alive, and drawing on examples in Christian Sister Margaret's tradition, he shows us how we can renew our spiritual lives, invigorate our death. communities, and revitalize the Church as a whole.

The author visited and studied nuns in three different Carmelite monasteries. Documents the experience of the cloistered world these Almog, Lili Unknown nuns live in, their state of mind, relationship with God, and spiritual identity.

BX2435 .l59 2004

BX2350.3 .C76 2005

BX4322.A66

Title

Spiritual Life: Living in God's Presence through Contemplative Prayer, the Liturgy of the Hours, and Ministry Walk Humbly With Your God: Simple Steps To a Virtuous Life Dancing with your Shadow

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edited by Edward A collection of essays on the presence of God and contemplative ministry.

O'Donnell, OCD

Mary Galvin, OCDS. Jacksonville, FL

N/A

2006

Fr. Apostoli provides an inspirational guide to conquering our faults, Apostoli, Andrew growing in prayer, and acquiring the virtues that enable us to talk with God and life for others.

Unknown

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2006

Nataraja, Kim

In 1998 the author became a Benedictine Oblate and is a trained spiritual To Sister Florence director and is a great teacher of meditation. This book gives due weight to Bryan from the stilling the mind, and dealing with distractions and restlessness. author

BV5091.N38

The Story of Mother Benedict Duss and the Benedictine monastery She founded in Bethlehem CT in the 1940s. The Abbey is home to many Bosco, Antoinette successful women: doctors, lawyers, Scientists, etc. with their most famous nun being the actress Delores Hart.

Unknown

BX4705.B445 B67

Mother Mary Francis

Did the reforms of Vatican II help religious orders become more fruitful, or did they plant the seeds of destruction? For Catholics who want to discover how the religious life can be restored, this is a fine place to start.

Unknown

BX2535.M3935

Wiederkehr, Macrina

The author opens the monastery door and invites us into a greater awareness of the monastic tradition and offers guidance for the journey.

Here is how to live in the world and still remain faithful to the light over darkness.

Unknown

BV245.W483

2008

Arroyo, Raymond

The founder of the worlds largest religious media empire shares her wit and down-to-earth spirituality as she escorts you through the Scriptures.

This unearths lessons for daily living.

Unknown

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2009

Brannen, Brett A.

"The most comprehensive guide for a man thinking about the possibility of becoming a Catholic priest."

Unknown

Vianney Vocations

2009

Council of Major Five authors from different congregations find poignant words to highlight Superiors of the beauty of a total self-donation to God as key to finding oneself and to Women Religious true communion with others.

Unknown

BX4210.F68

2007

Chastity, Poverty, and Obedience: Recovering the Vision for the Renewal of Religious Life

2007

2008

Mother Angelica's Private and Pithy Lessons from the Scriptures To Save a Thousand Souls: A Guide for Discerning a Vocation to Diocesan Priesthood The Foundations of Religious Life: Revisiting the Vision

Abstract

2006

Mother Benedict: Foundress of the Abbey of Regina Laudis

Seven Sacred Pauses

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Author

Welcome to the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites (3)

2009

Deeney, P. Aloysius

Guiding Light: Reflect on the Word, Cycle B

2011

Robinson, Joe

Abstract

The spirituality of Discalced Carmelites invites continual study. One who does not have the interest in studying or deepening the root of their Unknown identity through prayer and study soon loses their identity.

We believe that CHRIST'S truth is our Roman Catholic Church. Priests are the light by which our congregations reads to reflect upon real truth and Sr Florence Bryan we do it hand in hand.

Prophets in Their Own Country (2)

2011

Schneiders, Sandra M.

Women religious bearing witness to the Gospel in a Troubled Church. A book on the life, ministries, and history of US Religious women today. This book was written in response to "Apostolic Visitation of Institutes of Women Religious in the United States" launched in 2009. More widely referred to as "Vatican investigation" of US women religious. The book consists of individual chapters devoted to some aspect of the investigation.

Between Heaven and Mirth: Why Joy, Humor, and Laughter are at the Heart of the Spiritual Life

2011

Martin, James

From the author of "The Jesuit Guide to Everything". Invites believers to rediscover the importance of humor and laughter in our daily lives and to embrace the truth that faith leads to joy.

Thank You, Sisters: Stories of women religious and how they enrich our lives Religious Life in a New Millennium: Volume Three, Buying the Field; Catholic Religious Life in Mission to the World A Guide to Religious Ministries for Catholic Men and Women Religious Life at the Crossroads: A School for Mystics and Prophets (2) Consecrated Life: Anniversary Edition (2)

2013

Feister, John

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N/A

Unknown

BX4220.U6 S36

Unknown

BV4647.J68

Tells true stories of Sisters and the lives they have influenced. Shows the effect women religious have had not only on the U. S. Catholic Church, but Sr Florence Bryan on the nation as a whole, in health care, education, social justice, and pastoral ministry.

BX4210.F45

2013

Schneiders, Sandra M.

Final volume of the series. Continues her rethinking of the traditional religious vows in the context of postmodernism and the 21st century, reaching into the Gospels for the meaning of "world" in order to discern the meaning of renunciation of the "world" by Religious, examining the vow of poverty both in its economic and spiritual sense.

2013

www.religiousmin stries.com

Listings of the Religious Communities of Priests, Brothers, and Sisters Active in the United States

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2013

Hereford, Amy

Explores movements in religious life today, particularly among the younger women religious.

Unknown

BX2435.H47

2014

John Paul II

Gives hope that the consecrated life will not only continue in the Church, but also to thrive.

Unknown

BX2435.C3613

Unknown

BX4210.S2545

Title

Issue Date

Keep Watch! Year of Consecrated Life (2)

2014

Study Guides: Religious Life in a New Millennium:

2014

Religious Life in the 21st Century: The Prospect of Refounding

2016

Men of Mercy, Sons of Mary: The Lanterian Way

2019

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A letter to consecrated men and women journeying in the Footsteps of God. Pope Francis continues to demonstrate the fruitfulness of a life lived US Conference of according to the counsels of the Gospel and the joy that lies in proclaiming Unknown BX2350.3 S368 Catholic Bishops this, as he invites us to go forward, to be "a Church which goes forth," according to a logic of freedom.

Brennan, Margaret and Unknown BX4210.B73 Green, Barbara Summarizes the path consecrated life has taken and acknowledges that O'Murchu, following Christ can be dark and daunting but sees hope for those who Unknown BX2435.O165 Diarmuid surrender themselves into the chaos of God's uncontrollable love.

Venerable Pio Bruno Lanteri is the founder of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary (OMV). The OMV live in small communities under a rule of life Pak, Cabrini established by Lanteri. The congregation Ven Bruno helped to build in the Sr Florence Bryan N/A 19th century Italy is now all over the world 200 years later. This book describes their spirituality in America.