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The Art of Winning Souls: Pastoral Care of Novices Volume 35 (Monastic Wisdom #35) (Paperback)

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This is book number 35 in the Monastic Wisdom series.

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In his chapter on the procedure for the reception of new brothers, Saint Benedict makes provision for entrusting them to the care of "a senior who is skilled in winning souls who will diligently pay attention to them in everything" (58.6). In The Art of Winning Souls: Pastoral Care of Novices, Michael Casey, OCSO, reflects on what this means today, based on his own experience and observation of the fruitful ministry of others.

Here Casey focuses on the pastoral care given in the name of a monastic community to those who enter it, from initial contact up to the point where their vocation has recognizably stabilized. His reflections are not intended to be prescriptive. They are, rather, descriptive of what he considers to be best practice, as he has encountered this in his experience of many different expressions of the monastic and Benedictine charism. This book promises to serve as an indispensable resource for vocation directors, novice directors, and junior directors for years to come.

Product Details
ISBN: 9780879070359
ISBN-10: 0879070358
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Publication Date: May 1st, 2012
Pages: 208
Language: English
Series: Monastic Wisdom