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Title: A Right to Be Merry by Mary Francis, Mother Mary Francis, Mother Mary Francis, Mary ISBN: 0-89870-824-9 Publisher: Ignatius Press Pub. Date: September, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Way They Were (and some still are)
Comment: This book was actually published first in 1961; I discovered it in the early 70's and have enjoyed it time and again since then. For anyone who wants to know what life was like in every Poor Clare monastery before Vatican II and the decimation of the religious life, this is undoubtedly the book to read. The lifestyle still persists in a few monasteries and you might want to visit their websites. If you enjoy this book, Sr. Mary Francis has written others as well (though none is quite as good as this one!).
Rating: 5
Summary: Fantastic View into the Life of Nuns
Comment: I throughly enjoyed this book. As a Catholic girl I have considered becoming a nun at various stages of my life. Reading this book helped me to get a better perspective of what nunhood might be like. Mother Mary Francis discusses the ups and downs, and the beauties and the horrors of being a nun. I reccomend this for any one who wants to understand the beauty of religious life.
Rating: 5
Summary: A classic in books about religious life
Comment: I loved this book so much, that I marked passages of it to share with other women I know who are discerning religious life. Mother Mary Francis tells us about a group of Poor Clare nuns beginning a new foundation in New Mexico. But that is just the superficial framework of the book. What she really gives us is a superb view of the theology of life as a Poor Clare nun.
In her writings on Saints Francis and Clare, her pen paints pictures that make these wonderful saints come alive for us. Mother Mary Francis shares with us their teachings to their nuns, and what impact those teachings have on their lives. So many consider the cloisered religious life to be a dark, solitary, very solemn life, but that is far from the truth. A monastery is a place of love, and light, and laughter, and no one tells us that so well as Mother Mary Francis.
I highly recommend this book to any and all, but especially to those discerning religious life and to those with a devotion to St. Clare. This book may be old, but it is far from outdated.
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Title: Stalking the Divine: Contemplating Faith With the Poor Clares by Kristin Ohlson ISBN: 1401300251 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 06 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Growing Free: A Carmelite Remembers by Joan Williams ISBN: 0818905255 Publisher: Alba House Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: The Habit : A History of the Clothing of Catholic Nuns by Elizabeth Kuhns ISBN: 0385505884 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 21 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Abbey Up the Hill: A Year in the Life of a Monastic Day-Tripper by Carol Bonomo ISBN: 0819219126 Publisher: Morehouse Publishing Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Unveiled: The Hidden Lives of Nuns by Cheryl L. Reed ISBN: 0425195112 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 02 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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