| Living Wisdom: The Mission and Transmission of Monasticism Volume 33 Contributor(s): Piccardo, Cristiana (Author) |
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ISBN: 0879070331 ISBN-13: 9780879070335 Publisher: Liturgical Press OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Institutions & Organizations - Religion | Monasticism - Religion | Spirituality |
| Dewey: 255.12 |
| LCCN: 2013019482 |
| Series: Monastic Wisdom |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.85" W x 8.29" (0.55 lbs) 210 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Cristiana Piccardo was the long-time abbess of an unusual Cistercian community in Italy. "We have always believed," she writes, "that the monastic charism can be a precious 'talent' offered to our contemporary world, and there are moments in history when what normally remains hidden should come into the light." These words accurately describe both the force behind the story of the Vitorchiano monastic family and the account of it given in Living Wisdom, her refl ection on the meaning of that story. Over the course of four decades, the Abbey of Vitorchiano founded no fewer than six new monasteries around the world, from Argentina to Indonesia, and today this vibrant oasis of prayer and Christian living still has some eighty sisters of its own. Living Wisdom reveals the vitality of these communities and initiates us in a most concrete way into a wisdom that seeks the kingdom of God ardently yet realistically, without ever bypassing the essential human foundations that the life in Christ transforms and elevates but never supplants: hard work, communal striving, friendship, honesty in communication, a sense of humor, and, above all, love- the willingness both to ask for forgiveness and to give it with joy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Piccardo, Cristiana: - Cristiana Piccardo was born in Genova, Italy, in 1925, and in 1958 entered a monastery of Trappistine Cistercian nuns not far to the north of Rome, at Vitorchiano. In 1964 Mother Cristiana became the abbess. She left Vitorchiano to be the superior of their Venezuelan foundation from 1991 to 2002 where she currently resides. |
