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Emerging Frontiers
Founded in Indian Territory in 1858, the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth met, a century later, challenges of a new frontier in the church's call to adapt to modern circumstances and in their own awareness of deepening social and ecclesial needs. For three decades, sisters struggled with conditions that threatened unity: issues of governance, demands of professional training, diverse backgrounds, differing experience of communal life, developing theology of religious vows. Diminishing numbers coupled with need for leadership led to new institutional roles and new forms of ministry. Emerging Frontiers records the struggle and its outcome. A common past and determination to stay together mark...
THE SISTERS, SERVANTS OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
The Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary By Sister Michel Keenan, IHM The Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is arranged by the terms of office of three major superiors of the Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Scranton, Pennsylvania, from 1974-1994. This work follows the prior volume by Sister Michel, published in 2005, covering 1919-1974. As previously, the work attempts to capture the impact of the times and events in the world at large, particularly Vatican II, on the decisions for ministry and religious life in this Congregation of women religious. Serious change in religious life was not easy. Readers may learn of the challenges to administrators and to individual Sisters during these periods.
Young Catholic America
Christian Smith, Kyle Longest, Jonathan Hill, and Kari Christoffersen examine the development of the religious and spiritual lives of American Catholic teenagers as they grow up, graduate from high school, and leave home.
American Catholics
Written by one of the foremost historians of American Catholicism, this book presents a comprehensive history of the Roman Catholic Church in America from colonial times to the present. Hennesey examines, in particular, minority Catholics and developments in the western part of the United States, a region often overlooked in religious histories.
Healthcare Ministry
Healthcare Ministry
The Churching of America, 1776-1990
Impressive . . . bound to generate lively discussion--and not a little controversy--within the nation's church community.
Growing Pains
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