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DEAR READERS,Again this year Cistercian Publications brings you a rich variety of booksnew and old, some just off the press, others from earlier years. Theyinclude both theology and spirituality, from Fr. Isaac Slater’s BeyondMeasure to Pauline Matarasso’s Clothed in Language. Several booksportray contemporary Cistercian life, such as The Letters of BlessedGabriella, Fr. Marie-Gérard Dubois’s Happiness in God, and Fr. BernardBonowitz’s Truly Seeking God. We’re particularly excited about NorthernLight, meditative reflections on the liturgical and calendar year by nunsat Tautra Mariakloster, on Norway’s Trondheim Fjord. This book evencontains eight pages of colored photos from Tautra!We also offer you new translations of patristic and medieval works,including sermons by Bernard of Clairvaux and Isaac of Stella, andvolume 5 of the Revelations of Gertrud the Great of Helfta, this onecomplemented by This Is My Body, Ella Johnson’s book on SaintGertrud’s eucharistic theology and anthropology. Volume 2 of The Lifeof Jesus, Ludolph the Carthusian’s encyclopedic collection of earlycommentaries, is also now available. We also have a surprising numberof books by and about Thomas Merton!You may be about ready to replace some of your older Cistercian books.Some of mine—Aelred of Rievaulx’s Mirror of Charity and the first volumeof Saint Bernard’s Sermons on the Song of Songs, for example—aresimply falling apart. If some of your favorites are in the same situation,new copies are always available: we keep the works of the Fathersand Mothers permanently in print in the paperback editions!In On the Soul, Aelred wrote that men and women “are fitted to clingto God,” because he placed in the soul “three things that allow it toshare his eternity, participate in his wisdom, and taste his sweetness.”Those things are memory, understanding, and love. This year as always,Cistercian Publications endeavors to publish books that will nourish yourmemory, understanding, and love. We invite you to try them out!Sincerely,Marsha L. DuttonExecutive Editor, Cistercian Publications
0307Table of ContentsNew TitlesInitiation into the Monastic Tradition24–25Cistercian Tradition26–35Bernard of Clairvaux26–28Aelred of Rievaulx28–29William of Saint Thierry29–30Gilbert of Hoyland30Beatrice of Nazareth30Gertrud the Great30Guerric of Igny31John of Forde31Thomas Merton31Monks of Tibhirine32Cistercian, OtherMonastic Traditions133432–3535–43Desert Monasticism35–36Eastern Monasticism36–38Western Monasticism39–40The Venerable Bede40Lectio Divina40Hildegard of Bingen40Rules41Commentaries on Rules242–2341–42Premonstratensian Studies42History42Spiritual History43Monastic Spirituality43–46Index47–48CISTERCIAN PUBLICATIONS2020 – 2021 Catalog
2NEW TITLESBernard of ClairvauxVariousSermonsTranslated byGrace Remington, OCSOIntroduction by Alice ChapmanCF084P, 978-0-87907-184-4 Paperback, 152 pp., 5 ½ x 8 ½, 24.95e eBookAvailable April 2020Sr. Grace Remington, OCSO, has been a nun of Our Lady of theMississippi Abbey near Dubuque, Iowa, since 1997. She studiedLatin at Grinnell College, where she graduated with a degree inbiology. She currently serves the community as cook, gardener,and raiser of chickens.Additionalvolumes onpage 26.CP2021This last small group of Bernard’ssermons to be published in translationby Cistercian Publications rightlygoes by the title De varii in the criticaledition. While most of them treat feastson the church calendar, they do soin a somewhat hit-or-miss fashion.Three sermons also deal with God’swill, God’s mercies, and the gifts ofthe Holy Spirit. Two sermons for thefeast of Saint Victor are a responseto a request to Bernard from themonks of Montiéramey; the BollandistLife of Saint Victor appears here asa complement to those sermons.Besides the nine sermons normallyassigned to the De varii, this volumealso includes a sermon on the feastof Saint Benedict that was recentlyadded to the collection in SourcesChrétiennes. The survival of this looseassemblage of sermons outside ofthe organized collections of Bernard’ssermons provides a reminder ofBernard as preacher and writer, abledespite all his other activities to turnhis hand to preaching when calledupon. While they treat of disparatethemes, they allow us to encounterthe quintessential Bernard—speakingof the life of desire, the true meaningof holiness, and the awakening of thespiritual senses in the search for God.litpress.org CistercianPublications.org 800.436.8431CISTERCIAN PUBLICATIONSan imprint of Liturgical Press
