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CLARE OF ASSISI: THE LADY

EARLY DOCUMENTS

Regis Armstrong, O.F.M. Cap (ed.)

 

This new volume in the Early Documents series offers new translations of the writings of St Clare and related primary sources, as well as previously unpublished documents to the chronicle of her life.

             Section one presents Clare’s Letters, Testimony and Blessing. Section two includes the papal texts which prompted Clare to write her Form of Life. Section three contains biographical writings about Clare.

 

             “This volume takes a big step toward making Clare and her story accessible to a wide audience. General readers and those meeting Clare for the first time will be able to see her story unfold in its chronological sequence beginning with the vice of Clare in her writings.” Ingrid Peterson O.S.F., author of ‘Clare of Assisi: a Biographical Study ‘ and ‘Praying with Clare of Assisi’.

 

             About the editor: Regis Armstrong is a well-known Franciscan scholar. He has written and edited numerous books including Francis and Clare: The Complete Writings, ‘The Life of Saint Francis’, and the renowned 4-volume Francis of Assisi: Early Documents

 

ISBN 1 - 56548 - 221 - 2 PB                        480pp                                    £19.00

ISBN 1 - 56548 - 220 -  4 HB                       480pp                                    £33.00

GOSPEL CHILDHOOD

THE ‘LITTLE WAY’ OF ST THERESE OF LISIEUX FOR EVERYONE

Elizabeth Ruth Obbard

 

This third in her popular series on Carmelite saints, this little book really does take the reader to the heart of Therese’s message. Simple, yet profound, and illustrated with the author’s own pen and ink drawings, this is a book to treasure, to read and re-read, each time discovering something new about the Little Flower of Lisieux.

 

ISBN 1 - 904287 - 94 - 7                   96pp                                                £5.95

 
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