Kurisumala
Subtitle: Francis Mahieu Acharya, a pioneer of Christian monasticism in India
By: by Marthe Mahieu-De Praetere ; translated by Susan Van Winkle.
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: title: First part: childhood and youth (1912-1935); title: A family during the war; title: Roots; title: The beautiful lady from Evreux; title: Return to Belgium; title: College years; title: The priest's troop; title: Jean's stubbornness manifests itself for the first time; title: A career all mapped out; title: London; title: In the 'second lancers'; title: The accident; title: The decision; title: The trip to the Orient; title: You shall leave your father and your mother; title: Second part: Trappist at Scourmont and Caldey (1935-1955); title: The Abbey of Our Lady of Scourmont and Dom Anselme Le Bail; title: Novitiate; title: A military interlude; title: Ora et labora; title: Student in Rome; title: Under German occupation; title: The Luftwaffe; title: In Bethany with the farm brothers; title: Gestapo; title: After the war; title: In Caldey with Dom Anselme; title: Master of novices; title: Love lost for lady poverty; title: Father, Father, why have you abandoned me?; title: Crossing the desert; title: To Dom Anselme, for the fulfillment of long-held hopes; title: Paris; title: Languages and cultures of India; title: Caldey; title: Nothing is working out; title: Providential intervention; title: Farewells; title: Third part: India, foundation, and taking root (1955-1968); title: Elephanta; title: A little detour to Ranchi; title: Shantivanam, the forest of peace; title: Dazzling Syriac experience; title: Farewell to Monchanin; title: The prodigal son and motherhouse; title: Pushpagiri; title: The mountain fallen from the sky; title: Rain and wind, bless the Lord; title: Gropings in the darkness; title: Turning point : pilot-village and Indo-Swiss project; title: A community of brothers; title: That all may be one : the separated brethren; title: In pursuit of the Penqitho; title: The evolution of the Catholic Church; title: A modern agricultural enterprise; title: Among the mountain people; title: The liturgical project; title: Monastic vesture; title: Visitors and early friends; title: Growth crisis; title: Fourth part: Kurisumala Ashram, its influence (1968-1988); title: An interrupted sabbatical year; title: To the Himalayas; title: First foundation : Shantivanam; title: Encounter with Hinduism; title: Congress in Bangkok; title: The community at the beginning of the 1970s; title: A second foundation : Thirumalai; title: Gheeta Bhavan; title: Around the world; title: The operation; title: Shantivanam emancipated; title: Prayer with the harp of the spirit; title: Silver jubilee; title: Fifth part: fulfillment (1988-2001); title: A visit from the Lord; title: Slow apprenticeship of rest; title: Cistercian approaches; title: Albano; title: Incorporation into the Cistercian Order; title: Lourdes : Dom Francis Mahieu-Acharya; title: At the gates of Sheol; title: All is blessing; title: Epilogue.