Desert to Mountain Advent This Christmas card features a

This Christmas card features a creche wood carving by Madonna House member Patti Birdsong

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as well as stories adapted from events recorded in the Bible and the tales of Elizabeth York

and Cana Colony

Desert to Mountain Advent This Christmas card features aEdited by Fr. Blair Bernard, with extensive footnotes, Desert to Mountain consists of excerpts from Catherine Dohertys diaries during the years she prayed in the poustinia. It portrays her passionate love for God, her anguish for the Church, her vision for the Madonna House Apostolate, and the personal suffering that always found its meaning in union with the cross of Christ. An intimate glimpse into the interior life of one of the great Christian