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My Monastery Is a Minivan: 35 Stories from a Real Life
My Monastery Is a Minivan 35 Stories from a Real Life
Author: Denise Roy
ISBN-13: 9780829416879
ISBN-10: 0829416870
Publication Date: 7/2001
Pages: 212
Rating:
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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3 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Loyola Press
Book Type: Paperback
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tonyzwife avatar reviewed My Monastery Is a Minivan: 35 Stories from a Real Life on + 2 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I really, really, really wanted to like this book. I had been hoping that it would be an encouraging book for Catholic moms.

There were a few lines here and there that encouraged me as a Catholic mother, but I had to wade through things like:
*The author's complaints about being a pregnant seminarian (icky morning sickness and being too pregnant to fit into the albs for sacraments class),
*101 guru/zen master quotes and chapters on eastern philosophy/religion
*"Duck Day"--a chapter where the author writes that people getting together to feed ducks pleases Jesus more than going to mass.

If you're looking for encouragement as a Catholic mom, this might not be what you're looking for.