| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 247 pages) : illustrations |
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The Oxford oral history series |
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Oxford oral history series.
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| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Corpus Christi Monastery (Rockford, Ill.)
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| SUBJECT |
Corpus Christi Monastery (Rockford, Ill.) fast |
| Subject |
Monastic and religious life of women -- Illinois -- Rockford
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Colettines
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Colettines -- Biography
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Oral history -- Illinois -- Rockford
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Oral biography.
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RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations.
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Monastic and religious life of women
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Oral biography
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Oral history
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Illinois -- Rockford
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199947942 |
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0199947945 |
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