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Atchison Blue: A Search for Silence, a Spiritual Home, and a Living Faith
In this meditative spiritual memoir, Judith Valente, celebrated PBS religion journalist and celebrated poet, invites readers along on her transformative pilgrimages to Mount St. Scholastica monastery in Atchison, Kansas. The Benedictine sisters who invited Valente presented her with a view of monastic life and wisdom that brought spiritual healing to her fast-paced life--and promises to do the same for her readers.
The first time Judith Valente arrived at Mount St. Scholastica monastery, she came prepared to teach a course on poetry and the soul. Instead, she found herself the student, taking lessons from the Benedictine sisters in the healing nature of silence, how to cultivate habits of mindful living, and the freeing reality that conversion is a lifelong process.
With the heart of a poet and the eye of a journalist, she tells how her many visits and interviews with the Benedictine sisters forced her to confront aspects of her own life that needed healing--a journey that will invite readers to healing of their own. A beautiful and heartfelt work that crosses The Cloister Walk with Tuesdays with Morrie, Atchison Blue will resonate with readers of Thomas Merton, Henri Nouwen, Mary Gordon, and Anne Lamott.
The first time Judith Valente arrived at Mount St. Scholastica monastery, she came prepared to teach a course on poetry and the soul. Instead, she found herself the student, taking lessons from the Benedictine sisters in the healing nature of silence, how to cultivate habits of mindful living, and the freeing reality that conversion is a lifelong process.
With the heart of a poet and the eye of a journalist, she tells how her many visits and interviews with the Benedictine sisters forced her to confront aspects of her own life that needed healing--a journey that will invite readers to healing of their own. A beautiful and heartfelt work that crosses The Cloister Walk with Tuesdays with Morrie, Atchison Blue will resonate with readers of Thomas Merton, Henri Nouwen, Mary Gordon, and Anne Lamott.
181 pages, Paperback
First published August 26, 2013
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Judith Valente
19 books39 followersJudith Valente is an award-winning author, poet, and journalist. She is a sought-after speaker and retreat leader on living a more contemplative life, discovering inner wisdom through poetry, and finding meaning in your work. She is a lay associate of the Benedictine monastery Mount St. Scholastica in Atchison, KS, which is the subject of her award-winning 2013 memoir, "Atchison Blue: A Search for Silence, a Spiritual Home and a Living Faith," chosen by Religion Newswriters Association as one of the three best spirituality books of that year.
Her new book "How to Be: A Monk & a Journalist Reflect on Living & Dying, Purpose & Prayer, Forgiveness & Friendship" is a dialogue between two spiritual seekers exploring life'scomplex questions. Her co-author is Brother Paul Quenon, a Trappist monk of the famous Abbey of Gethsemani who knew the great spirituality author, Thomas Merton.
Her 2018 book, "How to Live: What The Rule of St. Benedict Teaches Us About Happiness, Meaning, and Community" has been used by book group members throughout the world seeking to live a more contemplative life in the secular world. She is also co-author with Brother Paul Quenon of "The Art of Pausing: Meditations for the Overworked and Overwhelmed," winner of a 2013 Catholic Press Association Award.
She is a former on-air correspondent who covered faith and values for Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly on national PBS-TV. She also worked as a staff writer for The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal and was twice a finalist for the Pulizter Prize in journalism. She has won numerous broadcast awards, including two Edward R, Murrow Awards, arising from her work as senior correspondent and investigative reporter for the NPR affiliate, GLT Radio. She also was a correspondent for Chicago Public Radio. She currently contributes articles to National Catholic Reporter and U.S. Catholic magazine.
Ms. Valente is also a poet whose poetry chapbook, "Inventing An Alphabet," was chosen by Mary Oliver for the 2005 national Aldrich Poetry Prize. Her second collection, "Discovering Moons," was published in 2009.
Ms. Valente holds a B.A in English and classical languages from St. Peter's University in Jersey City, NJ, and an MFA in creative writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is married to former Illinois Judge Charles Reynard, also a poet, with whom she co-edited the 2005 anthology, "Twenty Poems to Nourish Your Soul," winner of an Eric Hoffer Book citation. The couple operates an alfalfa farm in central Illinois, where Judith is a member of the Grand Prairie Master Naturalists, a group that cares for the Illinois prairie. She is also on the board of the International Thomas Merton Society.
