• John of the Cross
  • Teresa of Avila
  • Thérèse of Lisieux
  • Elizabeth of the Trinity
  • Edith Stein
  • Other Carmelite Saints and Themes
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    Other Carmelite Saints and Themes

    OTHER CARMELITE SAINTS AND THEMES

    • Awakening To Prayer

    • By Augustine Ichiro Okumura, OCD.
      Translated by Theresa Kazue Hiraki and Albert Masaru Yamato. An introduction to prayer, drawing on Eastern and Western traditions.
      98 pages, paper, $8.95.

    • Carmelite Spirituality in the Teresian Tradition

    • By Paul-Marie of the Cross, OCD.
      Translated by Kathryn Sullivan, RCSJ, and edited by Steven Payne, OCD. Revised edition of classic overview of the principal texts, themes, and teachings of Carmel: Elijah and Mary, the Rule of St. Albert, the Carmelite understanding of prayer, and the message of Sts. Teresa, John of the Cross, and Thérèse.
      96 pages, paper, $8.95.

    • Finding the Mystic Within You

    • By Peggy Wilkinson, OCDS.
      Reprint of popular introduction to the mystical way, based on the teachings of Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross, and written by a Secular Carmelite especially for lay readers.
      224 pages, paper, $9.95.

    • Père Jacques: Resplendent in Victory

    • By Francis J. Murphy (professor of history at Boston College)
      Exciting new biography and anthology of French Discalced Carmelite friar-priest, educator, son of the working class, prisoner at Mauthausen-who died as a result of his efforts to rescue Jewish children from the Nazis, and who has been honored by the State of Israel and proposed for canonization. Includes index and 13 pages of photos.
      224 pages, paper, $14.95.

    • Saint Raphael Kalinowski: An Introduction to his Life and Spirituality

    • By Szczepan Praskiewicz, OCD.
      Translated by Thomas Coonan, Michael Griffin, OCD, and Lawrence Sullivan, OCD. Biography and anthology of the Polish engineer and freedom fighter, exiled to Siberia, who became the restorer of Carmel in Poland and the first Carmelite friar canonized since John of the Cross. Includes 12 photos.
      68 pages, paper, $8.95.

    • Temptation and Discernment

    • By Segundo Galilea.
      Translated by Stephen-Joseph Ross. Brief reflections by noted Chilean priest and author, showing how to avoid activism, messianism, and other common pitfalls in ministry and prayer, based on the discernment principles of Ignatius of Loyola, John of the Cross, and Teresa of Avila.
      80 pages, paper, $
      11.95.

    • The Selected Poetry of Jessica Powers

    • Edited by Regina Siegfried and Robert Morneau.
      Reprint of the most extensive anthology of this noted Carmelite poet, which she approved five weeks before her death. Includes introduction by Bishop Morneau, chronology, bibliography, and 3 photos.
      232 pages, paper, $11.95.

    • Writings and Conversations On The Practice of the Presence of God

    • By Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection, OCD, edited by Conrad De Meester, OCD, translated from the critical edition by Salvatore Sciurba, OCD, with an preface by Gerald E. May, Ph.D.
      Only English translation of the French critical edition, this volume includes a general introduction, bibliography, and testimonies about Brother Lawrence by those who knew him.
      250 pages, paper, $12.95.

    • Journey to Carith: The Sources and Story of the Discalced Carmelites

    • By Peter Thomas Rohrbach.
      This book chronicles the story of the Carmelites but especially of the Discalced Carmelites, stemming from St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross.
      381 pages, paper, $21.95. Limited Edition.

