Refreshing Water from Ancient Wells: The Wisdom of Women Mystics
- ISBN-10
- 0809142244
- ISBN-13
- 9780809142248
- Category
- Mysticism
- Pages
- 188
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Paulist Press
- Author
- Mary Penrose
Description
This collection of spiritual readings celebrates the genius of the women of the Church from the early Christian centuries to the present. The editor, Sister Mary E. Penrose, has selected excerpted passages from Church Mothers both famous and obscure - women "religious" of all ages, cultures, and centuries whose wisdom has been heralded or heretofore neglected.
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