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Mountain Sisters [electronic resource] : From Convent to Community in Appalachia / Helen M. Lewis & Monica Appleby ; foreword by Rosemary Radford Ruether.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, Helen Matthews.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women in church work--Appalachian Region--History.
- Women in church work.
- Glenmary Sisters--History.
- Glenmary Sisters.
- Federation of Communities in Service--History.
- Federation of Communities in Service.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (324 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Monica Appleby and Helen Lewis reveal the largely untold story of women who stood up to the Church and joined Appalachians in their struggle for social justice. Their poignant story of how faith, compassion, and persistence overcame obstacles to progress in Appalachia is a fascinating example of how a collaborative and creative learning community fosters strong voices. Mountain Sisters is a prophetic first-person account of the history of American Catholicism, the war on poverty, and the influence of the turbulent 1960s on the cultural and religious communities of Appalachia.Founded in 1941,
- Contents:
- Choosing a life
- Training to be a sister
- Going on mission
- Conflict with the hierarchy
- Leaving Glenmary
- FOCIS : the first years
- Major changes
- The dispersed community
- Arts and development
- Social services
- Community-based education
- Community-based economic development
- Advocacy, social action, and empowerment of women
- FOCIS as church
- Journey not arrival.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-285) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8131-2811-0
- 0-8131-4885-5
- OCLC:
- 900344427
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