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Making a Heart for God

A Week Inside a Catholic Monastery

By: Dianne Aprile

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Making a Heart for God

A Week Inside a Catholic Monastery

By: Dianne Aprile

The monastic experience demystifiedan essential guide to what its like to spend a week inside a Catholic monastery. A life of quiet, work and prayer, monasticism has been a part of the Christian spiritual tradition for over 1,700 years, and it remains very much alive today. This book offers you a personal encounter with daily life inside the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky, as you might encounter it on a one-week retreat. Including a detailed guide to the monastic places in North America that receive visitors, as well as a detailed glossary, Making a Heart for God is an excellent introduction for anyone interested in learning about monastic spiritualityand it is also the perfect preparation for your first retreat experience. Whether youre simply curious about whats behind the mystery, or interested in experiencing it firsthand, this is the ideal handbook. Also included are a helpful glossary of terms and a listing of monasteries throughout North America that receive visitors.

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Turner Publishing Company

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1594735204

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9781594735202

Rome the Second Time

15 Itineraries That Don't Go to the Coliseum

By: Dianne Bennett,William Graebner

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Rome the Second Time

15 Itineraries That Don't Go to the Coliseum

By: Dianne Bennett,William Graebner

Designed for the tourist seeking a fresh, authentic, Roman experience, this intimate, stimulating guide explores Rome's splendid modern architecture, its bustling close-in neighborhoods, and its rivers, magnificent fountains, and aqueducts. Itineraries take the reader to Fascist and occupied Rome of World War II, the nearby Alban Hills, and the Eternal City's lesser-known green spaces. Innovative chapters feature cultural and artistic Rome, including art galleries, jazz clubs, film locations, and rooftop bars--even places that offer a sumptuous (and free) "vernissage" of wine and hors d'oeuvres. With Bill and Dianne as guides-their voices part of the experience-the curious traveler will discover a housing project built under Mussolini; ascend a little-known holy Roman road on the city's outskirts; spend an evening in the out-of-the-way, artsy neighborhood of Pigneto; enjoy a trattoria where only Italians eat; and, among the book's many informative, creative "sidebars," find in one the troubling story of Rome's Jewish community, and in another locate sites in "Angels & Demons." 16 maps, 70 photos, an index, and detailed directions and instructions (including websites) make this "new" Rome easily accessible. For the frugally-minded, at times adventurous (at times armchair) traveler. Foreword by Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni.

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Curious Traveler Press

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0615279988

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9780615279985

Modern Rome

4 Great Walks for the Curious Traveler

By: Dianne Bennett,William Graebner

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Modern Rome

4 Great Walks for the Curious Traveler

By: Dianne Bennett,William Graebner

MODERN ROME: 4 GREAT WALKS FOR THE CURIOUS TRAVELER, an alternative guidebook, is the latest in the Curious Traveler Series by acclaimed travel writers Dianne Bennett and William Graebner. Designed for the tens of thousands of visitors who have seen Rome's major attractions or seek an off-the-beaten path experience, it features over 60 color photos, 4 detailed maps, and entertaining and informative commentary. Following the success of ROME THE SECOND TIME: 15 ITINERARIES THAT DON'T GO TO THE COLISEUM, Bennett and Graebner offer 4 new Rome walks, all outside the city's tourist core, all easily accessible by Metro or tram, and all in neighborhoods where Romans live and work. GARBATELLA: GARDEN CITY SUBURB is a guided tour through one of the city's most engaging and mysterious planned communities, a 1920s creation featuring curving streets, enchanting stairways, interior courtyards, and some of the most unusual public housing ever built. EUR: MID-CENTURY SPECTACLE features a dramatic locale, now a center of Rome's business community, but planned and constructed in monumental style to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 1922 Fascist March on Rome. On the opposite side of the city, a walk through Flaminio introduces Rome's sensational 21st-century, starchitect-designed cultural centers, and, across the Tiber, the suggestive site of the 1960 Olympic Games, the Foro Italico, a virtual Mussolini theme park built by the Duce in the 1930s. A fourth, stairways walk begins in Trastevere's back yard, winding up, down, and around Rome's 8th hill, the Gianicolo, traversing a 17th-century villa, a compelling 1941 monument to the Italian unification movement, and one of the smallest and most charming temples in all of Italy. Bennett and Graebner provide more tantalizing tours, information, and Book Updates on their blog at www.romethesecondtime.com. Pack your bags. Bring your curiosity.

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0991335805

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The Abbey of Gethsemani

Place of Peace and Paradox : 150 Years in the Life of America's Oldest Trappist Monastery

By: Dianne Aprile

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The Abbey of Gethsemani

Place of Peace and Paradox : 150 Years in the Life of America's Oldest Trappist Monastery

By: Dianne Aprile

Richly illustrated with photographs, illustrations, and reproductions of documents, this detailed account of the founding and growth of America's "proto-abbey" is rooted in the historical context of the Cistercians and the monastic tradition. The work of Father Louis, Thomas Merton, is skillfully woven into the story of the abbey.

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Trout Lily Press (KY)

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0964280213

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Making a Heart for God

A Week Inside a Catholic Monastery

By: Dianne Aprile

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A Week Inside a Catholic Monastery

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Place of Peace and Paradox : 150 Years in the Life of America's Oldest Trappist Monastery

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Place of Peace and Paradox : 150 Years in the Life of America's Oldest Trappist Monastery

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