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Ex-nuns : women who have left the convent / by Hollingsworth, Gerelyn.(CARDINAL)181000;
Bibliography: pages 117-124.
Subjects: Ex-nuns;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Cloistered : my years as a nun / by Coldstream, Catherine,author.(CARDINAL)888968; St. Martin's Press,publisher.(CARDINAL)521300;
"An astonishing memoir of twelve years as a contemplative nun in a silent monastery. Cloistered takes the reader deep into the hidden world of a traditional Carmelite monastery as it approaches the third Millennium and tells the story of an intense personal journey into and out of an enclosed life of poverty, chastity, and obedience. Finding an apparently perfect world at Akenside Priory, in Northumberland, Catherine trusts herself to a group of twenty silent women, believing she is trusting herself to God. As the beauty and mystery of an ancient way of life enfold her, she surrenders herself wholly to its power, quite unaware of the complexity and dangers that lie ahead. Cut off from the wider world for decades, the community has managed to evade accountability to any authority beyond itself. When Sister Catherine realises that a mesmerising cult of the personality, with the distortions it entails, has replaced the ancient ideal of religious obedience, she is faced with a dilemma. Will she submit to this, or will she be forced to speak out? An exploration of the limits of trust, Cloistered shows us how far youthful idealism can take us along the road of self-surrender, and of how much harm is done when institutional flaws go unacknowledged. Catherine's honest account of her time in the monastery - and her dramatic flight from it - is both a love song to a lost community and an exploration of what is most compelling, yet most potentially destructive when closed human groups become laws unto themselves."--
Subjects: Informational works.; Autobiographies.; Coldstream, Catherine.; Carmelite Nuns.; Ex-nuns; Spirituality.;
Available copies: 17 / Total copies: 18
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The spiral staircase : my climb out of darkness / by Armstrong, Karen,1944-(CARDINAL)519342;
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Armstrong, Karen, 1944-; Ex-nuns;
Available copies: 18 / Total copies: 19
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Through the narrow gate / by Armstrong, Karen,1944-(CARDINAL)519342;
Subjects: Biographies.; Armstrong, Karen, 1944-; Ex-nuns;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The spiral staircase : my climb out of darkness / by Armstrong, Karen,1944-(CARDINAL)519342;
The author relates her decision to leave her convent after failing to find religious fulfillment, her struggles with depression and epilepsy, her realization of her calling, and her career working with sacred texts.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Armstrong, Karen, 1944-; Ex-nuns;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The scent of God : a memoir / by Bissell, Beryl Singleton.(CARDINAL)475574;
Part I: Dawn -- Matins -- The house on the lake -- Island living -- Puerto Rican adolescence -- Transitions -- Following my vocation -- Lauds -- Entering the monastery -- Within the walls -- The wedding gown -- Getting thin for God -- Prime -- Judi becomes a nun -- Mom bares her soul -- Solemn vows -- Finding my way back -- Your mother needs you -- Part II: Midday -- Terce -- The return -- Waking up -- Sexy feet -- Seeking a friend -- The return to the monastery -- Sext -- Mom and dad -- A drive in the country -- The flowering -- Keeping the faith -- Staggered time -- None -- Teaching Vittorio yoga -- Ashes of a vocation -- Falling in love -- Daddy dies -- Part III: Dusk -- Vespers -- Beryl arrives in Italy -- Berries at Baiae -- Ave Maria -- Back to the priesthood -- Vittorio's Italy -- Together at last -- Compline -- You have cancer -- Pregnant -- Baby and business -- Francesca -- Into the valley of death -- Living with cancer -- Last rites -- Thomas.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Bissell, Beryl Singleton.; Ex-nuns;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The spiral staircase [sound recording] : my climb out of darkness / by Armstrong, Karen,1944-;
Read by the author.The author relates her decision to leave her convent after failing to find religious fulfillment, her struggles with depression and epilepsy, her realization of her calling, and her career working with sacred texts.
Subjects: Armstrong, Karen, 1944-; Audiobooks.; Ex-nuns;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Through the narrow gate / by Armstrong, Karen,1944-(CARDINAL)519342;
Subjects: Biographies.; Armstrong, Karen.; Armstrong, Karen, 1944-; Ex-nuns;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Through the narrow gate / by Armstrong, Karen,1944-(CARDINAL)519342;
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Armstrong, Karen, 1944-; Armstrong, Karen.; Ex-nuns;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The April Fool's day murder [large print] by Harris, Lee,1935-(CARDINAL)532519;
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Large print books.; Bennett, Christine (Fictitious character); Ex-nuns;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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