Nancy Shuman Archives - Mary Rose Kreger

The Cloistered Heart, Part 3: Spiritual Heartache

By maryrosekreger August 20, 2023Life After ConventFaith, God's Will, Hope, Interior Life, Life After Convent, Nancy Shuman, Spiritual Heartache, The Cloistered Heart, The Convent of the Heart, The Expansion, Writing LifeNo Comments

You said you have so long waited...for the convent of the heart. When I first found Nancy Shuman's book, The Cloistered Heart, I just kept saying to myself, "How does she know?" -Email message from Cora Brown, a Cloistered Heart

Mice Nuns, Cloistered Hearts, and More: A Late Summer Reading List

By maryrosekreger August 14, 2023Life After ConventClaire Dwyer, Cloistered Heart, Convent Books, Family, mice nuns, Nancy Shuman, Sterling Script, Summer Reading List, This Present Paradise, Zephyr ThomasNo Comments

Dive into a collection of book titles, each specifically curated for the "Life After Convent" crowd!

The Cloistered Heart, Part 2

By maryrosekreger August 3, 2023Life After ConventBride of Christ, Discernment, Life After Convent, Nancy Shuman, Parish Life, The Cloistered Hearts, The Convent of the HeartNo Comments

"Heart cloister can be lived by single or married persons, religious or clergy or lay, male or female. Because we carry our enclosure with us, we can be united in heart with God wherever we may be." - The Cloistered Heart Way of Life, by Nancy Shuman