Guide to the Catholic sisterhoods in the United States / edited by Thomas P. McCarthy ; with foreword by Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani and introduction by Egidio Vagnozzi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McCarthy, Thomas P. (Thomas Patrick), 1920-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monasticism and religious orders for women--United States--Directories.

Monasticism and religious orders for women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (404 p.)

Edition:

[5th ed.] rev. and enl.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this edition, the communities of sisters have been arranged according to their general apostolic work, viz., contemplative, domestic, foreign and home missions, nursing, retreat and social work, teaching, and writing and publications.

Contents:

""Contents ""; ""Foreword ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Preface ""; ""I. Contemplatives ""; ""II. Domestic Work ""; ""III. Foreign Missions ""; ""IV. Home Missions ""; ""V. Nursing ""; ""VI. Retreat and Social Work ""; ""VII. Teaching as a Major Apostolate""; ""VIII. Teaching also Nursing, Social Work, Missions, and Other Works ""; ""IX. Writing and Publications ""; ""Secular Institutes ""; ""Glossary ""; ""Appendix ""; ""Geographical Index ""; ""Index ""

Notes:

Originally published: 1964.

Previous editions entered under editor: McCarthy, Thomas P.

Includes indexes.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8132-2073-4

OCLC:

815970821