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"A Change of Habit" recounts a spiritual journey that started when a religious eddy hurls seventeen-year-old Patty into a convent in the 1960s. Her deeply embedded guilt drives her to obey the Catholic Church, please her earthly father, and say yes to her heavenly Father. But in the convent, she fails to find happiness in religious rites and rules. Her time in the convent
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Jun 24, 2015
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it was amazing
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Anyone who struggle with making life decisions, religion and spirituality.
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A CHANGE OF HABIT: A Spiritual Journey from Sister Mary Kateri to Sister Mary Vodka
By Patty Ptak Kogutek
A Change of Habit is a fast paced easy read. The author painstakingly takes the reader through her spiritual journey to find God and happiness.
Her descriptive writing drew me in immediately to experience her world, her life. One does not have to be Catholic to appreciate this book. In many instances, I identified with the author and her experiences.
The reader first meets Patty as a high ...more
By Patty Ptak Kogutek
A Change of Habit is a fast paced easy read. The author painstakingly takes the reader through her spiritual journey to find God and happiness.
Her descriptive writing drew me in immediately to experience her world, her life. One does not have to be Catholic to appreciate this book. In many instances, I identified with the author and her experiences.
The reader first meets Patty as a high ...more
I bought this book at the San Francisco Book Festival in May 2013. I really enjoyed meeting the author. Since I've been into reading memoirs lately, I got the book. First of all, I found out that being a nun is not like the TV show, "The Flying Nun" or "The Sound of Music". This book gives a big insight to the Catholic church before and during the reformations of the 1960s.
It is a definite Baby Boomer perspective of growing up with the implied four areas for woman, mom, teacher, nun or ...more
It is a definite Baby Boomer perspective of growing up with the implied four areas for woman, mom, teacher, nun or ...more
I'm not Catholic but I LOVED this book.
An incredible journey and one of the finest books I've read.
An incredible journey and one of the finest books I've read.
When I first saw this author's book being advertised somewhere, I knew I just had to read it. I did not want to read it because of the funky-sexy nun on the cover or for the title. I did not even want to read it because she lives here in my state. No, I wanted to read it because of this byline: "...Sister Mary Kateri to Sister Mary Vodka."
The truth is, I have known and seen many nuns/sisters in my life-time so, I thought this one had to be just absolutely crazy to write such a book or downright ...more
The truth is, I have known and seen many nuns/sisters in my life-time so, I thought this one had to be just absolutely crazy to write such a book or downright ...more
This is an autobiographical story of Ptak’s experiences struggling to find inner happiness through becoming a nun and then a wife all the while looking for her answers outside herself. After leaving the nunnery, and then a marriage, she finally finds her seven secrets to happiness. From there she was able to develop a full live and move into a success marriage – and then write a pretty good book. This book gives an interesting insight into what live as a Catholic nun is like.
This book is a heart wrenching journey of a young girl and her faith as she matures in to womanhood. I felt a kin to her although my experiences were very different.
The book is well written. And educated even this Catholic of about the same age , and so I suggest this as a book to help you free yourself of your past and be grateful for your life !
The book is well written. And educated even this Catholic of about the same age , and so I suggest this as a book to help you free yourself of your past and be grateful for your life !
I liked A Change of Habit. Patty takes the reader on a journey of her life, starting in adolescence, by joining the convent, to discovering happiness outside of being a nun.
Nov 15, 2013
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She should not have become a nun in the first place...
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Patty Kogutek, author of “A Change of Habit,” and “G-Vites: Everyday Invitations from God” has helped thousands cure their anxiety, living “guilt-free.” Living as a Catholic nun for 7 years, and working her way through a 12 year failed marriage, Patty gathered “7 Secrets to Guilt-Free Living” that gave her the courage and the permission to finally follow her heart putting the expectation of others
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“Don't worry so much about making the correct decision in the eyes of others. Listen to the voice within.”
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“Happiness comes from listening to yourself and making choices that work for you, not others.”
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