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Pioneer Healers: The History of Women Religious in American Health Care (1989) 375pp; Stewart, George C. Marvels of Charity: History of American Sisters and Nuns (1994), the most detailed coverage, with many lists and photos of different habits. Sullivan, Mary C. Catherine McAuley and the Tradition of Mercy (1995) Wall, Barbra Mann.
In 1971, Chittister was elected president of the Federation of St. Scholastica, a federation of twenty monasteries of Benedictine women in the United States and Mexico, established in 1922. [7] [8] She was a prioress of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, Pennsylvania, for 12 years and is a past president of the Leadership Conference of Women ...
In 2001, one of the Sisters, Sister Joan Chittister, spoke at a conference in favor of women's ordination, in violation of a Vatican decree. All but one of the 128 Benedictine Sisters of Erie, including Prioress Christine Vladimiroff, signed a letter in support of Chittister. [5] In 2015, the Sisters had 100 members. [15]
A family by the name of Head extended hospitality, and after a week's rest, the sisters proceeded to St. Marys, Pennsylvania, arriving on July 22. There they established St. Joseph Monastery, the first convent of Benedictine Sisters in North America. [2] Two more sisters arrived from Eichstätt the following year.
For a Republican canvasser going door-to-door to get out the vote in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, the address on East Lake Road in Erie must have seemed like Heaven-sent evidence of the ...
The Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia is an Aston Township, Pennsylvania-based women's religious congregation of the Third Order of Saint Francis founded in 1855 by Maria Anna Boll Bachmann, an immigrant from Bavaria. [1] The congregation is known for its work in education and healthcare.
For years, Dispenza and others have been asking without success for the Leadership Conference of Women Religious — which represents two-thirds of U.S. Catholic sisters — to allow nun abuse ...
A prominent Irish nun said Monday that women’s voices are being heard at Pope Francis’ big meeting on the future of the Catholic Church, and said delegates are also acknowledging the hurt ...