The Oblate Life. A Handbook for Spiritual Formation - Hardback, by Gervase Holdaway Product Type_Icon Stands Votive Masses

Votive Masses

this is now updated to include the additional commemorations in the Church of England's calendar of saints

Written in the lead up to Newman’s conversion from the Anglican to the Catholic Church

Pages: 152 Published: Sep 2016

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The Oblate Life. A Handbook for Spiritual Formation - Hardback, by Gervase Holdaway Product Type_Icon Stands Votive MassesThe 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