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There is currently no shared language of vocation among Catholics
in the developed, post-modern world of Europe and North America.
The decline in practice of the faith and a weakened understanding
of Church teaching has led to reduced numbers of people entering
into marriage, religious life and priesthood. Uniquely, this book
traces the development of vocation from scriptural, patristic roots
through Thomism and the Reformation to engage with the modern
vocational crisis. How are these two approaches compatible? The
universal call to holiness is expressed in Lumen Gentium has been
read by some as meaning that any vocational choice has the same
value as any other such choice; is some sense of a higher calling
part of the Catholic theology of vocation or not? Some claim that
the single life is a vocation on a par with marriage and religious
life; what kind of a theology of vocation leads to that conclusion?
And is the secular use of the word 'vocation' to describe certain
profession helpful or misleading in the context of Catholic
theology?
For much of the 20th century, Catholics in Ireland spent
significant amounts of time engaged in religious activities. This
book documents their experience in Limerick city between the 1920s
and 1960s, exploring the connections between that experience and
the wider culture of an expanding and modernising urban
environment. Sile de Cleir discusses topics including ritual
activities in many contexts: the church, the home, the school, the
neighbourhood and the workplace. The supernatural belief
underpinning these activities is also important, along with
creative forms of resistance to the high levels of social control
exercised by the clergy in this environment. De Cleir uses a
combination of in-depth interviews and historical ethnographic
sources to reconstruct the day-to-day religious experience of
Limerick city people during the period studied. This material is
enriched by ideas drawn from anthropological studies of religion,
while perspectives from both history and ethnology also help to
contextualise the discussion. With its unique focus on everyday
experience, and combination of a traditional worldview with the
modernising city of Limerick - all set against the backdrop of a
newly-independent Ireland - Popular Catholicism in 20th-century
Ireland presents a fascinating new perspective on 20th-century
Irish social and religious history.
In these modern times, we are easily distracted by the cares of the
world. We quickly forget those who have died, even those souls who
were once so very dear to us in life. We even fail to be mindful of
our own salvation and our entire purpose to love, serve, and know
God through His Catholic Church. Draw Us after Thee was lovingly
compiled in the hopes of helping us to remember these urgent
realities. This collection organizes together many of the beautiful
practices which Catholics could reap so many spiritual rewards
from, whether for the merit of their own souls or for the holy
souls in purgatory, and in a way that is simple and manageable,
even to those with very busy lives. It includes daily prayers and
devotions that carry indulgences-taken word-for-word from The
Raccolta-as well as a place to record personal traditions and
important events, such as birthdays, anniversaries, and feast days.
Draw Us after Thee will hopefully aid us to a much closer
relationship to God, Our Blessed Mother, the saints, the angels,
and our dear friends in purgatory. Blessed be His Holy Name
This is a Brand New exact Reprint of the 1930 Revised Edition of
Elinor Tong Dehey's Religious Orders of Women in the United States.
940 Pages. Hardcover, *Religious Orders of Women in the United
States* was written by Elinor Tong Dehey in 1930. In 1913, the same
author had published an earlier edition of this directory and this
is its revision. Dehey's work was the first attempt EVER made to
collect a listing of every religious order of women in the United
States describing their origins, their foundresses, their works,
activities, charism, way of life clothing (habit) and institutions.
Rev. Thomas McCarthy later published his famous *Guides to Catholic
Sisterhoods*, but Elinor Dehey's book was the first and is much
more extensive in its research and presentation. Unlike the
McCarthy Guides which confine each order to one page, some of
Dehey's entries need many pages (orders like the Ursulines have 40
pages, the Sisters of Mercy have 88 pages and the various Charity
orders have 30 pages). Other smaller, lesser known communities can
be described in a single page or two (like the Sisters of Our Lady
of Charity of the Refuge or the Sisters of the Infant Jesus). The
entries are presented in chronological order starting with the
earliest community in America (the Ursulines in 1727) to the most
recent (1930 Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa). This 940
page hardbound book is filled with over 400 illustrations of
sisters, foundresses, Motherhouses, novitiates and institutions
(schools, colleges, hospitals). Along with historical sketches of
the origins of each order and its founders, the story of the
development of each individual mission in the U. S. is related
including naming the pioneer sisters who sacrificed so much to
spread God's Word and to fulfill their vows. These sketches always
conclude with a Summary chart which lists the official name of the
order, the place and date of its original foundation, a description
of the habit worn by the sisters, the approximate membership
numbers and a listing of their institutions. The Directory ends
with a 50 page supplement giving the addresses of the Motherhouse,
Novitiate, College, Hospital and Boarding Home in the United States
conducted by religious orders of women (in 1930, of course). The
book concludes with a 5 page Glossary of words such as: prioress,
grille, cornette, oblate, bandeau, wimple, coif, guimpe, etc.)
*Religious Orders of Women in the United States* by Elinor Tong
Dehey is the definitive Directory of all of the Catholic
Sisterhoods existing at that time and is an extremely difficult
book to locate.Many Photos.
