The People of the Towel and Water Biography/Memoir a city that for Russians

a city that for Russians was synonymous with Stalin’s gulag

“A wisp of wood smoke curls lazily into the cold

Striving to love our enemies

As we enter the great sea of God’s silence

Catherine Doherty used stories to help her listeners glimpse the deep truths about life and the mysterious presence of God in events and persons

The People of the Towel and Water Biography/Memoir a city that for RussiansAs Catherine often proclaimed, No part of the Gospel is abstract and Nothing is foreign to the Gospel except sin. This Madonna House classic, revised and expanded, describes basic concepts of faith as they are lived out in everyday life. Such ordinary occupations as meal preparation, gardening, care of tools, office work, farming, nursing and many others are the raw material for Gospel living, for encountering God, and becoming a prayer.