Kilian J. Healy, O. Carm.
1956 (Third printing: 2016) | xvi+189 p. | ISBN: 978-88-7288-085-2

This is the third edition of the classic, "Methods of Prayer in the Directory of the Carmelite Reform of Touraine," written by the former prior general, Fr. Kilian Healy, in 1956. This work began life as a doctoral dissertation at the Gregorian University in Rome. It is a tribute to the book's great influence that it has been republished more than sixty years later.

Although the most famous reform of Carmel is that of St. Teresa of Avila in the 16^th century which, following her death, resulted in the establishment of the Discalced Carmelites as a separate Order, the Touraine Reform in the 17^th century had a deeper impact upon the Order's spirituality. It was the reform that spread to the whole Order. Fr Kilian presents the spirituality of the Touraine Reform and the relation between their method of prayer with the other schools of spirituality such as Ignatian, Salesian, Teresian, as well as others.