Her new book "How to Be: A Monk & a Journalist Reflect on Living & Dying, Purpose & Prayer, Forgiveness & Friendship" is a dialogue between two spiritual seekers exploring life'scomplex questions. Her co-author is Brother Paul Quenon, a Trappist monk of the famous Abbey of Gethsemani who knew the great spirituality author, Thomas Merton.
Her 2018 book, "How to Live: What The Rule of St. Benedict Teaches Us About Happiness, Meaning, and Community" has been used by book group members throughout the world seeking to live a more contemplative life in the secular world. She is also co-author with Brother Paul Quenon of "The Art of Pausing: Meditations for the Overworked and Overwhelmed," winner of a 2013 Catholic Press Association Award.
She is a former on-air correspondent who covered faith and values for Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly on national PBS-TV. She also worked as a staff writer for The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal and was twice a finalist for the Pulizter Prize in journalism. She has won numerous broadcast awards, including two Edward R, Murrow Awards, arising from her work as senior correspondent and investigative reporter for the NPR affiliate, GLT Radio. She also was a correspondent for Chicago Public Radio. She currently contributes articles to National Catholic Reporter and U.S. Catholic magazine.
Ms. Valente is also a poet whose poetry chapbook, "Inventing An Alphabet," was chosen by Mary Oliver for the 2005 national Aldrich Poetry Prize. Her second collection, "Discovering Moons," was published in 2009.
Ms. Valente holds a B.A in English and classical languages from St. Peter's University in Jersey City, NJ, and an MFA in creative writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is married to former Illinois Judge Charles Reynard, also a poet, with whom she co-edited the 2005 anthology, "Twenty Poems to Nourish Your Soul," winner of an Eric Hoffer Book citation. The couple operates an alfalfa farm in central Illinois, where Judith is a member of the Grand Prairie Master Naturalists, a group that cares for the Illinois prairie. She is also on the board of the International Thomas Merton Society.
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February 13, 2015
I'm wondering why my rating is so far from the others. I like reading spiritual autobiographies and was introduced to the specific genre of visits to monasteries by The Genesee Diary (Henri Nouwen) years ago. I may have read it three times at this point. I also very much appreciated The Cloister Walk (Kathleen Norris) and her recommendation made me think I would appreciate this "search for silence, a spiritual home, and a living faith."
Did I read more than once that the author was close to a Pulitzer prize or did I just feel like I read that? I wondered how her step-daughters reacted to the book--it couldn't have helped their relationship to read the way she wrote about them. Could they really have been as unwelcoming and unaware as she makes them out to be? Did they actually wrap up a roll of salami and give it to her as a Christmas gift? If so, I'd be offended too but it doesn't help the situation to tell the world.
I wish I had appreciated this book more. I did like the interviews with the sisters and their joy and contentment in their cloistered life.
Did I read more than once that the author was close to a Pulitzer prize or did I just feel like I read that? I wondered how her step-daughters reacted to the book--it couldn't have helped their relationship to read the way she wrote about them. Could they really have been as unwelcoming and unaware as she makes them out to be? Did they actually wrap up a roll of salami and give it to her as a Christmas gift? If so, I'd be offended too but it doesn't help the situation to tell the world.
I wish I had appreciated this book more. I did like the interviews with the sisters and their joy and contentment in their cloistered life.
December 8, 2013
Judith Valente is a PBS correspondent with a hectic job of jetsetting around conducting interviews and working with others. She decided to take time out to spend with the sisters of the Mt. St. Scholastica Monastery at a quiet town called Atchison. As I'd often wondered about what happens within the walls of such places, this sounded like an interesting book to read. Did the sisters in "The Sound of Music" romanticise the lifestyle? If so, to what extent?
The book did reveal a bit about how long lives devoted to reflection, routine and acts and mercy do often provide a different perspective to that of those of us who are rushing about, taking everything the twenty-first century has to throw at us. It also raises questions as to whether people can choose to live contemplative lives outside of a monastic setting, and if so, how successfully. Some of the sisters' revelations about moments when they felt closest to God surprised me, challenging our assumptions about what such ladies might be expected to say.
