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Author: Alma Power-Waters
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9780898707663
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA biography of the first American saint, focusing on her deeds and contributions to American Catholicism.
Author: Mary Ellen Doyle
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2006-12-01
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 0813171318
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMother Catherine Spalding (1793?1858) was the cofounder and first leader of one of the most significant American religious communities for women?the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. Spalding also founded several educational institutions, Louisville's first private hospital, and the first social service agencies for children in Kentucky. In 2003, the Louisville Courier-Journal selected Spalding as the sole woman among the sixteen most important persons in Louisville's history. Pioneer Spirit is the first biography of Spalding, who, from the age of nineteen, served the citizens of the Kentucky frontier. By the time of her death, the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth extended far beyond Bardstown, Kentucky, to over one hundred sisters in sixteen convents. Spalding's legacy of service continues today with more than six hundred members worldwide.
Author: Joan Barthel
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2014-03-04
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 1250037158
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this riveting biography of Elizabeth Seton critically acclaimed and bestselling author Joan Barthel tells the mesmerizing story of a woman whose life featured wealth and poverty, passion and sorrow, love and loss. Elizabeth was born into a prominent New York City family in 1774. Her father was the chief health officer for the Port of New York and she lived down the block from Alexander Hamilton. She danced at George Washington's sixty-fifth Birthday Ball wearing cream slippers, monogrammed. Catholicism was illegal in New York when she was born; Catholic priests seen in the city were arrested, sometimes hung. When Elizabeth and her wealthy husband Will sailed to Italy in a doomed attempt to cure his tuberculosis, she and her family were quarantined in a damp dungeon. And when Elizabeth later became a Catholic, she was so scorned that people talked of burning down her house. American Saint is the inspiring story of a brave woman who forged the way for the other women who followed and who made a name for herself in a world entirely ruled by men. Elizabeth resisted male clerical control of her religious order, as nuns are doing today, and the publication of her story could not be more timely. Maya Angelou has contributed the foreword.
Author: Casey Bowser and Sr. Louise Grundish, S.C.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 1
ISBN-13: 1467103810
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn August 1870, Mother Aloysia Lowe and five Sisters of Charity from Cincinnati arrived in Altoona, Pennsylvania, to found a new community of sisters for the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Western Pennsylvania, with its throngs of newly immigrated Catholics and burgeoning industry, witnessed the growth of parishes and quality schools. Mother Aloysia purchased a 200-acre property in Greensburg in 1882 to accommodate the growing community. It became known as Seton Hill. The Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill, following in the footsteps of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. Vincent de Paul, and St. Louise de Marillac, have dedicated their lives in service of others. From the establishment of groundbreaking educational institutions, including Seton Hill University, to the operation of advanced health-care facilities and vital social service programs, the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill influenced the lives of thousands of Americans. The pioneering spirit of these Sisters of Charity, evidenced in their expansive mission work in Arizona, California, and Louisiana, culminated in 1960 with a mission to Korea. The Korean Province and the United States now unite the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill as an international congregation.
Author: Anna Hanson Dorsey
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Published: 1850
Total Pages: 220
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Published: 1850
Total Pages: 212
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Judith Metz
Publisher: Franciscan Media
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9780867163049
DOWNLOAD EBOOKElizabeth assumed many roles in her life -- wife, mother, widow, single parent, educator, mentor -- finding in each task the necessary grace. She provides an example to those faced with the challenge of finding a spiritual center in the midst of many roles.
Author: Mary Johnson
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Published: 2011-05-12
Total Pages: 746
ISBN-13: 1459620119
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt seventeen, Mary Johnson saw a photo of Mother Teresa on the cover of TIME magazine, and experienced her calling. Eighteen months later she entered a convent in the South Bronx, to begin her religious training. Not without difficulty, this boisterous, independent-minded teenager eventually adapted to the sisters' austere life of poverty and devotion, but beneath the white-and-blue sari an ordinary woman faced the struggles we all share, with the desires of love and connection, meaning and identity. During her years as a Missionary of Charity, Mary Johnson rose quickly through the ranks and came to work alongside Mother Teresa. Mary grapped with her faith, her desires for intimacy, the politics of the order and her complicated relationship with Mother Teresa. Finally, she made the hard, life-changing decision to leave the order to find her own path, and eventually to leave the Church altogether. The story of this compellingly honest woman will speak to anyone who has ever grappled with the mysteries and wonders of life and faith.
Author: Mary Olga McKenna
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780761809869
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCharity Alive: Sisters of Charity, Halifax, 1950-1980 is the sequel to Sister Maura Power's chronicle of the first one hundred years of the congregation's history (Ryerson, 1956). Based on congregational records and interviews with members of the order, the book traces, describes, and assesses the events which moved the Sisters from the traditional patterns of religious life over the first century into the 1980's. It shows the Sisters' response to the documents of Vatican II and the economic, cultural, and religious challenges during three decades of adaptation, renovation, and renewal. Charity Alive also presents the transformation effected within the congregation which liberated the Sisters and empowered them to reach beyond their traditional ministries of education, health and social services to embrace new forms of ministry such as serving the less visible needs of the economically poor on the fringes of society.
Author: Mrs. Challice
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2023-10-24
Total Pages: 362
ISBN-13: 3375170718
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReprint of the original, first published in 1857.
