Poustinia

Poustinia

Author: Catherine de Hueck Doherty

Publisher: Combermere, Ont. : Madonna House Publications

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780921440543

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The Russian word Poustinia means 'desert¿, a place to meet Christ in silence, solitude and prayer. Catherine Doherty combines her insights into the great spiritual traditions of the Russian Church with her very personal experience of life with Christ.


Catherine de Hueck Doherty

Catherine de Hueck Doherty

Author: Catherine de Hueck Doherty

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13:

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Catherine de Hueck Doherty (1896-1985), a Russian-born aristocrat who has recently been proposed for canonization, emigrated to North America, dedicated her life to promoting "the gospel without compromise." Her vision combined a deep spirituality with a commitment to social justice. One of her early projects was the Harlem-based Friendship House, which attracted a young Thomas Merton. Later, with her second husband, Eddie Doherty, she established Madonna House in Combermere, Ontario. Though Roman Catholic, Catherine drew on her Russian roots and helped popularize the concept of Poustinia (the Russian word for desert)a place where a person meets God through solitude, prayer, and fasting. These writings, drawn from 25 books, highlight her distinctive spirituality, with its emphasis on the presence of God, the practice of prayer, a love for the church, and a deep apprehension of the social dimension of the gospel.


Compassionate Fire

Compassionate Fire

Author: Robert A. Wild

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781594712166

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The friendship between Thomas Merton and Catholic social activist Catherine de Hueck Doherty originated when Merton worked at Friendship House in Harlem. This volume of warm, candid correspondence traces nearly three decades of friendship through 31 surviving letters.


Grace in Every Season

Grace in Every Season

Author: Catherine de Hueck Doherty

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9780892837175

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This rich seasonal devotional reads like a sampler of the everyday spirituality of Catherine Doherty--a spiritual giant of the 20th-century who counted Thomas Merton and Dorothy Day among her friends, founded the Madonna House Apostolate, and left extensive writings to her spiritual sons and daughters.


Bogoroditza

Bogoroditza

Author: Catherine Doherty

Publisher: Combermere, Ont. : Madonna House Publications

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 9780921440482

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Mother of God, Model of Love... A remarkable, reader-friendly book about the Blessed Mother as a continuing presence in the lives of every Christian. Twelve chapters compiled from collected writings, some of them establishing the cultural (Russian) background of Catherine Doherty's Marian devotion, but most of them re-examining how people can experience Mary today. Accented with the author's richand original Marian prayers. "This book presents Mary as the model of love sought by all, one who can truly liberate us from selfishly doing our own thing. Catherine draws a portrait of Mary that makes her unselfish service to the Trinity, her simplicity, integrity, silence and fidelity appealing to all." - Prairie Messenger


Apostolic Farming

Apostolic Farming

Author: Catherine de Hueck Doherty

Publisher: Combermere, Ont. : Madonna House Publications, [198-?]

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9780921440031

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The earth is weeping...How can we heal it? The heavy treads of our modern machinery pound the earth into submission--our society has become expert at efficiently taking from the earth, but what do we give the earth in return? Is this the proper stewardship of the earth that God has entrusted us with? * Concerns are growing about genetically engineered "superfood" and harmful pesticide use. * The current panic over "Mad Cow" and "Foot and Mouth" diseases are a chilling example of the price which we may all pay for our livestock being fed with the cheapest feed instead of what is proper and nutritious. In this remarkably prophetic work, Catherine Doherty helps shed some light on these important issues, with practical, down-to-earth guidance for farmers everywhere--whether you are a backyard gardener or industry professional.


Strannik

Strannik

Author: Catherine Doherty

Publisher: Combermere, Ont. : Madonna House Publications

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 85

ISBN-13: 9780921440246

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Strannik is the Russian word for "pilgrim," one with a vocation-a unique, holy calling. Pilgrimage is more than something you `do.' `Being a pilgrim' consumes all of you. The pilgrim is to "be the Gospel and to preach it with his words and with his being." In Strannik, Catherine shows that pilgrimage is not just something for a few spiritual ascetics with wanderlust. Even less does it resemble the modern tourist-style `pilgrimages' that try to cover as many holy places as possible in the briefest time possible. Rather, the true strannik begins by looking within the self, where God already is. While the author does tell us about external pilgrimages such as she herself experienced as a child in Russia, the pilgrimages she is writing about are principally interior. Pilgrimage comes out of a quest for God. Catherine speaks of the "nostalgia for paradise" which all human beings have experienced since Adam and Eve. Without Christ we cannot complete our journey. "Christ was the pilgrim who pilgrimed from the bosom of the Father to the hearts of men and women."


I Live on an Island

I Live on an Island

Author: Catherine de Hueck Doherty

Publisher: Notre Dame, Ind. : Ave Maria Press

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 9780877931713

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From her isolated cabin in rural Ontario, the author reflects on the seasons, the Church, and her place in the world.


Molchanie

Molchanie

Author: Catherine Doherty

Publisher: Combermere, Ont. : Madonna House Publications

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780921440284

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How to enter into the immense, healing silence of God... Molchanie is Russian for "silence." In language poetic and meditative yet direct and simple, the author invites us to share her own pilgrimage into God's silence. It lasts as long as one's life, and involves purification, union with God, work and suffering, culminating in the miraculous experience of the divine silence. Much of Molchanie is allegory, full of visions and imagination--it is an allegorical pilgrimage. "This is a book for all, but especially for very busy people. No special learning is required. If one can read the Gospel, one can read Molchanie. Those who are weary and a bit battered by life, its pressures and tumult, will find here refreshment and joy." - St. Anthony Messenger