I did find it a bit slow-going at times. The reflections are about all sorts of things from birth to death and the coping with the stress in between. There was a little too much focus on death, making it a bit melancholic for my tastes. Still, it was definitely good to read, just for showing me that no matter what lifestyles we may choose, we are all much the same when you think about it.
I received a copy from NetGalley and Ave Maria Press in return for an honest review.
The book did reveal a bit about how long lives devoted to reflection, routine and acts and mercy do often provide a different perspective to that of those of us who are rushing about, taking everything the twenty-first century has to throw at us. It also raises questions as to whether people can choose to live contemplative lives outside of a monastic setting, and if so, how successfully. Some of the sisters' revelations about moments when they felt closest to God surprised me, challenging our assumptions about what such ladies might be expected to say.
I did find it a bit slow-going at times. The reflections are about all sorts of things from birth to death and the coping with the stress in between. There was a little too much focus on death, making it a bit melancholic for my tastes. Still, it was definitely good to read, just for showing me that no matter what lifestyles we may choose, we are all much the same when you think about it.
I received a copy from NetGalley and Ave Maria Press in return for an honest review.
January 23, 2014
A beautifully-written treatment of a middle-aged woman's repeated pilgrimages to a Benedictine monastery. It was at once honest, inspiring, irritating, heartwarming and challenging. As the memoir went on, I began to suspect that Valente was using the monastery as a way not to step back from the challenges of her life (specifically, family relationships) but to escape them.
February 13, 2016
This is a lovely book. The author shares with us her visits to a Benedictine monastery - Mount St. Scholastica - in Atchison, Kansas, where she finds she is able to learn so much. She initially visits to see if she can take a break from her hectic, noisy life. But she returns again and again because she finds the place and the sisters there to be transforming in her life.
The book is a memoir of her visits, varying in length and in time of year, but each one giving her something about herself to think about, learn to accept, or discover. It is in no way a religious book as far as saying "Here is what you should do/believe/think." Rather, Valente shares with the reader her experiences as a way to remind us that change is possible and that it can never hurt to know yourself better - even if sometimes you wish what you learned was a lot nicer!
I liked this book because it was honest, interesting, and because I think only in books about others' experiences can we get an idea of the life of religious orders these days. The nuns here are regular people, with regular jobs, family members, illnesses, and many of the same things as the rest of us. They have a different way of life, and a calling, but they are no less human. They are however, able to live their lives in a way that is both rewarding and very different from most of us.
There is a lot to take in and a lot to learn here. I also have to say that there was a section about the death of one of the sisters, and it is one of the most beautiful things I have ever read. I'm glad I read this book, and hope that in some way, I can take some of the ideas and lessons offered by the author and place them into my own life.
The book is a memoir of her visits, varying in length and in time of year, but each one giving her something about herself to think about, learn to accept, or discover. It is in no way a religious book as far as saying "Here is what you should do/believe/think." Rather, Valente shares with the reader her experiences as a way to remind us that change is possible and that it can never hurt to know yourself better - even if sometimes you wish what you learned was a lot nicer!
I liked this book because it was honest, interesting, and because I think only in books about others' experiences can we get an idea of the life of religious orders these days. The nuns here are regular people, with regular jobs, family members, illnesses, and many of the same things as the rest of us. They have a different way of life, and a calling, but they are no less human. They are however, able to live their lives in a way that is both rewarding and very different from most of us.
There is a lot to take in and a lot to learn here. I also have to say that there was a section about the death of one of the sisters, and it is one of the most beautiful things I have ever read. I'm glad I read this book, and hope that in some way, I can take some of the ideas and lessons offered by the author and place them into my own life.
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September 18, 2013This book was a complete surprise to me. A whap-to-the-side-of-the-head walloping shocker. Why? I'm not completely sure, but the surprise was delightful and refreshing. It's good writing, for one thing, and it's also honest in a way that I appreciated. So much of Valente's story and struggles resonated with me.
It's by award-winning PBS correspondent Judith Valente and is, at heart, a story well-told. It's a story of struggle, of questioning, of seeking. It's a tale of lost and found, with a Benedictine monastery at the center.
I find myself with a growing curiosity of monasteries. I'm tempted to ask what you do in a monastery, but I suppose that's like my family member asking what I do all day.
