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Becoming Fire Through the Year with the Desert Fathers and Mothers New and Revised Edition

Edited by Tim Vivian

The sayings of the desert monks of the fifth and sixth centuries continue to inspire readers with their wisdom. In this revised edition of Becoming Fire: Through the Year with the Desert Fathers and Mothers, Tim Vivian arranges these “words” in short daily readings and invites readers to savor the monks’ advice as guides to Christian living.

“These sayings remain as fresh and compelling today as they were when they were spoken.”

Gerard Garrigan, OSB, Saint Louis Abbey

CS300H, 978-0-87907-343-5 Hardcover with dust jacket, 504 pp., 5½ x 8½, $39.95 | eBook

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The Way of the Heart The Spiritual Experience of André Louf

Charles Wright, Translated by Brian Kerns, OCSO

Based on a wide variety of interviews, printed sources, and Dom André Louf’s spiritual journal, The Way of the Heart narrates Louf’s spiritual journey throughout his life, which portrays a man whose immense gifts pulled him in many directions, while always endeavoring to submit himself to God’s will.

“Thanks to the author’s use of extracts from Louf’s personal journal, the reader walks this path with Dom André in a small way, to his own eternal benefit.”

Jean Truax, Independent scholar

MW072P, 978-0-87907-335-0 Paperback, 344 pp., 5½ x 8½, $39.95 | eBook

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The “Lost” Dialogue of Gregory the Great The Life of St. Scholastica

Carmel Posa, SGS Foreword by Michael Casey, OCSO

Using a “disciplined imagination” and the ancient hagiographical method informed by a wide range of scholarship, Carmel Posa, SGS, recovers the missing life and voice of St. Scholastica of Nursia.

“In this book, one can feel the love of monastic life and the feminine side to it.”

Aquinata Böckmann, OSB

979-8-4008-0053-5 Paperback, 132 pp., 5 x 8, $19.95 | eBook

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Schools for the Lord’s Service A History of the American-Cassinese Congregation of Benedictine Monasteries 1855–2023

Jerome Oetgen

Commissioned by the American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation, Schools for the Lord’s Service is a comprehensive narrative history of the oldest congregation of Benedictine monasteries in the United States.

“This story of monasticism creatively lived out in active missionary work is nothing short of astounding.”

Father Joseph Nangle, OFM, Assisi Community, Washington, DC

979-8-4008-0141-9 Hardcover with dust jacket, 652 pp., 6 x 9, $69.95 | eBook Available December 2024

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Monastic Ecological Wisdom A Living Tradition

Samuel Torvend

Inspired by Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Sí and Benedictine communities around the world whose shared monastic values inform ecological practice, Monastic Ecological Wisdom uncovers the hidden story of early Christian and monastic care for the earth.

“Oblate Torvend has written an exquisite history of Benedict’s care for the environment which he tried to instill in his followers. Benedict’s teachings echo Pope Francis’ incisive Laudato Si.” Laura Swan, OSB 978-0-8146-6797-2 Paperback, 176 pp., 5½ x 8½, $21.95 | eBook

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Second Place Scripture— Popular Studies

The Longest Psalm Day-by-Day Responses to Divine Self-Revelation

Michael Casey, OCSO

Perfect for a brief meditation before beginning the day, Casey invites us to spend time wandering with the psalmist to allow God’s Word to play a significant role in our lives. Through this careful reflection on the longest psalm, readers will discover the text is not merely a psalm to be sung but also a path to be followed.

“God’s self-revelation in Scripture can be known by us through lectio. Fr. Michael Casey has done the homework.

All we have to do is turn the page.”

Sr. Meg Funk, OSB, Our Lady of Grace Monastery, Beech Grove, Indiana 979-8-4008-0000-9 Paperback, 328 pp., 5½ x 8½, $29.95 | eBook

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Thomas Merton in California The Redwoods Conferences and Letters

Edited and Introduced by David M. Odorisio Foreword by Kathy DeVico, OCSO, Preface by Douglas Christie

Previously unpublished material from world-renowned Trappist monk and author, Thomas Merton, featuring the final conference talks given in the United States before his untimely death.

“As one of the participants of the Redwoods Conferences, I can sum up the atmosphere of those days in one word: electrified. Thomas Merton in California gives readers the privilege to sense for themselves the formidable creative charge of those encounters as if they were there.

What higher praise could there be for this book?”

Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB, monk, author, co-founder of grateful.org 979-8-4008-0031-3 Paperback, 462 pp., 6 x 9, $59.95 | eBook

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First Place Inspirational

A Retreat with Thomas Merton A Seven-Day Spiritual Journey

Esther de Waal, New Foreword by Bonnie B. Thurston

The celebrated spiritual writer Thomas Merton remains one of the most influential voices of our day. This prayer guide is for all who wish to embark on a retreat in the company of Thomas Merton to the heart of God and the heart of this world.

“Recommended for all readers who are on a spiritual journey. It’s worth its weight in gold.”

Spirit & Life 979-8-4008-0035-1 Paperback, 136 pp., 5½ x 8½, $22.95 | eBook

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Mysticism

The Sayings and Stories of the Desert Fathers and Mothers

The Sayings and Stories of the Desert Fathers and Mothers

Volume 2: Th–O (Thêta–Oméga)

Translated and introduced by Tim Vivian Foreword by Rick Kennedy

Volume 1; A–H (Êta)

CS287P 978-0-87907-109-7 Paperback 416 pp.

5½ x 8½, $49.95 eBook

The Sayings and Stories of the Desert Fathers and Mothers offers a new translation of the Greek alphabetical Apophthegmata Patrum, The Sayings of the Desert Fathers. For the first time in an English translation, this second volume provides information from I–Z (Zêta).

CS292P, 978-0-87907-292-6 Paperback, 584 pp., 5½ x 8½, $49.95 | eBook

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The Very Devout Meditations attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux A Translation, with Introduction and Notes, of the Meditationes piisimae de cognitione humanae conditionis

David N. Bell This volume, the first complete translation in more than three-hundred years, presents one of the most important texts in the history of medieval Latin spirituality.

“As usual, David Bell is as entertaining as he is effortlessly erudite.

This work will interest everyone who is interested in the way Bernard was perceived in the centuries following his death, and, in general, the way in which reputation and authorship were transmitted and transformed in medieval Europe.”

Fr. Lawrence Morey, Abbey of Gethsemani 978-0-87907-157-8 CS298P, Paperback, 180 pp., 5½ x 8½, $29.95 | eBook C I S T E R C I A N P U B L I CAT I O N S

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The Dialogue on Miracles Caesarius of Heisterbach Caesarius of Heisterbach’s Dialogue on Miracles, the first complete translation into English of an influential representation of exempla literature from the Middle Ages, provides a splendid index to monastic life, religious practices, and daily life in a tumultuous time.

Volume 1

Translated by Ronald Pepin Foreword and Introduction by Hugh Feiss, OSB Includes sections one through six of Caesarius of Heisterbach’s Dialogue on Miracles.

CF089P, 978-0-87907-122-6 Paperback, 536 pp., 5½ x 8½, $64.95 eBook

Volume 2

Translated by Ronald Pepin Includes sections seven through twelve of Caesarius of Heisterbach’s Dialogue on Miracles.

CF090P, 978-0-87907-127-1 Paperback, 472 pp., 5½ x 8½, $64.95 eBook

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Strangers in a Strange Land The Trappist Monastery of Saint Susan at Lulworth, Dorset 1794–1817

David N. Bell

Strangers in a Strange Land brings the story of Saint Susan’s monastery to light against the backdrop of a war between England and France, religious prejudice, conflicts of personality, lies, and misunderstanding.

“The fruit of meticulous research into a wide range of sources, this is a compelling read.”

Janet Burton, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter

CS299P, 978-0-87907-220-9 Paperback, 360 pp., 5½ x 8½, $39.95 | eBook C I S T E R C I A N P U B L I CAT I O N S

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First Place Reference/ Academic Studies

God’s Call Is Everywhere A Global Analysis of Contemporary Religious Vocations for Women

Patricia Wittberg, SC, Mary L. Gautier, Gemma Simmonds, CJ with Nathalie Becquart, XMCJ; Foreword by Patricia Murray, IBVM

God’s Call Is Everywhere is the first comparative analysis of research in six countries investigating women who have entered vowed religious life in Catholicism in the twenty-first century.

By examining a summary of these studies and comparing differences, readers will learn how to move forward in the future.

“This book is a hopeful and realistic window into religious life today.

It should be required reading for all who are involved in the administration of women’s religious institutes and the formation of newer religious.”

Juliet Mousseau, author of Prophetic Witnesses to Joy 978-0-8146-6913-6 Paperback, 248 pp., 5½ x 8½, $26.95 | eBook

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