Women of faith : the Chicago Sisters of Mercy and the evolution of a religious community

Women of faith : the Chicago Sisters of Mercy and the evolution of a religious community / Mary Beth Fraser Connolly.

When the Sisters of Mercy lost their foundress Sister Catherine McAuley in 1841, stories of Mother Catherine passed from one generation of sisters to the next. McAuley's Rule and Constitutions along with her spiritual writings and correspondence communicated the Mercys' founding charism. E...

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Main Author: Connolly, Mary Beth Fraser
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Sisters of Mercy (Chicago, Ill.)
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
RELIGION > Essays.
RELIGION > Reference.
RELIGION > Christianity > Catholic.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. "Charity embraces those who abound" : the spirit of mercy comes to America, 1846-1929
  • part II. "This mutual love and union." From amalgamation to a post-Vatican II world : 1929-1980s
  • part III. New life, new paths, same spirit : carrying mercy into the twenty-first century, 1980s-2008.

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