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 Stalking the Divine - Kristin Ohlson
 Stalking the Divine - Kristin Ohlson ... from her childhood Catholicism. One lonely Christmas morning she stumbled across an advertisement for mass at Cleveland's St. Paul Shrine and decided to go. Attendance, she found, had dwindled, and only 16 cloistered nuns remained in the monastery, but she discovered that somehow, the act of going had created the desire to go. Hoping that writing a book about the Poor Clares and the St. Paul Shrine might help me construct a framework for trying to make sense of their faith, and, perhaps, learn to build some kind of faith of my own, she explores the history of both as her own faith journey unfolds. Ohlson remains insecure about her beliefs, but she finds that the patterns of faith and retreat keep the sparks of her growing faith kindled, and she takes heart in the tiniest of convictions that God is like a fire burning in the darkness.Newest Review: ... her because they are too busy. There is also a somewhat disturbing description of her interview with one nun cheerfully ... more ... telling her about how they hit themselves as penance.
One of the qualities of this book is that Kristin Ohlson doesn't restrict herself to an observer's role, taking in, and passing on information about the nuns she meets, but she also involves herself and her story in the book, and this makes it much more accessible. Almost in spite of herself she starts attending church more regularly and becoming one of the motley band of people who are regulars there. I appreciated her non-judgement of the people she meets, both the...more |
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Stalking the Divine - Kristin Ohlson: Memoir of a curious skeptic (582 words)
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This seemed pertinent, with the popularity of 'The Convent' on BBC at the moment, which also features the 'poor clares.' Kristin Ohlson stumbled into a Catholic church in downtown Cleveland after seeing an advert in a local paper. This book is the result of her experiences after that point. The author was brought up catholic but hadn't attended church for some time. On this particular occasion she noticed that at the back of the church, behind a carved wooden screen, were a group of nuns - the 'Poor Clares of perpetual adoration'. She becomes interested in them, as a journalist by trade, and sets out to find out about them and their anachronistic ... Read the complete review
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