Called to serve : a history of nuns in America / Margaret M. McGuinness.

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McGuinness, Margaret M

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : New York University Press, [2013]Description: 1 online resource (279 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0814724728
9780814724729
9780814789261
0814789269

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Called to serve.DDC classification:

271/.90073 23

LOC classification:

BX4220.U6 M34 2013

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Contents:

Organizing to serve -- Service to a growing Catholic community -- Serving through education -- Serving the sick -- Serving those in need -- Praying for the world -- Redefining sisterhood -- Serving today.

Summary: For many Americans, nuns and sisters are the face of the Catholic Church. Far more visible than priests, Catholic women religious teach at schools, found hospitals, offer food to the poor, and minister to those in need. Their work has shaped the American Catholic Church throughout its history. The author provides the reader with an overview of the history of Catholic women religious in American life, from the colonial period to the twenty-first century.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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For many Americans, nuns and sisters are the face of the Catholic Church. Far more visible than priests, Catholic women religious teach at schools, found hospitals, offer food to the poor, and minister to those in need. Their work has shaped the American Catholic Church throughout its history. The author provides the reader with an overview of the history of Catholic women religious in American life, from the colonial period to the twenty-first century.

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