Poustinia Format:Paperback - $19.95 "The donkey that carried Our

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

and on traditions from Catherine’s Russian childhood

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

a member since 1971

and becoming a prayer

Poustinia Format:Paperback - $19.95 "The donkey that carried Our50 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