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Alpha Books<br />
NoVember 2012<br />
Everyday Divine<br />
A Catholic Guide to Active Spirituality<br />
mary Deturris poust<br />
Paperback<br />
224 pages/5 1/2" x 8 1/4"<br />
Carton:72<br />
Religion<br />
suggested order<br />
978-1-61564-200-7 • US $14.95/$16.00 CAN<br />
Publishing history: Original<br />
EAN: 9781615642007 51495<br />
On Sale November 6, 2012<br />
• 6 •<br />
A Catholic perspective on<br />
everyday spirituality that helps<br />
readers connect to the divine<br />
while remaining active in the<br />
world.<br />
Everyday Divine: A Catholic Guide to Active Spirituality<br />
helps people explore different ways to achieve<br />
a place of stillness and peace while engaging in the<br />
day-to-day activities of life. Drawing on Catholic<br />
tradition—from the Desert Fathers and Mothers<br />
to ancient monastics, and modern-day saints and<br />
sages—this extraordinary book illustrates how we<br />
can adapt these ancient practices for modern times.<br />
Quoting holy men and women on various methods,<br />
this guide offers practical instruction, and suggestions<br />
to help people put them into practice. Readers<br />
learn how to find spiritual peace while immersed in<br />
everyday activities, such as:<br />
• Housework and chores<br />
• Exercising, cooking, eating, and fasting<br />
• Traveling and making pilgrimages<br />
• Living among the noise of daily life<br />
Featuring personal stories from the author and<br />
others, and weaving in practices from specific traditions—such<br />
as Franciscan, Benedictine, and Trappist—Everyday<br />
Divine shows how these perspectives<br />
fit into the bigger Catholic picture.<br />
MARKETING:<br />
• Promotion via author website, marydeturrispoust.com<br />
• Advertising in Our Sunday Visitor, Catholic Digest, and<br />
Liguorian<br />
• Online and social media promotion<br />
• PR campaign to Catholic organizations and major<br />
church bodies<br />
SALES POINTS:<br />
• Author is very well-connected in the Catholic community<br />
and is a strong self-promoter<br />
• Author’s monthly column, “Life Lines,” has been published<br />
in Catholic New York since 2001, and her articles<br />
have appeared in dozens of national and regional publications<br />
• Approximately 25 percent of Americans, or more than<br />
70 million people, self-identify as Catholic ; more than<br />
1 billion are Catholic worldwide<br />
Mary DeTurris Poust is an author, columnist, and blogger<br />
who has focused on Catholic issues for more than 25<br />
years. She is the author of The Essential Guide to Catholic<br />
Prayer and the Mass, The Complete Idiot’s Guide ® to the<br />
Catholic Catechism, as well as Parenting a Grieving Child<br />
and Walking Together: Discovering the Catholic Tradition<br />
of Spiritual Friendship. She is a contributing editor for<br />
Our Sunday Visitor and blogs regularly at OSV Daily Take<br />
and at her own blog, Not Strictly Spiritual. Her monthly<br />
column, “Life Lines,” has been published in Catholic New<br />
York since 2001, and her articles have appeared in dozens<br />
of national and regional publications. Author home: Delmar,<br />
NY (Albany area).
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