Nuns Across the Orange : A History of the Pioneering Anglican Community of St Michael and All Angels, Bloemfontein / Michael Sparrow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sparrow, Michael, 1957- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monasticism and religious orders for women--Anglican Communion.

Monasticism and religious orders for women.

Community of St. Michael's and All Angels--History.

Community of St. Michael's and All Angels.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (610 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bloemfontein, South Africa : Sun Media Bloemfontein (Pty) Ltd, [2020]

Summary:

When Sister Emma and the five women who accompanied her from England crossed the Orange River early in 1874, they exchanged the comfortable mainstream of Anglican Church life for the rigours of pioneering new works in an undeveloped country.

Contents:

Front Cover

Title Page

Imprint

Table of Contents

AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Abbreviations Used in Footnotes and the Text

PRELUDE

Chapter 1

WHO WILL GO FOR US?

Chapter 2

AFAR OFF UPON THE SEA

Chapter 3

A JOURNEY UNATTENDED BY AN ACCIDENT IS AN ACCIDENT

Chapter 4

FORMING THE SISTERHOOD

Chapter 5

ESTABLISHING SCHOOLS IN BLOEMFONTEIN

Chapter 6

A GREAT DOOR OPENS ON THE DIAMOND FIELDS

Chapter 7

KIMBERLEY HOSPITAL, SISTER HENRIETTA, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NURSING

Chapter 8

DUST AND DIAMONDS - Ninety Years in Kimberley

Chapter 9

HARRISMITH

Chapter 10

MISSION BOXES

Chapter 11

CALLED TO NURSE AT THE ZULU WAR

Chapter 12

NURSING IN THE TRANSVAAL WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

Chapter 13

BEREFT OF THE FOUNDERS

Chapter 14

BUILDING ON THE FOUNDATIONS and extending the work in and around Bloemfontein

Chapter 15

THE ANGLO-BOER WAR Medals for St Michael's

Chapter 16

CONSOLIDATION AND GROWTH

Chapter 17

ST FAITH'S ORPHANAGE

Chapter 18

I STAND BEFORE GOD - St Michael's School comes into its own

Chapter 19

UPHILL ALL THE WAY Fifty-two years in Basutoland

Chapter 20

CAVE, COWS AND CONTEMPLATION Thirty Years at Modderpoort

Chapter 21

THE ENGLISH COMMITTEE OF HELP AND A LONDON HOUSE

Chapter 22

A GENUINE RELIGIOUS - The third Superior in changing circumstances

Chapter 23

MA 'MOHAU - MOTHER OF MERCY

Chapter 24

GETTING THEIR BOOTS ON with the fourth Superior

Chapter 25

AN EXPERIMENTAL HOUSE

Chapter 26

A HOUSE OF PRAYER AND OTHER PROJECTS

Chapter 27

TO A SMALLER HOUSE

Chapter 28

GOING HOME

POSTLUDE

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-928424-63-5