The Oblate Life. A Handbook for Spiritual Formation - Hardback, by Gervase Holdaway Statue Subject_St. Joseph Published: Oct 2018

Published: Oct 2018

Taken from the Gospel of Mark 10:13-16

Format: hardback

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The Oblate Life. A Handbook for Spiritual Formation - Hardback, by Gervase Holdaway Statue Subject_St. Joseph Published: Oct 2018The pattern of religious life is changing dramatically. While the numbers of professed monks and nuns is small and falling, large numbers of men and women people are formally promising to live in the world by monastic values. Equally, churches are failing to win large numbers, but many are drawn to the simplicity and wisdom of monastic life. Among Benedictines, these are known as oblates. Here is a comprehensive guide to living as an oblate in the