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100	1		_aConnolly, Mary Beth Fraser.
245	1	0	_aWomen of Faith : _bThe Chicago Sisters of Mercy and the Evolution of a Religious Community.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aNew York : _bFordham University Press, _c2014.
264		4	_c©2014.
300			_a1 online resource (373 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aCover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: "One Solid Comfort" -- Part I: "Charity Embraces Those Who Abound": The Spirit of Mercy Comes to America, 1846-1929 -- 1. "The spirit of our Institute is mercy, as its name denotes": The Nature of Mercy in Nineteenth-Century America -- 2. "Not Bound by Enclosure." The Sisters of Mercy Respond: 1846-1929 -- Part II: "This Mutual Love and Union." From Amalgamation to a Post-Vatican II World: 1929-1980s -- 3. New Community, Same Spirit -- 4. Demanding Decades. Mercy Response to the Clergy and the Laity: 1928-1960s -- 5. "Change Is Blowing Hard": Renewal of Religious Life in the 1960s and 1970s -- 6. Reinventing Community and Service to the World -- Part III: New Life, New Paths, Same Spirit: Carrying Mercy into the Twenty-First Century, 1980s-2008 -- 7. "This Far by Faith": Reimagined Religious Life and the Sisters of Mercy -- Epilogue: West Midwest and the Legacy of the Sisters of Mercy Chicago Regional Community -- Appendixes -- A. Parish Grade Schools, Academies, High Schools, Universities, and Alternative Schools -- B. Hospitals, Facilities, and Residences Owned and/or Sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy, Chicago Regional Community -- Notes -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- H -- J -- L -- M -- N -- P -- S -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
520			_aConnolly examines the history of the Chicago Sisters of Mercy, from its establishment in 1846, expansion in Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin, and development in the twentieth century and into the first decade of the twenty-first century, with a special focus on changes of Sisters Formation Movement and Vatican II.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aInstitute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas - History.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aConnolly, Mary Beth Fraser _tWomen of Faith _dNew York : Fordham University Press,c2014 _z9780823254736
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3239868 _zClick to View
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