A history of Catholic social thought Many Americans assume that the
Catholic Church is inherently conservative, based on its stances on
abortion, contraception, and divorce. Yet there is a longstanding
tradition of progressive Catholic movements in the United States
that have addressed a variety of issues from labor, war,
immigration, and environmental protection, to human rights, women's
rights, exploitive development practices, and bellicose foreign
policies. These Catholic social movements have helped to shift the
Church from an institution that had historically supported
incumbent governments and political elites to a Church that has
increasingly sided with the vulnerable and oppressed. This book
provides a concise history of progressively oriented Catholic
Social Thought, which conveys the Catholic Church's position on a
variety of social justice concerns. Sharon Erickson Nepstad
introduces key papal encyclicals and other church documents,
showing how lay Catholics in the United States have put these ideas
into practice through a creative and sometimes provocative
political engagement. Nepstad also explores how these progressive
movements have pressured the religious hierarchy to respond to
pressing social issues, such as women's ordination, conscription,
and the morality of nuclear deterrence policies. Catholic Social
Activism vividly depicts how these progressive movements have
helped to shape the religious landscape of the United States, and
how they have provoked controversy and debate among Catholics and
non-Catholics alike.
Paul Sabatier's biography of the revered St. Francis of Assisi is
written with passion and detail, examining and drawing upon many
writings and texts concerning the great friar's life. In Life of
St. Francis of Assisi we find a superbly researched account of the
venerated saint. Himself a clergyman, Paul Sabatier was able to
access the archives of the Franciscan monastic order together with
diplomatic accounts of Francis and his activities. Writings
attributed to St. Francis himself are also included, as are
miscellaneous chronicles from elsewhere. Sabatier is keen to
identify sources which are legendary or mythic, and those
attributed directly to authors. Voracious in his examinations, even
obscure fragments concerning the saint's life come into purview.
Moreover, this edition contains all the original notes appended at
the conclusion of each respective chapter.
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Filled with All the Fullnessof God looks at the truths of Christian
faith which pertain to spiritualgrowth and the 'lived theologies'
or spiritualties which have derived fromthem.McDermott discusses
here a variety of issues - human self-knowledge,our understanding
of God, our partaking in the divine nature of God and theimportance
of prayer. He also emphasizes the importance of personal
spiritualgrowth and argues that we should see Christianity not as a
matter of just 'gettingto heaven' but as a way of participating in
the divine life here and nowthrough deifying grace in the sphere of
the Church, prayer and the Eucharist.McDermott illustrates his
argument with a variety ofsources: Scripture, the Church Fathers,
Thomas Aquinas, Catherine of Siena, theCatechism of the Catholic
Church, andcontemporary spiritual writers.
Jesuits have contributed to the life and theological development of
the Church for many generations - culminating in Pope Francis, the
first Jesuit Pope. Ignatius Loyola called his men and all those
inspired by the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises to a certain ecclesial
disposition a way of thinking, judging and feeling with the Church.
Gill Goulding discusses the key texts from St Ignatius' life and
work to identify the Ignatian ecclesial disposition that is
centered on Christ. It is fuelled by a Trinitarian horizon, and
with a clear emphasis on the dignity of every human person. Golding
introduces and examines key historical figures such as St Pierre
Favre and Mary Ward; as well as two of the major 20th century
theologians - Henri de Lubac and Avery Dulles. Finally, Goulding
highlights the Ignatian ecclesial disposition in the highest
authority of the contemporary Roman Catholic Church, in the
background to the pontificates of John Paul II, Benedict XVI and
Francis, focusing on the centrality of Christ and the work of the
New Evangelization. This book raises the key questions of the
relationship between Christ and the Church as the body of Christ.
It indicates the importance of maintaining a Trinitarian horizon in
theological vision and raises the pertinent if difficult question
of the meaning of Christian obedience. Goulding also underlines the
importance of the integration of spirituality and theology which
has ramifications for all Christian denominations and possibilities
for ongoing inter-faith dialogue.
Leo the Great was the beneficiary of the consolidation of the power
of the papacy in Rome and the Christianization of the city over the
course of the preceding century. In this carefully nuanced study,
Bernard Green demonstrates the influences at work on this
celebrated pope's development as a theological thinker, including
two of the most renowned theological names of the period, Ambrose
of Milan and Augustine of Hippo.
Green charts Leo's theological journey from his first encounters
with the Pelagian and Nestorian controversies, where he engaged
Cassian as an advisor. Leo took an admiring though limited view of
Cyril of Alexandria but misunderstood the weaknesses in Nestorius'
thought. As pope, Leo preached a civic Christianity, accessible to
all citizens, baptising the virtues of the classical and civic
past.
The study then examines Leo's recently dated sermons and reveals
the evolution of his thought as he worked out a soteriology that
gave full value to both the divinity and humanity of Christ,
especially in reaction to Manichaeism. In the crisis that led to
Chalcedon, Leo's earlier misunderstanding of Nestorius affected the
content of his Tome, which was atypical of the Christology and
soteriology he had developed in his earlier preaching. Green
persuasively concludes that its emphasis on the distinction of the
two natures was an uncharacteristic attempt to respond to both
Eutyches and Nestorius, as this pope understood them. In the light
of Chalcedon, Leo produced a revised statement of Christology, the
Letter to the Palestinian monks, which is both more accomplished
and better aligned with his characteristic thought.
The papacy of John Paul II was phenomenal, and not least for the
fact that many evangelicals came to honor and respect him. Tim
Perry calls on some of the best evangelical minds to offer their
assessments of the thought of John Paul II as expressed in his
major encyclicals.
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