    • The Marriage of All and Nothing: Selected Writings of Barbara Dent

    • Edited by Mary Freiburger
      This book brings together the writings of Barbara Dent, published in other periodicals, that beautifully expresses the spiritual progress of her life, including the dark night of the soul. This book is complemented by forty-one unpublished poems.
      251 pages, paper, $11.95

    • Catechesis and Ritual for the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

    • Prepared under the direction of the Carmelite Provincials of North America.
      This handy guide book explains the Catechetical elements and the Liturgical elements concerning the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
      56 pages, pamphlet, $4.95

    • Elijah Prophet of Carmel

    • By Jane Ackerman.
      Elijah is considered the legendary founder and traditional patron of all Carmelites. He is considered to be one of their greatest spiritual models. This book inquires into this deep appreciation and examines the linkage between the Order and the prophet over time.
      291 pages, paper, $13.95

    • God is Love   Saint Teresa Margaret: Her Life

    • By Margaret Rowe.
      This book is about the life of Saint Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart. Her quest to find out "Who is God"? was pursued in the Carmelite Monastery in Florence, Italy in 1764.
      276 pages, paper, $12.95

    • The Way of the Cross with the Carmelite Saints

    • Compiled and illustrated by Sister Joseph Marie, C.H.T. (Carmelite Hermit of the Trinity).
      In this book we have the opportunity to make the Way of the Cross with five inspiring Carmelite saints. Following along with them Christ in his sufferings, we see that the Passion of Christ cannot be exhausted, and these saints have always more to tell us.
      98 pages, paper, $9.95
       
    • Listen to the Silence: A Retreat with Père Jacques
      By Francis J. Murphy
      The Carmelite nuns at Pontoise invited Père Jacques to give conferences and to preach as retreat master. They received from him a seven-day retreat in the late summer of 1943. This book contains the talks he gave to the nuns: they are inspiring, but also warm-hearted reflections, on questions of key interest to his audience. Among the topics were love for Christ, for His Blessed Mother, the nuns’ Carmelite contemplative prayer life, and their religious observance.
      124 pages, paper, $12.95

    • From the Sacred Heart to the Trinity: The Spiritual Itinerary of St. Teresa Margaret (Redi) of the Sacred Heart, O.C.D.
      By Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalene, O.C.D.
      St. Teresa Margaret Redi was a Carmelite captivated by the love of God.  Helping us to appreciate the holy life she led are eyewitness accounts of her spiritual directors collected soon after her death.  The author of this small study builds his story on those accounts by the Discalced Carmelite friars who knew her as a young religious. 
      92 pages, paper, $11.95


    CARMELITE STUDIES SERIES
    (Collections of Scholarly Essays)

    • Carmelite Studies VII: Never Forget: Christian and Jewish Perspectives on Edith Stein

    • Edited by Waltraud Herbstrith, OCD, translated by Susanne Batzdorff.
      Articles exploring the broad spectrum of opinions related to the beatification and canonization of Edith Stein, along with testimonies from those who knew her.
      320 pages, paper, $11.95.

    • Carmelite Studies IX: The Heirs of St. Teresa of Ávila: Defenders and Disseminators of the Founding Mother's Legacy 
      Edited by Christopher C. Wilson, PhD.
      This issue of Carmelite Studies presents new insights into the lives and writings of individuals who know Teresa of Ávila in life and who, after her death in 1582, worked to propagate and defend her legacy, including the illustrious nuns Ana de San Bartolomé, Ana de Jesús, María de San José, and Ana de San Agustín, and her close male confidant and collaborator, Jerónimo Gracián de la Madre de Dios.  A further focus of the essays is the reception of the Teresian heritage by individuals outside the order, as mediated by these early Discalced Carmelites and by Teresa's published writings.
      140 pages, paper,  $12.95
       
    • Carmelite Studies X: A Better Wine:
      Essays Celebrating Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D.

      Edited by Kevin Culligan, O.C.D.
      In honor of his fifty years as a Catholic priest, ten spiritually enriching essays are written about  various Carmelite saints by Father Kieran Kavanaugh's colleagues and Carmelite brothers.  An afterword essay is written by William Johnson, S.J..


      Carmelite Studies I, II, III, IV, V, VI and VIII are out of print