I haven't figured out how Valente spent so much time with the sisters at the Mount St. Scholastica monastery, but I'm glad she did, and I'm glad her journalistic training prepared her to capture it to share with me.
This book spoke to my heart and applied to my experience. Valente faces a challenge, and the challenge is life. She carries a burden, and the burden is hurt. She seeks a solution, and the solution is Jesus.
Atchison Blue is part memoir, part guidebook, part something I don't know how to name. It explores difficult questions of faith and hard experiences of life. It's raw and gritty and fun to read, somehow. There's laughter, but there are tears, too.
Highly recommended. It's a book that I'll reread and reference, because it's full of gems.
It's by award-winning PBS correspondent Judith Valente and is, at heart, a story well-told. It's a story of struggle, of questioning, of seeking. It's a tale of lost and found, with a Benedictine monastery at the center.
I find myself with a growing curiosity of monasteries. I'm tempted to ask what you do in a monastery, but I suppose that's like my family member asking what I do all day.
I haven't figured out how Valente spent so much time with the sisters at the Mount St. Scholastica monastery, but I'm glad she did, and I'm glad her journalistic training prepared her to capture it to share with me.
This book spoke to my heart and applied to my experience. Valente faces a challenge, and the challenge is life. She carries a burden, and the burden is hurt. She seeks a solution, and the solution is Jesus.
Atchison Blue is part memoir, part guidebook, part something I don't know how to name. It explores difficult questions of faith and hard experiences of life. It's raw and gritty and fun to read, somehow. There's laughter, but there are tears, too.
Highly recommended. It's a book that I'll reread and reference, because it's full of gems.
November 7, 2015
I read this book for Scripps Book Club. I had a lot of trouble having any sympathy for the narrator who seemed a bit of a whiner. However, I was amazed at the Benedictine nuns of Mount St. Scholastica monastery. Their life was a far cry from the movie image I have of nuns. These are not cloistered nuns but active in the world, drink wine and play poker. The dedicated, conscious community they have chosen to live in was extremely appealing to me. Their wisdom, while obviously based in Christianity, shares so much with other spiritual traditions. The importance of silence, of living in the moment, resonates through all sorts of practices.
July 22, 2018
Peace, discovery, acknowledgement, acceptance, flaws, frustrations, observations and so much more highlight the Benedictine sisters of Mount St. Scholastica.
In a bracingly honest manner, Judith Valente reveals her enchantment, her respect, her wonderment, and her struggles with peace and spirituality in the context of the monastery in Atchison Kansas.
Highly recommended reading!
In a bracingly honest manner, Judith Valente reveals her enchantment, her respect, her wonderment, and her struggles with peace and spirituality in the context of the monastery in Atchison Kansas.
Highly recommended reading!
February 27, 2019
I didn't know much about what living as a nun in a monastery would be like, especially one in Atchison, Kansas. I thought the nuns would be quiet and detached from the world. Turns out I was quite wrong. Judith Valente lived with the nuns at St. Scholastica in Atchison, Kansas, because she found a solace and peace there as well as smart, funny, engaged, spiritual women who inspired her to become a Benedictine oblate. The nuns at St. Scholastica are trying to make the world a better place by focusing on one person at a time; they take a social justice interpretation to the Gospels. They live in the here and now. But they are also grounded in ancient Benedictine practices; they meet in the chapel several times a day to say prayers, chant and sit in quiet for awhile.
I was honored last summer to accompany Judith Valente to St. Scholastica where she was conducting a weekend workshop for Benedictine oblates who mostly came from around the Midwest. The oblates are lay people, mainly Catholic, mainly women but also Protestants, also some men, all believers in calmly going forth into the world to pray and bring solace and hope, as Jesus would. Having been to the monastery, I can attest that Valente's descriptions are spot on. The nuns are as charming and funny and smart as she describes, perhaps even more so. That's not detracting from her reporting in Atchison Blue . But like a doubting Thomas, I was impressed to find that the nuns were amazing women just as Valente had described.
I was honored last summer to accompany Judith Valente to St. Scholastica where she was conducting a weekend workshop for Benedictine oblates who mostly came from around the Midwest. The oblates are lay people, mainly Catholic, mainly women but also Protestants, also some men, all believers in calmly going forth into the world to pray and bring solace and hope, as Jesus would. Having been to the monastery, I can attest that Valente's descriptions are spot on. The nuns are as charming and funny and smart as she describes, perhaps even more so. That's not detracting from her reporting in Atchison Blue . But like a doubting Thomas, I was impressed to find that the nuns were amazing women just as Valente had described.
