Download or read book The Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas written by Catherine C. Darcy and published by University Press of Amer. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On July 20, 1991, the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas came into existence. This study examines the extent to which the development of the proposed governance model of the new Institute remained faithful to the heritage of the Sisters of Mercy as established by the founder, Catherine McAuley. The author devotes considerable attention to the on-going dialogue between the Mercy leadership and the Holy See, the Church authority to effect such restructuring while also discussing the broader challenges ahead for the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. Contents: Introduction; I. Historical and Canonical Context. The Heritage of the Sisters of Mercy; The Expansion of the Sisters of Mercy in the U.S.; II. Formation of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. Movement Toward Restructuring the Sisters of Mercy in the U.S.; The Formal Juridic Preparation for the Formation of a Single Institute; Summary and Conclusions; Appendices.
Download or read book The Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas written by Catherine C. Darcy and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On July 20, 1991, the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas came into existence. This study examines the extent to which the development of the proposed governance model of the new Institute remained faithful to the heritage of the Sisters of Mercy as established by the founder, Catherine McAuley. The author devotes considerable attention to the on-going dialogue between the Mercy leadership and the Holy See, the Church authority to effect such restructuring while also discussing the broader challenges ahead for the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. Contents: Introduction; I. Historical and Canonical Context. The Heritage of the Sisters of Mercy; The Expansion of the Sisters of Mercy in the U.S.; II. Formation of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. Movement Toward Restructuring the Sisters of Mercy in the U.S.; The Formal Juridic Preparation for the Formation of a Single Institute; Summary and Conclusions; Appendices.
Download or read book Constitutions of the Institute of the Religious Sisters of Mercy of the Union in the United States of America written by Sisters of Mercy of the Union and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Union and Charity written by Denise M. Colgan and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Union and Charity tells the story of the formation and development of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, one of the largest congregations of women religious in the world. Animated by the union and charity their founder Catherine McAuley (1778-1841) regarded as the central characteristic of followers of Jesus Christ, Mercy congregations serving in Central and South America, Jamaica, Guam, the Philippines, and the United States came together governmentally in 1991. For twenty-five years these Mercy women and their colleagues in ministry have engaged in enduring and contemporary forms of the spiritual and corporal works of mercy. They have tried to respond in just, merciful, and practical ways to the "signs of the times": the current needs of women and girls, the evidence and effects of continuing racism, local and global structures and attitudes of violence, the increasing sufferings of those who are economically poor, and the ongoing destruction of Earth and its natural resources. Catherine McAuley believed that "While we place all our confidence in God, we must act as if all depended on our exertion." Strengthened by this down-to-earth conviction, the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas have been out and about exerting themselves on behalf of the Gospel and God's people. Relying on God's continuing help, they show no signs of halting."--Description from publisher.
Download or read book Constitution of the Institute of the Religious Sisters of Mercy of the Union in the United States of America written by Sisters of Mercy of the Union and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sisters of Mercy written by Kathleen Healy and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of writings in the form of journals, letters, and stories that best represent the spirituality of the Mercy Sisters from the time of their arrival in America in 1843 until 1900.
Download or read book The Path of Mercy written by Mary C. Sullivan and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 2012-02-07 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary C. Sullivan, R.S.M., is Professor Emerita of Language and Literature, and Dean Emerita of the College of Liberal Arts, at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She is the author of numerous works, including The Correspondence of Catherine McAuley, 1818-1841 (CUA Press) and Catherine McAuley and the Tradition of Mercy.
Download or read book Catherine McAuley and the Tradition of Mercy written by Mary O'Sullivan and published by Four Courts PressLtd. This book was released on 2000 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of some of the most important writings by and about Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy, including letters, memoirs, and annals written by many of the first Sisters of Mercy. Also here are the Venerable McAuley's original manuscript of the Rule and Constitutions of the order, critically edited for the first time. '... a scholarly book ... marks significant progress in that area of women's history which is concerned with the foundresses of women's religious orders ... an important seminal contribution to the study of Catherine McAuley' Sophie McGrath, Journal of Religious History.
