Kurisumala
Subtitle: Francis Mahieu Acharya, a pioneer of Christian monasticism in India
By: by Marthe Mahieu-De Praetere ; translated by Susan Van Winkle.
Contributors: Van Winkle, Susan.
Series: Cistercian studies series -- no. 214
Publisher: Cistercian Publications
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Kalamazoo,  Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9780879076146
Subjects: Acharya, Francis.; Catholic Church -- India -- Clergy -- Biography.; Cistercians -- India -- Biography.; Monasticism and religious orders -- India -- History.
Work titles: Kurisumala.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-388) and index.
Table of contents: value: First part: childhood and youth (1912-1935); value: A family during the war; value: Roots; value: The beautiful lady from Evreux; value: Return to Belgium; value: College years; value: The priest's troop; value: Jean's stubbornness manifests itself for the first time; value: A career all mapped out; value: London; value: In the 'second lancers'; value: The accident; value: The decision; value: The trip to the Orient; value: You shall leave your father and your mother; value: Second part: Trappist at Scourmont and Caldey (1935-1955); value: The Abbey of Our Lady of Scourmont and Dom Anselme Le Bail; value: Novitiate; value: A military interlude; value: Ora et labora; value: Student in Rome; value: Under German occupation; value: The Luftwaffe; value: In Bethany with the farm brothers; value: Gestapo; value: After the war; value: In Caldey with Dom Anselme; value: Master of novices; value: Love lost for lady poverty; value: Father, Father, why have you abandoned me?; value: Crossing the desert; value: To Dom Anselme, for the fulfillment of long-held hopes; value: Paris; value: Languages and cultures of India; value: Caldey; value: Nothing is working out; value: Providential intervention; value: Farewells; value: Third part: India, foundation, and taking root (1955-1968); value: Elephanta; value: A little detour to Ranchi; value: Shantivanam, the forest of peace; value: Dazzling Syriac experience; value: Farewell to Monchanin; value: The prodigal son and motherhouse; value: Pushpagiri; value: The mountain fallen from the sky; value: Rain and wind, bless the Lord; value: Gropings in the darkness; value: Turning point : pilot-village and Indo-Swiss project; value: A community of brothers; value: That all may be one : the separated brethren; value: In pursuit of the Penqitho; value: The evolution of the Catholic Church; value: A modern agricultural enterprise; value: Among the mountain people; value: The liturgical project; value: Monastic vesture; value: Visitors and early friends; value: Growth crisis; value: Fourth part: Kurisumala Ashram, its influence (1968-1988); value: An interrupted sabbatical year; value: To the Himalayas; value: First foundation : Shantivanam; value: Encounter with Hinduism; value: Congress in Bangkok; value: The community at the beginning of the 1970s; value: A second foundation : Thirumalai; value: Gheeta Bhavan; value: Around the world; value: The operation; value: Shantivanam emancipated; value: Prayer with the harp of the spirit; value: Silver jubilee; value: Fifth part: fulfillment (1988-2001); value: A visit from the Lord; value: Slow apprenticeship of rest; value: Cistercian approaches; value: Albano; value: Incorporation into the Cistercian Order; value: Lourdes : Dom Francis Mahieu-Acharya; value: At the gates of Sheol; value: All is blessing; value: Epilogue.