The Convent House

The Convent House
Author: Margo Carey
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2024-08-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1509256679

After uncontrollable electric surges plague twenty-four-old-year-old Alexandra Ryan, the arrival of an unknown relative seems like the answer to her problems. But her new family in Newport is not what she expected. They claim to be members of a Clan descended from the Knights Templar. Gifted with psychic skills, they’re tasked to watch over the Convent House and guard against the evil within. As Alex tries to accept that her own powers will appear on her upcoming birthday, an evil sorcerer targets her dreams. The only person who can help is a handsome but aggravating Clan member. Will she live long enough to celebrate her new gifts? Or will this birthday be her last?

Covenant House

Covenant House
Author: Bruce Ritter
Publisher: Image
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1989-02-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780385260046

Covenant House is the largest, privately funded agency in America dedicated to providing for homeless, abused, and drug-addicted youth across the country (ages 16-21). Besides providing for their basic, immediate needs, such as food, shelter, and healthcare, Covenant House also provides a comprehensive, counseling support system to transition these youth into adulthood. In Covenant House, Bruce Ritter, founder of Covenant House, tells the story of how Covenant House came to be and his experience ministering to the needy youth of New York City and beyond.

Mercy House

Mercy House
Author: Alena Dillon
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2020-02-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0062914812

“Never underestimate the power of a group of women. Fierce, thoughtful and dramatic—this is a story of true courage." —Susan Wiggs, New York Times bestselling author She would stop at nothing to protect the women under her care. Inside a century-old row house in Brooklyn, renegade Sister Evelyn and her fellow nuns preside over a safe haven for the abused and abandoned. Gruff and indomitable on the surface, warm and wry underneath, little daunts Evelyn, until she receives word that Mercy House will be investigated by Bishop Hawkins, a man with whom she shares a dark history. In order to protect everything they’ve built, the nuns must conceal many of their methods, which are forbidden by the Catholic Church. Evelyn will go to great lengths to defend all that she loves. She confronts a gang member, defies the church, challenges her own beliefs, and faces her past. She is bolstered by the other nuns and the vibrant, diverse residents of the shelter—Lucia, Mei-Li, Desiree, Esther, and Katrina—whose differences are outweighed by what unites them: they’ve all been broken by men but are determined to rebuild. Amidst her fight, Evelyn discovers the extraordinary power of mercy and the grace it grants, not just to those who receive it, but to those strong enough to bestow it.

Jerusalem Diary: Searching for the Tomb and House of Jesus

Jerusalem Diary: Searching for the Tomb and House of Jesus
Author: Joanna Kujawa
Publisher: BalboaPress
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2012-08-13
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1452506388

Based on a true story, Jerusalem Diary: Searching for the Tomb and House of Jesus is an adventurous journey of intrigue and discovery in the Holy Land. After finishing her PhD, Joanna joins two Australian men who claim to discover new sites that could be Jesus home in Nazareth and his tomb in Jerusalem. As they travel through Israel, Joanna challenges conventional ideas about the life of Jesus. Relying on Gnostic Gospels, Joanna deconstructs the dogmatic images of suffering Christ and creates an alternative picture of Yeshua (Jesus) as a young, rebellious, inspiring teacher. Recent Reviews: This engaging book has everything the passionate-thinking person desires: intensity, intrigue, controversy. Thoroughly enjoyable and thought-provoking. A book for all seekers. Mark Manolopoulos, adjunct research associate, Monash University Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology, and author of If Creation Is a Gift. In Jerusalem Diary, Joanna affectionately traces the life of the human side of Jesus. She beautifully weaves her own spiritual quest for truth in this well-researched, deeply passionate journey, accounting for typical historical gaps in the life and teachings of the Great Soul. The outcome is a refreshing and unusual tale in which Joanna elegantly contrasts and reconciles the Christ on the Cross of the Church with Yeshua, the revered realised Master of the East. A must-read for every sincere seeker of the Self. Karthyeni Purushothaman, lecturer in business management, Monash University

The Convent and the Community in Late Medieval England

The Convent and the Community in Late Medieval England
Author: Marilyn Oliva
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Total Pages: 290
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780851155760

Detailed study of female monasticism in the later middle ages, with particular emphasis on the nuns' importance to the local community.

A Convent Tale

A Convent Tale
Author: P. Renee Baernstein
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2013-12-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 1136694609

Power often operates in strange and surprising ways. With A Convent Tale, Renee Baernstein uncovers some of the nuanced methods cloistered women devised to exert their agency. In the tradition of Simon Schama and Steven Ozment, Baernstein uses the compelling story of a single clan, the Sfondrati, to refashion our understanding of the early modern period. Showing the nuns as neither helpless victims nor valiant rebels, but reasonable beings maneuvering as best they could within limits set by class, gender and culture. Baernstein writes against the tendency to depict women as inactive pawns, and shows that even within the convent walls, nuns were empowered by ties with their (often earthly) families and actively involved in the politics of the period. Both a major contribution to scholarship on gender, family and religion in early modern Europe, and a colorful well-told tale of Renaissance intrigue, A Convent Tale is sure to attract a wide range of academic and general readers.

The Convent's Assassin

The Convent's Assassin
Author: Pauline Drouin-Degorgue
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2020-05-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1946539228

The Convent’s Assassin A nun has been murdered. In the room a sleeping body offers its uncovered throat. In a split second, the murder-ous arm rises and strikes its target two times. The weapon pierces the throat to the right and to the left. The body convulses for a moment before surrendering to death. The door closes and the shadow slips back into the darkness. The deceased is Mother Notre-Dame-Des-Pins, the Mother Guardian of the Convent. One could say that she was a mean and cruel woman. Many lives were held captive in her hands. All feared destruction by her vengeful nature. She had to die. However, who possessed the courage to administer justice? Was the killer a nun or her young paramour? Or rather, these two lovers surprised in action by the terrible woman? Or perhaps this good chaplain with a heavy conscience? Just what goes on behind the closed doors of Convents? Set in the 1950s, this spell-binding murder mystery holds its secrets until the very end.