franciscan - January 2005
© The Society of Saint Francis, 2004
Contents
Minister's Letter:
Community Routes
Religious life: Ecumenical Perspectives
Just as the Church exists in a great diversity throughout the world, so the religious life has taken many forms in it's various cultural contexts. is there a unity at the heart of this diversity? Can the different traditions of religious life learn from each other and be enriched by each other's insights? This issue of franciscan seeks to show the living voice of Christ speaking from very different situations, calling us all to return to the Gospel and to seek the Kingdom of God before all else. It also celebrates the faithful response to this call by the CSF over 100 years of dedicated prayer and service.
Articles
A Cry, A Question, an Answer by Father Christofor Panaitescu
A Gleam of Hope for our Church by Sister Miriam Zahn CCB
Religious Life - A Catholic Perspective by Father Jean Geysens OSB
'The Best Kept Secret'? by Sue CSF
Alverna - the House at Gladstone Park
Book Reviews
The Language of Silence - The Changing Face of Monastic Solitude - Peter-Damian Belisle
Words of Spirituality -Towards a Lexicon of the Inner Life - Enzo Bianchi
Journey to the Inner Mountain - In the desert with St. Antony - James Cowan
With Empty Hands - The Message of St Thérèse of Lisieux - Conrad de Meester
Beyond Confirmation - Stephen Hance
The House of My Friends - Memories and Reflections - Eric James
The Historical Atlas of Eastern and Western Christian Monasticism - J M Laboa, Editor
Journey to the Holy Mountain - Meditations on Mount Athos - Christopher Merrill
Soul Space: Making a Retreat in the Christian Tradition - Margaret Silf
Anglican Religious Life - A well kept secret? - Nicolas Stebbing CR, Editor
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