NEW TITLES3Isaac Slater, OCSOBeyondMeasureThe Poetics of the Imagein Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux continuallyreturns to the classical idea that thequality of desire shapes theologicalimagination. By attending to the multipleways he develops and applies thisinsight, Beyond Measure uncovers anew depth of organic unity to the literary,philosophical, and theological strandsdensely interwoven through his writings.Bernard’s apparent iconoclasm withrespect to art, affectivity, and thehumanity of Jesus is revealed as analternative mystical aesthetic, congruentwith his program for monastic reform.The central movement of Cistercianspirituality from the carnal to the spiritualis shown not to elide but to recapitulatethe carnal in higher spiritual expression.Further, this approach provides freshunderstanding of the ways in whichBernard is at once “last of the fathers”and “first of the moderns.” In particular, acareful reading of works by Julia Kristevaand Jean-Luc Marion on Bernard revealsboth the enduring brightness and vitalityof his writing and the relevance of hiswork for people today.“Slater’s innovative work is unique in takinginto account both the theological as wellas the artistic dimensions of Bernard’swritings. Attending to Bernard’s insightsinto the role of the imagination and desirein spiritual transformation, Beyond Measureresonates with current concern about thetrue self and an accurate perception ofthe world and shows how the divine worksthrough distortions and turns all things togood. It sheds new light on topics such asart, experience, and freedom in Bernard’scorpus.”Raymond Studzinski, OSBThe Catholic University of AmericaCISTERCIAN PUBLICATIONSan imprint of Liturgical PressCS279P, 978-0-87907-279-7 Paperback, 256 pp., 5 ½ x 8 ½, 39.95e eBookIsaac Slater, OCSO, a monk of the Abbey of the Genesee,received a licentiate in historical theology from The CatholicUniversity of America. His articles have appeared in journalsincluding Literature and Theology, Cîteaux, and Cistercian StudiesQuarterly. He has published two collections of poems, SurpassingPleasure (Porcupine’s Quill, 2011) and Lean (Grey Borders, 2016),along with a co-translation of poems by Hafiz of Shiraz, The TangledBraid (Fons Vitae, 2010).“From the beginnings of our Order, Cistercian monks andnuns have expressed their desire for—and sometimes theirinsistence on—seeing God in the here and now sicuti est (‘ashe is,’ 1 John 3:2), and none more than Bernard of Clairvaux.In this clear and illuminating study, Slater demonstrates towhat extent Bernard considered this contemplative knowledgepossible in this life, to what extent he accepted it as impossible,and how, by the transformation of desire, men and womencould be brought closer to the impossible. Reading Slater’sbook, we are renewed in the willingness to allow the Word towork on who we are interiorly in the unrelinquishable hope ofcoming to know him for who he is.”Bernard Bonowitz, OCSO, author of Truly Seeking Godlitpress.org CistercianPublications.org 800.436.8431CP2021
NEW TITLES4Gertrud the Greatof HelftaThe Heraldof God’sLovingKindnessBook 5Translated, with anIntroduction by Alexandra BarrattCF086P, 978-0-87907-186-8 Paperback, 338 pp., 5 ½ x 8 ½, 44.95e eBookRights: World, EnglishAvailable August 2020Alexandra Barratt is professor emerita at the University of Waikatoin New Zealand. She studied at the Universities of Cambridgeand Toronto and has published extensively on religious writing bymedieval women in Latin and English. She has previously translatedbooks 1 and 2 (CF035), book 3 (CF063), and book 4 (CF085) of TheHerald for the Cistercian Fathers series.Gertrud the Greatof HelftaThe Heraldof God’s LovingKindnessGertrud the Great (1256–1302) enteredthe monastery of Helfta in easternGermany as a child oblate. At theage of twenty-five she underwenta conversion that led to a series ofvisionary experiences. These centeredon “the divine loving-kindness,” whichshe perceived as expressed throughand symbolized by Christ’s divineHeart. Some