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The Life, Doctrine, and Rule of Blessed Paul Giustiniani. On the Landscape of Christian hermit life, Paul Giustiniani (1496-1528), Blessed by fame, is a towering figure. To him that dazzling genius, Jean Leclercq, O.S.B., devoted two of his finest monastic studies. We are pleased to offer them here: the biography, never before published in English; and the doctrinal synthesis, Alone with God, much-loved when it first appeared and out-of-print for over a generation. And this is not all. Leclercq's masterpieces are flanked on the left by a variegated general introduction and on the right by selections from Blessed Paul's Rule, a translation of St. Romuald's Brief Rule with commentary, an epilouge sketching the history of Monte Corona, and ample indices. There are also more than a dozen carefully selected illustrations.
Please note, the paperback is the revised version while the hardcover is the original version. There are only a limited number of hardcopies available.
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Posted by James Likoudis on 17th Oct 2008
Catholic Hermits In The 21st Century: Contemporary Camaldolese in Ohio
Camaldolese Extraordinary: The Life, Doctrine and Rule of Blessed Paul Giustiniani, by Dom Jean Leclercq and Blessed Paul Giustiniani, ed. by the Camaldolese Hermits of Monte Corona. 536 pp., 3 indices, color insert, hardbound or paperback.
Most American Catholics will perhaps be surprised to learn that Hermits living the austere life of 11th century Camaldolese monk-hermits are today to be found in both California and Ohio (this last at Holy Family Hermitage in the Diocese of Steubenville). Though there is only one Christian spirituality, as the French theologian Louis Bouyer once noted, a contemplative eremitical spirituality has existed in the Church from the 3rd century to play a distinctive and prophetic role in assisting the Church to combat the corruptions of sinful societies. The Church has always cherished its monks and hermits as those who are free from the world and thus able in a particular way to contribute to its salvation. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) notes the importance of the eremitic life:
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