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The New Orleans Sisters of the Holy Family : African American missionaries to the Garifuna of Belize / Edward T. Brett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brett, Edward Tracy, 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Missionaries--Belize.
- Missionaries.
- Catholic Church--Missions--Belize.
- Catholic Church.
- Sisters of the Holy Family (New Orleans, La.)--History.
- Sisters of the Holy Family (New Orleans, La.).
- Sisters of the Holy Family (New Orleans, La.)--Missions--Belize.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (248 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Edward T. Brett has produced a fascinating account of the 110-year mission of the Sisters of the Holy Family to the Garifuna people of Belize.
- Contents:
- Foundation and growth in New Orleans
- Mother Austin Jones and the early mission
- Trouble with the bishop
- The 1920's to the Second Vatican Council
- Changes in the 1950's through the early 1970's
- Problems over language and inculturation
- Mission experiences of three Holy Family sisters
- Withdrawal from Belize.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780268158347
- 0268158347
- 9780268075880
- 0268075883
- OCLC:
- 793166951
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