Called to Serve : A History of Nuns in America /
McGuinness, Margaret M.
Called to Serve : A History of Nuns in America / Margaret M. McGuinness. - 1 online resource (272 pages): illustrations - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
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.
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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.
9780814724729
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Nuns.
Monasticism and religious orders for women.
Monastic and religious life of women.
RELIGION--Institutions & Organizations.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Vie religieuse et monastique feminine--Histoire.--États-Unis
Monachisme et ordres religieux feminins--Histoire.--États-Unis
Monastic and religious life of women--History.--United States
Monasticism and religious orders for women--History.--United States
Nuns--History.--United States
USA
United States.
États-Unis--Histoire religieuse.
United States--Church history.
History.
Church history.
Electronic books.
Called to Serve : A History of Nuns in America / Margaret M. McGuinness. - 1 online resource (272 pages): illustrations - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
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.
Open Access
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.
9780814724729
Frauenorden
Nonne
Nuns.
Monasticism and religious orders for women.
Monastic and religious life of women.
RELIGION--Institutions & Organizations.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Vie religieuse et monastique feminine--Histoire.--États-Unis
Monachisme et ordres religieux feminins--Histoire.--États-Unis
Monastic and religious life of women--History.--United States
Monasticism and religious orders for women--History.--United States
Nuns--History.--United States
USA
United States.
États-Unis--Histoire religieuse.
United States--Church history.
History.
Church history.
Electronic books.