The Wisdom of the Desert Individual photographers sisters Amelie and Mireille have

sisters Amelie and Mireille have grown up under the storm clouds of war

‘A Christmas to remember’

always superstitious town of Prior's End is famous for three things- whimsical charm at the annual Fall Festival

JODI McALISTER

The Wisdom of the Desert Individual photographers sisters Amelie and Mireille haveThe personal tones of the translations, the blend of reverence and humor so characteristic of him, show how deeply Merton identified with the legendary authors of these sayings and parables, the fourth century Christian Fathers who sought solitude and contemplation in the deserts of the Near East. The hermits of Screte who turned their backs on a corrupt society remarkably like our own had much in common with the Zen masters of China and Japan, and