Witness to integrity : the crisis of the Immaculate Heart community of California / Anita M. Caspary.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caspary, Anita Marie, 1915-2011.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Physical Description:

xx, 287 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, [2003]

Summary:

Witness to Integrity is a first-person account of the historic dispute between the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters (I.H.M.) and James Francis Melntyre, the Cardinal Archbishop of Los Angeles. Former Mother General of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters and president of the Immaculate Heart Community. Anita Caspary, I.H.M., tells her story of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters' motivations and struggles in their claim for authority and freedom to live a Christian life in accordance with their consciences. The conflicts that lead a part of the Immaculate Heart Sisters' Community to become an ecumenical community are described with vividness.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Accusation 1

Chapter 2 Memories of a Catholic Girlhood 7

Chapter 3 Background and Beginnings 15

Chapter 4 Called to Be a Nun 25

Chapter 5 Teacher, Professor, and Administrator 31

Chapter 6 The Sixties and the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart 45

Chapter 7 Cardinal James F. McIntyre 55

Chapter 8 The Archdiocesan Visitations 67

Chapter 9 The 1967 Chapter of Renewal: Creating the Vision 85

Chapter 10 Embracing the Vision 109

Chapter 11 The Cardinal's Response to Renewal 119

Chapter 12 The Vatican Visitations 149

Chapter 13 A Test Case for the Vatican 183

Chapter 14 A New Life for Religious Women 209

Chapter 15 The Immaculate Heart Community 219

Appendix A Background of the Ninth General Chapter's Decree on Education 225

Appendix B Actions on the Part of the Ordinary Which Have Created Difficulties for the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart 231

Appendix C Psychological Influences on the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart 239

Appendix D Decrees of the Ninth General Chapter of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, October 1967 (Abbreviated Form) 243

Appendix E Letter to Pope Paul VI from Sister Anita M. Caspary, I.H.M. 263

Appendix F Talk to the Immaculate Heart Community by Sister Anita M. Caspary, I.H.M., December 6, 1969 267.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-280) and index.

ISBN:

0814627706

OCLC:

50403782