| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 247 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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The Oxford oral history series
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Oxford oral history series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Dedicated to God; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; INTRODUCTION ; Called: Sister Mary Monica ; Part 1: The Call ; 1 COMMUNITY LIFE ; Called: Sister Maria Deo Gratias ; 2 THE CLAUSTROPHOBIC NUN ; Called: Sister Mary Michael ; Part 2: The Life ; 3 MONASTIC LIVING IN A THROWAWAY CULTURE. |
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Called: Sister Mary Joseph 4 LITTLE HOUSE, BIG HEART ; Called: Sister Mary Clara ; 5 MOTHERS OF SOULS ; Called: Sister Joan Marie ; 6 THE SUFFERING SERVANTS ; Part 3: The Threats ; 7 IDEALISM AND REALITY ; Called: Sister Ann Marie ; 8 ERASED FROM THE LANDSCAPE. |
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Called: Sister Mary Veronica EPILOGUE ; Acknowledgments ; Appendix: Interviewees ; Notes ; Further Reading ; Index. |
| Summary |
As a subculture, cloistered monastic nuns live hidden from public view by choice. Once a woman joins the cloister and makes final vows, she is almost never seen and her voice is not heard; her story is essentially nonexistent in the historical record and collective, public history. From interviews conducted over six years, Abbie Reese tells the stories of the Poor Clare Colettine Order, a cloistered contemplative order at the Corpus Christi Monastery in Rockford, Illinois. Seldom leaving their 25,000-square-foot gated enclosure, members of this community embrace an extreme version of poverty a. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Corpus Christi Monastery (Rockford, Ill.)
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Corpus Christi Monastery (Rockford, Ill.) |
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Monastic and religious life of women -- Illinois -- Rockford.
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Monastic and religious life of women. |
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Illinois -- Rockford. |
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Colettines.
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Colettines. |
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Colettines -- Biography.
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Oral history -- Illinois -- Rockford.
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Oral history. |
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Oral biography.
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Oral biography. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reese, Abbie. Dedicated to God 9780199947935 (DLC) 2013026219 (OCoLC)839396837 |
| ISBN |
9780199947942 (electronic book) |
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0199947945 (electronic book) |
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9780199947935 |
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0199947937 |
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