Mary Ward : pilgrim and mystic, 1585-1645 / Margaret Mary Littlehales.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Littlehales, Margaret Mary, 1907-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ward, Mary, 1585-1645.

Ward, Mary.

Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Women in the Catholic Church--England--Biography.

Women in the Catholic Church.

Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary--Biography.

England.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

272 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map, color portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Burns & Oates, 2001.

Summary:

This is the first paperback edition of the standard biography of Mary Ward.Mary Ward founded the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the 17th Century, an order devoted to the education of women so they could play their part in the Church and the World. Her view and aims were revolutionary in their time and a whole of network of Catholic schools remain in place today run by members of Mary Wards order.Mary Ward was born in 1585. She listened to the call of God at a time when the Church was reluctant to accept that God would speak directly to a woman, and died in obscurity in 1645.At a time when the IBVM is, like many religious orders, struggling to redefine its purpose in the modern world, and at a time when Mary Ward may herself be canonised by the present Pope, this book is quite exceptionally important.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-267) and index.

ISBN:

0860123170

OCLC:

47900579