Title: Kurisumala : Francis Mahieu Acharya, a pioneer of Christian monasticism in India /
Authors: Mahieu-De Praetere, Marthe.; Van Winkle, Susan.
Publisher: Cistercian Publications,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Acharya, Francis.; Catholic Church India Clergy Biography.; Cistercians India Biography.; Monasticism and religious orders India History.
Abstract: On the life and achievements of Fracis Acharya, 1912-2002, Cistercian Monk and the founder of Kristiya Sanyasa Samaj, Kurisumala Ashram.
Contents: First part: childhood and youth (1912-1935) -- A family during the war -- Roots -- The beautiful lady from Evreux -- Return to Belgium -- College years -- The priest's troop -- Jean's stubbornness manifests itself for the first time -- A career all mapped out -- London -- In the 'second lancers' -- The accident -- The decision -- The trip to the Orient -- You shall leave your father and your mother -- Second part: Trappist at Scourmont and Caldey (1935-1955) -- The Abbey of Our Lady of Scourmont and Dom Anselme Le Bail -- Novitiate -- A military interlude -- Ora et labora -- Student in Rome -- Under German occupation -- The Luftwaffe -- In Bethany with the farm brothers -- Gestapo -- After the war -- In Caldey with Dom Anselme -- Master of novices -- Love lost for lady poverty -- Father, Father, why have you abandoned me? -- Crossing the desert -- To Dom Anselme, for the fulfillment of long-held hopes -- Paris -- Languages and cultures of India -- Caldey --^