false 108681 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222m/108681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222s/108681.jpg Cloister Walk is a very personal account of religion lived fully. It depicts a depth and beauty of spirituality in monastic life that has survived the vicissitudes of Roman Catholic politics and pomp.]]> 108681 13 825920 1996 The Cloister Walk total:874|5:305|4:353|3:170|2:34|1:12| 874 3527 1247 126 60394 3.97 2700 455 35198035 350218 108681 1573225843 9781573225847 117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222m/108681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222s/108681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108681.The_Cloister_Walk 4.04 845 Cloister Walk is a very personal account of religion lived fully. It depicts a depth and beauty of spirituality in monastic life that has survived the vicissitudes of Roman Catholic politics and pomp.]]> 1996 5 3 false Mon Oct 13 11:31:50 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 17:10:17 -0700 2008 The Rule of St. Benedict,* which I promptly went out, bought and read from cover-to-cov...more...]]> 5006873 228922 108681 1573225843 9781573225847 117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222m/108681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222s/108681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108681.The_Cloister_Walk 4.04 874 Cloister Walk is a very personal account of religion lived fully. It depicts a depth and beauty of spirituality in monastic life that has survived the vicissitudes of Roman Catholic politics and pomp.]]> 1996 1 3 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 10:13:23 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 17:25:28 -0700 2007
There were a few definite mentions of Orthodox Christianity when referring to "ancient" saints, but everything else was the black-and-white Protestant/Catholic divide. I don't know about m...more...]]> 325849 31973 108681 1573225843 9781573225847 117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222m/108681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222s/108681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108681.The_Cloister_Walk 4.04 874 Cloister Walk is a very personal account of religion lived fully. It depicts a depth and beauty of spirituality in monastic life that has survived the vicissitudes of Roman Catholic politics and pomp.]]> 1996 5 3 false Mon Mar 19 13:38:09 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 16:47:48 -0800 2009
It's hard to explain. You really have to read it. (Based on my experience, it helps to be a Catholic who loves books.)

Kathleen Norris is a poet and has a poet's perspective on Catholicism and the ways of Benedictine monks. But she's also a Prote...more...]]> 571026 35291 108681 1573225843 9781573225847 117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222m/108681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222s/108681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108681.The_Cloister_Walk 4.04 874 Cloister Walk is a very personal account of religion lived fully. It depicts a depth and beauty of spirituality in monastic life that has survived the vicissitudes of Roman Catholic politics and pomp.]]> 1996 4 2 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 04 12:42:32 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 07 12:18:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 17200120 888138 108681 1573225843 9781573225847 117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222m/108681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222s/108681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108681.The_Cloister_Walk 4.04 874 Cloister Walk is a very personal account of religion lived fully. It depicts a depth and beauty of spirituality in monastic life that has survived the vicissitudes of Roman Catholic politics and pomp.]]> 1996 2 2 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Thu Mar 06 17:50:05 -0800 2008 Mon Jul 21 19:04:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 11765644 76042 108681 1573225843 9781573225847 117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222m/108681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222s/108681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108681.The_Cloister_Walk 4.04 874 Cloister Walk is a very personal account of religion lived fully. It depicts a depth and beauty of spirituality in monastic life that has survived the vicissitudes of Roman Catholic politics and pomp.]]> 1996 5 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 23:51:43 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 22:30:14 -0800 2008 I got the chills approximately every 5 minutes reading this book. Norris meanders through her stays in a Benedictine monastery in Minnesota, her thoughts (and Benedictine thoughts) on the scriptures and on early saints and theologians...the poetry of liturgies and the sacramental and sacre...more...]]> 73076787 13779 108681 1573225843 9781573225847 117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222m/108681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222s/108681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108681.The_Cloister_Walk 4.04 874 Cloister Walk is a very personal account of religion lived fully. It depicts a depth and beauty of spirituality in monastic life that has survived the vicissitudes of Roman Catholic politics and pomp.]]> 1996 2 0 false Thu Oct 01 03:16:57 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 03:32:52 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 593217 42255 108681 1573225843 9781573225847 117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222m/108681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222s/108681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108681.The_Cloister_Walk 4.04 874 Cloister Walk is a very personal account of religion lived fully. It depicts a depth and beauty of spirituality in monastic life that has survived the vicissitudes of Roman Catholic politics and pomp.]]> 1996 3 1 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Apr 05 16:58:23 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 17:35:43 -0800 2009 i wonder if books like that have a place anyway because they affect our lives for a moment and maybe help us to become more cemented in what we believe...more...]]> 74151390 2799585 108681 1573225843 9781573225847 117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222m/108681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222s/108681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108681.The_Cloister_Walk 4.04 874 Cloister Walk is a very personal account of religion lived fully. It depicts a depth and beauty of spirituality in monastic life that has survived the vicissitudes of Roman Catholic politics and pomp.]]> 1996 4 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 05:52:52 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 06:07:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 40307983 725357 108681 1573225843 9781573225847 117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222m/108681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222s/108681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108681.The_Cloister_Walk 4.04 874 Cloister Walk is a very personal account of religion lived fully. It depicts a depth and beauty of spirituality in monastic life that has survived the vicissitudes of Roman Catholic politics and pomp.]]> 1996 5 0 false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 17 10:18:18 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 02 20:02:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 77695081 2927182 1706140 1573220280 9781573220286 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187184606m/1706140.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187184606s/1706140.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1706140.The_Cloister_Walk 3.95 19 Cloister Walk is a very personal account of religion lived fully. It depicts a depth and beauty of spirituality in monastic life that has survived the vicissitudes of Roman Catholic politics and pomp.]]> 1996 4 1 false Fri Nov 13 16:39:05 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 13 05:50:21 -0800 2009