of these experiences sherecorded in Latin “with her own hand,”in what became book 2 of The Heraldof God’s Loving-Kindness.Books 1, 3, 4, and 5 were writtendown by another nun, a close confidantof the saint, now often known as “SisterN.” Book 5 details the sickness, deaths,and afterlife fates of various Helftanuns, novices, and lay brothers, aswitnessed by Gertrud in her visions. Italso describes Gertrud’s preparationsfor her own death and her predictivevisions of her ultimate glorification inheaven.Book 4Translated, withan Introduction byAlexandra BarrattCF085P, 978-0-87907-285-8 Paperback, 338 pp., 5 ½ x 8 ½, 44.95e eBookRights: World, EnglishAdditional volumes on page 30.CP2021litpress.org CistercianPublications.org 800.436.8431CISTERCIAN PUBLICATIONSan imprint of Liturgical Press
NEW TITLES5Ella JohnsonThis IsMy BodyEucharistic Theology andAnthropology in theWritings of Gertrude theGreat of HelftaThis book examines how the writingsof the thirteenth-century nun Gertrudethe Great of Helfta articulate aninnovative relationship between aperson’s eucharistic devotion and herbody. It attends to her references tothe biblical, monastic, and theologicaltraditions, including attitudes andideas about the spiritual and corporealsenses, in order to illuminate theaffirmative role Gertrude assigns tothe body in making spiritual progress.Ultimately the book demonstrates thatGertrude leaves behind the dualisticaspect of the Christian intellectual anddevotional tradition while exploiting itsaffirmative concepts of bodily forms ofknowing divine union.CS280P, 978-0-87907-280-3 Paperback, 272 pp., 5 ½ x 8 ½, 34.95e eBookAvailable April 2020Ella Johnson, PhD, is an assistant professor in the theologydepartment at St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa, whereshe teaches courses on systematic theology, ecclesiology, socialjustice, and medieval women mystics. Johnson’s research focuseson women’s theology and piety in medieval Christian history,especially that of the thirteenth-century Helfta writers. She haspublished several book chapters and articles on Gertrude theGreat of Helfta in peer-reviewed journals such as Viator, Magistra,and Medieval Mystical Theology.TABLE OF CONTENTS1: Gertrude of Helfta and Her Writings2: The Monastery of St. Mary at Helfta3: The Doctrine of Spiritual SensesAccording to Gertrude’s Sources4: Gertrude’s Doctrine of the SpiritualSenses5: “Do This in Memory of Me”: Ritual,Re-Membering, and Reading6: “This Is My Body”: Woman asSignifying Humanity and Divinity7: Gertrude in Context: A Challenge toDifference Fixed into DichotomyCISTERCIAN PUBLICATIONSan imprint of Liturgical Press“Ella Johnson’s passionate study explores the depth of thewritings associated with Gertrude of Helfta, looking into boththeir sources in scholasticism and their effects for meditativereadings. It discusses questions of theology, genderedauthorship, and the medieval sensorium in new and inspiringways.”Racha KirakosianHarvard Universitylitpress.org CistercianPublications.org 800.436.8431CP2021
6NEW TITLESIsaac of StellaSermonson theChristian YearVolume TwoTranslated by Lewis WhiteIntroduction by Elias Dietz, OCSOCF066P, 978-0-87907-666-5 Paperback, 288 pp., 5 ½ x 8 ½, 34.95e eBookLewis White has been a professor and translator at the LanguageCenter of the Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca, Huajuapande León, Oaxaca, Mexico, since 2009. His translations of Aelred ofRievaulx’s Homilies on the Prophetic Burdens of Isaiah (CF 83) and ofsome of the liturgical sermons from Aelred’s Durham Collection (CF80) were published by Cistercian Publications in 2018.Isaac Of StellaSermons on theChristian YearVolume OneTranslated by Hugh McCafferyOCSO; Introduction byBernard McGinnIsaac of Stella was an English-bornCistercian who studied in the schoolsbefore entering monastic life andbecoming abbot of Stella in 1147. Hisliturgical sermons inject a tive meditations on scenesfrom Scripture. This present volumeincludes sermons 27–55, along withthree fragments. In these sermons,while treating biblical passagescorresponding to the major feasts ofthe Christian calendar, Isaac tacklesweighty dogmatic issues such aspredestination, the problem of evil, andChrist’s two natures.“This long-awaited volume allowscontemporary readers to appreciate thefull theological creativity and monasticwisdom of one of the greatest, but lesswell-known, Cistercian mystics of the twelfthcentury. Isaac of Stella’s liturgical sermonsare original, challenging, and spirituallynourishing. It is a delight to have them in afine English translation for the first time.”Bernard McGinnDivinity School, University of ChicagoCF011P, 978-0-87907-111-0Paperback, 236 pp., 5 ½ x 8 ½, 29.95CP2021litpress.org CistercianPublications.org 800.436.8431CISTERCIAN PUBLICATIONSan imprint of Liturgical Press
