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Cassian and the Fathers
Initiation into the Monastic Tradition
Thomas Merton; Edited by Patrick F. O'Connell
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Cassian and the Fathers is the initial volume in the series of Novitiate Conferences of Thomas Merton, the classes he presented to young men beginning their monastic life at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. They contain Merton's insights on impor... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-001-4
Cistercian Product #: MW001
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Centered on Christ
A Guide to Monastic Profession
Augustine Roberts OCSO; Foreword by Bernardo Olivera OCSO
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Hidden in every human heart is a "monk." For men and women in the cloister and in the world, Augustine Roberts explores the inner meaning of the conversatio morum, conversion of life, that underlies Benedictine life. The first, Spanish, edition of th... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-074-8
Cistercian Product #: MW005P
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Charles Dumont Monk-Poet
A Spiritual Biography
Elizabeth Connor OCSO; Foreword by Mark A. Scott OCSO
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Price: $19.95
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Introduced to the spiritual theology of the twelfth-century Cistercian Fathers when he entered the abbey of Scourmont, Belgium, Charles Dumont shared his ever deepening knowledge as editor of the Order's French-language journal, Collectanea Cistercie... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-040-3
Cistercian Product #: MW010P
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Dom Gabriel Sortais
An Amazing Abbot in Turbulent Times
Fr Guy Oury OSB
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Price: $34.95
Sale Price: $8.74
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Dom Gabriel Sortais: An Amazing Abbot in Turbulent Times is an engaging biography of one of the most colorful Abbot Generals among the Trappists. Dom Gabriel put his stamp on the order in a very personal way, a form that remains with us today despite... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-007-6
Cistercian Product #: MW007P
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Four Ways of Holiness for the Universal Church
Drawn from the Monastic Tradition
Francis Kline OCSO
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We find the essence of holiness deep in the Scriptures, in the teaching and imitation of Jesus. When a Christian lives a particular way of holiness back to its scriptural source, we see in the person the Church as it waits for the Saviour, beyond all... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-012-0
Cistercian Product #: MW012
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Inside the Psalms
Reflections for Novices
Maureen McCabe OCSO
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The psalms are at the very heart of monastic prayer. Recited seven times a day in the liturgy and reflected upon in the mind through the day during work and lectio divina, they provide those who recite them regularly with a privileged way into contin... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-009-0
Cistercian Product #: MW003P
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An Introduction to Christian Mysticism
Initiation into the Monastic Tradition, 3
Thomas Merton; Edited by Patrick F. O’Connell
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In these conferences, originally given to novices, Thomas Merton provides an overview of major themes and figures in the Christian mystical tradition. From Fathers of the Church through important medieval theologians to the great Spanish Carmelites, ... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-013-7
Cistercian Product #: MW013P
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The Legacy of Thomas Merton
Edited by Brother Patrick Hart OCSO
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When he entered Gethsemani Abbey in 1941, Merton embraced a hidden life . By the time he died nearly thirty years later, he was well known as `a witness to life', a friend of people around the world, and a keen observer of both church and society. Th... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-992-5
Cistercian Product #: CS092
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The Monastic Journey by Thomas Merton
Edited by Patrick Hart OCSO
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Written during the last decade of Merton's life, these articles reflect his mature thought on monastic life in community and in solitude. Appealing to the monastic dimension in all of us, his reflections have meaning for those living outside as well ... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-533-0
Cistercian Product #: CS133
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A Monastic Vision for the Twenty-first Century
Where Do We Go From Here?
