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Dedicated to God : an oral history of cloistered nuns / Abbie Reese.
Van Pelt Library BX4328.5.Z9 R63 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reese, Abbie.
- Series:
- Oxford oral history series
- The Oxford oral history series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Corpus Christi Monastery (Rockford, Ill.).
- Colettines.
- Monastic and religious life of women--Illinois--Rockford.
- Monastic and religious life of women.
- Colettines--Biography.
- Oral history--Illinois--Rockford.
- Oral history.
- Oral biography.
- Illinois--Rockford.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Contents:
- Called: Sister Mary Monica 15
- Part 1 The Call 27
- 1 Community Life 29
- Called: Sister Maria Deo Gratias 53
- 2 The Claustrophobic Nun 65
- Called: Sister Mary Michael 77
- Part 2 The Life 93
- 3 Monastic Living in a Throwaway Culture 95
- Called: Sister Mary Joseph 109
- 4 Little House, Big Heart 121
- Called: Sister Mary Clara 133
- 5 Mothers of Souls 139
- Called: Sister Joan Marie 155
- 6 The Suffering Servants 159
- Part 3 The Threats 177
- 7 Idealism and Reality 179
- Called: Sister Ann Marie 191
- 8 Erased from the Landscape 203
- Called: Sister Mary Veronica 225.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199947935
- 0199947937
- OCLC:
- 839396837
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