NEW TITLES7The firstfull Englishtranslation of thisclassic work!Ludolph of SaxonyThe Life ofJesus ChristPart OneVolume 2, Chapters 41–92Translated and introduced byMilton T. WalshThe Vita Christi of Ludolph of Saxony,fourteenth-century Carthusian, isthe most comprehensive series ofmeditations on the life of Christ from thelate Middle Ages. Ludolph assembles awealth of commentary from the fathersof the church and the great medievalspiritual writers and weaves them intoa seamless exposition of the Gospel.This is the full English translationof this classic work and, while it willbe of great interest to students ofChristian spirituality, it is intended forordinary believers seeking to entermore deeply into the meaning of thelife of Christ. Ludolph divided his workinto two parts; the present volumecontains the second half of Part One.CS282H, 978-0-87907-282-7Hardcover with dust jacket, 856 pp., 5 ½ x 8 ½, 79.95e eBookMilton T. Walsh holds a doctorate in sacred theology from theGregorian University in Rome. For many years, he taught theologyat St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park, California. He is the authorof several books, including Second Friends: C. S. Lewis and RonaldKnox in Conversation, In Memory of Me: A Meditation on the RomanCanon, and Witness of the Saints: Patristic Readings in the Liturgyof the Hours.Volume 3 foreseen for late Fall 2020!Call forspecial standingorder offer!Volume 1available now!CISTERCIAN PUBLICATIONSan imprint of Liturgical PressForthcoming volumes in thefour-volume series.litpress.org CistercianPublications.org 800.436.8431CP2021
8NEW TITLESA BenedictineReader530–1530Edited by Hugh Feiss, OSB,Ronald E. Pepin,Maureen M. O’BrienCS275P, 978-0-87907-275-9 Paperback, 736 pp., 5 ½ x 8 ½, 49.95e eBookHugh Feiss, OSB, is a monk of the Monastery of the Ascension inJerome, Idaho. Ronald E. Pepin received his PhD from FordhamUniversity. Maureen M. O’Brien is professor in the Department ofHistory at Saint Cloud State University, where she teaches ancientand medieval European history. All three previously collaboratedon The Lives of Monastic Reformers, 1 and 2 from CistercianPublications.A Benedictine Reader: 530–1530 hasbeen more than twenty years in themaking. A collaboration of a dozenscholars, this project gives as broadand deep a sense of the reality of thefirst one thousand years of Benedictinemonasticism as can be done in onevolume, using primary sources inEnglish translation. The texts includedare drawn from many different genresand from several languages and areasof Europe. The introduction to each ofthe thirty-two chapters aims to situateeach author and text and to makeconnections with other texts andstudies within and outside the Reader.The general introduction summarizesthe main ideas and practices that arepresent in the Rule of Saint Benedictand in the first thousand years ofmonasticismwhileBenedictinesuggesting questions that a readermight bring to the texts.“Anyone interested in medieval monastic intellectual culturewill find this book to be a springboard for jumping into furtherstudy or pursuance of the topics found in it. It may find a homein medieval monastic history courses, perhaps not as thebasic reader but as one whose diverse authors and genreswill be enriching.”American Benedictine Review“A monument to the first millennium of Benedictine tradition. Itis particularly welcome to see so many female voices from theBenedictine tradition represented in this volume. The diversityin genre of documents is breathtaking, with poetry, art, music,liturgy, horticulture, hagiography and law among the areascovered, all usually in a Benedictine and theological key.”The FurrowCP2021“Translated into fresh and readable English,each text contains a concise introductionthat has an almost intuitive quality. This isa welcome addition to the field and is anexcellent resource for both scholars andstudents alike.”Alice ChapmanGrand Valley State Universitylitpress.org CistercianPublications.org 800.436.8431CISTERCIAN PUBLICATIONSan imprint of Liturgical Press
