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Reese, Abbie.

Dedicated to God : An oral history of cloistered nuns / Abbie Reese. - xvii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - The Oxford oral history series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents
Preface ; Introduction ; PART I: THE CALL ; In Her Own Words: Sister Mary Monica ; Chapter 1: Community Life ; In Her Own Words: Sister Maria Deo Gratias ; Chapter 2: The Claustrophobic Nun ; In Her Own Words: Sister Mary Michael ; PART II: THE LIFE ; Chapter 3: Monastic Living in a Throwaway Culture ; In Her Own Words: Sister Mary Joseph ; Chapter 4: Little House, Big Heart ; In Her Own Words: Sister Mary Clara ; Chapter 5: Responsibility for the World ; In Her Own Words: Sister Joan Marie ; Chapter 6: The Suffering Servants ; In Her Own Words: Anonymous ; PART III: THE THREATS ; Chapter 7: Idealism and Reality ; In Her Own Words: Sister Ann Marie ; Chapter 8: Erased from the Landscape

ISBN: 9780199947935 (alk. paper)

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LCCN: 2013026219

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Corpus Christi Monastery (Rockford, Ill.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Monastic and religious life of women--Illinois--Rockford.
Colettines.
Colettines--Biography.
Oral history--Illinois--Rockford.
Oral biography.

LC Class. No.: BX4328.5.Z9 / R63 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 271/.973 REE