First published in German in 1804, under the nom de plume "Bonaventura," The Nightwatches of Bonaventura is a dark, twisted, and comic novel, one part Poe and one part Beckett. The narrator and anti-hero is not Bonaventura, but a night watchman named Kreuzgang, a failed poet, actor, and puppeteer wh[...]

HOLINESS OF LIFESAINT BONAVENTUREThe great Franciscan Doctor of the Church St. Bonaventure composed "e;Holiness of Life"e; as a manual for the Poor Clares. Writing clearly, practically, and movingly, he outlines central themes of Christian spirituality, moving from the purgative way (self-kn[...]