June 13, 2021
I found this book because I was digging around Google Books for books by some of the more recent authors I've been reading, especially Judith Valente and Paula Huston. Both are oblates of Benedictine monasteries and both talk about how they live out their lives as oblates- not as monks, but as ordinary people trying to apply Benedictine spirituality to their own lives. I've already reviewed one book from each. So, this seemed a logical step.
This book is more autobiographical than the previous book I reviewed. It is Valente's experiences on various retreats at St. Scholastica, in Atchison, Kansas which are the focus, especially on her encounters with various Sisters in the convent. The book focuses on how to apply the lessons she learns from the Sisters in her busy and complicated life.
Valente offers great insight into prayer, conversion and living a life of faith in the everyday world. She is honest about her shortcomings and her need for continuing conversion, which is heartening because we're all facing both our ideals and our shortcomings when we deal with people. The gentle wisdom of the Sisters leavens the book, but not in a saccharine or unrealistic way. Valente's journey is like most of ours- messy, sometimes inspiring, sometimes not, but familiar.
This is book which rewards slow reading. It is thoughtful and invites reflections. It is also likely to reward re-reading.
This book is more autobiographical than the previous book I reviewed. It is Valente's experiences on various retreats at St. Scholastica, in Atchison, Kansas which are the focus, especially on her encounters with various Sisters in the convent. The book focuses on how to apply the lessons she learns from the Sisters in her busy and complicated life.
Valente offers great insight into prayer, conversion and living a life of faith in the everyday world. She is honest about her shortcomings and her need for continuing conversion, which is heartening because we're all facing both our ideals and our shortcomings when we deal with people. The gentle wisdom of the Sisters leavens the book, but not in a saccharine or unrealistic way. Valente's journey is like most of ours- messy, sometimes inspiring, sometimes not, but familiar.
This is book which rewards slow reading. It is thoughtful and invites reflections. It is also likely to reward re-reading.
May 14, 2023
I have a special interest in this book and this author: 1. I am a Benedictine oblate. 2. I live close to Atchison. 3. I am going to hear the author speak at a retreat this summer. I was pleased with the clear, sometimes poetic writing of Judith Valente, and I found her stories of life at the monastery refreshing and compelling. (I listened to the audiobook edition, but for some reason this wasn't an option in the edition listings.)
October 10, 2017
Just starting to re-read along with The Mystical Way in the Fourth Gospel by L. William Countryman. Found them on my book shelf today along with Maya Angelou's Mother-- A Cradle to Hold Me, the last Mother's Day gift I gave mom before she passed on.
April 27, 2019
A nice read around Easter. I enjoyed reading about the mount in which I’m already pretty familiar and learning some new things about the Catholic faith, but the author’s own story was not enjoyable for me. 2.5 ⭐️
October 14, 2022
I guess it was a good book if you like to read memoirs. I was not my type of book. It was very flowery and not much substance. I credit the sisters at the monastery. I love the life they lead but the story was just mediocre.
August 4, 2019
I devoured this book. It is such an insightful look into Benedictine life.
December 22, 2024
I loved this series of reflections on Valente’s time at a Benedictine Monastery. It’s a very relatable, thought-provoking spiritual memoir of sorts, and I enjoyed it a lot.
September 18, 2013
This book was a complete surprise to me. A whap-to-the-side-of-the-head walloping shocker. Why? I'm not completely sure, but the surprise was delightful and refreshing. It's good writing, for one thing, and it's also honest in a way that I appreciated. So much of Valente's story and struggles resonated with me.
It's by award-winning PBS correspondent Judith Valente and is, at heart, a story well-told. It's a story of struggle, of questioning, of seeking. It's a tale of lost and found, with a Benedictine monastery at the center.
I find myself with a growing curiosity of monasteries. I'm tempted to ask what you do in a monastery, but I suppose that's like my family member asking what I do all day.
I haven't figured out how Valente spent so much time with the sisters at the Mount St. Scholastica monastery, but I'm glad she did, and I'm glad her journalistic training prepared her to capture it to share with me.