NEW TITLES9Bonnie B. ThurstonShaped bythe End YouLive ForThomas Merton’sMonastic SpiritualityForeword byPaul Quenon, OCSOTo understand the life and thought ofThomas Merton, one must understand him as a monk. After introducing his vocation and entrance into theTrappist order, this book highlightssome of his basic spiritual presuppositions. Relying primarily on Merton’swriting, Bonnie B. Thurston surveyshis thought on fundamental aspectsof monastic formation and spirituality,particularly obedience, silence, solitude, and prayer. She also addressessome of the temptations and popular misunderstandings surroundingmonastic life. Accessible and conversational in style, the book suggestshow monastic spirituality is relevant,not only for all Christians, but also forserious spiritual seekers.978-0-8146-8807-6 Paperback, 192 pp., 5 x 7, 19.95e eBookAvailable May 2020Bonnie B. Thurston, after years as a university and seminaryprofessor, lives quietly in her home state of West Virginia. She is theauthor of many books on Scripture and theology, including MaverickMark: The Untamed First Gospel, The Spiritual Landscape of Mark,and Philippians in the Sacra Pagina series, all published by LiturgicalPress. Her poetry appears frequently in religious periodicals, andamong her published collections is Belonging to Borders: A Sojournin the Celtic Tradition. She is also a contributor to Give Us This Day(Liturgical Press).“Thurston skillfully illuminates the many ways in which Merton’smonastic life informed his spirituality and energized hiswitness to peace and justice. And, in prose that is as lucid asit is learned, she invites her readers to draw deeply from thewellspring of monastic wisdom that is central to Merton’s legacy.A must-read!”Christine M. BochenNazareth College, Rochester, New York, co-author ofThe Thomas Merton Encyclopedia“Thurston argues that to understandThomas Merton one must understandhim as a monk. This careful study arguesthat point with deep insight based on herfour decades of reading and writing aboutthe Merton corpus. This book, extremelyreadable and unfailingly intelligent, is highlyrecommended.”Lawrence S. CunninghamThe University of Notre DameCISTERCIAN PUBLICATIONSan imprint of Liturgical Press“One of Bonnie Thurston’s great gifts to us is her ability to write,when appropriate, about profound topics with a light touch—both accessible and illuminating. That gift is on full display inthis wonderful distillation not only of Thomas Merton’s corespiritual teachings but of her many years of study, reflection,and prayer on these teachings.”Patrick O’ConnellFormer president of the International Thomas MertonSociety and editor of The Merton Seasonallitpress.org CistercianPublications.org 800.436.8431CP2021
10NEW TITLESDom Marie-GérardDubois, OCSOHappinessin GodMemories andReflections of theFather Abbot of La TrappeTranslated byGeorges Hoffmannand Jean TruaxMW058P, 978-0-87907-058-8 Paperback, 408 pp., 5 ½ x 8 ½, 39.95e eBookRights: World, EnglishDom Marie-Gérard Dubois was born in Lille, France, in 1929 in afamily of seven children. In 1947 he entered the Trappist Monasteryof Mont-des-Cats, where he became master of novices and thenprior. After a short stay as superior ad nutum at Cîteaux, Duboiswas elected abbot of the Monastery of La Grande Trappe in Soligny,France. During his twenty-five years as abbot he presided over manycommissions responsible for implementing the reforms of VaticanCouncil II in the Cistercian Order. In 2011, Dom Dubois returned tothe Lord.This is a rich collection of memoriesand reflections from the long-timeabbot of La Trappe, Dom MarieGérard Dubois, OCSO. Starting withhis entry into monastic life, he walksthe reader through the dramaticchanges in the Strict Observanceof the Cistercian Order, including itsliturgical reform and developments inthe role of lay brothers. Dom Duboisalso shares stories about the diversegroup of men who entered the Orderat that time, including WWII veterans,Holocaust survivors, and membersof the French literary elite, and whythey decided to become monks. Hisstories offer a fascinating inside viewinto twentieth-century Cistercian life.Georges A. Hoffmann is an attorney and a lay Cistercian at theMonastery of the Holy Spirit, Conyers, Georgia.Jean Truax has a PhD in medieval history; she is an independentscholar and author of Archbishops Ralph d’Escures, William of Corbeiland Theobald of Bec: Heirs of Anselm and Ancestors of Becket, andAelred the Peacemaker: The Public Life of a Cistercian Abbot (CS251;Cistercian Publications, 2018).