Edited with a Foreword by Patrick Hart OCSO
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Price: $15.95
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An ancient lifestyle which has been adapted, renewed, and is still being followed today, monasticism appears to some outside it as a quaint anachronism and to others as the sanest of all ways of living. Can it survive in the post post-modern world? A... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-057-1
Cistercian Product #: MW008P
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Partnership with Christ
A Cistercian Retreat
Edited by Chaminade Crabtree OCSO; Introduction by Nivard Kinsella OCSO
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"This is the best retreat we ever had at Gethsemani," commented Thomas Merton of the talks reproduced in this volume. Recorded in 1958 at Holy Spirit Abbey in Conyers, Georgia, transcribed, and now printed, Dom Eugene's meditations include stories of... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-016-8
Cistercian Product #: MW016P
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Passing from Self to God
A Cistercian Retreat
Robert Thomas ocso; Translated by Martha Krieg
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Those seeking to deepen their spiritual lives by visiting monasteries rarely have enough time to absorb as much as they would like. In this book an experienced spiritual master provides an intensive directed retreat which relies heavily on the rich C... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-006-9
Cistercian Product #: MW006P
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Praise No Less Than Charity
Studies in Honor of M. Chrysogonus Waddell, Monk of Gethsemani Abbey
Edited by E. Rozanne Elder
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Price: $49.95
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M. Chrysogonus Wadell, monk, liturgist, composer, and scholar, took monastic vows on September 1952. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of his profession, his confrères, colleagues, and friends offer this volume of essays in the several fields in whic... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-593-4
Cistercian Product #: CS193
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Pre-Benedictine Monasticism
Initiation into the Monastic Tradition
Thomas Merton; Edited, with an Introduction, by Patrick F. O’Connell
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Charged with training young monks at Gethsemani Abbey, Thomas Merton combined his literary genius and his love of the monastic tradition to produce Monastic Orientation Notes as the bases of his classes. In this volume, he treats the many and varied... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-073-1
Cistercian Product #: MW009P
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Secret of the Heart
Spiritual Being
Jean-Marie Howe OCSO
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Price: $12.95
Sale Price: $6.48
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"The Secret" shared by Jean-Marie Howe, retired Cistercian Abbess of the Abbey of the Assumption in New Brunswick, is that through immersion in monastic life men and women enter into contact with the Mystery of Christ, a contact which takes place at ... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-002-1
Cistercian Product #: MW002P
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Singing for the Kingdom
The Last of the Homilies
By Matthew Kelty; Edited, with an Introduction, by William O. Paulsell
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For almost half a century Trappist monk Matthew Kelty has delivered homilies to monks and retreatants in his unique style. Visitors at his monastery have been inspired, and challenged by his talks, given after Compline each evening, and monks have co... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-015-1
Cistercian Product #: MW015P
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Survival or Prophecy?
The Correspondence of Jean Leclercq and Thomas Merton
Edited, with an Introduction, by Patrick Hart OCSO; Foreword by Rembert Weakland OSB; Afterword by Michael Casey OCSO
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Price: $21.95
Sale Price: $10.98
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The twenty-year correspondence between Jean Leclercq, a French Benedictine monk and scholar, and Thomas Merton, an American Cistercian monk, provides a fascinating record of their common yearnings. "What is a monk?" is the question at the center of t... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-017-5
Cistercian Product #: MW017P
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Thomas Merton
Prophet of Renewal
John Eudes Bamberger OCSO
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Like Bernard of Clairvaux, whose last act was to leave his cloister to mediate—successfully—between two nobles and prevent bloodshed, Thomas Merton found in the monastic life of prayer a source of strength, empathy, and understanding. To understand M... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-010-6
Cistercian Product #: MW004P
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Thomas Merton/Monk
A Monastic Tribute
Edited by Patrick Hart OCSO
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Price: $12.95
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Winner of the Religious Book Award of the Catholic Press Association for 1974 See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-752-5
Cistercian Product #: CS052
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Toward an Integrated Humanity
Thomas Merton's Journey
Essays and insights edited by M. Basil Pennington OCSO
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Price: $7.95
Sale Price: $3.98
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'The journey to full human integration is what life is all about for Thomas Merton, for any monk or nun, for any Christian, for any human being. We have in Thomas Merton, monk, Christian, man, a marvelously inspiring guide and companion for the journ... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-603-0
Cistercian Product #: CS103
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The Way of Humility
By André Louf OCSO; Translated, with an Introduction, by Lawrence S. Cunningham
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André Louf’s probing essay on the nature of humility revisions this fundamental Christian virtue away from the misunderstandings of both the scholastic tradition and its modern counterparts to locate humility in the ancient sources of the monastic tr... See More >>
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ISBN: 978-0-87907-011-3
Cistercian Product #: MW011P
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