This book spoke to my heart and applied to my experience. Valente faces a challenge, and the challenge is life. She carries a burden, and the burden is hurt. She seeks a solution, and the solution is Jesus.
Atchison Blue is part memoir, part guidebook, part something I don't know how to name. It explores difficult questions of faith and hard experiences of life. It's raw and gritty and fun to read, somehow. There's laughter, but there are tears, too.
Highly recommended. It's a book that I'll reread and reference, because it's full of gems.
It's by award-winning PBS correspondent Judith Valente and is, at heart, a story well-told. It's a story of struggle, of questioning, of seeking. It's a tale of lost and found, with a Benedictine monastery at the center.
I find myself with a growing curiosity of monasteries. I'm tempted to ask what you do in a monastery, but I suppose that's like my family member asking what I do all day.
I haven't figured out how Valente spent so much time with the sisters at the Mount St. Scholastica monastery, but I'm glad she did, and I'm glad her journalistic training prepared her to capture it to share with me.
This book spoke to my heart and applied to my experience. Valente faces a challenge, and the challenge is life. She carries a burden, and the burden is hurt. She seeks a solution, and the solution is Jesus.
Atchison Blue is part memoir, part guidebook, part something I don't know how to name. It explores difficult questions of faith and hard experiences of life. It's raw and gritty and fun to read, somehow. There's laughter, but there are tears, too.
Highly recommended. It's a book that I'll reread and reference, because it's full of gems.
August 1, 2014
I really loved this book about the author's search for peace, forgiveness, healing, quiet, at Mount St. Scholastica Convent in Atchison, Kansas, where I attended college. It was like "going home." I knew the terrain well - both the physical terrain, as well as the spiritual, uniquely Benedictine, one. I remember many of the sisters the author spoke of, and am friends with some of them. In the busyness of life, I long to return there as an adult, and loved the author's descriptions and journey. This will remain with me a long time, as do my wonderful college years and the Benedictine way of life!
January 13, 2016
While reading this book I felt like I was wearing a warm and fuzzy blanket! It gave me the feeling of a warm embrace, especially on these cold winter mornings.There is not anything extraordinary about the author's personal situation except how she connects it with her experiences in Atchinson, Kansas. It was how she linked the two that captured me! I absolutely love the book and this wonderful community of sisters. So much love and wisdom housed in one place! The author also craftfully inspired my interest in Benedict. I could keep going as there is so much to say. This is definitely one to read and re read!
May 11, 2014
The book tells of Ms. Valente's many visits to Mount St. Scholastica convent for personal retreats. What I found most interesting was that some of the sisters who were there when I was a student in the college long associated with the Mount were a part of her narrative. The scenes, the sisters, the church services...all brought back wonderful memories of my two years at MSSC.
August 16, 2013
Judith was like most of us; busy most of the time, but she met the sisters at Mount St. Scholastica and learned slow down and appreciate both the people in her life and God's creation. Full review at http://rannthisthat.blogspot.com/2013... after 9/1/13
October 22, 2013
A worthy read for those interested in the spiritual life and its development, monastic life or balancing one's busyness with times for silence, reflection and prayer. Full review coming soon on cynthiasmeyer@wordpress.com .
October 29, 2018
A book from a new friend and a delightful read. A simple story of interacting with the monastic women at Mt. St. Scholastica in Atchison. I live not far away and have walked the monastery there myself, talking with some of the women and marveling at their life.
December 1, 2013
A beautiful and lyrical book. Thought-provoking and compassionate.
May 11, 2015
Prefer the spiritual reflective writing of Kathleen Norris(Cloister Walk, Dakota). However, Valente's writing does justice to the benefits of a monastic retreat with the Benedictine community.
July 3, 2014
A thoughtful, meditative, even prayerful book - for all of us still on the journey.
November 10, 2015
I enjoyed this book for the universal wisdom it contains, and for the enlightening description of life in a Benedictine Monastery.
November 30, 2015
I'd give it 6 stars if I could. Honest, beautiful and a breathtaking tribute to the lives of the nuns on the Mount.
October 7, 2023
religious or not, this short read gives wonderful insight into monastic life and calls the reader to view life in a new perspective. a very compelling story for everyone in 2023.
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