Kieran Kavanaugh: 10 books

This revised edition of The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross was produced to mark the fourth centenary of the death of St. John of the Cross (1542–1591). The result is an English translation of his writings that preserves the authentic meaning of the great mystic’s writings, presents them...

    A Study Edition, with Introduction, Commentary, Discussion Questions, Glossary, and a fully linked Index. Prepared by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D.      St. Teresa of Avila is an unsurpassed teacher of Christian prayer and spirituality, and in The Way of Perfection...

This is the second edition of Volume One of The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, first woman doctor of the church. The translators have taken full advantage of all that recent scholarship has contributed to a better understanding of Teresa and her writings. This volume includes her first major...

This volume contains two of Teresa's most popular works: The Way of Perfection and The Interior Castle.      Shortly after writing The Book of Her Life for her confessor, St. Teresa wrote The Way of Perfection at the request of her nuns who were eager to learn about prayer...

In 1573, while staying in Salamanca to assist her nuns in the task of establishing one of her seventeen monasteries, Teresa began composing the story of their foundation. The Book of Her Foundations comprises the major portion of Volume Three. This book not only tells the story of the establishment...

The Book of Her Foundations is the least read, the least quoted, the least known of St. Teresa's works.  Why this is so is probably because people do not think it is a spiritual book.  But as you read on, you find that St. Teresa grew in holiness, not in spite of obstacles such as being...

As the first woman to be given the title of doctor of the church, St. Teresa of Avila continues to exercise her teaching authority in the world today both within and outside the boundaries of the church.  In the present group of 100 themes, Tomás Alvarez wishes to create a favorable approach...

The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila, Volume Two contains Letters from 1578 to 1582 Includes Biographical Sketches and Sources for the Biographical Sketches. This second and final volume of St. Teresa's correspondence begins with the year 1578, a most troubling time for Teresa. A...

The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila, Volume One contains Letters from 1546 to 1577 Includes Introductions, Endnotes, Biographical Sketches. St. Teresa of Avila wrote candidly the story of both her life and her work as foundress in two books: the Life and the Foundations. Despite...

The Interior Castle is more than a book. It is a powerful image of the mystery of the human person. It is the soul of St. Teresa of Avila, who journeys through the castle from one dwelling place to another mapping out a feminine, yet warlike, program for the Christian spiritual life. It is also the...