Download or read book The Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas written by Sister Catherine C. Darcy (R.S.M.) and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Women of Faith written by Mary Beth Fraser Connolly and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Sisters of Mercy lost their foundress Sister Catherine McAuley in 1841, stories of Mother Catherine passed from one generation of sisters to the next. McAuley’s Rule and Constitutions along with her spiritual writings and correspondence communicated the Mercys’ founding charism. Each generation of Sisters of Mercy who succeeded her took these words and her spirit with them as they established new communities or foundations across the United States and around the world. In Women of Faith, Mary Beth Fraser Connolly traces the paths of the women who dedicated their lives to the Sisters of Mercy Chicago Regional Community, the first Congregation of Catholic Sisters in Chicago. More than the story of the institutions that defined the territory and ministries of the women of this Midwestern region, Women of Faith presents a history of the women who made this regional community, whether as foundresses of individual communities in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries or as the teachers, nurses, and pastoral ministers who cared for and educated generations of Midwestern American Catholics. Though they had no immediate connection with McAuley, these women inherited her spirit and vision for religious life. Focusing on how the Chicago Mercys formed a community, lived their spiritual lives, and served within the institutional Catholic Church, this three-part perspective addresses community, spirituality, and ministry, providing a means by which we can trace the evolution of these women of faith as the world around them changed. The first part of this study focuses on the origins of the Sisters of Mercy in the Midwest from the founding of the Chicago South Side community in 1846 through the amalgamation and creation of the Chicago Province in 1929. The second part examines how the Mercys came together as one province through the changes of Vatican II from 1929 to the 1980s. Part III examines life after the dramatic changes of Vatican II in the 1990s and 2000s. Presenting rich examples of how faith cannot be separated from identity, Women of Faith provides an important new contribution to the scholarship that is shaping our collective understanding of women religious.
Download or read book Sisters written by John Fialka and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-01-24 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifying nuns as the first feminists and sweeping in its scope and insight, "Sisters" reveals the treasure of spiritual capital that religious women have invested in America. 25 photos.
Download or read book Sisters of Mercy of Nebraska 1864 1910 written by sister Mary Edmund Croghan and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Millennial Nuns written by The Daughters of Saint Paul and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More and more people-- especially millennials-- are turning to religion as a source of comfort and solace in our increasingly chaotic world. Rather than live a cloistered life of seclusion, the Daughters of Saint Paul actively embrace social media to evangelize, collectively calling themselves the #MediaNuns. In this collective memoir, eight of these Sisters share their own discernment journeys, struggles and crises of faith that they have overcome, and episodes from their daily lives. They offer practical takeaways and tips for living a more spiritually-fulfilled life, no matter your religious affiliation. -- adapted from jacket
Download or read book Sisters written by John J. Fialka and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sisters is the first major history of the pivotal role played by nuns in the building of American society. Nuns were the first feminists, argues Fialka. They became the nation's first cadre of independent, professional women. Some nursed, some taught, and many created and managed new charitable organizations, including large hospitals and colleges. In the 1800s nuns moved west with the frontier, often starting the first hospitals and schools in immigrant communities. They provided aid and service in the Chicago fire, cared for orphans and prostitutes in the California Gold Rush and brought professional nursing skills to field hospitals run by both armies in the Civil War. Their work was often done in the face of intimidation from such groups as the Know Nothings and the Ku Klux Klan. In the 1900s they built the nation's largest private school and hospital systems and brought the Catholic Church into the civil rights movement. As their numbers began to decline in the 1970s, many sisters were forced to take professional jobs as lawyers, probation workers, managers and hospital executives because their salaries were needed to support older nuns, many of whom lacked a pension system. Currently there are about 75,000 sisters in America, down from 204,000 in 1968. Their median age is sixty-nine. In Sisters, Fialka reveals the strength of the spiritual capital and the unprecedented reach of the caring institutions that religious women created in America.
Download or read book Life of Catherine McAuley foundress and first Superior of the Institute of Religious Sisters of Mercy By a Member of the Order of Mercy With an introduction by the Venerable Richard Baptist O Brien etc written by Catherine Elizabeth MACAULEY and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Amalgamation written by Justine Sabourin and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life of Catherine McAuley written by Austin Carroll and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
