Poustinia Format:Paperback - $19.95 as the holy fools of

as the holy fools of Catherine’s Russian childhood were called

French: le desert au coeur des villes

"The donkey that carried Our Lady to Bethlehem carried the Word

” and she is a born storyteller

[These] “stories are true in that their message is true

Poustinia Format:Paperback - $19.95 as the holy fools of50 years of Poustinia Poustinia is the word for desert in Russian. In Eastern Christian spirituality, it refers to a place one goes to encounter, in silence, solitude, and prayer, the God who dwells within the human heart. Now, in this best selling spiritual classic, Catherine Doherty presents the concept of poustinia to Western Christians hungry for the reality of Christ in his Word and in their hearts Published 50 years ago (1975) and now part of