Dedicated to God: An Oral History of Cloistered Nuns PDF
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Dedicated to God RReeeesseeAAbbbbiiee003300771133OOUUSS..iinndddd ii 1100//2288//22001133 1100::5555::3311 PPMM RReeeesseeAAbbbbiiee003300771133OOUUSS..iinndddd iiii 1100//2288//22001133 1100::5555::3322 PPMM Dedicated to God An Oral History of Cloistered Nuns ABBIE REESE 1 RReeeesseeAAbbbbiiee003300771133OOUUSS..iinndddd iiiiii 1100//2288//22001133 1100::5555::3322 PPMM 1 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 © Abbie Reese 2014 All photographs copyright Abbie Reese 2008–2013 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. Catalogue record is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978–0–19–994793–5 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper RReeeesseeAAbbbbiiee003300771133OOUUSS..iinndddd iivv 1100//2288//22001133 1100::5555::3322 PPMM For Evan, Gabriel, and Eve RReeeesseeAAbbbbiiee003300771133OOUUSS..iinndddd vv 1100//2288//22001133 1100::5555::3322 PPMM RReeeesseeAAbbbbiiee003300771133OOUUSS..iinndddd vvii 1100//2288//22001133 1100::5555::3322 PPMM Contents Preface x i INTRODUCTION 1 Called: Sister Mary Monica 15 Part 1: The Call 27 1 COMMUNITY LIFE 29 Called: Sister Maria Deo Gratias 53 2 THE CLAUSTROPHOBIC NUN 65 Called: Sister Mary Michael 77 Part 2: The Life 93 3 MONASTIC LIVING IN A THROWAWAY CULTURE 95 Called: Sister Mary Joseph 109 4 LITTLE HOUSE, BIG HEART 121 Called: Sister Mary Clara 133 5 MOTHERS OF SOULS 139 Called: Sister Joan Marie 155 6 THE SUFFERING SERVANTS 159 Part 3: The Threats 177 7 IDEALISM AND REALITY 179 Called: Sister Ann Marie 191 RReeeesseeAAbbbbiiee003300771133OOUUSS..iinndddd vviiii 1100//2288//22001133 1100::5555::3322 PPMM viii | CONTENTS 8 ERASED FROM THE LANDSCAPE 203 Called: Sister Mary Veronica 225 EPILOGUE 229 Acknowledgments 235 Appendix: Interviewees 2 37 Notes 239 Further Reading 241 Index 2 43 RReeeesseeAAbbbbiiee003300771133OOUUSS..iinndddd vviiiiii 1100//2288//22001133 1100::5555::3322 PPMM RReeeesseeAAbbbbiiee003300771133OOUUSS..iinndddd iixx 1100//2288//22001133 1100::5555::3322 PPMM
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