“A deeply engaging and delightfully personalized glimpseinto genuine monastic life and experience, including his ownmeaningful path to La Trappe. Much more than a memoir, Dubois’sbook whets our appetite to taste and see the conversatio morum ofTrappist community, so personally and profoundly spread beforeus as though at table with the brothers. The English translationcaptures the narrative and insight of Dubois beautifully.”F. Tyler SergentBerea College, KentuckyCP2021“If you ever wondered what life is like in amonastery, this is the book for you. AbbotGerard lived through some of the mostimportant times of monastic and churchhistory, and he lived it with grace andintegrity. If he had lived during the era ofthe Desert Fathers, he would have beenconsidered an elder whose words wouldhave been passed on from generation togeneration.”Abbot Brendan FreemanMellifont Abbey, Irelandlitpress.org CistercianPublications.org 800.436.8431CISTERCIAN PUBLICATIONSan imprint of Liturgical Press
NEW TITLES11Bernard Bonowitz, OCSOTruly SeekingGod“Truly seeking God” is the onerequirement Saint Benedict establishesfor the admission of a candidate to themonastery. Once inside, that is exactlywhat he or she will be doing. In the firstpart of the book, “From the Rising of theSun to Its Setting,” Bernard Bonowitzrecounts the ways in which the monkactively seeks God in all the practicesand places of the monastic life—insilence and liturgical prayer, work andleisure, solitude and community, spiritualdirection and fraternal friendship, theencounter with nature and the encounterwith the unsuspected recesses of his orher own heart.Grace is ever at work through theongoing fidelity of a monk or nun tothe monastic vocation. In the secondhalf of the book, “The Making of aMonk,” Bonowitz describes the gradualtransformation that grace effects,transforming the innocently selfcentered novice into the young solemnlyprofessed, content to carry the weightof responsibility within the community,and finally into the beautiful elder, joyfullyfocused on God and neighbor and filledwith desire for eternal life.“Dom Bernardo has the rare gift for distillingdecades of experience in formation workinto real gems of wisdom and insight, atonce deeply contemplative and eminentlypractical. This book is a precious gift tothose seeking God with St. Benedict astheir guide.”Gerard D’Souza, OCSOAbbey of GeneseeCISTERCIAN PUBLICATIONSan imprint of Liturgical PressMW062P, 978-0-87907-262-9 Paperback, 160 pp., 5 ½ x 8 ½, 24.95e eBookBernard Bonowitz, OCSO, was born in 1949 into a Jewish familyin New York City. In 1968, during his studies of classics at ColumbiaCollege, he was received into the Roman Catholic Church. He enteredthe Society of Jesus in 1973 and was ordained a priest in 1979. In 1982,he transferred to the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance(Trappists) at Saint Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts.There he served as novice master from 1986 to 1996. That year hewas elected prior of the Trappist monastery of Our Lady of NovoMundo in Brazil and became its first abbot in 2008. Bonowitz haspublished books and articles in English and Portuguese on monasticspirituality. His most recent book in English is Saint Bernard’s ThreeCourse Banquet (MW 39; Cistercian Publications, 2013).“Bonowitz’s book shows the way that a monk’s experiencedevelops over the course of a lifetime, with both its strugglesand its joys. Reading it, many will discover their thirst for God,as well as their yearning to find their true self and the way togenuine freedom and life.”Sister Teresa Paula Perdigão, OSBMosteiro do Encontro, Paraná, Brazil“This is a fresh, modern book on personal spirituality. Somany of us are taken up with the distractions of our work,our phones, and our own inner chatter that it is hard to finda path back to ourselves. Bonowitz shows how aspects ofmonastic life can help.”Sherry Turkle, MIT professor and author of AloneTogether: Why We Expect More from Technology andLess from Each Otherlitpress.org CistercianPublications.org 800.436.8431CP2021
