Women of faith : the Chicago Sisters of Mercy and the evolution of a religious community /

Connolly, Mary Beth Fraser.

Women of faith : the Chicago Sisters of Mercy and the evolution of a religious community / Mary Beth Fraser Connolly. - First edition. - 1 online resource (372 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

part I. "Charity embraces those who abound" : the spirit of mercy comes to America, 1846-1929 -- part II. "This mutual love and union." From amalgamation to a post-Vatican II world : 1929-1980s -- part III. New life, new paths, same spirit : carrying mercy into the twenty-first century, 1980s-2008.




Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. West Midwest Community --History.


Electronic books.

BX4482 / .C66 2014

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