"For centuries the Spanish mystic Teresa of Avila has fascinated anyone interested in a life lived out of the depths of the human spirit. With warm and lively prose, Mary Jo Weaver tells not only Teresa's story but also how Teresa's ideals are lived by contemporary Carmelite nuns in Indianapolis. You will not want to set down this beautifully crafted tapestry of a saint and her modern daughters until you have turned its final page." --Keith J. Egan Cloister and Community is both a history of the Carmelite monastery of ...
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"For centuries the Spanish mystic Teresa of Avila has fascinated anyone interested in a life lived out of the depths of the human spirit. With warm and lively prose, Mary Jo Weaver tells not only Teresa's story but also how Teresa's ideals are lived by contemporary Carmelite nuns in Indianapolis. You will not want to set down this beautifully crafted tapestry of a saint and her modern daughters until you have turned its final page." --Keith J. Egan Cloister and Community is both a history of the Carmelite monastery of Indianapolis and an introduction to the Carmelites, a contemplative order of Roman Catholicism, founded in the 13th century and rededicated as a reform movement for religious women in the 16th century by Teresa of Avila. A key element of the order is that its nuns live an ascetic, cloistered life, but as Mary Jo Weaver demonstrates, the view that one must "leave the world" to find sacred space apart from it has evolved to embrace the notion that the world itself is sacred space. Weaver focuses on a modern Indianapolis community and describes how the sisters incorporate Carmelite belief and practice into their daily lives. Cloister and Community is a beautifully written and handsomely produced book that offers readers a privileged view of the world of present-day contemplative spirituality.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0253341841. This book is in very good condition; no remainder marks. Dustjacket does have some shelfwear and small corner tear to bottom corner. Inside pages are clean.; 128 pages.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) (xi) 112 pages, numerous b/w photos, photo credits, chapter notes, additional notes, some important dates; 4to, black cloth. Fine, dust jacket very good 2 small tears rear. History of the Indianapolis Carmelites including their changes after Vatican II Signed on title page by author. The monastery was disbanded with the nuns ending their years at the Franciscan Motherhouse at Oldenburg, Indiana. The monastery became a minor seminary for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Another, more traditional Carmelite Monastery was formed as an offshoot at Terre Haute, Indiana, in the 1950's and still exists.