12NEW TITLESPauline MatarassoBlessed Gabriella SaghedduClothed inLanguageThe Letters ofBlessed MariaGabriellaAt the heart of Clothed in Language lies ajournal, but the writing, while personal, hasbeen given a thematic structure. Seeinglanguage as a vital medium through which thedivine is made present to us, scholar and poetPauline Matarasso explores the ways in whichthis God-given language, with its overcoat ofmetaphor and undertow of rhythm, servesto reflect the truth and, on occasion, mask it.This book also includes an essay that looksat certain features common to myth, fairy tale,lore, and Scripture.“It takes a contemplative soul filtered through amind at once scholarly and poetic to render complexinsight with such clarity and beauty. This book offerssubstantial nourishment, manna in the wilderness.”Erik Varden, OCSOMount Saint Bernard AbbeyPauline Matarasso is a scholar, translator, and poetwith a particular interest in medieval history and literaturefocused on the Benedictine tradition. Among other booksshe has written and edited, she is the translator andeditor of The Cistercian World: Monastic Writings of theTwelfth Century (Penguin, 1993) and translator of John ofForde’s The Life of Wulfric of Haselbury, Anchorite (CF 79;Cistercian Publications, 2011).MW059P, 978-0-87907-059-5Paperback, 160 pp., 5 ½ x 8 ½, 24.95e eBookCP2021Translated by David Lavich, OCSO, withIntroduction by Mariella CarpinelloDuring her short life as a Cistercian nun in theItalian monastery of Grottaferrata, BlessedMaria Gabriella Sagheddu wrote detailedletters about her life there to her family inSardinia and to her former parish priest. Theseletters are collected here, along with notes andletters by and to her abbess, Mother Pia Gullini,OCSO, and M. Pia’s notes and recollectionsabout Bl. Gabriella.“An excellent window to glimpse into the world of earlytwentieth-century Catholic spirituality.”Judith Sutera, OSBMagistraDavid P. Lavich, OCSO, entered the Order of Cisterciansof the Strict Observance at Saint Joseph’s Abbey inSpencer, Massachusetts, in 1987, after completing twelveyears of missionary work in Japan. After serving in Romeas a councilor to the abbot general of the Order from 2008until 2017, he has returned to serve as chaplain to theOrder’s women’s monasteries in Japan.MW057P, 978-0-87907-557-6Paperback, 232 pp., 5 ½ x 8 ½, 29.95e eBookRights: World, Englishlitpress.org CistercianPublications.org 800.436.8431CISTERCIAN PUBLICATIONSan imprint of Liturgical Press
NEW TITLES13The Cistercian Nuns atTautra MariaklosterNorthern LightFor at least eight centuries, the Norwegian island of Tautra in the Trondheimfjord has been known for its spiritualwaves and special light. In the MiddleAges, Cistercian monks established thenorthernmost monastery of the Order,living God-centered lives and developing skills such as land use and animalhusbandry until the Reformation.In 1999, Cistercian nuns reestablished Tautra Mariakloster, the monastery of Our Lady of the Safe Island.Visitors to the modern monastery,distinguished by its glass-roofed church,quickly sense the silence, peace, andlight of the place.Four of the women who live atTautra have contributed to this volumeof monastic wisdom from the north.They write of their experiences asmonastics living close to the land, sky,and water on this island, following theliturgical year of the monastery with itsenduring rhythm while experiencing thechanging seasons and landscape thathelp to shape their life of faith and light.Includescolorphotos.MW060P, 978-0-87907-160-8 Paperback, 208 pp., 5 ½ x 8 ½, 24.95e eBookAvailable September 2020The Cistercian Nuns of Tautra Mariakloster are a group ofwomen from
Those things are memory, understanding, and love. This year as always, Cistercian Publications endeavors to publish books that will nourish your memory, understanding, and love. . Lectio Divina 40 Hildegard of Bingen 40 Rules 41 Commentaries on Rules 41–42 Premonstratensian Studies 42 His