There was a passage somewhere in the book th...more...]]> 77267629 2927182 108681 1573225843 9781573225847 117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222m/108681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222s/108681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108681.The_Cloister_Walk 4.04 874 Cloister Walk is a very personal account of religion lived fully. It depicts a depth and beauty of spirituality in monastic life that has survived the vicissitudes of Roman Catholic politics and pomp.]]> 1996 5 2 false Mon Nov 09 18:28:23 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 22 06:00:58 -0800 2009 The Cloister Walk offers “food” for the soul at a time when many of us are hungry. Norris’s book chronicles her experiences as a lay oblate at St. John's Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in Collegeville, Minnesota. What makes this book fresh, wonderful, surprising, and completely relevant to peo...more...]]> 46566994 1767738 108681 1573225843 9781573225847 117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222m/108681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222s/108681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108681.The_Cloister_Walk 4.04 874 Cloister Walk is a very personal account of religion lived fully. It depicts a depth and beauty of spirituality in monastic life that has survived the vicissitudes of Roman Catholic politics and pomp.]]> 1996 2 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 16 16:43:09 -0800 2009 Mon Jun 01 06:42:17 -0700 2009
Norris observations on Christianity and monasticism were telling and often surprisingly ...more...]]> 37147532 1071252 1541873 0745941982 9780745941981 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184948112m/1541873.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184948112s/1541873.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1541873.The_Cloister_Walk 4.75 4 Cloister Walk is a very personal account of religion lived fully. It depicts a depth and beauty of spirituality in monastic life that has survived the vicissitudes of Roman Catholic politics and pomp.]]> 1996 4 0 false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 07 16:53:54 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 27 15:00:51 -0800 2009 go.

I felt an initial connection to th...more...]]> 44695115 1008235 108681 1573225843 9781573225847 117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222m/108681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222s/108681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108681.The_Cloister_Walk 4.04 874 Cloister Walk is a very personal account of religion lived fully. It depicts a depth and beauty of spirituality in monastic life that has survived the vicissitudes of Roman Catholic politics and pomp.]]> 1996 3 0 false Wed Jan 28 16:42:49 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 16:46:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 44213361 316422 1706140 1573220280 9781573220286 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187184606m/1706140.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187184606s/1706140.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1706140.The_Cloister_Walk 4.04 874 Cloister Walk is a very personal account of religion lived fully. It depicts a depth and beauty of spirituality in monastic life that has survived the vicissitudes of Roman Catholic politics and pomp.]]> 1996 3 1 false Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 16:00:04 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 15:52:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 60990890 941876 1541873 0745941982 9780745941981 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184948112m/1541873.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184948112s/1541873.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1541873.The_Cloister_Walk 4.04 874 Cloister Walk is a very personal account of religion lived fully. It depicts a depth and beauty of spirituality in monastic life that has survived the vicissitudes of Roman Catholic politics and pomp.]]> 1996 5 0 false Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 17:43:22 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 18:42:39 -0700 2009 Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, the style of this book will feel familiar (and if you haven't, I recommend going and reading it). The musings of a poet on her experience of being a married Protestant woman with, initially, not a lot of faith, hanging around Benedictine monks, it moved me ine...more...]]> 40185625 55160 108681 1573225843 9781573225847 117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222m/108681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222s/108681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108681.The_Cloister_Walk 4.04 874 Cloister Walk is a very personal account of religion lived fully. It depicts a depth and beauty of spirituality in monastic life that has survived the vicissitudes of Roman Catholic politics and pomp.]]> 1996 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 18:22:32 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 05 04:18:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 47314814 1191404 108681 1573225843 9781573225847 117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222m/108681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222s/108681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108681.The_Cloister_Walk 4.04 874 Cloister Walk is a very personal account of religion lived fully. It depicts a depth and beauty of spirituality in monastic life that has survived the vicissitudes of Roman Catholic politics and pomp.]]> 1996 4 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 23 17:30:11 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 15 04:07:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 44209574 1950999 108681 1573225843 9781573225847 117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222m/108681.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171590222s/108681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108681.The_Cloister_Walk 4.04 874 Cloister Walk is a very personal account of religion lived fully. It depicts a depth and beauty of spirituality in monastic life that has survived the vicissitudes of Roman Catholic politics and pomp.]]> 1996 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 24 15:21:30 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 15:26:37 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=108681