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by: Thomas Matus See Larger Image List Price: $16.95 Our Price: $13.56 You Save: $3.39 (20%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $7.79 Third Party New Price: $13.56 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 271.97 EAN: 9780809137923 ISBN: 0809137925 Label: Paulist Press Manufacturer: Paulist Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: 1998-07 Publisher: Paulist Press Sales Rank: 901330 Studio: Paulist Press Related Items: An Infinity of Little Hours: Five Young Men and Their Trial of Faith in the Western World's Most Austere Monastic Order Into Great Silence (Two-Disc Set) They Speak by Silences The Privilege of Love: Camaldolese Benedictine Spirituality In the Silence of Solitude: Contemporary Witnesses of the Desert see more Editorial Review: Product Description: In this fascinating book, Thomas Matus tells the true story of one woman's struggle to live her extraordinary vocation to a life of total silence, solitude and hiddenness. A gifted musician and ordinary Sunday Catholic, Nazarena, nee Julia Crotta, had a vision of Jesus calling her to the desert while in college in Connecticut. After much searching and numerous attempts to have her unique vocation recognized by the church, she eventually found her 'desert' in a small room at the monastery of the Camaldolese Benedictine nuns in Rome. She lived there as an anchoress for forty-five years until her death in 1990. Radical yet traditional, exceptional yet simple, Sister Nazarena had a long and spiritually fruitful ascetic life. Nazarena, an American Anchoress uses excerpts from her own letters of spiritual counseling and material taken from interviews with those who knew her to tell the remarkable story of her life of silence and prayer. 'The hermit's vocation is a rare jewel in the church. Nazarena's story is a shining example of just how costly it can be to remain faithful to the unique call heard in the deepmost heart of each one of us.' Michael Downey Author, Trappist: Living in the Land of Desire Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - A call not commonly heard This story will seem very, very strange to most contemporary folk. The call that this American girl heard, the call to a form of hermitism, is not commonly discerned these days. This woman, this professionally trained musician, believed that God called her to total reclusion. After unsuccessful attempts in the Carmelite order, she finally found her place among the Camaldolese nuns of the convent of St. Antony in the Desert in Rome. There she lived in seclusion, even from the nuns, for 45 years. ... Read More Rating: - a well written book about a difficult life This is a book that startles you with an account of a life of faith and sacrifice. Thomas Matus is a camaldolese monk{a branch of the benedictine order} who found himself literally stumbling upon this story.A happy well adjusted young american girl named Julia crotta had a mystical vision summoning her to the desert. the desert for her became a small room in a camaldolese monastery in Italy where she lived as a hermit{or anchoress} the next 45 years. Fr. Matus{author of the vey interesting Romulald ... Read More Browse for similar items by category: Leaders & Notable People - Biographies & Memoirs - Subjects - Books - Religious Specific Groups - Biographies & Memoirs - Subjects - Books - Women Biographies & Memoirs - Subjects - Books - General Biographies & Memoirs - Subjects - Books - General AAS Women's Studies - Nonfiction - Subjects - Books - General