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Called to Serve - A History of Nuns in America (Hardcover)
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Called to Serve - A History of Nuns in America (Hardcover)
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Winner, Conference on the History of Women Religious (CHWR)
Distinguished Book Award Winner, 2014 Catholic Book Award in
History presented by the Catholic Press Association For many
Americans, nuns and sisters are the face of the Catholic Church.
Far more visible than priests, Catholic women religious teach at
schools, found hospitals, offer food to the poor, and minister to
those in need. Their work has shaped the American Catholic Church
throughout its history. Yet despite their high profile, a concise
history of American Catholic sisters and nuns has yet to be
published. In Called to Serve, Margaret M. McGuinness provides the
reader with an overview of the history of Catholic women religious
in American life, from the colonial period to the present. The
early years of religious life in the United States found women
religious in immigrant communities and on the frontier, teaching,
nursing, and caring for marginalized groups. In the second half of
the twentieth century, however, the role of women religious began
to change. They have fewer members than ever, and their population
is aging rapidly. And the method of their ministry is changing as
well: rather than merely feeding and clothing the poor, religious
sisters are now working to address the social structures that
contribute to poverty, fighting what one nun calls "social sin." In
the face of a changing world and shifting priorities, women
religious must also struggle to strike a balance between the
responsibilities of their faith and the limitations imposed upon
them by their church. Rigorously researched and engagingly written,
Called to Serve offers a compelling portrait of Catholic women
religious throughout American history.
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