"Whether the reader is new to Houselander's work or has long known her spiritual teachings, this intriguing biography offers a treasure chest of insight and inspiration." ---Joyce Rupp, author, spiritual director, Boundless Compassion program "A watershed publication for the study of Houselander: the first biography based...
In this novel, set in October, 1958, the pope lies dying in Rome as, thousands of miles away, life carries on in St. Monica’s Girls’ School. The students are living in the adolescent space between childhood and adulthood and are testing their limits. Meanwhile, their...
From 1948 to 1952 the lives of Trappist monk Thomas Merton and British novelist Evelyn Waugh were closely intertwined. In these pages we witness Merton the writing student and spiritual master and Waugh the master of prose and conflicted penitent. REVIEWS “Engaging, informative, and illuminating!” — Christine...
The excerpts from letters and journals in this volume show a rare example of the contemplative life and struggles in prayer of an active and prominent married couple with a shared thirst for God against a global background of tumultuous social and cultural change. It also...
Few figures have had as lasting an influence on Canadian institutions, history, politics, and culture as Georges and Pauline Vanier. Georges (1888-1967), a decorated military officer, became a professional diplomat, the first Canadian ambassador to France, and the first French-Canadian governor general of Canada. Pauline...
Linked short stories provide a seldom-seen peek behind the closed doors of a convent, at the challenges and blessings of young women who have dedicated their lives to the practice of perfection. The time is 1959 and the setting is a convent, where novices begin the...
Alfred Delp, S.J., a widely admired pastor, youth leader and intellectual, was executed by the Nazis on February 2, 1945, in Plötzensee Prison in Berlin. During the six months before his execution, the shackled priest painfully wrote a stream of deeply moving letters, meditations, and...
It is 1942 and twelve-year-old Laura Campbell leaves Rocky Falls for her first visit to her grandfather in Toronto, a city bustling with the war effort and news from abroad. While looking for something to do in his quiet neighbourhood, she meets the reclusive woman...